Self-checkout rant. Agree or disagree?

[Ms. Toad]

193. I'm still lying in bed, trapped by my cat.

Next semester is going to be rough. I have a class two days a week at 7:45 am.

For summers, if you can afford to pay for a whole summer in one chunk, see if you have a local CSA. Pick up times are usually mid to late day. Mine works out too about $31 a week. Last week I got about a pound of asparagus, 2 lbs of peas, large bag of fancy leaf lettuce/arugula mix, half pound of garlic scapes, 1.5 pints of mulberries, head of lettuce, 1.5 lbs of carrots, small bag of microgreens, 3 mint sprigs, bunching onions. Sometimes I pay more than I would at the local grocery, but usually not - and I'm supporting local farming.

I didn't know what to tell you about Walmart. I'm not relying on published comparisons. Not sure if I had even seen any before I went looking to respond to your post. I know the prices of things I regularly buy, and when I buy something I didn't know the price for or encounter something unexpected I do an instant price check by pulling out my phone and checking at other stores. (I do this everywhere I shop, not just Walmart, and not just for food shopping. Drives my spouse nuts - she just wants to buy it and move on.) That's how I know the comparisons I found are accurate. I even used to teach smart shopping, as a significant part of a HS math class which focused on math-based life skills, so this is something I've been doing and teaching since I was 12, when my parents started handing me a check twice a year and expected me to cover all my expenses except for family food, housing, and family events (so I had to cover clothing, school lunches, after school food, school supplies, dues, trips, etc. without running out of money - or I just had to do without).