[BrianR]

Is much the same as everyone else's.

I make lists of what I need, and buy it. I use coupons when available and I remember them, I check circulars for the best prices on whatever it is I need and plan my shopping trip accordingly.

I tend to do most of my shopping at the commissary, and only buy those things that they don't carry at the local grocery stores. Like Rosati's Water Ice. The only problem I have with that is the surcharge they put on it. Five percent around here. Six in Penna. Conveniently the same as the local sales tax (which I do not pay) and since the surcharge is on the total, I pay the equivalent of the sales tax on EVERYTHING. That and the baggers blatantly want tips. It's the opnly pay they get so I don't mind five or six bucks to bag and truck my groceries to the car. I just hate that surcharge. That and the lines on payday. I see a line halfway across the store those days.

So count your blessings with the four people in a line.

Oh, the commissary doesn't do much in the way of store-brand items so I tend to buy name brands. I only buy store brands if I *have* to use a "regular" grocery store. I also buy certain things at BJs. Things like potty paper and trash bags and soda. And Ellio's frozen pizza.

Now that I think of it, grocery day is a half-day event.

Brian