WISE SHOPPER: there are 4 big groc.chains in my area and they are in the throes of a competition race and I am going to be the winner. I pick out the item (only sale items) I want or need and make the rounds. Not necessarily all in one day. I steel myself not to be tempted to buy other items as I pick up my goodies, and by week's end I have a goodly stock on my shelves and have cut my groc. bill almost in half. Sounds impossible? It isn't. However, it helps a great deal if you have stock shelves in your home and that you keep them current. This allows you to shop ONLY at sales and not be seduced into buying items you should be considering to be "extras". This week alone I saved $17.45 in one store, $6.86 in another, and $12.32 in a third and got 30cents off on my gasoline bill to boot. Shop wisely and you are the one to profit from this competition of stores. PS> I even allowed myself a treat on the way home.