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A big thanks to One Hundred Dollars a Month reader Em who sent me an article from the L.A. Times, with this description, “Mavis, I thought you’d be interested in this article on how a grocery store chain is using unsold produce.” Umm, yes, yes, I am interested. We’ve been collecting “unsold produce” for just over a Read More >>
I only went to the store once last week, but here’s what I picked up: Albertsons $16.98 I ran in for milk and weenies {for the boys} and was cruising past the meat section to look for manager markdowns when I spotted $3.00 off stickers on a couple of packages of chicken thighs and drumsticks. Read More >>
This year I’m on a mission to grow 4,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables in my suburban backyard. In 2012 I was able to grow 2,028 pounds, and in 2013 I’m going double or nothing. I have absolutely no idea if I’ll be able to achieve my goal. But, as with any adventure, half the fun is getting there. ~Mavis ******* This Read More >>
It was another fantastic week gleaning from the free chicken scrap boxes. Lucy discovered she likes watermelon! There were so many strawberries to go through this week it was crazy! We made a few smoothies and ended up freezing the rest to use later in the year. If I remember correctly this is around the Read More >>
I stopped by Albertsons twice this week to grab some deals. I’ll admit it, one of the things I miss about Extreme Couponing and Albertsons Double Coupons {do you think they’ll ever come back?} is being able to stock up on boatloads of stuff in one shopping trip. Even though it was a lot of Read More >>
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