Comments on: Bagging a Bargain http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/grocery-spending-trends/ The blog of the free, simple personal finance solution. Track all your spending automatically, find the best deals, save more money. And save the world. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:21:10 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Maxk http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/grocery-spending-trends/comment-page-1/#comment-35978 Maxk Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:38:21 +0000 http://www.mint.com/blog/?p=5389#comment-35978 Matthew: Why would anyone look at a graph if they didn't want data? The "shopping bag volume as data" graph is really the worst. Is it scaling with volume? Height? Surface area? Who knows? Matthew: Why would anyone look at a graph if they didn’t want data?

The “shopping bag volume as data” graph is really the worst. Is it scaling with volume? Height? Surface area? Who knows?

]]> By: Matthew http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/grocery-spending-trends/comment-page-1/#comment-35620 Matthew Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:22:39 +0000 http://www.mint.com/blog/?p=5389#comment-35620 To all the people complaining about the layout, relax. What, exactly, were you going to do with the information that you needed it presented as clearly as possible? Nothing, except maybe sharing a tidbit of info at a cocktail party. I think they look good. To all the people complaining about the layout, relax. What, exactly, were you going to do with the information that you needed it presented as clearly as possible? Nothing, except maybe sharing a tidbit of info at a cocktail party.

I think they look good.

]]> By: David @ DINKS Finance http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/grocery-spending-trends/comment-page-1/#comment-35083 David @ DINKS Finance Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:33:12 +0000 http://www.mint.com/blog/?p=5389#comment-35083 I agree with the above comments. Cut some of the attempted creativity and make this graphic a little more readable. -DC I agree with the above comments. Cut some of the attempted creativity and make this graphic a little more readable.

-DC

]]> By: chicagoandy http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/grocery-spending-trends/comment-page-1/#comment-34859 chicagoandy Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:19:28 +0000 http://www.mint.com/blog/?p=5389#comment-34859 Total disaster of an infographic. Total disaster of an infographic. ]]> By: Tiffany http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/grocery-spending-trends/comment-page-1/#comment-34842 Tiffany Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:17:13 +0000 http://www.mint.com/blog/?p=5389#comment-34842 Agreed. This is truly awful. Agreed. This is truly awful. ]]> By: Dr. E.T. http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/grocery-spending-trends/comment-page-1/#comment-34827 Dr. E.T. Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:54:34 +0000 http://www.mint.com/blog/?p=5389#comment-34827 Truly horrid graphical presentation of information. Truly horrid graphical presentation of information. ]]> By: Brian http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/grocery-spending-trends/comment-page-1/#comment-34767 Brian Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:59:13 +0000 http://www.mint.com/blog/?p=5389#comment-34767 We been watching the ads for local grocery stores and there are some great deals to be had if you're paying attention and can stock up. Lots of good meat sales these days so we buy several pounds at a time and freeze it. We have been learning a lot from www.faithfulprovisions.com as the author of the site advises our to cut grocery bills by as much as 75%. I wish we did this years ago. We been watching the ads for local grocery stores and there are some great deals to be had if you’re paying attention and can stock up. Lots of good meat sales these days so we buy several pounds at a time and freeze it. We have been learning a lot from http://www.faithfulprovisions.com as the author of the site advises our to cut grocery bills by as much as 75%. I wish we did this years ago. ]]>