I have one, and have had for years, but I delete all the entries but the cheapest in the past few months. My price book is a "target" price book, that is, I want this price or better. If this suits, I'll post mine.
A box of mac and cheese at walmart is .50 for 7.25 ozs.
So to find out how much each oz is... divide .50 by 7.25.
.50/7.25 = .06
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Some people do it backwards like this. 7.25/.50 = 14.50
But thats wrong. Your not trying to figure out how many oz to cents, your trying to figure out how many cents to an oz. You get the wrong number if you do this.
1) Each page has the item type at the top. It can be "meats", "produce", "health and beauty", etc. Generalization is good here, especially if you have the price book either in a binder (with dividers) or in a one-subject notebook.
2) The first entry would be the item's more specific details. For example, if the binder/notebook is devoted to meats, the first line would be something like 'Ground Beef, Regular 1lb".
3) The second entry would have the following information from left to right: Store name, Regular Price, Sale Price.
4) If the item falls under specific sales, I put little notes on the right side of the line. So if it's BOGOF, 50% off, etc then I put that there.
So my price book in all would look like this:
MEATS
Ground Beef, Regular 1lb
Safeway $1.99 $1.49 Manag Spec, 50% off
Sobey's $2.35 $1.79 50% off, BOGOF
Co-Op $1.69 $0.99 Bi-Annual Sale, 50% off
I'd write in the store name and the item specifics in pen, write in the rest in pencil (to make it neater).
phoenix - MommyTrap started this thread back in Feb of 2009 so pricing has definitely changed since then.
I tried to keep a price book but like others in this thread - the fluctuating sizes made it more effort to keep a price book then I thought necessary. I have an idea of what a 'good price' is to me for specific and regular items that we buy so we tend to go with that. I ball park most things and tend to buy when there's sales and I love scouring the clearance section
It is really hard to get a price book with the many areas we come from and yes it is hard to keep one anyways! HEHE Thanks for pointing it out that this was from 2009 OMG LOL
What an excellent idea! I've never heard of a price book before but can see the benefits and want to start one. I'm constantly comparing prices before I shop, especially for craft supplies. The Internet is a great help for that. I can remember when my aunt who was a very frugal shopper would to wait each week for store sales papers to be mailed to her or included in the evening newspaper before she made her shopping lists. Being able to research online makes it so much easier!
Joanne thanks for the reminder! I was thinking of doing the same lately. It's been a few years since I had one & I especially need to have kg figures in mind as they seem to be making packaging smaller all the time? So this will be added to my to do today
my price list is in my head. price change a lot so need to keep up with them by looking at flyers. some things go on sale on a reg basis or always on sale like tp. check the markdowns and bogo sales.
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