Buying quality over quantity....

As we are well aware, many of us are on a budget. We go to the store and buy what we can afford. Every two weeks I amke a list of food items, along with a menu and I literally can budget it out to just a few dollars within what I actually spend when the cashier tells me what I owe. After years of shopping I have become a firm believer in quality over quantity. Living in Austin, I realized there are more choices than ever before when it comes to buying food, and I utilize them. I am boycotting a certain discount retailer and am only spending on average $20 more each shopping trip, and I am glad to do it.

I tried a couple of different stores until I found my go to place. I pruchased produce (which was my particular complaint about the place I am boycotting). I don't know about you, but I hated buying lettuce that would wilt within days of spending the $1.20 on it. The store I go to now? I can buy a head of green leaf lettuce for .99 and prep it as I have always done, and find it lasts me well into three weeks at times! No wilt, no black slimy leaves...fresh green and crisp lettuce. The same has been for anything else I buy at my new choice of grocery store.

My point? Research your options, fully. If you have no options, give feedback to the managers of the stores you do shop at. Make sure they are selling you the freshest ingredients money can buy and selling it at a fair price. Take it as high up as you can, because after all, good nurtition starts with the best ingredients.