If you dont mind being a little dishonest, (ok it's pretty dishonest
) here's how to save big money at the self checkout machines.(On fruits and veggies)
Go to the produce section and head directly to Organic. From here on out you will never have to eat a pesticide covered roma tomato ever again. Don't use the plastic bags they offer in the organic section, grab a bunch from the non organic. If they are all the same color then it doesn't matter. But you don't want the self checkout worker knowing you have organic shit in your bag.
Next, don't worry about the size or the price of the fruit. Just throw shit in the bag. You want three large honey crisp apples and two red bell peppers? Cool, just throw it in the bag. You want three organic avocados, two limes, and a head of brocoli and a couple string beans?!? Throw it in the fucking bag!
You catch my drift? Just make sure the items are all the same color.
Here are the fruits and veggies i got last week.
All organic.
five large bananas, red bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, three large avocados, four tomatos, three large organic naval oranges, three kiwi, stock of celery, two apples, and a peach.
I only spent about $5 on all of that.
Heres how you do it.
Each piece of produce has its own special code. I think its supposed to be universal but i know it varies from store to store. So i cant give you all the codes here you will have to do that on your own.
Grab a sticker(with the 4 digit code) off of the smallest lemons, limes, oranges, and apples you can find. You want to use the small variety because they are priced by quantity, not weight.
You see, this one is organic. You can tell because it begins with a 9. You want code stickers that look like this
When you get to the self checkout machines you will enter the produce code yourself.
Lets say you have a bag of three avocados and brocoli. You will enter the code for small limes. Here the codeis 4205. After you type in the code the screen will ask you how many you have. Type in 3 or 4. Small limes are cheap so thats about 60 or 70 cents.
After yu type n the code it will tell you to set it down on the scanner for you to weigh it. Go ahead and do that. Make sure none of the items are hannging off the edge because when you out it in a bag it checks to makemsure theneight from the scanner is the same as the weight in the bag scales.
Now you are ready to enter your bag that contains apples and oranges.
Type in the code for small lemons. Here its 4033. It will ask you for the quanity so type in 3 or 4 and press enter, place it on the scanner for a second and then throw it in a bag.
For your organic celery and bananas.. You have already done enough damage, just type in the non organic version of each.
Now just rinse and repeat until your friiuts and veggies are in the bag.
You see what i mean? Also id you want a bag of almonds which go for like $7 bucks just hide them underneath the stores ad flyer you pick up when you enter the store. For organic milk take it out and out it to the side. When you finish paying and are taking the bags off the racks just grab the milk as yu turn around towards your cart and place it in your basket.
Smile at the self checkout guy, tell him thanks, and make your exit
I suggest starting small and working your way up.
Just grab an organic orange take it to the self checkout machine and type in the small lemon code. Just enter quantity 1, set it on the scanner and then after it shows up on the screen throw it in the bag.
Find a store with a young dude working self checkout. These guys don't give a shit. They don't want to help you anyways.