Summary: Using our $5 garage sale meat slicer and our FoodSaver vaccuum sealer, we’ve packaged about 20 pounds (or 10 kilograms) of sandwich meats and saved at least $60 in grocery bills. I wouldn’t recommend the Rival folding meat slicer we have, but for $5 bucks, it’ll do. If you add the logic of food prices constantly going up, then it could be even higher savings in the long run. Just think – if bologna goes up from $3.49 for 500 grams to $3.99 for 500 grams, I’ve just saved on the future expense of 50 cents per package PLUS what I saved by buying it bulk and parting it up. Why wouldn’t you do this? Of course, we’ve now got sandwich meat for pretty much the rest of the year. Should the household income go down, we can make bread cheaply and still have good sandwiches for lunches. Better today, better tomorrow. Links: FoodSaver Canada VacSealers.com – FoodSaver style bags in Canada Average Canadian Food Prices for 2009
