How not to lose the whole paycheck when shopping, was okinawan purple sweet potatoes

September 1, 2007

Re: Okinawan purple sweet potatoes

Posted by: " orb85750 " orb85750@...

Fri Aug 31, 2007 5:31 am (PST)

<snip> I've seen yams labeled as sweet potatoes in many

stores, including Whole Foods (a.k.a. " whole paycheck " ).

-Dave

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I wrote the following entry into my blog regarding how to not lose all of your

paycheck while shopping at WholeFoods. Since writing that piece I learned that

what gets me off kilter from the budget is buying supplements at the store. So

now I consider supplements as part of a different budget. I think Whole Foods is

a wonderful store and I continue shopping there, more wisely now.

Cheers,

Arturo

" Putting my grocery shopping on CRON "

I love Whole Foods Market, but since it has a reputation for being called,

" Whole Paycheck " I've put my weekly shopping there on CRON mode. I originally

wrote this as a comment on Sara's blog. I bought a calculator ($3.25 at

Walgreens!) and enter everything spent. This requires weighing fruits and

vegetables and items from the bulk section. By using the calculator, I have

become more attentive to my choices. For example, when before I did not care

what I grabbed from the stalls, now I typically select the Whole Foods brand,

because it can be about 75% of the price of the regular brands. I set my weekly

budget and have been able to stay close to it. Sometimes I have to put an item

back and wait a week for it if I exceeded my budget for that week. The store has

a card where they punch in every $5 spent on a Whole Foods brand supplement.

When you fill up the card, you get $10 towards a supplement. I like that if you

bring your own bags, you get a bag credit, or a token you can use to give to a

charity. Employees notice my use of the calculator and are sympathetic. I have

heard patrons who have seen me crunching on my calculator turn to their spouses

and say, " put that down, it's too expensive. " So, being aware of what you are

spending is a wise thing to do. I don't want to delve too much more into it, but

I feel that this company is very kind to its employees as well. I just thought I

would share that.

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