I've been reading about these grocery price books. Have no idea where to start. Do y'all just stroll through the aisles of the local Kroger and write down prices? Has a manager ever come up and started asking questions? Or, do you wait until you get home from shopping and just transfer prices from your receipt?
I think it's a great idea. I just don't know how to go about doing it. Guess I'm afraid of the grocery police!
Grocery price book - how to begin?
March 13th, 2007 at 09:53 pm
March 13th, 2007 at 09:54 pm 1173822899
March 14th, 2007 at 01:23 am 1173835392
i created a spreadsheet and sat down and entered everything off my grocery receipt. yup, everything! i keep track of the item, store, date, regular price, and sales price (if any). and i keep track of a bunch of other stuff just b/c i'm a dork you could enter just the items that are in the weekly sales paper, but you miss A LOT of unadvertised sales that way. seriously, about half my sale items are unadvertised sales.
after the first few times it gets easier b/c i usually buy the same things over and over, so i can copy and paste them. this is the same reason why i just entered the items off my grocery receipt: i don't intend to buy items just because they're on sale. please note the use of the word 'intend', because it doesn't always work out that way!
after a while you get a really clear idea that product X goes on sale every 6 weeks at a certain store, product Y goes on sale every 10 weeks at another store, etc, because you're keeping track of the store and date of purchase. so when sirloins go on sale for 2.99 per pound i know to stock up for the next 2 months, b/c they should be on sale by then. and if appropriate, i'll stock up on rain checks too, in case there aren't enough available.
March 14th, 2007 at 02:01 am 1173837689
March 14th, 2007 at 06:49 am 1173854956
But what works very well, and uses a lot less gas, is to look at the flyers in the mail or go online, find your grocery store's website, and look at the flyers in your PJs.