The $40 grocery bill that snapped me out of autopilot
I was standing in the checkout line at Kroger in Nashville two months ago and the total came to $43.27 for just a few bags. I realized I had been buying pre-cut vegetables and bagged salads this whole time, never thinking about the markup. That day I bought a whole head of lettuce for 89 cents instead of a $3.99 bag and actually timed myself chopping it - took 4 minutes. Has anyone else had that one receipt that made you change your whole shopping approach?