IT"S TIME TO REVIEW
FOOD SHOPPING
RULES
January can be a tough month to
stay within the budget, unless you
have done some advanced plan
ning. If you put Christmas
expenses on your credit cards,
those bills will be coming due.
Then there's also the possibility
that you spent more than you
should have.
Food shopping does offer the
opportunity to stretch dollars.
Even though we do "have to eat”
we have a wide range of food from
which to choose. If you have
already taken most of the known
steps to cut down on food
expenses, there is nothing much to
offer but sympathy. If not, your
very laxity provides hope of a sort.
There arc lots of things you can do
to save money.
First of all, before you go any
where near a supermarket, check
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your cupboards, refrigerator and
freezer to discover what you have
on hand to help plan your meals.
Then read and study your favorite
store's weekly food ads. Begin to
plan menu's around store features
and what you have on hand.
Be flexible in your menu plan
ning since most stores have in
store features that can be to your
advantage. Clip and use coupons.
Try to plan a week's worth of meals
at at time. It's not easy and takes
time, but nobody ever said saving
money was easy. Now you are
ready to make your shopping list
Knowing the layout of your
favorite store can also help you
save money. If you know the exact
location of items in the store, you
can organize your shopping list to
shop the aisles once with no back
tracking or lost time. Knowing
some of the psychology of food
placement can foil some of the
attempts of retailers to get you to
loosen your purse strings. Think
fora minute where the white bread
is located. It's usually at the end of
an aisle to pull you along. You've
got to go past a lot of items to get to
the bread and when you do it's usu
ally on the bottom shelf. Items at
eye level are reserved for those
things you do not have on your list
like specialty bread items or fancy
pastries. Every department has
high demand items to pull you
along, items that are not on most
shopping lists, and a lot of high
impulse, high profit items that are
easy to see and reach. It takes a lot
of self discipline to stick to a shop
ping list
But what is one to do in these
new super stores with up to 60,000
square feet of selling area and
more than 20,000 items for sale?
They have beautiful interiors with
attractive lighting, music and
smells. They have self-serve bake
ries, deli's and cheese shops, fresh
seafood and floral sections, and
pharmacies.
One way to not get carried away
is to keep a running tally of your
purchases. Those little, thin pocket
calculators are easy to carry and
use. You will be less tempted to
throw away money on frills if you
know how much you have already
spent.
Shop for meat in terms of meals.
When certain cuts that your family
enjoys are on sale, buy an extra
large cut with the thought of using
it for more than one meal. Think in
terms of planned-overs, not wasty
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leftovers.
Learn a little home butchering.
Buy whole chickens on sale and
bors and acquaintances who
request it. Wool is sold at the Berks
County Wool Pool held annually at
the Reading Fairgrounds.
“We eat lamb several times a
week, more than any other meat,”
Mrs. Perry said. “Hospitals use a
lot of lamb because it is more
digestible than most meat”
The Perrys believe that more
people would eat lamb if they tried
it Barbara said, “Too many people
have tasted old mutton which is
tough and stringy. Then, they
refuse to try lamb made in other
ways.”
For several years, the Perrys
helped serve lamb kabobs at the
Reading Fairgrounds for a lamb
promotion. It was extremely popu
lar, but the 4-H Lamb and Wool
Club believed the expenses were
too high and discontinued serving
it this year.
“I think it was a mistake to stop
selling it even if we weren’t mak
ing a profit because it was such a
good promotion,” Mrs. Perry said.
“Many people who tried it came
back again and again because they
really liked it.”
Recently Barbara received a
special award for being a 4-H lead
er for 10 years. She makes fruit
baskets fora local business and she
makes sheep as a craft in addition
to helping care for the real ones on
the farm.
While the sisters are busy at the
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of meat than usual when on sale
and cut it into several meals.
Farm Show, their mother cares for
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weather cooperates. As a horticul
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full-time duties at the Farm Show.
He oversees the fruits and nuts
displays.
The family believes that the
Farm Show is the best way to edu
cate city folks about agriculture.
“You wouldn’t believe the ques
tions people ask about sheep,”
Gwen said.
One of the most asked questions
is “Why do your sheep wear
blankets?”
Sheep exhibitors get so tired of
answering that question that they
are known to answer facetiously
answer, “because blankets put
them in heat,” or “the sheep come
from Brazil since it’s colder here,
they need blankets.”
The Perry family believe that to
survive in the sheep business and
in careers, “You must stay on the
cutting edge because things are
constantly changing.”
Farm Show, they believe is a
great place to leant about changes
and about agriculture. While many
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