Today, there was nothing really exciting on my grocery list, so I was planning to write about how sometimes even if something is not 50% off or more, it is a good deal. Case in point: Milk at Safeway is 2 gallons for $5.75. This week, Fred Meyer had a coupon (which Albertson's would honor) for 10 1/2 gallons of milk for $10. Albertson's regular price for milk (I thought) was $1.89, which would have made this not a good enough deal for me to get at Albertson's had I stuck to my "more than 50% off" rule for shopping there. But, since it made the milk $2.00/gallon, I got it anyway, because that was cheaper than the price per gallon at Safeway. When I actually got to Albertson's, I found that the regular price was $2.09/half gallon, so it conformed to my rule anyway.
The real deal today was at Safeway. I went shopping a little later in the morning than I have been with the boys back in school, and I hit their clearance meat section just in time. I got 6 packages of 96% lean ground beef for 50% off, a package of thin-sliced round steak for 50% off, and five packages of ground bison for 56% off ($2.69 marked down from $6.19). You all know how expensive even hamburger is these days, so I was happy to snatch up all I could get. And, if you haven't tried bison before, you are missing out. It is so flavorful! We love it, but because it is usually so expensive, we have to wait until I can score some on clearance.
