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Target and Market Pantry.

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Jul 072009

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When we think of shopping for groceries Target isn’t usually the first place to come to mind – but maybe it should be. Over the last year or two I’ve really fallen in love with Target. They don’t have everything you need – no fresh fruits or vegetables…but when it comes to cereals, juices, snack foods, and frozen goods – Target is great!

Target carries name brands but they also carry their generic brand products called Market Pantry. In general, my experience with generics has been disappointing. In the cereal department, while the generics may taste okay, they certainly don’t taste anything like the brand name equivalent. Similary, have you ever tried those generic oreo’s? Yuck! But this isn’t the case with Market Pantry. You won’t notice a sub-par taste in their Apple Juice, and if you swap out boxes on cereals your kids would never guess they weren’t eating the real Lucky Charms.

What really is the kicker for Target’s Market Pantry line of products is the pricing. I always gawked at paying nearly $4 for a box of cereal, but oftentimes couldn’t stand some of the generics. Now I get Market Pantry for less than $2.50 a box and don’t notice any taste difference!

So, what am I saying? Next time your out, if the Target isn’t too far from your normal grocery store, consider stopping by there first to get the non-perishables and then going to the grocery store – I think you’ll be happy with the difference.

Fruit Juices.

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Jul 272008

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Its hard to drink as much fluids as we should. I drink a lot of water – but sometimes I just can’t take the thought of drinking anything that doesn’t taste. Propel is great, as I mentioned in an earlier post…But what about fruit juices? Well they are great as well.

It might seem like common sense, but I’ll just focus in on it for a few minutes as a happy little reminder. We are supposed to eat several fruits every day. How many of us are actually doing that? Mmm…Didn’t think I’d see too many hands. One easy way to ensure we get enough fruits (though probably not with all the benefits of actual fruit, so we should still eat that as well) is by drinking fruit juice. But don’t get just any fruit juice. Not even the ones that say, “made with natural fruit juices.” You want the 100% stuff. The other stuff has so much sugar and water in it that you might as well forget it as a fruit supplement and add it as a candy bar.

Juicy Juice and Welch’s are both great sources of 100% fruit juices. Yes, they cost a tad more – but think about the additional health benefits we derive. You’ll probably spend less time at the doctor (and dentist) and more than save the extra few dollars spent to get 100% juice.