rice, bakery outlets, loss leader at the grocery stores,
Posted By: frugal mom on 2006-09-03
In Reply to: What I've done before - ...
My favorite cheap meal is cooking chicken leg quarters in a crock pot with an 1/4 onion and tumeric. Serve them with rice and lentils.
Here is a list of cheap foods: PB&J, bacon (cook two 2 slices at a time to put in eggs and beans), carrots, potatoes, beans (lentils are the easiest to cook IMHO), pasta, rice (use oil instead of butter to save $), eggs, Totinos pizza, and frozen mixed veggies.
www.stretcher.com under groceries has some good ideas.
www.hillbillyhousewfie.com has good ideas too. She has a good list called Everyday Bargains.
Do you have a bakery outlet close by? They usually have great deals on bread and bakery junk food. For $4 you can walk away with a big bag of bread, bagles, cake, ect.
I'm a single mom so I can't do this but if you can go grocery shopping without children that will help. Most stores have a loss leader for meat on sale each week. I would buy that meat and make mix it with rice or ramen noodles for dinner.
Most churches have food pantries. If you call one that does not have one, ask where there is a food bank. Church secretaries get so many calls for help they are usually experts at what the organizations available. Some Catholic Churches have St. Vincent DE Paul societies, they will either give you food or a gift card to a grocery store. Call the parish office and ask if the is one. We recieve food stamps now but I have been to food banks. They usually give canned food, pasta, and bread.
HTH 
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Exactly! The newspapers all say that the grocery stores are open.
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Let's write to our local grocery stores
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The card should have been given as gift cards for grocery stores, etc.
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In my town Walmart is the way to go...local grocery stores are outrageous!!! sm
There is no way to feed a family of five at any of the stores in our town! My grocery bill was cut in half when Walmart moved in!
Led Zeppelin is so old they're ready for a nursing home. And the grocery stores
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They make darn good money at most large grocery stores
No, I don't tip them. If I thought they weren't getting paid hourly, then I might. I might tip someone who gave extra great service, like coming home and carrying them in the house for me, (j/k!) but most places where you are expected to tip, people just expect the tip and take it for granted anymore and don't always treat you well enough to deserve one!
yea - they meant cooked chicken and rice and cooked beef and rice. its bland too.
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My dwindling paycheck, loss of benefits, and loss of respect is all the proof I need. nm
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They are in the roll section ( I have seen them with the bakery rolls too)
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in bakery section - orange wrapper
They're WONDERFUL - if you've never tried them, do. They are in an orange package.
The Helms Bakery Truck! It sold candy & Pixie-Sticks, too! Yumm! (n/m)
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Anyone else have a team leader who cannot tell the
truth about anything and is extremely controlling, and how do you handle them?
I think my team leader is bipolar.
She's all sunshine and happiness one day with kind words of praise. The next day, she's sending out shrieking emails contradicting what she said the day before.
This is the attitude of a true leader
If I had people working for me, I'd certainly want to know why they were quitting. It's might be an eye-opener. There might be something I could do to get the employee to stay or something I could do to improve my service for the future. I personally don't care to work for those "cold hearted" individuals who feel we are money makers for them and wish to brush us off if we are no longer valuable to them. We are human beings with feelings and need to be treated with respect. I pity those who work for you.
I never hear from my QA/team leader. sm
and last time I called into the office for something, they answered it and said BYE LYNDIA! and hung up. Rude, but true.
Never call a ROM or team leader if you need an
answer. You need to have it in writing. Anything verbal is rapidly changed and they will never admit they said it the other way. They are experts in evasion
Frank is now our fearless leader at MQ and he likes us to call him
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was anyone else offended to get an e-card from a free site from team leader that was
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mmmm... rice.
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Where do you get the jasmin rice ?
I have looked around here in specialty stores and can't find it. I LOVE jasmin rice.
Red beans and rice.
Husband's fave, not mine. Smelly.
Condoleeza Rice
African American, female, educated, no scandals. Prime example of what education can do. I like what Oprah does for other countries, but Oprah loves attention and she's first in line to say "look what I did."
I wish Colin Powell would run for President. I'd vote for him.
Grocery savings, and web link
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Gardening and canning your own produce can help save money on your grocery bill, as well as homegrown produce is better for you nutritionally. It is time consuming, however.
A favorite web site - The Dollar Stretcher http://www.stretcher.com
And, the meat in the grocery store comes
I believe that if you buy "beef" it comes from cows, an animal. I believe if you buy "chicken" it comes from chickens, an animal.
Not sure, but I went to work at a grocery and lovinin it.
or tennis shoes. It's within walking distance of my house. I have a set schedule and get paid and can cash my check right at the store every other Thursday.
I get a vacation, health insurance, there is Workman's comp. Istarted at $8/hour and getting raise in 30 days.
I don't work constantly, there is an ebb and flow of customers. I'm not wrung out at the end of the day, and I know what my paycheck will be at the end of the day! They aren't jerking me around with "no work" and there is overtime for when I may work over 8 hours in a day! I NEVER STAND THERE AND HAVE NO WORK/GETTING NO PAY! 
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I miss learning about medicine but I certainly love having a life again.
