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Having found my answer to saving money, time and hassle of grocery shopping, so to will millions of others as this concept expands, and speaking of expanding, just as I am sharing my experience with others, so to will you once you experience the convenience and the tremendous savings. Now imagine if you were paid to refer others to this service? Well, if saving money and time was not enough, now you can earn more than enough to pay for all your groceries with a little passive word of mouth, and who doesn't want to share a good deal with family and friends, I know I do, especially when it comes to real verifiable value and saving money. See for yourself, this concept is not a fad, it is a trend as we all enter an era of frugality and the days of excess are long gone.
For those who are aware of the advantages of organic foods, but do not like to pay twice the price, here is another concept which time has come, a home garden without the need for your own home. Remote gardens where you can manage and grow whatever you want or need for your family, and have a professional gardener manage your garden, and you get fresh certified organic produce delivered to your door for a fraction of local market prices. Combining these two services makes for a perfect scenario, now I only need to shop locally for milk, dairy, meat and frozen goods which I can run in and pick up in fifteen minutes rather than the usual hours on top of all the other hit and run visits to store. It is all about saving money and not sacrificing quality, wouldn't you agree?
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Mike of NY 10:26AM January 01, 2010

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Then we have all those who do not drive, and with aging population, the trend of online shopping is growing as children or being forced to relocate away from parents as was the case with me at one time. My Mother could not drive any longer, so I use to have a local grocery deliver food for her, and this cost a fortune, $20.00 surcharge for each delivery at minimum. How many seniors can afford this, now I can organize order and it is at her door when she needs it, no forgetting which is another issue that comes with aging population.
On a more serious issue, crime in many areas is on increase and the elderly or woman are often the easy targets of purse snatching or worse. I don't know too many people who feel as safe as they once did shopping, even with Walmart with parking lot cameras, you are never totally safe any longer as this recession creates more crime as the unemployment rate is over 10% and as high as 18% in many areas. By cutting down on your shopping locally you are cutting your risks of attack. It is the full shopping carts, or those with two carts and dragging kids along which are ideal targets for theft. A local woman went to return cart to rack, only two parking spots away and had three bags of groceries swiped from her car last month. Then for those living in cities who have only high priced markets to shop in, and higher crime rates, this too is more than enough reason to shop online. What about apartment dwellers who have to park and lug groceries hundreds of feet. Crazy world, so I weigh everything when I evaluate and research money saving strategies, they have to make good common sense first and foremost.
Online shopping will continue to erode the traditional brick and mortar stores we all grew up with, so it is set in stone, most of us will be shopping online more and more, so why not groceries, it is the biggest consumable purchase we make in our lives. With recession getting worse, unemployment on rise, more stores will be cutting back on employees trying to survive, never mind thrive, so more will lose customers in this downturn even if they do survive recession and economic collapse we are seeing nationwide.
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Mike of NY 10:24AM January 01, 2010

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Most people purchase the same items over and over again, as in repeat shopping pattern. As those who manage their time better understand, you may be a coupon person, and you have to be organized to make shopping less of a chore. Having your list of basics or repeat purchases is important, yet many just make a list as they go and I can tell you, we always forget something even when organized, so above all, take the time to create a list which doesn't vary, then you simply add the special or seasonal items and you will be amazed at how much time you will save. It is also much easier to organize your coupons when you have your list well defined ahead of your visit to grocery store. Nothing is more frustrating than having an expired $1.00 coupon when you get to check out.
Once you set your online shopping list order it is set and forget, you can have your basic repeat list set up for weekly or monthly, whatever your consumption for your family requires. Now all you have to do is select those special items which are not repeat purchases or are occasional purchases like seasonings, spices, cake mixes, condiments, desert mixes which you may only need a couple times a year if you are like my family.
Now that you have the basic concept of being organized, having your repeat purchase list in order bank, now you are set to save money, save time and save hassle of grocery shopping and spending two hours on a Saturday like most do fighting the long lines. Then we have the issues of dragging children with you to stores, and we all know how often the kids pass on colds and flues while grabbing onto the handles of carts. Imagine avoiding these colds and flues we all catch at the grocery stores shopping in the winter.
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Mike of NY 10:20AM January 01, 2010

In a recession as severe as this one, we are all examining our budgets more carefully and cutting back as much as possible. How many times have we tried no name or generic brands trying to save money and were disappointed. Then again, every once in a while we find a no name product which is just as good if not better than the high priced name brands.
In my never ending research to find the best for less, I have found the Mother load of discount online grocery store, and it is delivered for free to your door by FedEx to members. Ah, here is the catch you might say, members, so what is the cost, well, it may sound higher than Sam's Club or Costco, but in reality, with the tremendous savings and convenience, never mind free shipping, it is really not an issue.
As example, my first beta test order to see if service is good, never mind the prices are really this low, I placed my first order and saved $78.81 over Walmart which is the lowest priced grocery store I have found in my area, and unfortunately, it is a 28 mile drive, so a once a month visit as best, especially in the winter. With ten thousand name brands, and a no name regional brand called Spartan Foods, which I was very impressed with quality, and super low prices, so after asking those in Michigan about this brand, I got rave reviews, and the prices we so low I just had to try them myself, and I am glad I did.
OK, so we have tremendous savings, name brands which will satisfy everyone, even my picky family, and a great line of so called generic or non name brand selection which has an unbelievable low price point for hundreds of products, so talk about saving money, these are half the price of many name brands I have compared to. I have not tried all my Spartan selection yet, but I took the plunge and purchased a dozen from jams to oatmeal and will report back.
I have known the founder for over two decades when he originally launched a local grocery delivery service, but in better economic times, people were not looking for savings as much, and most women of the homes were not working, so they were not as pressed for time as they are in 2010. Timing is everything when launching a new concept, and the internet has exploded with online sales, just look at Amazon sales to see proof of this. In fact, even Amazon just got into the grocery business, bulk, and as I researched, not very competitive compared to Harvest America, so by all means, check prices everywhere as I did before ordering.
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Mike of NY 10:17AM January 01, 2010

