Grocery store rip offs

The weekly trip to the grocery store has gotten to be an expensive one. As the head of the household who does almost all of the grocery shopping, I find myself always looking for deals on items we buy. I even resorted to clipping coupons and avidly use them whenever I can. Although I shop at both the chain grocery stores in Iron Mountain, I find I spend more money at the larger one. I don’t know if it is because of their advertised deals in the paper and throughout the store or because there are more items to purchase. Either way, I think all items from produce to dairy to meat and necessities at grocery stores are a rip off. I know the price of just about everything has increased in the last year due to the economy, but that’s becoming a really old excuse. Everyone needs to eat, but there should be a limit to what price we have to pay.