I know someone on the DIS Budget Board will appreciate this!
I was in a local Acme market (part of Albertson's?) last night and saw a shelf of jars of Beechnut baby food on clearance for $.25 each. Now I haven't purchased baby food for a few years, but that is a pretty good price (the regular prices on the shelves were $0.50-0.60), and we have a food pantry in town that has been having a rough time keeping food in stock for those who need it. I had some coupons at home and decided to go back today.
When I got there this morning, coupons in hand, the jars had been marked down to 5/$1! DS8 and I filled the bottom of a cart with the last 48 jars and added in two canisters of infant cereal for $1 each. I used four $2 off 12 coupons and ended up paying about $1.60 for 48 jars of cereal and $2 for two cans of cereal.
When the receipt printed, it also printed coupons for Gerber's baby food 2-packs (and $1 off your next order), which were also on the clearance shelf at 5/$1. I went back in and with the coupons got an additional 21 2-packs for $1.70!
Since we were on a roll, and DS8 was really excited
to be doing "lots of good deeds today" we went to another Acme nearby. Unfortunately they didn't have the jars of food on clearance, but they did have boxes of Gerber cereal for $0.50! We bought the last seven on the shelf.
So, DS8 had a great day learning to do for others who need it
, which was wonderful to see all by itself, and we will be delivering 9 packages of infant cereal, 48 individual jars of baby food, and 21 2-packs of baby food to the local food pantry. All for under $9.00.
Yes, I checked the expiration dates, and they are all February 2011 or later.
All in all, a rather amazing day! Is there a word for something that's better than a bargain?
I was in a local Acme market (part of Albertson's?) last night and saw a shelf of jars of Beechnut baby food on clearance for $.25 each. Now I haven't purchased baby food for a few years, but that is a pretty good price (the regular prices on the shelves were $0.50-0.60), and we have a food pantry in town that has been having a rough time keeping food in stock for those who need it. I had some coupons at home and decided to go back today.
When I got there this morning, coupons in hand, the jars had been marked down to 5/$1! DS8 and I filled the bottom of a cart with the last 48 jars and added in two canisters of infant cereal for $1 each. I used four $2 off 12 coupons and ended up paying about $1.60 for 48 jars of cereal and $2 for two cans of cereal.
When the receipt printed, it also printed coupons for Gerber's baby food 2-packs (and $1 off your next order), which were also on the clearance shelf at 5/$1. I went back in and with the coupons got an additional 21 2-packs for $1.70!
Since we were on a roll, and DS8 was really excited
to be doing "lots of good deeds today" we went to another Acme nearby. Unfortunately they didn't have the jars of food on clearance, but they did have boxes of Gerber cereal for $0.50! We bought the last seven on the shelf.So, DS8 had a great day learning to do for others who need it
, which was wonderful to see all by itself, and we will be delivering 9 packages of infant cereal, 48 individual jars of baby food, and 21 2-packs of baby food to the local food pantry. All for under $9.00.Yes, I checked the expiration dates, and they are all February 2011 or later.
All in all, a rather amazing day! Is there a word for something that's better than a bargain?
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Now, don't I feel stupid. Thanks for the idea!
