We have friends...who are very well off....HE does the grocery shopping and shops in the same places you talk about...discounted meats, etc.
That undoubtedly contributed to how they got to be well off. The discounted meat bin is Hubby’s favorite part of our grocery store. I’ll be picking out produce, and he’ll say, “I’m going to go check out the Manager’s Specials. I’ll meet you over there.” Our store has put Manager Special bins in several different departments of the store now and heavily discounts dairy, meat, flowers, baked goods, packaged food, etc. So now, Hubby makes the rounds to all of them. We don’t buy what we don’t need, but it’s great getting what we need at the discounted price.