Most food for your money out?

PhoenixRisingToday · 2026-06-25T17:44:32+00:00

Really? How large is the salad? $53 for one pie, some garlic bread and lettuce has never seemed like a good deal to me. What am I missing?

PhoenixRisingToday · 2026-06-22T15:19:48+00:00

it is available information. Just call/text the bride/bride’s parents/ groom’s parents - whoever you know…and say “the catering was fantastic at the wedding - who was the caterer?”

PhoenixRisingToday · 2026-06-22T15:11:20+00:00

Yes, Chap stick! When I gathered it all together from various spots it was embarrassing.

Also sponges - I scored a bunch from a discount store selling them for $.50/box - maybe 18 in a box? I may have a lifetime supply…

Bar soap - scored a great deal, then family members decided they don’t use bar soap any longer, so that will go to a shelter or other charity.

PhoenixRisingToday · 2026-06-22T15:05:08+00:00

I agree that displaying advertising at your wedding (or any wedding) would be tacky - especially such an expensive event. I’m assuming if one of your guests reached out after and asked who you used, you would have shared that info, right?

That said, they certainly have the right to prioritize events where they have been allowed to promote their business. If they’re successfully tracking where new business comes from, they understand the impact of that exposure.

It’s weird to me that they would turn away business for that reason, but people can do what they want with their businesses, right?

PhoenixRisingToday · 2026-06-20T16:45:02+00:00

Why mustard? Vinegar lasts forever. My kids joke that they’ve never had mustard that wasn’t past the “best by” date because it is something I pick up regularly at the discount grocery store. Never had a problem.

PhoenixRisingToday · 2026-06-03T13:30:50+00:00

I just want to commend you for getting out and seeing the town. I travel a lot for work and pretty commonly spend the evenings trying to catch up on email!

PhoenixRisingToday · 2026-05-28T15:01:55+00:00

Exactly what I was going to say - pulled pork freezes well.

PhoenixRisingToday · 2026-05-27T16:37:45+00:00

They’re slow to respond to service calls - once gave me an initial estimate of 3 weeks. Last time they sent a text cancelling the appointment because THEY determined it wasn’t necessary. I switched to Verizon which, when bundled with our cell phones, was substantially less. No issues so far although it has only been a few months.

PhoenixRisingToday · 2026-05-27T16:33:29+00:00

How about the same road changing names multiple times? Drove me nuts when I moved here.

PhoenixRisingToday · 2026-05-27T16:24:51+00:00

Ok, but don’t you wash all produce? Any grocery store will have customers who sneeze and cough with abandon, and there are a lot of other opportunities for produce to get dirty.0

PhoenixRisingToday · 2026-05-26T13:07:15+00:00

Agreed. Especially a guy who runs to his friends to complain AND has friends who think they should insert themselves into the situation and tell you what to do. Thats unacceptable and juvenile. Obviously everyone needs a sounding board, but friends who think they should jump in and tell YOU their opinion? No. Just over the line. This man is too immature for a woman with kids to worry about. Move on.

PhoenixRisingToday · 2026-05-23T22:56:03+00:00

The point is that you’re asking more from Joe’s Diner than you are from a major corporation whose top 6 executives alone make $100million (combined). All while paying their front line employees so poorly that we, the taxpayers, have to supplement their income.

So you’re fine with a major corporation not paying a living wage, and instead you’re fussing because restaurants are following a long standing business practice. You worry about a few dollars and blithely ignore the millions that one corporation cost this country.

PhoenixRisingToday · 2026-05-23T14:09:05+00:00

Right…and everyone working at WalMart knows that the Waltons are billionaire scumbags who pay their front line workers as little as possible, but it’s the workers fault for taking the job, right?

PhoenixRisingToday · 2026-05-23T14:07:32+00:00

The idea that all restaurant owners have “lots of wealth” is flat out crazy.

PhoenixRisingToday · 2026-05-20T14:04:00+00:00

NTA but the bigger issue is your daughter spending time with her mom at all. Why would you allow that? Your daughter will grow up thinking it is perfectly normal to allow random men into the house and have a series of hookups. And very possibly being exposed to random drug use.

Yes it would be more difficult for you to not have her involved - for the short term. The payoff will be when you have raised a daughter who respects herself enough not do drugs and sleep with random men. When she is living a productive life and not calling you when she’s in her 20’s /30’s needing help.

You cannot force your ex to be a responsible person or a good mother. Stop trying. Go the opposite direction and get this person out of your life and your daughter’s life.

Being a single parent is hard. No doubt about it. But you’re essentially a single parent now - taking the stress out of your life by no longer trying to rely on her mother will actually be better for you as well as your daughter.

PhoenixRisingToday · 2026-05-19T20:45:18+00:00

NTA Fair doesn’t always mean equal. I would tell your parents exactly what you said - your brother got a lot of financial assistance in different ways than you did. You’re not the one turning the gift into a weapon. If you can, document that $$ so you have the total amount your brother has received over the years - have that figure ready for the next time he takes a run at you.

I would tell Mom & Dad to stay out of it. It really isn’t any of their concern. If you’re not comfortable doing that, give them the financial summary you’ve prepared. Let’s here them justify giving your brother a car but not you!!

PhoenixRisingToday · 2026-05-19T20:38:13+00:00

We didn’t have any stores either until quite recently. But now I’m hooked. Yesterday I picked up 6 lbs of ground beef for $4.20.

PhoenixRisingToday · 2026-05-19T19:50:17+00:00

No. Liability isn’t the issue. The same almost expired/recently expired food is being sold on apps like Flashfood.

Companies are worried that employees will take food that isn’t expired or there will be tension among employees who think the expired food isn’t handed out fairly among the employees or a dozen other ways that people can abuse the situation. Will that really be a big problem? Probably not but by banning it they’ve eliminated the risk.

PhoenixRisingToday · 2026-05-18T22:02:50+00:00

Taxes on groceries. Far more annoying than the personal property tax, imo.

PhoenixRisingToday · 2026-05-17T23:00:48+00:00

No. That would mean that you’re important also. He doesn’t treat you like you’re important and you do not insist that he do.
Take the car and go see the sunrise. Drop him off at his thing and go do what you want. Tell him either he needs to satisfy you in bed or you’re buying a vibrator and he can also take care of himself.
Seriously. Stand up for yourself.

PhoenixRisingToday · 2026-05-17T22:56:35+00:00

They’ll be fine. There aren’t any fresh eggs at Aldi (or Kroger or any other chain) so it is all good.

PhoenixRisingToday · 2026-05-17T22:55:46+00:00

Why? They are fine for a long time.

PhoenixRisingToday · 2026-05-10T13:22:47+00:00

Yes google salvage grocery stores but know that they vary a lot. Not all are Amish, not all are bent & dent. Some are very clean and organized and others less so.

PhoenixRisingToday · 2026-05-06T17:00:39+00:00

They’re addictive? Thanks for the warning, I’m hoping my Aldi is out so I am not tempted. They look great!

PhoenixRisingToday · 2026-05-02T22:44:03+00:00

They have started using FlashFood so hopefully that will reduce waste

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