"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> And no, I'm not going to scan my Safeway receipt. Total before loyalty
>> card? $100.63. And after? $42.73. Impressive, no?
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>> I mostly bought soda. 8, 12 packs. 5, 16 oz which I got for free with
>> coupons. 5 energy drinks. Butter, margarine, raw sugar, some sort of
>> snack packs of crisp breads with salami and cheese and a couple of
>> sandwiches that were $1 off. I really only needed the butter, margarine
>> and sugar. But... I checked the ads as we were going to dinner and saw
>> that they had the best soda price at 4/$11 and they were on the way home.
>> Husband has been eating those little salami packs as fast as they come in
>> the door and I know he will eat the sandwich. Daughter has been drinking
>> the energy drinks but she's only allowed to have a couple of ounces at a
>> time. Her friend drank a whole one and it landed her in the hospital.
>> My friend's son did the same at about the same age and he too wound up in
>> the hospital.
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> Good thing you didn't have a nosy rosy checking your cart. LOL

Yeah. Oh and I forgot to make my point. Which was that I would never have
paid full price for that soda, which is what made it look like I got a lot
of savings.
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