My Price Book: A Screenshot

Last week I wrote about creating a price book in my Combating the High Price of Food Series. Having recently discovered how easy it is to create screen shots, I decided to share with you what mine looks like.

As you can see, my price book is computerized. The photo to the left gives a good representation of how mine is set up. (You can click on the photo to see it in greater detail.) Here are the specifics:

I have columns for the following:

• Category: I've found that the following categories of items work pretty well for me.
• Baking
• Beef
• Beverage
• Bread
• Canned
• Cereal
• Chicken
• Condiments
• Dairy
• Deli
• Dry
  
• Frozen
• Miscellaneous
• Pets
• Pork
• Produce
• Snacks
• Turkey
• Beauty
• Cleaning
• Health
• Household
  
• Laundry
• Paper & Plastic

• Item
• Best Sale Price: Here I note the best price I have found, the date I found it, and the store. This column is so helpful to me because it lets me determine if a sale is a good one or if I can beat the price at, for instance, a warehouse club.
  
• Stores: These are the prices at the various stores where I shop. I try to always list the price per quantity or ounce or pound, so that I can compare easily.
  
• Notes: Here I can note anything that might be helpful. Usually it's a size, a brand name or a notation that it's a generic.

As I mentioned in my earlier blog posts on price books, there are probably as many styles of price books as there are people who use them. This is just what works for me. If you've got a system that works well for you, I'd love to hear about it.

Related Posts:

Combating the High Price of Food Step Four: The Price Book
The Price Book: Part 1
The Price Book: Part 2


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