stores can encourage me to return shopping carts by putting a damn cart corral near the accessible parking spaces! i try to return them when i can but sometimes by the time i am finished shopping and unloading my groceries, me and my walker cannot make another 25 foot round trip with the cart due to pain and energy levels. in my area only trader joes has a cart return area near the accessible parking spaces. but sams club parking has a painted out wide space in between the two rows (in between the signs for the spaces, not the striped zone) that has become the unofficial cart disposition area for the accessible spaces because it's also easier for someone with a mobility issue/parking permit to obtain a cart there on the way in and then put it in the same spot on the way out.

um, you are either shopping in the wrong stores or not looking for the deals. i am glad for you that you don't need to save that badly. i love turnips and have never not been able to find them in various stores, at least in season. granted sometimes they only have a dozen on the shelf, but they are almost always there. unfortunately they are also not that inexpensive these days. there's a bakery outlet near me that sells older and imperfect products at a steep discount, and i see that they have several locations in the east/midatlantic (nature's own) plus i've been to a pepperidge farm outlet store in orlando when i lived there years ago. i am sure there are plenty of bakery outlets across the country. also you can absolutely buy bacon ends and pieces if you know which stores to check. a discount grocery store near me sells bacon ends in blocks and i know multiple stores that sell ham offcuts and ugly pieces at far less per pound than the pretty slices. according to the online ad, carli c's is currently selling bacon ends at about 20c per oz, compared to their other cheapest bacon slices at 33c per oz. "Cp Bacon Ends & Pieces $4.79|1.5 lb". granted, for fresh meat, a lot of places sell their pork and beef offcuts as "stew meat" and charge prices comparable all the other cuts. the large asian grocer near me sells several ugly parts of non processed meats quite affordably. i was there on friday and saw their currect price for chicken bones, with a ton of meat left on (perfect for soup) is $1.58lb. their prettily sliced pork spare ribs are $5.99lb but their rib ends and pieces are $3.99lb. just as delicious, only less attractive to plate up. (not that ribs are a cheap meat, but it's an example of the savings you can get on ugly food). ugly vegetables are also available a lot of places for less than the "perfect" ones.

I don't store anything in mine but my friend's cats like to nap in hers