We’ve known from the start of this journey that our grocery bill would go up. Some things we have to buy rather than use what’s in our freezers, because I used sugar when freezing garden goodies and making jelly, not knowing I should be paying attention to whether it was cane sugar or beet sugar. Specialty flours and products cost more than the regular old stuff. And we’re eating a wider variety of fresh fruits and veggies, rtahter than my usual ways of buying what’s in season and on sale.
Yesterday, though, I ran into some good luck. I was shopping at the Hilltop Hy-Vee in Mankato, Minnesota, which has a nice natural foods section, and Bob’s Red Mill products were 20% off. This is a big deal, because these things aren’t cheap, and we’re using a lot of them these days. Many of the flours and baking mixes, as well as gluten-free oats, are from Bob’s Red Mill.
My grocery bill still was quite high for the number of bags I carried out of the store, but it was nice to get a bit of a discount on many of the items. The Bob’s Red Mill sale at Hy-Vee runs through Saturday at most stores.
