Money Saving Tips: Big Savings Come In Little Packages

Everyone in my family thought it was funny when I started stocking the cupboard with 600 packages of Kool-Aid. It all started with a great sale at my local grocery store; 20 packages of Kool-Aid for $1. I purchased my 20 packages for the week, along with all my other groceries and went home.

Because I am always looking for ways to cut corners on my grocery bill, I was particularly pleased when I discovered I had spent about 5 cents per package instead of the 26 cents per package I normally spend on Kool-Aid. Lets see, on 20 packages of Kool-Aid I had saved $4.20. This is not a lot of money in itself, until I started doing some math.

Every night our family uses 2 packages of Kool-Aid for dinner. If we drank Kool-Aid 300 out of the 365 days in a year, that would mean I would have purchased 600 packages of Kool-Aid. At 26 cents per package, 600 of them would cost me $156, but if I bought them while they were on sale, they would only cost me $30 or roughly the same amount I normally pay in 2 months on Kool-Aid. I couldn’t believe it, by taking advantage of the sale on something I knew I was going to buy anyway, I now had an additional $126 to spend on anything else I wanted.

To make a long story short, I ended up buying the 600 packages of Kool-Aid on sale over a period of 6 days, saved $126 on my grocery bill, entertained my family and I’m blogging about it today with you. Yes big savings come in little packages, so let me encourage you to watch for sales, do a little organizing and you can save money too.

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Money Saving Tips: Take-N-Bake Pizza

 
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I love pizza. I could eat it almost every day. I like it whether it is deep dish, thin or with stuffed crust, hot from the oven or straight from the refrigerator in the middle of the night. That’s right, you know what I’m talking about, all that cheese and toppings piled high on that perfect crust. Just thinking about it is making me hungry.

Now before I go on let me say nothing takes the place of piping hot pizza straight from a pizzeria. However, if you are looking for a way to cut your expenses and still have good fresh made-to-order pizza, then check out your local Take-N-Bake pizza shops near you. I get my pizzas from Papa Murphy’s and I can highly recommend them to you.

I shop at the Papa Murphy’s in Olathe, Kansas. The store is always clean, the staff is polite and helpful, and I can usually get in and out very quickly. Their supplies are well stocked and fresh, and you can watch them make your pizza with any combination of toppings on it that you like. You can also order other items like salads, pop and pasta. You don’t even need a pizza pan, because each pizza comes with its own specially designed pan that goes straight in the oven and then to the table. They even have a special pan you can purchase to cook your pizza on your grill if you like.

Papa Murphy’s is very generous with their toppings, their pizzas are easy to cook and taste great every time. Because they always run specials, hand out coupons and have other customer appreciation incentives, you can spend less and get more for your dollar. So the next time you’re in the mood for pizza, Take-N-Bake it yourself.

To see if there is a Papa Murphy's in your area to to: http://www.papamurphys.com/