Thanksgiving Shopping

Even if I'm not cooking the Thanksgiving meal, I always make a point of grocery shopping the week of Thanksgiving.

Why?

Because certain things almost always go on sale that week. So it's a great time to stock up on particular items.

I saved about $20 on cracker barrel cheese today, by waiting for the sale that comes every thanksgiving and then buying a bunch. (My family eats a lot of cheddar cheese.)

Also in the photo and on sale were butter, brown sugar, and eggs.

There's a good chance the following items may be on sale the week of thanksgiving in your local grocery store:

• cheese

• cream cheese

• butter

• pasta (particularly macaroni)

• sugar

• brown sugar

• flour

• evaporated milk

• condensed milk

• sour cream

• frozen spinach

• frozen green beans

• ice cream

• sliced bread

• bacon

There are others, but I can't think of them at the moment.

Incidentally, butter should go on sale a couple more times until the spring. In the colder months, cow milk contains more butterfat; therefore butter is cheaper to produce and more likely to be on sale. If you bake a lot, as I do, it's always worth buying a few pounds when it's on sale and keeping it in your freezer.