If my family eats one pound of frozen vegetables each day of the year, we could save $299.30 for doing nothing more than buying the vegetables when they are on sale instead of at regular price.
Rock bottom price:
$2.50 regular price - $1.68 "rock bottom" sale price = $.82/day savings $299.30 per year
If you miss the rock bottom sale price (or don't want to use your brain power to figure out the buy $15.00 worth and get it for $10.00 sale) I see they are on sale next week as well.
On sale:
Normal sale price: $2.50 regular price - $2.00 "normal" sale price = $.50/day savings $182.50 per year
Disclaimers:
Even in the summer we eat some frozen vegetables, but I'm not sure we go through a pound a day. Also, I'd rather buy them locally and fresh if possible. This is just an example of how the small things add up over time.
Would something like this work for you and your family at all? Is fresh produce is better for you than frozen even in the middle of winter?
P.S. I use the frozen spinach in smoothies.
I've been doing a mix of frozen and fresh this winter, but during summer months I anticipate buying mostly fresh. I also want to freeze my own fresh produce this summer to use next winter :)
ReplyDeleteSara - some friends let me pick some of their green beans this year. We ate them in December and OH MY! They were absolutely delicious!
ReplyDeleteI don't remember where I read it at but the article mentioned that eating frozen can be better than eating fresh produce from the store. Since, most produce has to travel several days to get to your local stores the product has already started to lose vital nutrients. The frozen have usually been frozen as soon as they have been harvested. Granted, I don't know the accuracy of this information. This summer we are hoping to get more of our produce from our local farmers market and then I will freeze what I can for later months.
ReplyDeleteThat makes sense to me Michelle - I'd love to see a study that was done. It seems like there was something about this in the Tightwad Gazette.
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