• Shopping (was: Monthly rules reminder)

    From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to SEAN DENNIS on Sat Mar 13 06:34:04 2021
    Sean wrote to Daryl --

    Dollar Tree stores carry alkaline 9V batteries for $1 a piece.

    I think we have a Dollar Tree here, but on the other side of town.
    Several years ago I was in a Dollar Tree in another town. A woman in
    front of me at check out had a cart load of things.
    She would pick up an item and asked the clerk how much.
    $1.
    She picked up something else and asked the price.
    $1
    This went on for several items and the clerk finally said, "Ma'am,
    everything in the store is one dollar". :)

    I admit to shopping Dollar Tree a lot as they have many of the basics I need.

    I do a lot of shopping at Dollar General for basics.
    People talk about how cheap things are a big blue box store but they
    aren't. DG has them beat on just about everything.

    My mom taught me to shop around for good deals so when I go shopping, I usually will go to four or five stores to get what I want.

    I know which stores have the best prices on various items and the best selection.
    For general daily items Aldi is best for food.
    Sav-a-lot for meat.
    DG for general household items.
    I very seldom buy name brand items. About 98 per cent of my items are
    store brand which is just as good as name brand.
    I worked once with a woman who had worked for Kellogg in Battle Creek,
    MI.
    She said from 0800 to midnight Kellogg corn flakes came off the line.
    From midnight to 8 it was a store brand.
    Same food item, same process, just put in different boxes.
    Joe
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