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I often weigh things on he scale, to see if I am getting the best price. For example, lets say a cello bag of carrots, one pound, is 79. Or a 3-pound bag, 2.29. But those are not exact weights. They put whole carrots in the bag until it hits the one pound mark, and then the whole carrot adds to the weight. Some bags are barely over 16 ounces, but some will be as much as 19. But the three pound bag will also only be over by a fraction of a carrot, say 50 ounces instead of 48. So you can buy the heaviest three one-pound bags and get 57 ounces for 2.37, which is cheaper than 50 ounces for 2.29. Do the same thing with onions.
If you're not sure of an ice cream brand on special, weigh it. Better quality ice cream is heavier, because it is not whipped as frothy. Ice cream is sold by the fluid ounce, so you can weigh a quart of each, and the better ice cream will weigh more in the same size carton.
I've found that toothpaste often has air pockets in the tube. So weigh a bunch of toothpaste boxes, and buy the heaviest ones. Or at least avoid then light ones.
A friend of mine buys lobster, and picks one out of the tank first, and lets it flop around in the cart and dry off while he shops, before he takes it back to be weighed. At $16.00 a pound, it can shake off a dollars worth of water.
Sorry but I am not taking a bunch of tooth paste to the vegetable section, weigh it individually then take the others back through the store and restock the shelf for a penny's worth of tooth paste.
Sorry but I am not taking a bunch of tooth paste to the vegetable section, weigh it individually then take the others back through the store and restock the shelf for a penny's worth of tooth paste.
Then, what are you doing in the Frugal Living forum? We do that here just for sport.l (JK)
Interesting thought on the ice cream. If you are going for cheaper brands, that has some merit. I've found that a recipe that uses half-and-half and egg to make ice cream custard is even less expensive, and of known quality.
It used to amaze me in the early 1970s when people would be lining up at the very first Ben & Jerry's in Burlington, when just up the hill, in the dairy sciences building of UVM, was one of the best ice dream secrets around - an ice cream counter that served custard-based pure Vermont-made ice cream from select cows (Jerseys IIRC) that was heavenly and cheaper than the gum-based recipe B&J was using.
I don't mind some air in my ice cream, I am trying to lose weight anyway. I just got a Donvier IC maker and will be trying my own recipes to save some money.
Hmm, weighing things I never thought of weighing...fun.
I agree...it's like a sport here.
I love the 'What to do with things from the Dollar Store'! LOL!
Sorry but I am not taking a bunch of tooth paste to the vegetable section, weigh it individually then take the others back through the store and restock the shelf for a penny's worth of tooth paste.
me neither , there reaches a point that it becomes more cheap then frugal in your behavior .
I do that with the rotisseries chickens from Food4Less. The packages say that they weight 2lbs, but I'll weigh all of them, and find a 3lb one.
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