Clint, tis the season I'm hunkering down in my Ivory Tower ready to raise up the drawbridge. Just a few more essentials to buy from the price by date reductions in food stores to stuff in my freezer 😎 However the merry go round will start on 27 December when the food stores reopen and bargains to be had on fresh foodstuffs that were not sold before their sell off date. Do you🇺🇸 do that too? hunt the date sell items, usually referred to as 'Yellow Label' shopping here, usually because the reduction stickers are Yellow 😁 The post Christmas store 'Sales' usually start on 27 December too and guess what by end of January Easter goods (Chocolate Easter Eggs) will be on the sales shelves 🥺 Two nations with a common language but not common ways I always think. Cheers DougT 🇫🇴
Hi, Doug. Those of us living on a budget definitely do whatever we can to save our dollars, by any means necessary. And while I’m not sure there’s a term for it—if there is, I’m not familiar—I’ve been visiting day-old bread and grocery shops most of my life. Waste not, want not, right? Enjoy your Ivory Tower…don’t forget to lower the bridge on occasion. Cheers and bah HAMBURGERS!
It's probably the same in 🇺🇸 as 🇬🇧🇫🇴 all foodstuffs are dated, perishable goods had a Sell By date and a Use By date on the packaging. It is easy to check the shelf stock and if the Sell By or Use By was very near you could know when to see if the 'surplus' would be reduced and go shopping on that day. I don't do if for a cash saving, but just good to stock up the freezer, that's my excuse. Now it's not a common thing in Europe, just England, and shops will not reduce price. Cheers a tight fisted DougT 🇫🇴
Interesting that some places won't discount. Here it either sells, gets donated to homeless shelters (where it's always used FAST), or ends up being thrown away...and much of California has restrictions about food waste so there's an extra incentive to move those groceries. Most stores have sections of discounted items. Esepcially the meat section. There are also a number of discount chains like "Grocery Outlet" or "Big Lots" that sell these kinds of products...always good to check the dates though. :-p
Clint, tis the season I'm hunkering down in my Ivory Tower ready to raise up the drawbridge. Just a few more essentials to buy from the price by date reductions in food stores to stuff in my freezer 😎 However the merry go round will start on 27 December when the food stores reopen and bargains to be had on fresh foodstuffs that were not sold before their sell off date. Do you🇺🇸 do that too? hunt the date sell items, usually referred to as 'Yellow Label' shopping here, usually because the reduction stickers are Yellow 😁 The post Christmas store 'Sales' usually start on 27 December too and guess what by end of January Easter goods (Chocolate Easter Eggs) will be on the sales shelves 🥺 Two nations with a common language but not common ways I always think. Cheers DougT 🇫🇴
Hi, Doug. Those of us living on a budget definitely do whatever we can to save our dollars, by any means necessary. And while I’m not sure there’s a term for it—if there is, I’m not familiar—I’ve been visiting day-old bread and grocery shops most of my life. Waste not, want not, right? Enjoy your Ivory Tower…don’t forget to lower the bridge on occasion. Cheers and bah HAMBURGERS!
It's probably the same in 🇺🇸 as 🇬🇧🇫🇴 all foodstuffs are dated, perishable goods had a Sell By date and a Use By date on the packaging. It is easy to check the shelf stock and if the Sell By or Use By was very near you could know when to see if the 'surplus' would be reduced and go shopping on that day. I don't do if for a cash saving, but just good to stock up the freezer, that's my excuse. Now it's not a common thing in Europe, just England, and shops will not reduce price. Cheers a tight fisted DougT 🇫🇴
Interesting that some places won't discount. Here it either sells, gets donated to homeless shelters (where it's always used FAST), or ends up being thrown away...and much of California has restrictions about food waste so there's an extra incentive to move those groceries. Most stores have sections of discounted items. Esepcially the meat section. There are also a number of discount chains like "Grocery Outlet" or "Big Lots" that sell these kinds of products...always good to check the dates though. :-p
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