Best Deal Of The Day/best Deal Ever Frugal Pantry Cookers

Best Deal of the Day/Best Deal Ever

kilby 18 years ago

My best deal of the day on my last shopping trip was Chicken Breast for .99 cents per pound. I purchased 12 packages, and 6 packages for a friend. It is normally almost $2 per pound.

My best deal ever has been finding Tuna in a Pouch for .14 cents each. Normally $1.40, but they were mis-marked and the manager honored the sale. I bought 30 packages!

What has been your best deal of the day/ever?

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zena824 18 years ago said:

I also found chicken breast last week for 99 cents a pound..... thats a great bargin.... bought several packages as we love to grill here in Arkansas year round.... being almost on the Louisiana border the weather lets us do that most of the time...

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kilby 18 years ago said:

I got soy sauce for .15 cents per bottle once. We still have about 4 bottles, and have blessed 5 other family's with some as well.

Kilby

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zena824 18 years ago said:

hummm... I will definately be looking for bargins the next time I go to the stores....your guys are making me wanto to do better shopping and honing my skills...

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kilby 18 years ago said:

The biggest key I can give you to shopping wisely is to look everywhere, high low and in between. Learn what to walk PAST.

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themechams 18 years ago said:

I was owed money when I bought my turkey for Thanksgiving. Gotta love stores that take coupons from other chains! Albertsons took my 10 off Vons coupon when they were having their one day Turkey sale. I got my turkey for free and had 3 dollars put toward the remainder of my order. :-)

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notyourmomma 18 years ago said:

You are going to think I'm nuts, but my dad#2 and I were shopping and we found a case of snails (24 cans) for 1.19 each. They are normally $7.99 a can. We bought the whole case. We still have 7/8 of a case, because no one will eat them. They use so much butter to make them palatable and most of the kids snub them.

A case of a good buy gone awry, I suppose.

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themechams 18 years ago said:

That is the trick with food storage too. Only buy stuff you (and your kids) will actually eat. I have about two cases on canned pears. My kids like peaches, not pears! lol Live and learn!

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kilby 18 years ago said:

Donate, donate, donate! Someone who has not been able to afford snails, or pears will be truly grateful for your generous gift. Or, use them in a Christmas gift basket.

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crystalwaters 18 years ago said:

... a good point ... SHARE THE WEALTH! Or, at least share that which will go unused in your pantry for "years"! :-)

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themechams 18 years ago said:

That is a great idea. My son's pal is getting ready to do a food drive for a local shelter for his Eagle. I know what to do with my pears!

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kilby 18 years ago said:

My Honey is an Eagle Scout! Go Scouts!!

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themechams 18 years ago said:

Yeah! My son just got his eagle packet back and will finish his project on December 8th. Pray for the little guy! I am so happy for him, but also I am thinking, one down one to go! The younger son just gothis Arrow of Light in cubbing last spring.

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kilby 18 years ago said:

My Blondie, Emma came to me yesterday in tears, none of her shoes fit. She has grown from a size 7 at the beginning of the school year to now a size 8! Any way's, I went to a local resale shop and was able to find a brand new pair of Steve Madden sneakers, for $12.00! They are leather tops, and super nice. I priced them online when I got home, they are normally $65.00. woo hooo! The best part is,.... she loved them! No complaints, heck, her big sister had i tiny glimmer of envy in her eye. (that never happens) Kilby

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chezglenn 18 years ago said:

Hey Kilby, I am an Eagle scout, albeit many years ago. I say GO SCOUTS! too. They do teach a lot about making use of the materials at hand, which is what this thread is about as well.

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debra47 18 years ago said:

There is always a section near the baked goods that has last minute bargains in one of the grocery stores that we go to. Last week we purchased 2 French baguettes for 4 pence which is the equivalent of 8 cents! Half of one of them is being used for the turkey stuffing for Thanksgiving. As it is I can't get the stuffing mix that I use in the U.S. so usually I purchase 2 small bags of salad croutons for the stuffing which usually costs close to $3.

Needless to say I was quite pleased with the purchase of those baguettes.

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kilby 17 years ago said:

Ok, that totally beats my soy sauce for 15 cents.! Yo go Debra!

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themechams 17 years ago said:

Okay, so I don't really like to have my kids eat too may of those little processed pockets, but who can resist an easy grab and go item when they are only 1.00 for a box of 6. Oh my kids about flipped when I brought in a whole cart load of boxes!

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plot_thickens 17 years ago said:

I go at the end of the market and hit the stalls while they're closing up. "Do you have any overripes or damaged?"

Fresh beautiful tomatoes for a dime a pound get blanched and skinned, then cooked down and down and down. They can be pasta sauce, chili, mexican rice seasoning, or just sit in cans, beautiful glistening deep red until I need "stewed tomatoes" one day.
A crate of stonefruit for $5 get the same treatment (plus pitting of course) and then they either become jam or get a good dose of vanilla, almond, and tapioca and then frozen into the shape of a piepan for an emergency potluck pie later.
Ten sets of celery for $2 are slathered with peanutbutter and raisins or dates for "ants on a log" snacks, mmmm.
Four heads of scorched cauliflower are trimmed, steamed, and then pureed with a tiny bit of pot liquor and stock and reduced to use as thickening in whatever soup is next.

etc. etc. etc.

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cherylannxo 17 years ago said:

Hi my name is Cheryl. a couple of weeks ago my friend told me about a sale: Whole frier chickens@ .49c a pound (no limit) I bought 14 of them. I practically live on chicken anyway.
I live in the middle of produce growers and the field workers pick what they need for market and leave the rest to be plowed under. I have picked tomatoes, yams, cherries, almonds, broccoli and cauliflower by the bucket fulls and canned or froze everybit of it

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singasongof6pans 17 years ago said:

Cheryl, that's a great price for whole chicken! The best I've seen in the last few months is .77 a lb. At that price I buy two or three but if I could find it at .49 a lb I'd fill the freezer! Way to go!

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pointsevenout 17 years ago said:

Saw whole fryers for $0.69/lb at the store yesterday. Unfortunately my freezer is full. I live way out in the country and my nearest neighbor is a veegan for medical reasons or I sure would load his freezer up.

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