👴👵 Mistakes Retirees Make at the Supermarket (AARP ARTICLE)

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FROM THE ARTICLE: 11 Ways You’re Spending Too Much on Groceries. It’s not just inflation. Your bad habits may explain why you’re paying too much for groceries.

By Cameron Huddleston, AARP.

*** There are 40 Comments on the AARP website ***

Published March 11, 2025.

Retirees living on fixed incomes have been feeling the pinch of rising grocery costs.

Grocery prices in February rose 2.6 percent year-over-year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index. For some items, such as eggs, price hikes have been much steeped.

USE THIS LINK TO READ THE ARTICLE: https://www.aarp.org/money/personal-finance/overspending-on-groceries.html

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[Wednesday 5/14/25]

(1) Have you had to make CHANGES to your Shopping Habits as an old person?  ‌🤔‌

(2) Any TIPS to share on how to SAVE on groceries in Retirement?  🤔

Take care,

Nicole  ‌👵‌  (Retirement Forum)

[Winter2025VA]

[Saturday 5/3/25]

Have you had to make CHANGES to your Shopping Habits as an old person?  🤔

Take care,

Nicole  👵  (Retirement Forum)

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[Monday 4/14/25]

Did my weekly out of food run to Walhel today and was SO GRATEFUL I can still afford to buy groceries.

But I know HIGH PRICES are on the way = maybe I will lose some weight when it does./lol  🤣😂

Take care,

Nicole  👵

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I don't know about you guys, but I NO longer buy eggs. Lol, thinking of "buying" some chickens!!!  🤣😂

Take care,

Nicole  👵

[papawofboo]

Anyone remember when you could order baby chickens and they would be shipped through the mail. True story, we had chickens back in the day and also had to hang clothes on the line to dry. We had a crazy rooster, for no reason he would run up to you and peck your legs. It was wash day and the lines were full of clothes. My uncle comes home after stopping by his watering hole. Rooster runs up to him, bad mistake, uncle grabs him by neck and pops his head off. The body ran all over the yard shooting blood all over the clothes on the line. We all thought it was funny except my mother and g/mother who had to rewash all the clothes. It was very loud at the supper table that night, and yes we had chicken.

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Papaw @papawofboo , shame on your uncle.  😱

Take care,

Nicole  👵

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[*** @papawofboo wrote 3/21/25:

Anyone remember when you could order baby chickens and they would be shipped through the mail. True story, we had chickens back in the day and also had to hang clothes on the line to dry. We had a crazy rooster, for no reason he would run up to you and peck your legs. It was wash day and the lines were full of clothes. My uncle comes home after stopping by his watering hole. Rooster runs up to him, bad mistake, uncle grabs him by neck and pops his head off. The body ran all over the yard shooting blood all over the clothes on the line. We all thought it was funny except my mother and g/mother who had to rewash all the clothes. It was very loud at the supper table that night, and yes we had chicken. ***]

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[GailL1]

Better learn about the bird flu if you are gonna get the chickens.

[SereneSeagull]

Yep, backyard chickens and bird flu not a good idea  🐔🐤

[GailL1]

@SereneSeagull 

There are always pigs.  Might not be a bad idea especially since medical science is thinking about pigs when it comes to kidney transplants for humans.

CNN - 05/13/2025 - Defying the odds with a pig kidney transplant  

Fascinating !!!

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@GailL1 , yes so true!!! Take care, Nicole  👵

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[*** @GailL1 wrote 3/21/25:

Better learn about the bird flu if you are gonna get the chickens. ***]

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[nctarheel]

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@Winter2025VA wrote:

@GailL1 , yes so true!!! Take care, Nicole  👵

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[*** @GailL1 wrote 3/21/25:

Better learn about the bird flu if you are gonna get the chickens. ***]

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I recently saw a local newscast regarding having chickens for eggs. The results concluded that rather than paying the grocery store $8.00 a dozen, by the time you invest all you need to invest to start a chicken coop, and all you spend tending to the chickens….,that you would spend many multiples of the 8 dollars for each of your home grown dozen eggs.

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Oh YES @nctarheel !!! I grew up on a farm and had a pet chicken at age 5. Back then it was an expensive endeavor too. Take care, Nicole  👵

YOU WROTE: I recently saw a local newscast regarding having chickens for eggs. The results concluded that rather than paying the grocery store $8.00 a dozen, by the time you invest all you need to invest to start a chicken coop, and all you spend tending to the chickens….,that you would spend many multiples of the 8 dollars for each of your home grown dozen eggs.