When it’s located right smack in the middle of a tourist town!  Normally, I do a lot of shopping at my local farmers markets.  And if the prices are a bit higher, sometimes, than at the grocery store, I’m fine with it, because the food is fresh and yummy, and I like supporting the local growers.

Now, last week my husband and I were “up north”.  I put that in quotes, because my Florida relatives were always amazed when I’d say we were going “up north”, because to them, Wisconsin was pretty far north already!  But we can get a few hundred miles futher north from where I live, and still be in Wisconsin…

Again, I have gone off on a tangent and need to be reeled back in!  So anyway, we were up north, and passing through one (of many) touristy towns, when I happened to see a farm market.  One of the things I usually buy up north are cranberries.  Well, they had cranberries.  For $2.69 a pound.  I haven’t checked recently, but I’m pretty sure I can beat that price back home, especially around Thanksgiving.

I was disappointed.  But as it turned out (I apologize in advance for what I am about to say; I just can’t help myself) my search for cranberries would become more fruitful!  (Sorry!)  A local grocery store had them for 99¢ per pound.  And that is a price that I cannot beat back home.  Needless to say, a huge bag of cranberries came home with me (and have already been canned as cranberry sauce).

It just occured to me that this could also be called “Buying local, part 3 - Check out the local grocery stores when taking road trips!”   You may be pleasantly surprised by the bargains you find!