Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Was I the only one to see this coming? I stopped shopping at Walmart earlier this year and have saved money and lost weight....weird.
Today's article explains why....and I thought I was the only one who got so irritated with Walmart and took my business elsewhere.
Walmart Rolls Back Rollbacks: Food Prices at Two-Year High - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20101013/us_time/08599202385700 - broken link)
Walmart is losing money AND they have to get customers to spend MORE... and their limited selection of prepackaged foods - aren't the healthiest.
I used to like Walmart. Got to save money anyway we can...but I just noticed that I spent MORE when I shopped there. Could be a combination of the register scanning prices higher than the shelf tag (another thread on this already) and a sense of since those pizzas are so cheap...."let's get two". So that could be why my family has lost some weight. We've stopped soda pop all together where we used to STOCK UP on those 79 cents walmart brand sodas.
I stopped shopping at Walmart earlier this year and have saved money and lost weight....weird.
Not really, and it has nothing to do with Wal*Mart.
Quote:
Originally Posted by VegasGrace
... a sense of since those pizzas are so cheap...."let's get two". So that could be why my family has lost some weight. We've stopped soda pop all together where we used to STOCK UP on those 79 cents walmart brand sodas.
You've made lifestyle changes, and stopped buying more food than you needed. It has nothing to do with Wal*Mart, and everything to do with the choices you made.
Why does everybody always try to blame a store for their own bad habits?!
Congrats on making healthier choices. More people should do the same (and no, they - and you - don't have to cut out Wal*Mart to do it).
Yes, I quit shopping at Wal-Mart completely a few months ago when I noticed that they had raised grocery prices considerably AND gotten rid of most of the items I used to go there especially for. I have since found another local grocer with prices way low on those very same items, so I don't need old Wal-Mart anymore. 'Bye Wally!
I used to buy many grocery items at WalMart, (except for fresh meats), and was satisfied that I was getting lower prices, but two of the markets closer to my home are competing on a lot of prices and it's now cheaper to shop their ads. That, combined with the prices at Aldi, have pretty much left Wally World off my shopping list.
Even if you still shoped at walmart you didnt need to buy unhealthy things.
I think many places are rising there prices. busssiness,s are struggling. good job on the weight loss though
There aren't any Super Wal-Marts near here so it's not even a place I consider for food shopping. I have certain things that I buy at certain stores; I get things like produce and tofu and usually meat at Sprouts, most non-food grocery items wherever they're on sale (Kroger or Tom Thumb), etc. I no longer shop at Super Target and I find that instead of spending more, I spend less because the temptation to impulse-buy is absent.
I find that between shopping sales ads and clipping coupons, I do OK.
WalMart also carries fruits, vegetables and healthier food products.
We are the ones who decide which aisle we are going to shop in.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
