I just got back from the Grocery store and spent $27 on 5 gallons of milk.  My family will go through that much milk in a week so I don’t worry about it going bad but i was amazed with how much milk costs.  I got 2 gallons of 2% store brand milk and 3 gallons of whole store brand organic milk.  FYI, my organic is only $2.99 for half gallon cartons versus the $4 a half gallon of the name brand.
How much have you paid for milk in the last week?

Turkey Butt loves Strawberry Milk.  When she was little, she refused anything but breast milk.  I couldn’t get her to drink regular milk.  We tried everything.  Finally we got her to drink my favorite milk when I was a kid – Strawberry Milk.
Recently I found that there is a recall for the 21.8 oz containers of Nestle Quick Strawberry Powder for small fragments of aluminum.  The 2 product codes affected are “82255880″ and “82265880″.  Look on the bottom of the plastic containers to see if yours need to be thrown out.

 
A few times each year, Food Lion has a special on their store brand milk.  The special is buy 6 gallons of milk and get the 7th gallon for free.  The Food Lion here is running the special August 20 through December 9.  That gives you plenty of time to get free milk.
Some tips: 
Check your local Food Lion store to see when they will be running the sale.  To get the free milk, make sure that the cashier scans your MVP card.  For each gallon you purchase, the cashier should give you a milk coupon at the end of the …read more

So I got a rude awakening this month.  I had to go to my Kroger’s for a specialty cheese and found that their store brand organic milk is $.85+ less than what I have been paying.  Usually, my Kroger is way more expensive than most so I don’t go very often.  Well, that will be changing since I go through about 3 gallons of Organic milk a week between my 2 kids.  UUGGHH!!  I will be saving about $6 a week on milk now.  YEAH me.

I have a Food Lion, Wal-Mart, and Kroger within 5 minutes from my house.  I am very lucky.  But if I want to buy milk, I really need to drive the 15 minutes to Sam’s Club.  It is actually on my way home from work so it’s not out of my way.  But the milk there is $1 cheaper than Food Lion or Wal-Mart and $.80 cheaper than Kroger.  Where do you shop for milk?  A gallon of milk is around $3.99 right now here.

I managed to get away from the family for a little while last night and do some grocery shopping.  I was shocked when I went to pick up a gallon of milk.  The Food Lion brand milk was $4.09 for skim!!!!!  This called for some research.
According to The Star-Ledger, the price paid to farmers will have increased 50 percent this year — driven by higher costs of transporting milk to market and increased demand for corn to produce ethanol.  We are seeing the rising cost of gas affect just about everything we purchase.
University of Illinois dairy specialist Michael Hutjens forecasts …read more

When I was a little girl, my allergies kept me in and out of doctor’s offices and the hospital for the first 3-4 years of my life. I was so scared that my kids would have them. Turns out that my sister’s little girl has asthma. I only have one child so far so my next one might be cursed with more of my genetics but I am praying that they will continue to take after their daddy, who is as close to perfect as I can find. I never had food allergies, which is a …read more