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WOW! How much should milk cost

kellys — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:30:54 +0000

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?

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Strawberry Nestle Quick Recall

kellys — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:33:04 +0000

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.

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Free Milk at Food Lion

Karen Weideman — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:03:03 +0000

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 transaction. You need to save the milk coupons/tickets (not caps) from the transaction. After you have 6 milk coupons, you can turn them in for a free gallon.

Have you tried the Food Lion milk promotion?

image: Food Lion newsletter

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Organic milk for cheap

kellys — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:33:33 +0000

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. Post from: Thrifty Mommy

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Where do you buy your milk?

kellys — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:05:50 +0000

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.

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Milk Prices Continue to Rise

Karen Weideman — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:32:06 +0000

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 further increases of up to 40 cents a gallon for milk over the next few months, and up to 60 cents for a pound of cheese.

So, what’s a Thrifty Mommy to do?

1. You could buy all your milk from a wholesale store such as Sam’s or Costco. I haven’t checked the price of milk at Sam’s lately, but last time I looked, I believe it was around $3 a gallon.

2. Water down your milk. Some people may think I’m crazy for suggesting such a thing. I actually did this for about a month because my son was drinking so much milk. I would buy whole milk and dilute it about 25%. He was still getting plenty of milk for his growth and development. (BTW, diluted milk is not good on cereal.)

3. Buy milk on sale. I rarely see milk on sale, but it does happen. When the sale comes, stock up!

4. Take advantage of milk promotions. Right now, my Food Lion has a promotion going on. Buy 6 gallons of milk and get 1 free. You have to have them scan your MVP card to get the coupons to save. With all the milk we go through, it won’t be hard to collect 6 coupons.

Please tell us if you have any ways to save on our milk spending.

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Are your kids allergic to eggs, gluten, milk, nuts, etc? Try this Jeeto T-shirt.

kellys — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 13:47:15 +0000

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 blessing in disguise since I love to eat almost as much as I love to read. But my environmental allergies were awful! I’m sure my mom worried about leaving me with babysitters in case I had an allergy attack. Would they know what to do? Would they know all that I was allergic to?

Now there is a great new way to keep your kids safe and save money at the same time. Jeeto, a great new company that sells clothes, stickers, etc, brings awareness to the environment and allergies to the public in a visually pleasing way. Now, you can shop without guilt as a friend, Ruth, at Allergies.com has wrangled a 10% off coupon for you to try the products. It is a great way to let people know that your kids are allergic to milk or nuts or gluten without making the kids look like geeks (no offense intended). I love the idea and I also like the t-shirts. Now all they need to do is make a t-shirt that shows how allergic I am to housework J.

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