by Pam on August 24, 2011
Safeway can be a really affordable place to buy your groceries if you are really selective in what you purchase. There are a really great perks to shopping at Safeway including excellent customer service and fresh, high quality produce. Canadians also have the benefit of collecting Air Miles. The downside is that Safeway is pricy unless you are careful. You definitely want to apply for the Safeway Club Card so you can take advantage of the sales. Otherwise you are paying way more for your purchase.
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Sometimes it is easy to get suckered into buying more than we need because the price sometimes drops when you buy more. However, if you end up buying more than you need and you end up letting some go to waste, then you have really not saved any money at all.
For example, one time my husband and I were really hungry and we stopped at a grocery store. The lady behind the counter was selling various flavors of chicken wings and she managed to persuade us to buy two pounds of them! You see, the price dropped by a dollar a pound if we bought at least two pounds. Her argument was you might as well get two pounds since the price drops.
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Daily we are bombarded with all sorts of advertisements, whether it’s on TV, on the radio, or on a sign while commuting to work. Advertisements are unavoidable, and there are many of them that say they will give you something for free. Free is good, we think, and we may fall into the trap of buying an overpriced item because we actually think we are getting something for nothing. That is usually not the case.
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There are many great dollar stores out there, but my all time favorite is Dollarama. In the past everything was always one dollar or less, but now you can also buy items for two dollars. This allows for a wider variety of items and still things are very reasonably priced.
Dollarama carries a variety of different food items that are really cheap. For example, I often buy my spaghetti sauce there. It’s a great brand and it only costs $1.25 per can. I seldom can find it for cheaper at Superstore. Some items that I have bought, however, didn’t turn out so well. I find that it’s best to select the brand names you trust when it comes to buying food items at Dollarama.
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Not too long ago, my husband and I noticed a puddle of water on the floor near our kitchen sink. I thought nothing of it the first time and just mopped it up. A few minutes later, another puddle appeared. We soon realized that we had a leaky pipe and a rusted out drain.
We went to Home Depot to pick up supplies so we could repair the pipes and drain. The great thing about Home Depot is that the employees there not only know where everything is located throughout the store, they often have specialized knowledge regarding how the parts work and how to do the repairs.
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As I am sure you have noticed, the cost of food has gone up recently. You may have also noticed that rather than increasing the cost of certain foods, companies are changing the sizes of their items instead. For example, that ice cream product that you buy that used to be 2 liters may now be closer to a liter and a half. The cereal may cost the same amount, but if you look closely you will see that you are getting less for your money as they decreased the weight.
Don’t be a food snob. Ignore attractive packaging. Focus on what you are getting for your money. When you shop, make sure you are not in a big hurry, because it will take a few extra minutes to compare various products to make sure you are getting the biggest bang for your buck.
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I seldom buy anything at Shoppers Drug Mart as I can usually get everything I need at Superstore, but the few times I have gone to Shoppers, I discovered that they provide great incentives there whenever you spend a specific amount of money. For example, just recently my husband and I went to pick up some special toothbrushes there and because we spent more than $75 we got a $20 gift card for Boston Pizza. Nice!
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