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this post was submitted on 18 Feb 2024
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Milk is a poor example, as Colesworth sells Milk as a loss-leader to get you in the door.
Your local markets don't sell processed grocery items (think cereal, biscuits, sauces etc). When I lived in Melbourne, I made use of the Preston Markets. My sequence was Fruit/Vegies > Eggs > Cheese & Smallgoods > Nuts & seeds > Meat & poultry > Asian Supermarket. That took care of about 75% of my shop. I then went over the road to Woolies for the remainder. Yes, I bought milk at Woolies.
In all the above examples, the markets were cheaper than Woolies. Doing this took extra time, but I saved on average about ~~20%~~ (nah, it can't have been that much. It's been too long to remember. But it was a significant amount) on the items I bought at the markets.
I no longer have access to markets like this. I am very sad about that.