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I was a cashier in a grocery store and
he came in to buy groceries for his mother. We were both 17 and married 1-1/2 years later, been married for almost 27-1/2 years now.  
have you tried the library (if you still have one) or the grocery store...
like, lingering, you know? I have been approached many times by men like that...
how about friends, does anyone have a set-up for you, even just for some companionship?
how about volunteering for things, like a food pantry or wildlife center.
of coures, goes without saying to be cautious always when out in public these days...
also, laundromats I always see single guys...
anyone else?
Put notices up at the grocery store,etc.
advertising homemade pies, cakes, breads etc. A lot of the famous and rich people in this type of industry started off this way. I think it isn't that big, at least not in the smaller cities, but we have people that come into your home, plan a menu with you and then cook so many meals a week. There is also a business that just started near me where you go to their store, they have all the makings for 6 different meals and you just put them all together. One place has cooking lessons for kids and also opens to kids cookie parties and he is doing very well. Work with a caterer prn. I live in a city of about 230,000 and we have events that are seasonal where caterers are hiring dozens of people, with June coming up they will be hiring to help with weddings.
I know lots of people with psychology degrees and none of them are working in their field because there just aren't any jobs.
You don't mention a husband or kids, but if you are young and no responsibilities now is the time to go out on the limb.
None of the above would require a huge time commitment or financial commitment and you could test the waters while still having a FT income. If it took off you could scale back your hours, or try and do both for a while and get your debts paid off and then be in a position to jump in with both feet.
Our local community college has a culinary program. I think it is still largely male dominated, but still lots of females too. I don't know if this is a 1 year or 2 year program, though I think it does require a lot of hours. You could do it during the day and work nights/weekends. It wouldn't be easy, but nights/weekends usually pay more.
If you want it bad enough you'll find a way.
In our regular grocery store.
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My parents both worked for various grocery
stores and my dad just retired from Safeway. Neither of them have ever heard of tipping for taking groceries out to the car.
CABG for grocery list
Yesterday when making up grocery list I wrote CABG for cabbage and it was not on purpose!
turkey, rice and oatmeal
Don't know if it would help the gas problem, but when my dog got real old, he didn't want dog food, and I gave him turkey (vet said turkey very easy to digest) and rice, and he loved oatmeal. I'm all for giving an old dog whatever makes him happy.
go to Africa and feed them rice, better yet
Another great grocery saving website...s,
is www.thegrocerygame.com.
I save a great deal of money on brand-name foods using this method of combining coupons with sales. I have even gotten free items, such as a bar of Neutrogena face soap and mustard and even a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser.
There is a cost of about $5 a month, but if you sign up friends, etc., you can get free weeks. Check it out! :)
And where exactly do you think that the meat in the grocery store comes from?? ANIMALS!
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Regarding Walmart vs grocery store prices
This got buried on the second page, but I pointed out that Bounty paper towels are more at Walmart than my local grocer. Someone replied back saying that overall the grocery store is more. Nope. This is my reply:
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Now I clip coupons for the paper goods, cleaners and what not and the grocery store doubles any coupons 50 cents or less (I don't use them if they don't double). So with the prices being less than Walmart to begin with, plus using coupons, I come out WAY ahead. So I don't even make a Walmart trip at all anymore. Might as well just buy everything at the grocery store. It's closer, more convenient, and CHEAPER.
I guess it depends where you live. Grocery
I don't know of anyone who shops at Walmart for groceries. Not one. No way I'd buy perishable stuff from Walmart. I was desperate one night a few years ago and bought milk at Walmart and BLECH! It wasn't past the expiration date but it tasted like it was nearing expiration and the coolers were lukewarm.
This is a WONDERFUL program cut my grocery bill
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I should also say that DD #1 started out at a grocery store pharmacy
then went on to the hospital after 9 mos or so.
My dog loves his brown rice and chicken!
He turns his nose up at most dog foods. Found out he was actually eating the cat food. For some reason the cats stopped attacking him when he got near their food. A few weeks after I put the cat food up on a bench where he can't reach it, he had lost 5 lbs. He'll eat the dog food now, but he loves his special rice and chicken once in a while.
crockpot chicken/gravy over rice
Brown up chicken breasts and put in crockpot. pour mixture of Cream of chicken soup,dried onion,parsley and 1/2 can water over the top. cook on low all afternoon and serve over rice.
Red beans and rice with smoked sausage...
And strawberry shortcake with fresh strawberries and whipped cream for dessert...wow hungry now!
red beans and rice with smoked sausage and cornbread (nm)
Yeah, that is why he picked Condi Rice as Sec of State. nm
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Gizzards in spicy tomato sauce on rice. nm
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Chicken wings with Broc and rice casserole
I was going to do the breakfast thing but my son was broc and rice, so breakfast tomorrow. I love breakfast all times of the day
Add me too!!! I appreciate it. About stores that
say "Merry Christmas" - I figure I don't need to do my CHRISTMAS shopping in those stores!
Stores
I think these stores pay minimum wage. Walmart is known to be a very bad employer so try the other one first.
my 18 yo daughter will be working for a grocery chain out here starting Saturday.
It will be interesting to see if she gets any tips ... or will be allowed to. She's going to be starting at $1 over minimum wage but has to pay union dues. She just quit a restaurant job where the business received tips that were to be divied up between the staff. She got lots of tips at her tables that she had to put in the tip jar. She never saw a penny in her pocket from those tips.
Personally, I've never tipped the baggers, but they do work hard!
Soy chips are great! More flavor than rice cakes. Pretzels are no fat. nm
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