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86. I love Winco!

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 05:22 AM

Sep 2012

I do all my grocery shopping there. And I REALLY love the bulk section -- particularly the spices. I had to buy Nutmeg the other day and I got it from the bulk section. I paid a little over a $1.00 but got enough to fill a large glass spice container. I looked at the price of the commercial small plastic jar of Nutmeg and it was over $3.00 -- three times the price for probably a 1/3 the amount. What I get for $75.00 at Winco would easily cost me $95.00+ anywhere else and that's being generous.

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When will consumers wake up to the shrinking food package + inflation scam? [View all] IDemo Sep 2012 OP

I have a 1960 cookbook that talks about reduced package sizes Retrograde Sep 2012 #1

The real pisser.... AnneD Sep 2012 #6

Get a scale enlightenment Sep 2012 #53

Fine if the recipe or cookbook tells you how big is "large" Retrograde Sep 2012 #70

I do understand the difficulty of translating enlightenment Sep 2012 #72

Oh THANK YOU!!! I have been screaming this for so long here and on other blogs even at nanabugg Sep 2012 #89

DU rec Change has come Sep 2012 #2

What are we supposed to do, storm the Bastille ? RagAss Sep 2012 #3

See paragraph 2, sentence 4 of the OP IDemo Sep 2012 #16

Almost everyone I know doesn't. knitter4democracy Sep 2012 #27

But what you don't realize is that many "store brands" are owned by the big food manufactures. nt nanabugg Sep 2012 #90

I'm in Battle Creek. Kelloggs makes a lot of those store brands, I know. knitter4democracy Sep 2012 #92

I only buy store brand Freddie Sep 2012 #59

"What are we supposed to do, storm the Bastille ?" marmar Sep 2012 #88

It's "new improved" jsr Sep 2012 #4

I noticed my hair jell now has free bubbles. The figured the could just add brewens Sep 2012 #77

The lastest in "tuna" CountAllVotes Sep 2012 #5

Aldi's sells water-packed tuna nobodyspecial Sep 2012 #9

I get some at WINCO for $.50 CountAllVotes Sep 2012 #13

Don't know that store nobodyspecial Sep 2012 #20

WINCO .... CountAllVotes Sep 2012 #23

That's my favorite store too. nt Viva_La_Revolution Sep 2012 #35

I believe Hy-Vee stores are all employee owned as well. zuzu98 Sep 2012 #79

I love Winco! Le Taz Hot Sep 2012 #86

Thats a strange way of phrasing it Dokkie Sep 2012 #48

Tuna can do many nasty things to your cat - most notably kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #36

She gets maybe 1 TBS a day at the most CountAllVotes Sep 2012 #44

The cat I saw recently that had to be PTS because of oral SCC kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #74

She isn't getting any more of it CountAllVotes Sep 2012 #82

Aldi has saved us more than once. knitter4democracy Sep 2012 #29

I shop at Aldi weekly. Lugnut Sep 2012 #38

My problem with the cheaper priced tuna is that RebelOne Sep 2012 #68

the can tuna size shrunk too. I now wait til it's a buck a can and stock up to the CTyankee Sep 2012 #66

Stop buying prepackaged, processed foods nobodyspecial Sep 2012 #7

I was just going to say that NJCher Sep 2012 #18

Don't buy things in packages?? frazzled Sep 2012 #8

Jewel was losing a ton of money because people wanted value nobodyspecial Sep 2012 #17

really, I'm not stalking you, ns NJCher Sep 2012 #25

Best. chocolate. ever. knitter4democracy Sep 2012 #31

I love aldis noamnety Sep 2012 #83

There's no Aldi's near me frazzled Sep 2012 #32

Jewel is owned GP6971 Sep 2012 #63

We have a new Sav-A-Lot nearby zuzu98 Sep 2012 #80

I remember when Fritos cost a dime panader0 Sep 2012 #10

That's before they realized how many crazies would pay $4 a bag for it. reformist2 Sep 2012 #30

$4.00 a bag justabob Sep 2012 #50

Go to the liberal-run warehouse bulk package company Costco for food banned from Kos Sep 2012 #11

Not inflation in a broad economic sense, IDemo Sep 2012 #26

Unfortunately, in many cases you can't FIND larger packages to buy. You kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #37

oats are so great to buy in bulk... grasswire Sep 2012 #40

I just went to the grocery store today............ socialist_n_TN Sep 2012 #12

Make your own frozen meals nobodyspecial Sep 2012 #22

Excellent suggestion, thanks IDemo Sep 2012 #28

Just get into the habit and it comes much easier nobodyspecial Sep 2012 #33

I have done batch cooking for years...... AnneD Sep 2012 #85

I've been doing that too justabob Sep 2012 #51

It's because the middle class itself is being shrunk. gulliver Sep 2012 #14

I think the new smaller sizes are kind of funny. reformist2 Sep 2012 #15

I guess you think high gas prices are hilarious, then? nt raccoon Sep 2012 #42

No, I find it funny because it's not like they're fooling anyone anymore. reformist2 Sep 2012 #45

Most packaged food is shit you should be paid to eat. LeftyMom Sep 2012 #19

I noticed. It's a bummer. I'm having to be more creative when I shop. nt Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #21

Oh, we have. People talk about it all the time. knitter4democracy Sep 2012 #24

Don't eat margarine. Real butter is the healthy choice. Honest! juajen Sep 2012 #69

I'm allergic to dairy. knitter4democracy Sep 2012 #84

Make everything you can from scratch. Drahthaardogs Sep 2012 #34

How are you making your own mozzarella? IDemo Sep 2012 #46

I make my own mozz and ricotta because Drahthaardogs Sep 2012 #61

Now I want to make my own cheese. KatyaR Sep 2012 #67

Beer is kind of hard to make. Drahthaardogs Sep 2012 #73

With your own grapes? druidity33 Sep 2012 #78

I buy the concentrate juice, but my grandfather used to make it from grapes Drahthaardogs Sep 2012 #81

thanks for the link! druidity33 Sep 2012 #87

It's the result of rising food shortages. Zalatix Sep 2012 #39

The drought is very definitely going to worsen the situation, IDemo Sep 2012 #47

Delete. roamer65 Sep 2012 #75

A pound of pasta, a pound of coffee--13 oz. What a pantload. MADem Sep 2012 #41

My pound of coffee is down to 11.08oz RandiFan1290 Sep 2012 #57

The BAAASSSS-tids!!!!!!! nt MADem Sep 2012 #58

This is downright blatant. no_hypocrisy Sep 2012 #43

Hmm Dokkie Sep 2012 #49

"Something's got to give, it's only a matter of when." CrispyQ Sep 2012 #52

Wake up and what? Stop eating? lumberjack_jeff Sep 2012 #54

Stop eating as much or as well IDemo Sep 2012 #65

I shop Costco and The Dollar Store lunatica Sep 2012 #55

I don't think it is greed. The food business is in crisis right now. KurtNYC Sep 2012 #56

OMG...I almost blew a gasket when I picked up pudding cups THEY CUT TWO OUT DonRedwood Sep 2012 #60

+1 NutmegYankee Sep 2012 #62

This finally hit me this weekend PrBelvr Sep 2012 #64

A Couple Of Comments About Food Package Shrinkage...... global1 Sep 2012 #71

Here is why no attention to this: 1% too rich to even see it; middleclass has enough money to nanabugg Sep 2012 #91

It all leads back to a lack of population control. roamer65 Sep 2012 #76