In this economy, many people are finding that there's less money to go around.
I've personally noticed that people are getting more agressive about saving money at the supermarket. There's more use of coupons, and shoppers are more insistent on achieving savings. One guy the other day sent a checkout clerk to the back of the store to see if the Italian sausage was $3.00 like the cashier said, or $1.50 like he thought the sign said. (It was $1.50 for the spicy Italian sausage, $3 for the regular. He declined to buy the regular and didn't want the spicy, either.)
It can be a challenge to eat healthily on a limited budget, as this article in the New York Times described. Junk food beckons with its lower prices.
If you are looking for healthy alternatives, here's a great resource. Eat This, Not That describes what's the healthiest - and unhealthiest - choices on the menu at many of your favorite, and dollar-saving, fast food restaurants.
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That's a good price for Italian sausage. Was it a pound? I think it's more acceptable now to check on a price if you don't agree with it. People behind you in line are more patient and understanding.
ReplyDeleteI think it was a pound. This was at about 10pm and there was only 1 register open. I thought it was a lot of fuss for $1.50, but you can't fault anyone for wanting to save a little money.
ReplyDeleteWhat I thought was interesting was that even though the type he brought to the register was not the type that was on sale, he still didn't want the sausage that was on sale because he didn't want that flavor, and neither did he want the sausage that he had brought to the register because he didn't want to pay that price. In the end he came away with no sausage at all, which makes me wonder why he bothered with the sausage at all.