Grocery auctions newest avenue used to save money

Danielle Harris — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:00:48 +0000

Augusta, Ga. – In today’s economy many families are finding different ways to save money when it comes to buying necessities such as groceries. Auctioneers in northern states have begun hosting public grocery auctions. The grocery items are bid on and then auctioned off to the highest bidder.

“As household budgets shrink, consumers may reallocate the grocery list to basic staples and less meat (steaks, etc.). Auctions may work for these more “luxury-related” groceries such as steak (where demand is down),” says Mark Thompson, Cree-Walker Chair of Business Administration in the Hull College of Business.

If you are interested in pursuing this topic, contact Tunisia Williams, assistant director in the Office of Public Relations and Publications at 706-737-1877.
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Tunisia Williams — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:07:27 +0000

ASU faculty members Linda Banister and Rosalyn Floyd, music , and Lee Ann Caldwell, director of the Center for the Study of Georgia History, will participate in a symposium at the Morris Museum of Art in connection with its exhibition, Landscape of Slavery: The Plantation in American Art, on Sept. 6.

Kristin Casaletto, art, has an artwork in the exhibition National Small Works 2008 at the Washington Printmakers Gallery in Washington, D.C. She also participated in the University System’s Faculty Development Seminar in Morocco and Spain this summer and has been named to participate in the Governor’s Teaching Fellowship program for this academic year.

Cree-Walker Professor of Economics Mark Thompson, Hull College, has been selected for this year’s Leadership Augusta class. Leadership Augusta, which encourages and develops community leadership, is a project of the Metro Augusta Chamber of Commerce.

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Grocery auctions newest avenue used to save money

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