Grocery shopping in the evenings can nab you a discount
Grocery shopping in the evenings can nab you a discount
2022-07-19
Inflation is hitting hard, and I’’m sure lots of our viewers are feeling the pinch. If you’’re looking for ways to ease your budget, here are some ideas. If you go out grocery shopping at the right time of day, you might find some serious discounts. We took a trip around some of Taipei’’s markets, to talk to shoppers and hear their top tips!
The goods left over at this market stall are being sold at bargain prices. As dusk descends on the market, sellers unleash more and more discounts, rather than let goods go unsold. As inflation bites, this is the moment to get your groceries on a budget.
Member of public
Sometimes he says, “Oh, you can have these for NT$150.” It’s 50% or 40% off. You can save 50% sometimes.
Member of public
Like the chicken breast – after they’ve taken the meat off, there’s some bones. The meat was cut off. But in the evening, there’s meat left over, and I buy that.
Market seller
I can’t just keep it and eat it all myself! So I sell it at a discount. I think more people are coming in the evenings.
Sellers make sure nothing goes to waste while shoppers are happy to pick up a bargain. But it’s not just at traditional markets – the same trick applies in supermarkets, too.
Mr. Yen has just left the office. He rushes to the supermarket to pick up his groceries. There are lots of items with a 20% discount after 8 p.m. He’s set his sights on this counter, full of items with two discount labels slapped on top. He’s a regular at the near-expired counter.
Mr. Yen
Taipei resident
If you come at the golden hour, I think you can get 30% off. I save NT$20 or NT$30 every day. All told, every month you can save NT$300 or NT$400. I heard my friend say he often comes here on the Members’ Discount Day and buys a lot of stuff. You can keep some things for a long time, for example, enoki mushrooms and vegetables.
With a little effort, these shoppers are finding ways to cut back on their grocery budget and push back against the rising cost of living.
通膨省荷包 雞胸肉買碎肉、菜切半錢省半！
2022-07-19
通膨時代來臨，外食的北漂族和婆媽們如何省荷包？走一躺超市，每天過了晚上六、七點，即期品優惠成了他們最愛，像是肉品打八折，一個月能省下三四百元，菜籃族則是喜歡到黃昏市場撿便宜，就有民眾分享，如果要買雞胸肉可以買碎肉，菜也能要求攤販切一半，菜錢可以少花一半，省荷包攻略，一起來看。
剩下的熟食俗俗賣，接近傍晚時分的黃昏市場，攤販就怕熟食擺著銷不出去，折扣越給越多，這也是通膨時代，民眾省荷包的撇步。
[[菜籃族]]
“他有時候就說，哦，三樣150就給你就好啦，五折、六折這樣子，省到一半應該有可能有”
[[菜籃族]]
“像那個雞胸肉，他們把那個肉弄掉了以後，還有一些骨頭啊，肉切掉了，可是旁邊還會有剩肉，就買那些肉”
[[市場攤販]]
“不可能留著自己吃，倒是便宜賣掉，(晚來的客人)好像有多一點”
就怕東西賣不掉，薄利多銷也讓民眾撿便宜，而且不只黃昏市場，就連超市的即期品優惠也讓外食的北漂族很有感。
穿著襯衫，顏先生下班趕在時間內來採買，尤其晚上八點過後，超市肉品打八折，他瞄準貼兩個標籤的熟食攤位，對於即期品的優惠，他再也熟悉不過。
[[北漂族 顏先生]]
“「友善食光」的話，好像是打七折，每天省個二、三十元，算一算一個月可能省個三、四百塊，我有聽說我朋友通常會在會員日的時候去大量採購，有些東西可以放，像金針菇那種菜類，是可以放比較久的”
精打細算搭配記帳，外食族用自己的門路省荷包，每個月多省3、4百塊，也能多賺回幾個便當錢！
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