Expiration Dates?

[MouseWife]

Oh yeah, Target has better prices on cereals. Try them, Morri. And, something I found, womens {I guess mens as well} disposable shavers, Ralphs' did not have a generic inexpensive brand at all! I found some at Target for pretty cheap, nothing similar at Ralphs', just expensive.

I'll have to remember the milk tip, it is way too expensive to buy them seperately.

[RStar]

Morri, how long have you been buying cereal? A while back (I foorget 5-8 years maybe) there was a big news blitz that the cereal companies were ripping off the public, price fixing, and the like. So in response they reduced the prices from $6 a box to $3-4 a box. Now, along with everything else, they are back up to $4-5 a box and the boxes are getting smaller. I always look for the sales, and yes Target and Walmart type stores are cheeper than Grocery chains.

And BTD, you actually eat the serving size of 3/4 cup? That's like 3 spoonfulls! I would have never thought anyone did that!!

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by RStar

And BTD, you actually eat the serving size of 3/4 cup? That's like 3 spoonfulls! I would have never thought anyone did that!!

Yes, I do. Cheerio's is a cup I believe, and much more than 3 spoonfulls. Grapenuts is half a cup (and super fattenig! ) which is also more than 3 spoonfulls. Don't use such a big spoon

[BDBopper]

Originally Posted by Morrigoon

You can freeze bread too, if you eat it really slowly. My bread eating rate actually went up since I'm home and trying to eat sandwiches for lunch to save money. Speaking of which, I've finally found a wheat bread I like: Sara Lee's Honey Wheat. It's tasty!

Sara Lee bread is very good! I couldn't agree more.

[Morrigoon]

Have you seen the price of cereal lately?

You get what, 5 bowls per box? $4-$5 per box (seriously, have you SEEN the price of cereal lately?). I've chosen to snack and breakfast on TJ's Chocolatey-Coated Chocolate Chip Dunkers. Two Dunkers and a glass of milk sets me up quite nicely. And you get way more than 5 snacks/breakfasts per tub of Dunkers.

I bought a couple boxes of Frosted Flakes recently because it was marked down to 2/$4, but overall, I find it too expensive now.

Yes, you can freeze milk. Works just fine (don't worry about the color of it when frozen, it goes back to white when it thaws.)

[BDBopper]

Originally Posted by Morrigoon

Have you seen the price of cereal lately?

Yes I have. Ouch! We can thank the ethanol credits. Instead of corn going into cereal and other products it's going into fuel. Thus we now have a shortage of corn which results in more expensive products and less of them.I am not opposed to ethanol but it should be derived from something that isn't an ingredient in our food.

[blueerica]

Originally Posted by BDBopper

Yes I have. Ouch! We can thank the ethanol credits. Instead of corn going into cereal and other products it's going into fuel. Thus we now have a shortage of corn which results in more expensive products and less of them.I am not opposed to ethanol but it should be derived from something that isn't an ingredient in our food.

I figured that the bigger issue in terms of the cost of corn, etc, at least this year, was rising fuel costs and the floods in the Midwest. Damage to crops is being cited as why stock in ethanol has plummeted, though there are sources that cite ethanol being precisely the reason for high prices of foods. (I prefer to think it's always a storm of several events that cause most situations, especially this one, given the history of subsidies, government action, consolidation, etc, of the corn industry).

I do agree that others sources should be preferred, especially when there are crops, such as a kind of grass I can't remember that would have a higher yeild of ethanol, and would be easier to refine (it's pricey to refine corn into ethanol). If they were that hung up on corn, you could use the kernel for food and the rest could be.

Back on topic, I just noticed that the yogurt I just bought four days ago will expire in 4 more days. WTF? I think it'll still be good, but seriously...

[Morrigoon]

Originally Posted by BDBopper

Yes I have. Ouch! We can thank the ethanol credits. Instead of corn going into cereal and other products it's going into fuel. Thus we now have a shortage of corn which results in more expensive products and less of them.I am not opposed to ethanol but it should be derived from something that isn't an ingredient in our food.

I still think we'd be better off removing the import tariffs on sugar and "encouraging" companies to stop using corn syrup.

And maybe move towards a more general biodiesel fuel.

[BarTopDancer]

I buy cereal at Target, with coupons, or when it's on super duper sale at the store. The size of the boxes also shrunk, but when I use the serving size (usually 3/4 of a cup to a cup) I can get 2 weeks of work breakfast out of the box. Since I'm trying to portion control it's working well for me.

[cirquelover]

Have you seen the price of cooking oil?! I went to buy some tonight and it has doubled in price!

As far as cereal goes, I buy it on super sale at Safeway and always print of coupons from the manufacturer. Last time I bought 4 boxes for 3.25 and that was brand name cereal too!

Our store says they're just not ordering as much and hopefully it will cut back on waste. Of course I live in a tiny town and it may cost more to get here, who knows!