New Store + #wowdeals for Twitter!

Specials for Sentry Foods in WI and MI are up!

#wowdeals

On another note: we’ve embarked on a clever feature that we want each and every one of you to participate in. We’re starting a hashtag on twitter #wowdeals - a ongoing list of great deals we stumble upon all over the country! Participate and contribute your own great deals by referencing the hashtag when you tweet :) Just put whats the deal, what store you found it, and most importantly, #wowdeals.  Hope to see what good bargains you all find!

Good Morning Texas!

It’s FRIDAY!   Nothing like ending the week on a good note.  Here’s a nice update for friends & family in Texas - we’ve just added Central Market to the AJAXO grocery search engine line-up!  Specials for the week are up & ready for your viewing :D

Here’s to a wonderful weekend!

Fighting Food Insecurity

Intense story featured on the front-page @ NPR today / source: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128618224

This article touches upon a recurring theme - families struggling to make ends meet on a limited budget.  We’ve addressed this previously, when it was brought up in the light of School Lunches as well as a post about a South Bend, Indiana family that was going through the same experience.

While food insecurity is a prevalent problem, there are things anyone can do on their own to mitigate the situation.  It starts with being an educated consumer, a smart shopper.  Exercise good judgment on purchases and restrain yourselves over the impulsive buys (it happens to everyone).  Focus on value - fresh meats/vegetables over processed foods/goods.  While it dates a few months back, the posts address points and strategies in fighting food insecurity that are just as relevant today.

Maintenance..!

Pride ourselves on being timely, but tonight we’re going to be running a few maintenance routines — meaning you might not see the time-tested and proven snappy real-time updates you’re used to seeing. (updates might be delayed by a few hours or so)

Hope everyones having a g-r-eat weekend. Stay cool, well hydrated, and out of the midday sun if at all possible!

Regards, K & The Ajaxo Team

New store to start off the month (mid month?)

Hello everyone! Hope you are all having a fantastic June. A new store for this month - TOP Food & Drug located in Washington state! Happy searching, and as always if you have a store around you we don’t know about, drop us a line via our suggestion form!

In retrospect

We’ve sure dedicated a lot of coverage to the Ajaxo.com search engine.  When this blog first started out, it was a soapbox - for us to talk to you about the projects we were working on, changes that were coming.  But things are changing :)

In fact, we’ve actually been working around the clock these last few weeks on a few additional projects.  There are some incredible projects we’d like to share with you - projects we’ve been readying for the last few weeks.

As we move forward, look forward to learning more about these new projects here and our direction w/ them.  We always welcome feedback & comments - feel free to drop us a line at the ASK function via Tumblr (take a looksie over to the left) OR find us through a variety of other ways like our contact page or twitter.

Hope everyone’s having a GREAT day :D

WHY can’t I find what I’m looking for?

*Video Answer*

Got some e-mail from a few people who’ve been asking.  Hopefully this makes things a bit clearer!  For more, check out the link/vid posting below :) 

As always, feel free to drop us a line! Remember to check out the Ajaxo.com FAQ page for other helpful tips :D

Case in Point Part II: College kids can get great nomnoms on the $cheap$ (and it doesn’t have to be chicken)

Ajaxo Shopping List here

Target Area: Davis, CA - UC Davis

You can get GREAT nomnoms and you don’t have to be eating chicken all the time.  Part II of this week’s Davis, CA showcase finds us with Top Stove Spareribs serving 4 at a total grocery raw mat price of $7.35.

• This includes 1 pound of tasty squash/zucchini, 3 pounds of lovely spareribs, and 1 loaf of yummeroo butter top breads (your choice of either white/wheat).
  

Let’s break it down.

This meal serves 4 for $7.35.  That puts us at about $1.70ish (round up to $2.00) for a meal.

• Single person can do 4 meals.  That’s about $1.70-something a meal.
• What if I eat enough for 2 people? OK. So you get 2 meals for $3.60-something a meal.  AND, once again, you’re not using processed foods or eating MickeyD’s. You’re also eating fulfilling stuff.  What does $3.60 get you at Carl’s Jr.?  At any of the downtown restaurants?  還不錯. (Not too bad).

You’ll notice that the AJAXO.com shopping list incorporates a recipe search result.  How?  You can also reverse-lookup recipe ideas based on ingredients.  Search “beef, carrots, celery” and click “RECIPE” —> it’ll show you recipes that have those ingredients.  You don’t have to follow to the tee and can always feel free to mix & match.

Direct link to recipe here: