Going Grocery Shopping

We needed a few groceries today and remembered a little store that we had found last time we were in this area. So, off we headed for Ferndale and the Absolute Savings Grocery store. This is a scratch and dent type store with a little bit of everything and no guarantee that you'll find the same stuff again next time you visit.

But the prices! Upon entry, there is a very large bin with the deal of the day. The first time we shopped here, the bin was full of bottles of salad dressings. Hidden Valley Ranch, Kraft, you name it. At first glance, I thought the sign said $1 a bottle. (That's a pretty good deal) Then I realized the sign read 10 bottles for $1. Yup, 10 cents a bottle. Immediately we had 10 bottles in our cart. We were tempted to get more, but how much salad dressing can we eat and store.

Back to the current visit. The bin was full of 20 oz soda pop bottles that were 3 for $1. Since I don't drink the stuff and Doug isn't fond of bottles of pop (which are difficult to store in the frig) we passed on this bargain. But, around the first corner, I spied 6 packs of Hershey chocolate bars for $1.49. These are more than double that in regular grocery stores. So, I'll be eating chocolate bars for a while. Hooray!

Then, our best bargain was unearthed. We have started doing some baking, thanks to my cousin Jenny. And to our delight, we found packages of yeast (3 packs) for 33 cents a package. We dug through the entire display and found 27 packages that didn't expire until well into 2010. I guess we'll be doing lots of baking now. Bring on the english muffin bread!

After that fun stop, we finished our regular shopping at Walmart for the items we couldn't find at Absolute Savings. But what a fun find for anyone in the Ferndale area.