Category Archives: Comparison Shopping

Serious Issues with Silly Sunflower Market

I’ve posted a num­ber of times within my Daily $$ posts about my grow­ing dis­like of the Whole Foods gro­cery chain and my desire to find a suit­able alter­na­tive.  A rel­a­tively new entry into the nat­ural foods gro­cery chain, at least in my area, is Sun­flower Farm­ers­Mar­ket. Until recently I was aware of this chain only [...]
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Kashi Cereal at Costco — A Cost and Savings Analysis

The sit­u­a­tion:  It always hap­pens this way — just when I’m ready to throw in the towel and can­cel my mem­ber­ship to Costco, they go and add some­thing to their inven­tory that makes me change my mind.  This time it was Kashi cereal.  Kashi Cin­na­mon Har­vest cereal to be exact.  I love this stuff.  And I’m [...]
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Product Review: SmartWool Socks

Dis­claimer: This is NOT a paid-per-post blog entry. I am NOT a paid-per-post blog­ger. This prod­uct opin­ion, and all opin­ions expressed on this blog, is most cer­tainly biased (based on my own expe­ri­ences) but is not influ­enced by the man­u­fac­turer or sup­plier of the prod­uct nor is it pur­chased by any third party. Whether it’s due to [...]
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When is a Deal not a Deal?

I’ve been mak­ing daily posts for just over two months but I’ve only been out­lin­ing detailed gro­cery pric­ing since Octo­ber 18th. After post­ing about yesterday’s Wild Oats stock-up shop­ping trip, I took a quick look through some of my other more recent gro­cery posts. I wasn’t sur­prised but was def­i­nitely a bit cha­grined to find that [...]
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Wild Oats / Whole Foods Customer Appreciation Sale

Wild Oats & Whole Foods shop­pers! Wild Oats and Whole Foods are offer­ing a 10% dis­count off all pur­chases made this week­end (Nov 3 & 4). I stopped in quickly tonight to pick up just a few items and was thrilled when the cashier told me about the extra sav­ings. I plan to go back tomor­row with [...]
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