Salvage grocery stores, scratch and dent stores, these are not commercial establishments I have seen over here in the UK. Those of you who know me well know that I used to shop at such stores in the US to help keep the budget in line (helping us retire early). Now, as Mike will remind me occasionally, that pot of money we worked so hard to save needs to last us for a few decades.
I don't want to not travel. I don't want to not be able to "spoil" my grandkids. I want to be able to help those who need in help. Etc., etc., etc..
So, one of the places I still strive to stretch our dollars or, as the case may be. That is why I was so pleased to be able to find a way to take advantage of the bargains to be found at the online salvage store called Approved Foods. The way it works is that you go through the products currently available at the site and place your order online. Then you give them an address to ship your box or boxes of goodies to.
There in lies our rub. We don't have a permanent address to have packages sent. For awhile this issue seemed insurmountable. But then our lovely British friends, RW and KW, generously said we could have our order mailed to them. SCORE!
The other part of having the boxes sent there is that when you have to buy a lot of something to get the good deal you can share. Hopefully a win for both of us.
This past weekend we rented a car and met RW and KW for lunch and to get our boxes from Approved Food. RW has taken to referring to them as our "Food for Refugees" packages. :-)
To give you an idea of our good deals we bought:
120 g of solid tuna for £.50 each from AF with a regular RRP of £1.28 each ( I LOVE tuna)
820 g of green olives for £1.50 each from AF with a regular RRP of £3 each (Mike's martini need :-)
375 g of white bread mix (1 loaf) for £.25 each from AF with a RRP of £1 each (to stretch my yeast)
375 g natural wheatbran for £.25 each from AF with a RRP of £.71 each (to put in the white bread mix)
400 g of chopped tomatoes for £.14 each from AF with a RRP of £1 each (daily special)
18 small french rolls for a total of £.99 from AF with a RRP of £2.99 total (yummy & quick)
2.5 k of sage & onion stuffing mix for £1.99 from AF with a RRP of £11.99 (use as bread crumbs)
66g packet for mushroom soup for £.12 each from AF with a RRP of £.45 each (canned soup sub)
10 count pkg 10" flour tortillas for £.33 per pkg from AF with a RRP of £1.20 per pkg (burritos, etc)
35g packet for onion sauce for £.33 each from AF with a RRP of £.72 each (canned soup sub
50 g pkt of tomato sauce mix for £.12 each from AF with a RRP of £.65 each (good for soups,stews)
250 ml of lemon juice for £.20 each from AF with a RRP of £.71 each (used extensively in cooking)
On average, we saved about 66% off the RRP cost of the items ordered. I'll take that, no problem.
Thanks again RW and KW.
I don't want to not travel. I don't want to not be able to "spoil" my grandkids. I want to be able to help those who need in help. Etc., etc., etc..
So, one of the places I still strive to stretch our dollars or, as the case may be. That is why I was so pleased to be able to find a way to take advantage of the bargains to be found at the online salvage store called Approved Foods. The way it works is that you go through the products currently available at the site and place your order online. Then you give them an address to ship your box or boxes of goodies to.
There in lies our rub. We don't have a permanent address to have packages sent. For awhile this issue seemed insurmountable. But then our lovely British friends, RW and KW, generously said we could have our order mailed to them. SCORE!
The other part of having the boxes sent there is that when you have to buy a lot of something to get the good deal you can share. Hopefully a win for both of us.
This past weekend we rented a car and met RW and KW for lunch and to get our boxes from Approved Food. RW has taken to referring to them as our "Food for Refugees" packages. :-)
To give you an idea of our good deals we bought:
120 g of solid tuna for £.50 each from AF with a regular RRP of £1.28 each ( I LOVE tuna)
820 g of green olives for £1.50 each from AF with a regular RRP of £3 each (Mike's martini need :-)
375 g of white bread mix (1 loaf) for £.25 each from AF with a RRP of £1 each (to stretch my yeast)
375 g natural wheatbran for £.25 each from AF with a RRP of £.71 each (to put in the white bread mix)
400 g of chopped tomatoes for £.14 each from AF with a RRP of £1 each (daily special)
18 small french rolls for a total of £.99 from AF with a RRP of £2.99 total (yummy & quick)
2.5 k of sage & onion stuffing mix for £1.99 from AF with a RRP of £11.99 (use as bread crumbs)
66g packet for mushroom soup for £.12 each from AF with a RRP of £.45 each (canned soup sub)
10 count pkg 10" flour tortillas for £.33 per pkg from AF with a RRP of £1.20 per pkg (burritos, etc)
35g packet for onion sauce for £.33 each from AF with a RRP of £.72 each (canned soup sub
50 g pkt of tomato sauce mix for £.12 each from AF with a RRP of £.65 each (good for soups,stews)
250 ml of lemon juice for £.20 each from AF with a RRP of £.71 each (used extensively in cooking)
On average, we saved about 66% off the RRP cost of the items ordered. I'll take that, no problem.
Thanks again RW and KW.
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