I totally agree with Cynthia. Even if you save money by shopping at Bottom Dollar stores, in the long run you would be saving even more buying healthier foods. That money spent going to the doctor would be better spent elsewhere like towards your retirement.
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Cleona of MD 10:47AM April 03, 2009

I would ike to know just where the nearest Bottom Dolla Food Store is to me So I could save some money. Publix is killing my food budget

leonore lindsay of FL 7:03PM March 23, 2009

While not all markets have a Bottom Dollar Foods (or a Whole Foods for that matter), most shoppers tend to shop at mainstream supermarkets such as Kroger, Safeway, or Giant Eagle. Still, while Whole Foods tends to be pricey (as well as attract the vegetarians and the treehuggers), many mainstream supermarket chains carry organic and natural products as well...without the Whole Foods prices. And many such products are sold under those chains' store brands. Even Aldi, Save-A-Lot, and Wal-Mart carry some lines of organic and natural products. But, like many shoppers who could care less if something is "organic", the mainstream (non-organic) product lines still save you money over the organics. And many grocery shoppers, typically lower-income or budget-minded, are gravitating more toward "limited selection" stores such as Aldi and Save-A-Lot. Aldi, in fact, is owned by the same company as Trader Joe's...the German Albrecht family owns both chains. And Trader Joe's is a lot cheaper on some of their items than Whole Foods...and they primarily carry the "healthier" lines as well. Aldi and Save-A-Lot mainly carry store brands, and don't accept credit cards...but do a lot of business with food stamps/EBT cards. Wal-Mart's prices are much cheaper than mainstream supermarkets, but carry prepackaged meats. Some Save-A-Lots have meat departments where the meat is cut and packaged in-store, like most mainstream supermarkets, while Aldi's meats are prepackaged. Some people don't care much for prepackaged meat, since it sometimes contains preservatives and nitrites for longer shelf life. Fresh-cut meats don't contain preservatives. If you just want to cut your grocery bill to the bone, shop Bottom Dollar, Aldi, Save-A-Lot, Wal-Mart, or other such stores. Whole Foods...good, healthy food, but you pay a price...you can probably do better with Trader Joe's or a mainstream supermarket chain's organic/natural offerings.

Toby Radloff of OH 4:48PM March 23, 2009

What is the cost to my family's health by switching to bottom dollar full of additives, preservatives and other harmful chemical laden food, instead of organic foods? Personally I would rather eat food that the farm workers do not have to wear gas masks while working in the fields. $5000 savings is not worth my family's health; instead we will save our money shying away from over priced sweatshop produced clothing and shoes.

Cynthia of VA 12:00PM March 20, 2009

Well, there doesn't appear to be a Bottom Dollar Food that's Metro-accessible, so for me to shop there, I'd have to buy a car (or pay for a cab or a Zipcar), which would eat into my savings quite a bit.
Whole Foods has a reputation for being expensive, and I guess that overall it really is expensive, but I find that for certain items that I buy regularly, Whole Foods actually has better prices than the "regular" supermarkets. Tofu, for example (which I eat a lot, because I'm a vegetarian and because it's yummy), is $1.50/pound at Whole foods (last I checked) and $2.50/pound at my local Giant.
And then there's Trader Joe's, which has the best prices on some things (like whole wheat pasta and brown jasmine rice), but is very expensive for certain other things (like plain oatmeal).
So I've sort of settled into a routine where I buy groceries at five different stores (Giant, WF, TJ's, and two local health food stores) plus a farmers' market, and keep track of which stores have the best deals on which items. This isn't as much of a pain as it sounds, even without a car - in one trip to TJ's I can buy enough rice and pasta to last me at least a month, so it's not like I'm going to every store every week. Plus, grocery shopping is like a leisure activity to me, so I don't mind devoting a little extra time to it.

Johanna of MD 5:26PM March 19, 2009

I usually plan all of my week's meals ahead of time. First, I plan what I want to make for meals and how long those meals will last for left-overs. To save the maximum amount of money, I try to make meals that will last us 2-3 days like casseroles or hot dishes. Then I make a list of all of the ingredients I will need to make those recipes.
When I get to the store, I stick with my list. If one of the ingredients is cheaper in it's store brand rather than name brand version, I usually go with that. Or if it is on sale, I go with that item.
I do not buy on-sale items just because they are on sale if they are not on my list. Even if I think, "I could use that someday," I chose to walk away from it...(gasp! walking away from a sale!!) because I know myself and the chances that I will actually use the item in the future is slim.

Grace of VA 3:21PM March 19, 2009