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With the price of grocery items going up all around the shopping aisles I’ve been thinking about ways we can reduce our grocery bill. That’s not a huge surprise, I’m sure. Yesterday while on an errand trip with the family my wife asked me if we could run over to the farmer’s market near the mall we were at. I conceded (much more willingly than a certain political candidate did recently) and we went over to what was a sad excuse for a farmers market. There was one farm there and the rest of the booths were bread makers, people re-selling pictures they’d picked up in bulk somewhere else, and young forever products. However, the one farmer there was selling produce at a price significantly lower than our local grocery store for much of the items (except artichokes). It just so happens that we’d already picked up produce earlier in the week, but my wife did pick up tomatoes and a huge bundle of green onions. She picked up more tomatoes and onions for $2.50 than I would have expected to buy for $4.00 at the super market - only fresher and larger and greener (or redder in the case of the tomato).
Check out your local farmer’s market and make sure the fresh produce in your diet (you do have fresh produce, don’t you?) is getting into your home for the best price you have available. You’ll want to consider the cost of gas, but I predict that for many folks a savings of $10.00 or more will be possible if you buy produce regularly and in quantities that reflect a balanced diet.
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