Grocery Shopping

[Marilyn]

We buy a mix of the store brands and name brands. Just depends. I have to be careful with detergents. Hubby is alergic to some of them, so I use All Free, just to be safe, and Downy. I don't use the fabric softener sheets of any brand because they cause the lint to be sticky and it builds up in the exhaust air tube and plugs it up where the flapper is outside.

The store brand zipper bags and trash bags are really good around here. I use them all the time. There is actually a tall kitchen garbage bag that I like better than the name brands & I keep a big box of super cheap kitchen garbage bags in the pantry for miscellaneous uses. They come in quite handy.

We buy mostly fresh vegetables, but when we do buy canned or frozen, I have bought the store brands and don't notice much, if any, difference. A few stems in the green beans, but I pick them out and they taste fine. I'm picky about flour and usually buy the King Arthur unbleached all purpose. I think it makes a difference. Any brand of sugar will work as long as it's pure cane.

It definitely pays to use a calculator and compare prices at different stores. You'd be surprized sometimes what and where things are actually cheaper.

Happy hunting and experimenting. I like finding bargins and saving money. No time for garage sales, but I can do comparison shopping at the grocery.

[Marilyn]

By the way, I do buy store brand cereals they are fine with us. And also use bleach and vinegar for cleaning. They work well and are a lot cheaper. I have been known to dilute a bottle of Clorox Cleanup with bleach and water when it got low and really couldn't tell the difference.

[Dobie]

I tend to buy the generic brands for cleaning supplies. Most food items, I have preferred brands.

[2tiredmom]

Amonia is another great cleaner. I mop my kitchen floor with it and it really picks the dirt. It also works on carpet. If you have stains it lifts them right out but you need to use it full strenght. Just make sure you have lots of air moving around.
Walmart 97cents a bottle.

[HALEY]

I use to buy the cheaper cleaners, but since i had Micah i went back to the more expensive ones... i think they work better..

[Janet]

I'm really watching now, you ladies have great suggestions. I'm even back to cutting those coupons.

[HALEY]

Originally Posted by Janet

I'm really watching now, you ladies have great suggestions. I'm even back to cutting those coupons.

Janet don't forget you can download coupons too..... i clip tons of coupons..... and download a lot of baby ones, i sign up for huggies diapers all the time and they send them in the mail, check out some web sites. sometimes they have free samples too...