Things Of The Price Book Variety
I never meant to go on a blog break, honest! I’ve just been a little preoccupied with a teensy little side project of mine. It’s nothing really. More about that later.
Tonight, I’m all about the Price Book. I have a post a-brewing my head but before I get onto that, feel free to answer these couple of questions in the comments.
Do you keep a price book? If so, what kind, how did you set it up, what prices do you track, etc etc (I have a tendency to overthink things like this, which is probably why I’ve failed at every other attempt at making my own Price Book…)
I got right into the idea a couple of years ago but my OCD tendencies saw me trying to track EVERY item on my Master Grocery List, which at the time numbered at least 150. Yeah - not so smart. Some articles I’ve read tonight mention amounts more like 30 or 50 of your most commonly bought items. Very do-able. One mustn’t bite off more loss leaders than one can chew, after all.
Discuss.
Cheers,
Lizzie
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Just an Aussie mother to three, wife to one, special needs advocate, sometimes crafter, always procrastinator and awesome baker. Well maybe not bread. Bread alludes me.
I have a price book which is just a little notebook that I keep in my handbag.
I don’t keep prices on a lot of things but I do have the prices of nappies, nappy wipes, washing powder, cereal, bread, milk, chicken and mince from a few different stores.
Rachel xxx
A Juggling Mum
It is a very interesting idea . I found some old shopping dockets last week in our filing cabinets and it is amazing to see the changes in prices.
I think I might try this too … well on a spreadsheet.
I found once that a different Coles supermarket 20mins away had things both 50c cheaper and things dearer on their normal generic items (was spaghetti /pasta that time) and other stuff.
Aldi’s is now promoting -national pricing on everything except fresh food lines .
I am very interested in any links you have to read more and I look forward to your post too.
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Trish - We are so backward down here in South Australia - no Aldis :( However last night I had a bit of a play around with an A5 sized price book page template (I had a leftover A5 binder, plus, it’s just easier to refer to a small binder) I thought I’d probably put that one up as a PDF in the Printables section. As I develop mine I’m going to do a tutorial/tour of it and then post about that at some point in the future, so if you wanted to join me in my OCD-ness, LOL, come on back for that!
Cheers,
Lizzie
I once tried a similar thing by taping my supermarket receipts in a notebook and referring to the most recent one when doing the next shopping list so that I had a fair idea of how much I should allow for certain items. The idea didn’t last long as price changes from week to week had me tearing my hair out. Now I just allow $xyz for fortnightly “big” shop and $abc for off week top ups like milk, biscuits and a spare pcket of ciggies to hide away for when hubby gets overly stressed and smokes his entire supply before his next payday. These days I tend to take more notice of “specials” and stock up big on things( like toilet paper) when it’s on special, then put away an amount equivalent to the price of a 12 or 9 pack from the “big” shop weeks, that way next time something is on special the money for it is already saved.
I have always thought I should do this, especially since we use the regular grocery and a warehouse club, but I have never gotten around to it. I am sitting down now and writing a few things down, items anyway and will be ready to write prices in next time we go. I do think there are just some items we’re willing to pay more for, that we need, like eggs/bread/milk and price won’t matter much unless they really skyrocket.
Maybe you’d be interest in the printable too Thia? It’s designed for an A5 binder, very basic kind of thing. I’ve been lucky in that I can source the sheet protectors, printer paper and binder all in that size.
Don’t always assume the staples are fairly even across the board. Just today I was walking through my local shopping centre and happened to notice a little bakery I don’t usually go near had bread out for $1.50 per loaf…a full 50c cheaper than the ‘cheap’ bread at my local supermarket. And milk…gosh…dairy in general is going through the roof here…
Cheers,
Lizzie
What size is A5? Is that the same size a the Daytimer/Dayplanner/ personal Diary/Filofax type thing? because I have a spare one of those with just notepaper in it that I use for my shopping lists and the printable thingy you mentioned might be a good addition.
I just checked out your printables section and I’m definitely going to print the Today’s Priorities one and the Freezer Inventory too.
Yep, I think it would be very similar in size. About 8.3 inches by 5.8 inches The only problem might come about in regards to the margins I had to set to make mine fit right on the paper I had (the size I mentioned). I had to be pretty exact so you might run into problems if you’re printing onto your leftover notepaper. However, keep an eye out anyway and have a go :)
I’m getting kind of fancy with mine, with A5 sheet protectors and everything - like a ‘mini me’ Home Management Binder, LOL. I’m doing it this way because I intend it to be a long term thing - and I knew just using an old notebook wasn’t going to make the grade for me, LOL. I should have a tutorial up over the weekend…
Cheers,
Lizzie
I would print on A4 paper because that’s what is in my printer and then trim it to fit if possible. I might even save the file and see if I can work out how to resize it before printing….that’ll give me a headache or two I’m sure…….
I’m pretty lucky I guess - my printer has a slidy whatsit that guides A5 paper. I could trim some A4 down for this but I still had some A5 leftover from another project and yes, I’m lazy so will probably by some more, LOL.
Cheers,
Lizzie
hi,i also live in adelaide and always shop at Coles,as i get discount there,i have been running a price book for a few months now, and it certainly shows how much things have gone up in one month,especially cheese,i love coon cheese and i always buy it by the kilo block,it wasn,t on special and i had run out so i paid 11.95,unbelievable,thats the most i have ever paid for that cheese,i should have left it on the shelf,but i don,t like any other brand,and also the price of rolled oats are up just in a fortnight,this is why its great to have a price book so u can see just how much more were paying at different stores,sadly i don,t know of any food warehouse in adelaide.were we can save money buying bulk,there use to be a place called Cash and Carry,but they closed up,if you know of any i would be interested .