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are you saying there's some luxury brands there? the milk is Darigold, kind of name brand, not "store brand". and the mayo is Best Foods, not generic... Nothing there is close to a luxury brand.
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I didn't get any this trip, but I usually buy my Hershey's Chocolate Syrup there. Chocolate milk is practically on tap here. I buy the chocolate in a ten tin. A six pound can. And I probably have three or four empties in the basement at any given time. SonofV likes to joke with his friends after school by offering to give them some hand soap in their milk. wtf? It's because I transfer the chocolate syrup from the big can to various bottles small enough to fit in the refrigerator. The biggest one used to have hand soap in it.
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I still maintain that most wholesale places are generally more expensive -but that's probably because I don't buy big name brands in the main (except for nappies and a few other things). Their own brands are usually pricey, but they are cheaper for big-name-brands. Have yet to visit the Costco that opened here this summer.
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I usually go to Sam's Club once a month or so to stock up on things... but I also get bulk items whenever I can find a good couponing deal on them. It's a lot of math though... bleh
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Ahh yes Sams club , how Much can you afford to save ??
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Compared to Aussie pricess
paper Towel $1.50 .... Home Brand $2 Bogroll $2.... 6 Rolls of semi decent (your-finger-wont-go-through-at-the-wrong-time) $4 Soda $3 * 2 = $6.... 12 cans for around $6 Home Brand milk: $5 ($3.50 if you have an ALDI) $2.89 for 3 Litres creamer ?$3 ?? Mayo $3 Small squeeze bottle Home Brand $4 Bread $5 $1 per Loaf for crap, I pay $3 per loaf. |
I feel like this could be a whole thread!!
The cheapest bread in my area is $1.29 / loaf I've been splurging to buy sunbeam "queen sized" since we go through it so fast, that's $2.99 here Milk is all the way up to $4.59/gal unless I go to the commissary, but most of you don't have access to those so I'm posting regular grocery store prices. (Mostly Food Lion, if you're wondering) |
I have made a list of the items I normally buy at Sam's Club (I would much prefer Costco, but it is an hours drive from me) with the cost per unit or ounce or whatever, so that I can check whether the sales (with coupons or promotions) at the grocery stores I also shop are better or not.
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I'm in the process of cross-referencing all my local grocery stores and pricing. Sam's club is about an hour's drive from here and the nearest costco is about 3 hours (so I've been told)...
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Do you live near an Aldis? Typically their prices cant be beat and all lot of the stuff they sell isnt bad at all.
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No Aldi's near me (though I think there's one near my hometown) I've got Food Lion, Piggly Wiggly, Super Walmart, and Harris Teeter as options here. (As well as the commissary on base)
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OK, so just for interest this is what we are currently using: http://www.meijer.com/s/meijer-essen...lls/_/R-192189 I make that over 10K sq inch per dollar, plus I probably paid one or two dollars less than that because I always buy on sale. And I didn't have to shell out so much $ in one go to get that price. We tend to alternate between this and Aldi brand -which is a little more expensive but does the small sheet size hich means we use less, plus Aldi and Meijer are in different parts of town, so i shop where i am. In desperation I'll buy Walmart's cheapo stuff, but the quality is sub standard. |
I cost out paper goods by use - which is by the sheet. I can get Pom paper towels for .00884 cents per sheet and Pom toilet paper for .00109 cents per sheet at Sam's Club. I generally like the quality better than store or generic brands and I really like having the larger quanities...it doesn't run out as quickly
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Don't forget to ad in the cost of membership (and gas)
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$40/year (Sam's Club) is not a lot for membership though, if I go 1-2 times a month ...say 18 times a year? It's $2.22 per visit, and with my gas-friendly Toyota Yaris, I hardly go through any gas to get there. I think it's worth it for us. :)
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