SHORT MARKETING HINTS.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 1, Issue 5, 20 January 1911, Page 16

SHORT MARKETING HINTS.

By doing your own marketing, order books are avoided, the pick of the market is secured, and full advantage can be taken of any commodity which is very abundant. Fish is particularly liable to sudden rises in price, and, by studying the daily fluctuation, the expensive kinds may often be dispensed with, and less sought after, and consequently cheaper varieties substituted. Ready cash, or at least weekly accounts, command the lowest prices, and at the same time give independence in bestowing custom where best value is given. To buy the " whole at a shilling," instead of half of it at sevenpence, is no economy, if there is but small chance of using it up while it is fresh. Take advantage of the seasons, so that variety may be secured, when each food in its turn becomes abundant and therefore cheap. Deal at good shops» with a brisk trade, as the goods are fresher, and there will be a larger selection from which to choose. Goods out of their natural season, but still in the markets, are expensive, and often the flavour is but poorly developed.