My Adventures: Cereal
Last week (Mar 18, 2009) my local Vons supermarket had a deal $5 off instantly every time you buy 10 participating items. I don’t usually shop there but I caught the circular and raided my coupon stash. I bought 10 boxes of cereal on sale for $1.50 a piece, PLUS I had a $0.75 off coupon (20 of them). I bought 20 boxes of cereal for $15. That’s not including the $1o back from the store for buying 20. So I ended up wiht 20 boxes of cereal for $5.00 total ($0.25 a box). And I’m talking about Cheerios not generic.
And to think, before I started my website adventure I would pay $4 a box for cereal, and not think twice. But here is my problem. I am one person and there is no way I can eat 20 boxes of cereal. So what did I do? I gave a couple boxes to my parents, kept a couple boxes myself and dropped 15 boxes of cereal off at the local food bank.
Please consider doing the same. We all think that charity has to be big. It doesn’t. If you see a CVS ad for free bodywash and you don’t use bodywash who cares? Take it and drop it off at your local church or shelter. Same goes for samples, extra food, etc. If you are one of those people who doesn’t like to give just one small thing at a time, stick a box or bag in your garage or in a corner somewhere (please keep toiletry items separate from food items- cereal that tastes like Dial soap is disgusting). I guarantee the items will start adding up fast once you see things as charitable possibilities instead of just an item you don’t use.
I personally take my extras to the Second Harvest Food Bank. They are nationwide so click HERE to find one near you.
