How Often Do You Read Labels? – IOTW Report

How Often Do You Read Labels?

Revolver: The hidden “dollar store grocery scam” that countless struggling Americans fall for.

31 Comments on How Often Do You Read Labels?

  1. every time i shop

    here’s a money saving tip, my good deed for the day 🙂
    if you live in an area with hard water & want your towels & socks to be soft again, put some distilled white vinegar into your rinse cycle, and it’s a whole lot cheaper than liquid fabric softener

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  2. I read them all the time. I don’t agree that this is a “dollar store grocery scam”. Thay aren’t scamming anyone. They sell crap “food” and anyone with half a brain can see that by reading the labels.

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  3. nunyo bidness

    I’ve been using white vinegar in the rinse cycle for years, even when we lived in a soft water area. There are a couple of reasons, firstly as you say, it is very inexpensive. Secondly it is odorless (your clothes won’t smell of vinegar) liquid fabric softners are so highly scented they give me a headache.

    White vinegar has many great household uses. Run some through your washer or dishwasher to clean them. Dilute with water and use to clean windows, shower doors etc. Place a bowl in you microwave and heat until steaming, this will loosen any grease or stuck on food particles. White vinegar leaves no odor, is cheap and environmentally friendly!

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  4. I buy my Milkbones treats for the pooches on my routes @ the dollar stores ’cause they’re a buck or 2 cheaper a box than elsewhere.
    I’ve noticed in the last 2 fjb years, that the bucolic areas I travel in are loaded with dollar stores….likely saving needed $ for the locals that can avoid driving to an area with a real grocery store.

    As far as labels…I reversed my type 2 diabetes(aka; self inflicted) by cutting anything made with corn syrup/fructose in it.

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  5. Mrs radiomattm, the only cleaners in my house are white distilled vinegar and baking soda
    i also use it for all those items you listed and then some
    putting the vinegar in the washing machine & dishwasher also helps to remove soap buildup in the drain pipe

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  6. Nunyo, sadly I have no dogs…I live vicariously thru the customers on the routes I cover on my driving gig. A different part of the region each day…about 3500 miles a month.
    A couple of the muts love me so much they try to come with me.
    I carry Friskies, too.. a couple places have “shop cats”.
    Frankly, the critters are my favorite part of the job.

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  7. Dollar General & Family Dollar have become the new “general store” in many areas.As poor in nutrition as they and Dollar Tree store food may be, it might be better than the “convenience stores” of the so called “food deserts”.

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  8. If you only have a dollar, what’s the point of trying to “just add 6 dollars” to get a better deal at Walmart?
    Buying in bulk is always better – but sometimes you just can’t do that.

    My Dad used to say: “I’ve been poor and I’ve been destitute – believe me, poor is better.”
    (Depression Era child)

    mortem tyrannis
    izlamo delenda est …

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  9. I read the labels all the time, if it has high fructose corn syrup in it, I will not buy it. I also check the sodium levels and I will regularly buy items that have lower sodium content and have found more and more food items with lower sodium levels in them over the past few years. Trader Joe’s routinely has low sodium chicken broth with a minimum of 20 mg. in it which I use a lot. And any food item that comes from China I absolutely refuse to buy.

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  10. “How Often Do You Read Labels?”

    Only when considering a new product. If it has real food in it (eggs, butter, milk, wheat flour, real sugar, meat, nuts … etc., and little if no plant oils, modified food starch, corn syrup, etc.), I’ll read the whole label to see its listed protein, carbs, fats, sodium vs. potassium, vit’s, etc, and then decide based on that and comparative price and brand reputation.

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  11. Let’s not forget that the $1 store, is now the $1.25 store.
    Still, there is very little in the way of food that I would buy from the $1.25 store.
    Learning the tricks and tips of buying has saved me more than what a dollar store would.
    Like: Shop only sale items.

    Stock up during good sale
    prices.

    Learn when the meat
    department drops it’s
    prices.

    Keep a price book, and know
    your best, local prices.

    Keep tabs on the clearance
    section and manager
    specials.

    Take advantage of
    rain checks (these are
    getting more tricky, as
    stores are not offering
    them like they used to)

    Find a grocery outlet near
    you, or go halvesies with
    a friend for shopping
    Costco/Sam’s.

    Tons of rebate programs
    for anyone who wants to
    take the time.
    * For Meijer shoppers,
    beware, they are changing M-
    Perks.
    And it’s not all for the
    benefit of the customer.

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  12. I have trouble reading the nano print on pill bottle directions, is this just another attempt to reduce over population??? I’ve lost any trust I once had in drug manufacturers/pill pushers since the covid BS jab of death.

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  13. All the time. And I resent paying the same rates for health insurance as the people consuming that crap.

    As for the dollar stores, it’s not a scam; no one thinks they’re buying in bulk or healthy there. They’re just trying to feed the kids until the next paycheck. Many poor folks stay poor because they always make short term decisions (whether by choice or necessity) regarding the value of everything from food to cigarettes to convenience to entertainment. Climbing out of poverty is a tough slog but once you’ve done it, you’ll read the fine print and question the value of every purchase for the rest of your life.

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  14. If $ stores have Jif with unhydrogenated oil, then I will get (their “natural” brand) and chunk light tuna in water and the best thing is Breyers ice cream in those small “half gallons” cheapest around and main reason I go to Family $

  15. Love Meijer but often don’t use the coupons as it just will cost me money to save money. Having some own meat and home canned fruits, jams, dried beans, brown org. rice and good cheeses is what I stock up on. Home grown sweet potatoes is something our son specializes in as well as garlic. I just finished my last sweet potatoes before the ice storm.

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