[quote=jimmyle]Cheese made with no cheese? I have never seen that.
I am talking about the same items that cost much less at Walmart or Costco. Try to buy a box of cereal at Ralphs and then at Walmart. You will save at least 50 cents at Walmart. And don’t tell me that the eggs and milk are Walmart are inferior.
Eating out at Fastfoods or high end restaurants is an entirely different matter.
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Make sure you read the labels. Walmart sells processed cheese (not very healthy food to start with) slices made with no cheese. There is only so much produce, labor (applies to kids working in the fields as well) and quality control that $.88 can buy
Why should you spend more? Do you tip when you dine out? Do you eat out in fast food places only?[/quote][/quote]
not if you use coupons or if you buy items at vons that are part of the weekly sale items.
Fact is same item at costco/walmart costs less than regular price at Vons/Ralphs. BUT, things that are on sale at Vons/Ralphs are cheaper than costco/walmart prices, and even more so if you have additional coupons.
I recall recently ribs at vons special being ridiculously cheap at $9 for an large slab, and it wasn’t one of those things that was an almost expiring meat.
If folks simply buy what’s on sale versus buy what they want at any instance of time, that’s the biggest savings.
You can also do your $/unit comparison with something as simple as toilet paper. The costco bulk paper is cheaper than if you pay full price at Vons. But anyone that buys paper at vons at full price is an idiot, because it’s on sale most of the time so much and you get the vons flyers for additional savings.
