What Your Supermarket Doesn’t Tell You
I do not like to go to the supermarket and I am thankful that Mr.Slipper Socks Man now always does the grocery shopping for me. BRAVE MAN! (and sacrificial)
When I have to go, the only thing that makes me happy, is gettting back home to see the faces of my dogs, who think that their mom is the greatest hunter in the world! Chicken! Pig! Half a cow! Have you ever thought about that? What do they think of us when we get back from the supermarket?
But I learned a few things that aliviate the suffering. They are:
> If you do not like queues, go while everybody’s having dinner. And have you ever noticed that the least busy day is Wednesday?
> If you use coupons, use those that have the bar code, the others take longer…
> Do not feel guilty if you get the milk from the back of the shelf, no one wants milk with an expired date in the fridge. Everyone does it.
> The more you see, the more you buy. That’s why the corridors are so long and your milk is always at the back of the store.
> Be SUPER ALERT while checking out. MANY times, they do not change the discounted price that you saw when you picked up the product in the corridor! This always happens with us! You could lose lots of time getting transaction right (if you do catch it later). If you don’t watch carefully, you’ll end up paying the full price and not the 50% less you expected to pay.
> Look high on the shelves as well as down low, if you’re searching for a good price. Many smaller manufacturers can not afford to display their wares at the eye-level of the consumer.> They are marketing your children also, that’s why cereals and things with drawings and rainbows are at their eye level.
> Get smart with the ‘specials’. When people see ads like “8 for $10″, or a “5 item limit” for each consumer, the tendency is to buy more than you need.
> Are you going with your special car? The one you love so much? PARK far away to avoid baskets hitting your car – even the wind moves them against your pocketbook. It’s already happened to me.> If what you like is the employees’ attitude, go to small supermarkets, where they have invested capital, are part of the profits and it shows in their attitude… And often, the owner is upstairs just watching.
Now Thanksgiving is coming and turkey is everywhere. I hate turkey. If you are in the meat section this season, long enough, you will start getting tired of seeing turkey. It’s turkey ham, turkey bologna, turkey pastrami, turkey this and turkey that… Someone needs to tell your turkey to just be himself!
Be wise about Choices! 
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That is so true about choices. I am a little older now and I have noticed since I was a kid and since factory farms have started that our (society’s) food is much worse, less healthy. Food use to taste good, I refuse to eat meat because of the treatment of animals today. If everyone did some true soul searching (Choices) they would decide to eat more healthy maybe, like you said, Dr. would be less busy.
Thank you for your story
One more note on shopping at Thanksgiving time…. it’s a good time to stock up on turkey because it’s so cheap. We always get a couple extra small turkeys and put them in our frige. Then during the year, I’ll bake one and have turkey all week for dinner, sandwiches and such. We LOVE turkey!!
She doesn’t like it turkey.
I am amazed at what you have done here. It is easy to see you speak from the heart and your lucidity on this important subject can be easily observed. Wonderful post and will look forward to your incoming update.
Thanks!