For many consumer items, I have little or no brand loyalty and I am very
reluctant to buy if I can't get them for a good price.  Here's some good
prices I look for that I can think of off the top of my head: 

Toilet paper  - $0.20 per roll
Soda (or pop) - $1.00 including deposit for 2 liter
Ice Cream     - I forget the number but I like Kroger Deluxe ice cream if
                it is on sale "buy one get one free"
Blank VHS tape - $2.00 for any brand I think I can trust (really cheap 
                  tapes can drop-out and gum up the VCR)

Get the idea?  Are there prices that you look for?  Are there items
that you refuse to buy when they're not on sale?

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One of the better deals we've found recently has been at the day-old
bread place across from the Kroger that  is near the intersection of
S. Industrial and Stadium.  4 for $2 loaves of bread (white, wheat,
oatmeal, potato, etc.) is not too bad compared to what you pay at
Kroger or Meijer for new bread.  We go through so much bread in a
week that I go there and buy a dozen loaves at a time, and freeze
whatever we won't use in a couple days.  That place also sells other
baked goods like cookies and cinnamon rolls.  Due to the nature of
such places, however, you may not always find exactly what you're
looking for (though you usually find what you can use).

I am a junior in college, so of course I'm poor and always scraping for 
bargains.  Suprisingly one of the best places outside of an outlet store
to find good cheap clothes is your local mall.  If  you shop during sept
and oct you can get summer clothes for about a 1/3 of what they normally are
Also, for CD lovers, try mail order clubs like BMG.  If you don't like BMG
Best Buy is great.  Low prices and good selection.

 BMG may not be the bargain that they purport it to be. 

 More coming later about them.

I have found that buying things in bulk is the only way to really save money.
I spend a lot of time at home repackaging, but I save quite a bit of money
this way.  I will also not buy cereal unless it is on sale and I have a
coupon.  Cereal prices have just gotten out of hand.

Feeling that I become a slave of many of my things, I find there is less
and less that I need as life goes on.  Much of what I have is used or
retrieved fron the dead.  I put my money into food, shelter, clothing
and transportation.  Not in glitz but into quality, reliability, durability,
etc.  I guess it's that German heritage.
 
We buy most of our natural food bulk from North Country Farms in Madisom WI.
It's a $500 minimum order but collecting a few like-minded friends is not
difficult once they try what they get for their $'s ;)

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We use to be part of a pretty large group in Ann Arbor.  It was too big
though so my wife decided to start her own.  The group we have now is
just about the right size and includes about 5 families.  I don't think
we want to add another member but will check with my wife.  It's really
her doing that brought this all together.  I will also get the number of 
the larger group we used to be part of and e-mail you Valerie.

We're part of a similar group based here in Milan (MI) that orders
through the Federation of Ohio River Cooperatives -- new members welcome,
if you can get to the pickup for your stuff.

Its hard to beat TJ Max for clothing deals.  Especially dull things
like socks and underwear.

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