WISE SHOPPING

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLI, Issue 20441, 11 June 1936, Page 12

WISE SHOPPING

Some women make such a point of buying goods cheaply that they will travel several miles by bus or train or tram to shop in a cheap centre, and they quite overlook the fact that the price of their fare added to 'the article makes it no cheaper than what they could buy almost at their doors! If they enjoy a shopping expedition and like to travel further afield, there is no reason why they should not please themselves, if they have the time, but to pretend that they do it for economy’s sake is absurd. It is impossible to generalise about shopping, but one thing always holds; never buy Inferior food. Buy good, fresh food, and you will find it will go further and yield more nourishment than cheap food. There are, of course, some inexpensive kinds of fish, such as herrings, cuts of meat, such as the scrag end of a neck of mutton; and cheap vegetables, as onions and potaties, that are valuable articles of food, and worth as much as others costing two or three times the_ price. It pays to shop in person if you have the time, not only that you may see that everything you buy is of the best, but also because you may notice what is in season and what is especially plentiful. Sometimes, too, a certain shop will make a speciality of some particular article, selling it at a low cost for a few days. When shopping, therefore, keep your eyes open and be prepared to change your plans and your menus if it seems desirable. A housewife, who is also a business woman, will probably not have time to shop in person, neither will a woman who has young children to look after. They must rely on good tradesmen, on the men who call for orders, and the teleprone. If you are ignorant about food —unable to tell the quality of meat and fish—you must put yourself in the hands of the shopkeeper. Tell him your. requirements, and if he is an honest man who knows his job he will serve you well.