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Hope everyone is Safe and Well. hug We're all still trying to get past this thing. Whatcha all been up to, besides trying to find deals to fight these ever rising prices??. Its shocking! EEK! Everyweek at grocery store prices go up and up. Thanks to all the good people here we can save some $$.

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02-07-2023 at 01:53 PM.
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has anyone checked out the new store that opened in hazlet?
https://www.tapinto.net/towns/haz...ning-feb-2
We've been to the Grocery Outlet in Hamilton a few times. I was scared to go in (thought it would be some scammy place or something, not sure exactly what I was thinking).

Zesta saltines are $1.99 which is decent. We got some Pillsbury cookie dough (gingerbread) for like 99 cents and it was pretty good. They had a double pack of big jars of Grey Poupon mustard but they were expiring that day. I would eat old mustard without worry, but my son would freak out, and he's the main mustard consumer in the house. Oh yeah, we got cat litter too. It was not a great deal but not a bad deal.
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That's awesome. I'm a firm believer in coupon karma. I always try to slip the person ahead of me in line a coupon or two if I have something they can use. Sometimes I get funny looks like why did you just do that but that's part of the magic of it.
Sadwalk I did that once at Target and the guy gave the cashier enough money to pay for my order.Weeping I guess he thought the cat food was for me because I stopped on my way home from work and I wasn't dressed well. I was terribly embarrassed.Hide
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So far in the am I have been putting a half pound package of burger and a piece of salmon in the frig to thaw for my dinner bc that is what sounds good.
Did I miss the salmon Frown I'll be there next time.


Quote from FabulousPickle2826 View quoted comment :
That's awesome. I'm a firm believer in coupon karma. I always try to slip the person ahead of me in line a coupon or two if I have something they can use. Sometimes I get funny looks like why did you just do that but that's part of the magic of it.
Yess! Coupon Karma is a real thing! lol. It's my preferred "pay it forward" method. I recently found out that alot of employees hate the "pay it forward" chains at drive-thru's and are grateful when someone breaks the chain LMAO


Quote from KikiandD View quoted comment :
We've been to the Grocery Outlet in Hamilton a few times. I was scared to go in (thought it would be some scammy place or something, not sure exactly what I was thinking).

Zesta saltines are $1.99 which is decent. We got some Pillsbury cookie dough (gingerbread) for like 99 cents and it was pretty good. They had a double pack of big jars of Grey Poupon mustard but they were expiring that day. I would eat old mustard without worry, but my son would freak out, and he's the main mustard consumer in the house. Oh yeah, we got cat litter too. It was not a great deal but not a bad deal.
I've seen people on youtube find really food stuff at Grocery Outlet! I wish we had one here. I wish we had a .99 cent store too. We have junky stores like Ollies Mad
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Don't mind me. I'm just in a really grumpy mood. If I won a million bucks in the lottery I'd probably still be upset. I'll blame it on the heart meds. I felt really good yesterday morning and decided to skip taking my meds. About an hour later I started getting some chest pains so that idea went out the window and I've been in a bad mood ever since.
I don't think you are being grumpy, at least not in your discussion of the 99Cent Only stores. I think I've been 5 times in the past six months and have never found anything worth buying. It used to be an excellent place to pick up inexpensive produce and dairy items with occasional bargains on crackers, cookies and good brands of imported candy. Everything is over .99 now and the produce looked terrible the last time I was there. They had a poor selection and the quality had plummeted. It was a big mistake to think they could raise prices across the board and not suffer from a loss of business. Several of the same items I found later that same day at Grocery Outlet at lower prices. And I didn't have to deal with the dirt and squalor.

The BigLots in Richmond/San Pablo also closed. The place had moved a few years earlier from a smaller shop across the street near FoodMaxx, and the earlier place offered a more pleasant shopping experience. I don't know if they wanted more space to move their discount furniture, but that's not where I'd go to buy furniture anyway. They have also raised prices on food, which was my main reason for going there. Now there are shops in Pinole, Pleasant Hill, Hayward -- none close to me or convenient. It will be interesting to see if they end up closing.

There are many Wags stores that have closed near us and the Bed Bath and Beyond stores are also shrinking. This is not a good trend for value conscious consumers like the readers of this forum.
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I wish we had a Christmas Trees Shop here. I am running a shell decoupage craft for the neighborhood in April and finding different napkins that will work well is expensive, especially when I really only want a couple of each variety and not a full pack for $7+. I have been looking at various places since last July.

I also miss Ocean State Job Lots and their wonderful spice/ baking collection. You'd think living here on the ocean I would have one but, alas, no.

I will admit to liking Ollies, especially for their spray paint, books for kids and odd food novelties. LOL

A fresh, new Big Lots opened up next to the gym so I wander over while the husband is finishing up. It's better than having nothing and when I hit the Halloween clearance at 90%, that was great.

Then the other gym has a Dollar General and a pallet store in the same parking lot but DG is often closed (staffing issues I think) and the pallet store doesnt open until 11am and that's often too late for us.
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Grocery Outlet used to be a family owned business with various franchises on the West Coast and in PA. Then they sold out to a big investment firm. I think Warren Buffet nabbed them and then they got traded up to some other behemoth. At that point, all the stores became standardized in their layout and the prices soared. They are often more expensive than Safeway. I used to buy produce and dairy products there, but now I am much pickier about what I get as they are often not bargains. Their wine dept still has deals and if you get short dated yogurt or cheese you can find some decent bargains, and the condiments. But it's sad to see the transformation. I often leave without getting anything.

BigLots has been sending me discount coupons but they often have such poor stock that I leave without buying. BB&B is just sad. I went there to use up a GC and all I could find were refill canisters for my soda stream. There was a list of stuff I needed but their selection was pathetic. So that's all I could do. I expect them to fold because I can see no compelling reason for their continued existence. The selection and prices at other stores (Macy's, Target and WalMart, for example) are much more competitive and what they can't supply, amazon and other online retailers can.
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Quote from FabulousPickle2826 View quoted comment :
Don't mind me. I'm just in a really grumpy mood. If I won a million bucks in the lottery I'd probably still be upset. I'll blame it on the heart meds. I felt really good yesterday morning and decided to skip taking my meds. About an hour later I started getting some chest pains so that idea went out the window and I've been in a bad mood ever since.
Nono1 Stay on your meds!


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CVS is still very busy. The lack of good deals doesn't seem to have hurt their business.
CVS always seems to have people, and I'm always wondering "why are you buying things here?" The prices are so inflated and I always see ecbs on the ground so they're not even using the rewards, it's wild.

Quote from zippy2u View quoted comment :
I don't think you are being grumpy, at least not in your discussion of the 99Cent Only stores. I think I've been 5 times in the past six months and have never found anything worth buying. It used to be an excellent place to pick up inexpensive produce and dairy items with occasional bargains on crackers, cookies and good brands of imported candy. Everything is over .99 now and the produce looked terrible the last time I was there.
I've only seen people post their .99 finds online, I didn't realize store selection varied so much. https://www.instagram.com/99bepoppin/

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Then the other gym has a Dollar General and a pallet store in the same parking lot but DG is often closed (staffing issues I think) and the pallet store doesnt open until 11am and that's often too late for us.
We have a pallet store that opens at different hours every day lol. They also have different prices everyday. Like it starts at $10 an item, then the next day it's $7, then $5, then $2. They run two separate warehouse sales, one for food/grocery and one for everything else from the pallets.

Big Lots used to be junky like Ollie's is now. I'm not sure what/when it happened, but Big Lots are now clean and organized and much more uniform across the board. It's not a scavenger hunt like Ollie's lol
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