Grocery Angels Are With Me! Big-Time Score

**many houseapes** · 05-05-2008, 10:27 AM

Okay, I had posted a few days ago about my local grocery store discontinuing the brand of canned vegetables that I buy. I called the Grocery manager & managed to order 15 cases from their warehouse. Instead of the usual .39 cents a can, he said that I would be getting the veggies at .22 cents a can. I thought that was a really good price. Fast-forward to this morning - I went to pick up my order & the grocery manager told me that they had 2 more cases left & asked if I wanted them too b/c that was the very last that they had(once its gone, its gone). So I said "sure" - when I went to pay for it all.....they only charged me .20 cents a can!!(was 81.60 for it all) I saved $122.40 by just making a phone call. If I were to have bought 17 cases of vegetables at the store brand price at .50 a can, I would have had to pay $204. I received 6 cases of peas,5 cases of green beans & 6 cases of corn. I was so worried about how we were going to be able to build a good stockpile w/o breaking the bank - God knows our needs before we even ask & lately, it seems as if good deals are falling out of the sky(not common here).lol. I am doing cartwheels. I know I sound silly, but with the way that prices are going up, I get really excited when things like this happen

**Jskell911** · 05-05-2008, 10:29 AM

I would be excited too. That's a savings of at least 60%! Great job of being resourceful. We are all going to need to have that kind of resourcefulness to get great bargains like that. Thanks for sharing

**frugalfoster** · 05-05-2008, 10:37 AM

.20 cents a can....WOW....it's sad, but I remember when you were able to buy canned veggies for that price quite often. Not going to happen now though, .50 here is a great buy. Good job on your score!

**IntlMom** · 05-05-2008, 10:37 AM

good for you....I bet the veggies will taste even yummier since they were such a great deal.....at least to you!!

**Suzi T.** · 05-05-2008, 10:56 AM

What a deal!!!!Last time I went to Kroger I got veggies at 2 cans for $1. This week they had gone up .29 a CAN! It seemed like everything had gone up. Boy, was I freaked out!