How to win at your local supermarket

You know how sometimes you want to buy fruit, but it's a little pricey?

$4.99 for one box of strawberries.... whaaaat?

Well, sometimes all you have to do is look around in the store for a cheaper option, because it might be further inside the store.

Other times, you don't have to look very far. For example, at this particular store, all I had to do was turn around 180 degrees and I found a winning deal.

A quarter of the price!!

Super-size and Save

Although America is facing an obesity epidemic because of it's need to super-size portions, you have to admit super-sizing has some merits. The cost to quantity ratio is just too good to ignore sometimes. As much as I would LOVE to have a discussion about America's waist line problems..this is a site dedicated to poor college students, and not college student discussions.

I love cold green tea. It's very refreshing, and has 0 calories. Normally, I purchase a bottle that contains only 2 servings, or approximately half a liter of tea, for about $2, plus tax. A lot to spend on a liquid, right?

Well, I went to my neighborhood supermarket one day, and found a whopping TWO liter sized bottle of the same tea from the same brand! And the news gets better! It was only FOUR dollars! Did I really just get 8 servings of my favorite green tea for only $2 more? Yes I did! This two liter sized bottle will last for days, and means I just saved $6!

Super-sizing has its time and place, and when it concerns my favorite, usually overpriced beverage, I give super-sizing a resounding thumbs up!

Poor College Student can splurge on groceries

I just got a new paycheck from my campus job. Now I can afford more substantial things to eat for maybe once a week, like when I go grocery shopping I know I can make chicken stir fry instead of just vegetable stir fry, or pasta with meat sauce instead of pasta with just sauce, or pork katsu instead of just bread crumbs.