I'm probably the last person who should touch on this subject, but once in a great while my curiosity leads me to some money savers.
For example, besides Target, have you ever seen a generic copy of Excedrin? Then take a look at the ingredients on Excedrin. They have greatly benefited from the placebo effect, to be sure. Check it out.
This morning, as I usually do on Sunday, I went to make pancakes for everyone. But we needed syrup, so off I went. Mind you, we don't care for the artificial stuff, but four people can rip through a small bottle of the real stuff way too fast. Since my wife and I visit Trader Joe's once a month, we pick up a 25 oz bottle of the reql stuff for $11, and then we buy a bottle of the other stuff, and cut them at a 1 to 1 ratio.
In that experience this morning though, I looked at my choices, which were limited where I was shopping. Mrs. Butterworths was close to $5. The Flavorite brand was closer to $3. That's quite a difference. So I checked out the label, and there it was, the significant factor. The presence of the 2% of real maple syrup.
In the Flavorite bottle.
Two bucks more, and not a drop of real syrup of real syrup in Mrs. Butterworth. I bought the Flavorite.
And that got me to thinking. By the way, there's your tip, the rest is a different but related subject.
We can get off the island to do our shopping. I'm wondering if there are m/any families around here who can't, but would benefit from the experience of shopping for groceries on the mainland. If the numbers were large enough, what's the feasibility of a program that would provide the transportation to do so? Besides the myriad of details involved, and tyhe impact on local food providers, albeit I wouldn't think that big, is this idea even worth considering.
Knowing how fast food prices are going up, I have to think that those most in need or of lower incomes are feeling this pinch quite significantly, especially if they live on the island where we have additional costs added to our food because of transportation.
Any comments?
