Ciolino’s in Temperance and Monroe, Danny’s Fine Foods in Monroe and Hi-Lite Supermarket in Monroe Township all have grocery ads in my home-delivery edition of The Monroe Evening News today:

• Ciolino’s has bananas at 49 cents a pound, garden fresh pickles at 99 cents a pound and fresh romaine lettuce at 79 cents a head.
• Hi-Lite has Eckrich franks at 89 cents a pound, Duncan Hines cake mix at 79 cents each, Peninsular sugar at $1.39 four pound bag (limit two), Spartan butter quarters at $1.89 a pound.
• Danny’s has lemons at 69 cents each, hamburger patties at $12.95 for five pound box, Coke 2-liters at 10 for $10.

Now, frugal shopping students, this is your assignment this week: study all of the grocery and drugstore ads that have been distributed since Saturday and stock up.

You buy extra supplies of hot dogs, hamburgers, butter quarters and hot dog buns and freeze them. You buy a couple extra boxes of cake mix, some extra cases of pop, and an extra bottle or two of barbecue sauce and put them in your pantry.

Don’t you dare assume the prices you see this week because the grocery stores want your Memorial Day cash will carry through the summer.

They won’t.