* All grocery stores have to get rid of certain items by the end of the day so if you plan to buy things like a whole cooked chicken(Chicken specifically gets marked down 3 hrs after cooking), go at the end of the trading day and you will find your chicken marked down, usually by less than even half-price. You can get a similar benefit from going early morning.
Find out when your specific store does mark-downs - Usually 3pm and 5pm.
Note, some grocers do their mark-downs first thing in the morning (opening time)
If your grocer is open late, try between 9pm and midnight for mark downs.
** Fruit is cheapest at the end of the week, so go Friday and Saturday.
While I can't verify this, some people say Wednesday mornings are good days for mark-downs as some grocers do mark-downs on Wed in preparation for the end of the week shipments.
Another day known to be the cheapest is Sunday evening.
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