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Bern. Proficient

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My $$ is definitely going to be going towards the commissary on base when I get to NE! But less of it than I would fork over at Walmart or a local grocery store! Every time I have been in the commissary I am like a kid in a candy store! Most items are HALF the price than at local grocery store, some items remain the same, but it still a deal when you can spend almost 40 bucks less on your grocery bill! :D

I will probably still shop at Walmart and Target, but not for groceries, maybe canned items, but thats probably it. I was shocked to see that WalMart sold liquor! Where I am in Canada they don't!

Ooooh! I am looking so forward to that. Shopping on base, and being able to buy cheap groceries! I already went shopping on base once. I nearly died. I loved the prices. And now I'm stuck back here. :'( I do enjoy target though >D

Back on topic, sort of, I got 5 bucks, from a fellow today, and written on it seemed to be...a grocery list. :s

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Gotta love the Canadian forum. A topic started about tracking a one-dollar bill turns into talk about cheap groceries and where the buy the cheapest booze.

God I miss my country. :lol:

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Only liquor stores in Canada have license. But everywhere in the US..it's free game!! Well, not free..you have to pay for it. I think you can even buy it in the dollar stores! LOL.

Not all states are that free with their liquor. We have liquor stores in New Jersey, but you aren't allowed to sell booze in grocery stores and definetely not placesz like Walmart. Many states have different laws pertaining to the sale of alcohol so it's not all free game.

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Gotta love the Canadian forum. A topic started about tracking a one-dollar bill turns into talk about cheap groceries and where the buy the cheapest booze.

God I miss my country. :lol:

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Only liquor stores in Canada have license. But everywhere in the US..it's free game!! Well, not free..you have to pay for it. I think you can even buy it in the dollar stores! LOL.

Not all states are that free with their liquor. We have liquor stores in New Jersey, but you aren't allowed to sell booze in grocery stores and definetely not placesz like Walmart. Many states have different laws pertaining to the sale of alcohol so it's not all free game.

Cool! That's interesting to know.

Course, I'm not exactly a "state" travereller...But everywhere I've been so far, west side, and east side, I noticed it the grocery stores, and gas stations etc. It is quite a shock at first.

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I belive each state has their own liquor board authority. One just can't decide they want to sell alcohol! Here in VA, one can only buy the hard stuff at a State run store. Beer and wine seems to be everywhere,lol

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Well, I don't know if you guys know, but they passed a law a month ago or so, which restricts a business from carrying cigarettes, if there is a pharmacy in the same building. o_o

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Well, I don't know if you guys know, but they passed a law a month ago or so, which restricts a business from carrying cigarettes, if there is a pharmacy in the same building. o_o

I had to laugh at the CVS here the other night. While we were waiting in line I see all the cigarettes behind the counter and made a comment to my husband. I don't think he ever thought about it before. lol

You must be in a progressive area, Ber & Ter. :lol:

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Well, I don't know if you guys know, but they passed a law a month ago or so, which restricts a business from carrying cigarettes, if there is a pharmacy in the same building. o_o

I had to laugh at the CVS here the other night. While we were waiting in line I see all the cigarettes behind the counter and made a comment to my husband. I don't think he ever thought about it before. lol

You must be in a progressive area, Ber & Ter. :lol:

Kri, BC banned showing all cigarettes in any store this year. Have to be behind locked cabinets at all times.

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Well, I don't know if you guys know, but they passed a law a month ago or so, which restricts a business from carrying cigarettes, if there is a pharmacy in the same building. o_o

I had to laugh at the CVS here the other night. While we were waiting in line I see all the cigarettes behind the counter and made a comment to my husband. I don't think he ever thought about it before. lol

You must be in a progressive area, Ber & Ter. :lol:

Kri, BC banned showing all cigarettes in any store this year. Have to be behind locked cabinets at all times.

I'm from Ontario..... they were banned to covered cabinets quite a while back there. I think I may have missed something (lol) but I was referring to the CVS drugstore here in Fla having them right behind the counter. (I'm pretty sure I've lost something in the translation. :lol: )

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I'm from Calgary actually, what happens is, any store with a pharmacy cannot sell cigarettes, tabacco or anything of the sort. And if you were to go into a convinent store, all the cigarettes are covered up by shelves but they're still labeled so anyone could read them. o_o

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I was pretty excited to see the grocery stores in Colorado sold Mike's Hard Lemonade... until I read the bottle. 3%? I don't think so! So, I guess they can sell it here in grocery stores, but it has to be below a certain alcohol content... at 3% whats the point? I'm Canadian, do 11% or I don't do it at all! :lol:

But, money tracking sure is fun! They should stamp more bills.

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