Looking for ways to conserve your money? Bargain hunting may be becoming more important than ever.
I just created another thread on this, but maybe this is the better way to package it for public consumption. If there's a ray of hope in the dark clouds gathering on the horizon for the economy, it's in the area of finding retail bargains.
Like many women, my wife shops for them. I sometimes laugh it off a little, thinking she's making too big a deal out of saving just a few cents. But it's a good habit to have, especially now, because many may be able to come away with savings far more significant than normal due to how retailers are now running into surpluses at a time of decreasing profits. This means that retailers may of necessity have to unload stuff for cheap they have too much of; not only durable goods but especially overstock on perishable items (i.e. food), which will have to be sold fast.
Not that frozen pizzas are necessarily "perishable," but I was remarking last night how cost effective it is to buy Red Baron pizzas at $3.50 on sale, buy some small cans of olives and mushrooms for a few bucks more and be able to eat three decent meals on it for around $6.00. The normal ebb and flow of sale prices still applies, of course, but the fact that surpluses are starting to cause prices to drop in a BIG way in some instances makes it all the more worth watching for things going on sale now.
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I just created another thread on this, but maybe this is the better way to package it for public consumption. If there's a ray of hope in the dark clouds gathering on the horizon for the economy, it's in the area of finding retail bargains.
Like many women, my wife shops for them. I sometimes laugh it off a little, thinking she's making too big a deal out of saving just a few cents. But it's a good habit to have, especially now, because many may be able to come away with savings far more significant than normal due to how retailers are now running into surpluses at a time of decreasing profits. This means that retailers may of necessity have to unload stuff for cheap they have too much of; not only durable goods but especially overstock on perishable items (i.e. food), which will have to be sold fast.
Not that frozen pizzas are necessarily "perishable," but I was remarking last night how cost effective it is to buy Red Baron pizzas at $3.50 on sale, buy some small cans of olives and mushrooms for a few bucks more and be able to eat three decent meals on it for around $6.00. The normal ebb and flow of sale prices still applies, of course, but the fact that surpluses are starting to cause prices to drop in a BIG way in some instances makes it all the more worth watching for things going on sale now.
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