Even free, I can't see me bothering with any of them.

@sushipup2...They could be donated to a food bank. ?? 🚀

It's a life experience to try new things. Maybe I'll never be someone who can free dive to 80'...but I still have to eat. And...I'll be there cheering for the person who does free dive to 80' and spear a fish on Survivor! YAY!!!!!! Love a success story!

good for you! Let us know what you think.

I just tried a cookie. I was expecting a Lorna Doone sort of biscuit. It's texture was a little too like "sawdust"...very dry. The sweetness was OK....not too sweet....I like that. Of course if I wanted to splurge and eat a cookie I'd bake my own. 👩‍🍳 👩‍🍳 👩‍🍳

I believe my husband will drink Almond milk...he likes it. We've purchased it before....when it first came out....

I put creamer in my Inka, I can use the "Nutpods". Something different to try! 🥀

I made 8 salads yesterday, to open & eat during the week for a quick meal.... and I baked a loaf of homemade 100% wheat bread. We don't eat "junk" very often. Went to the gym this morning. We're pretty healthy!!!!! And...I LOVE to try new things...experiences....being happy is good for your health too! 😺 😺 😺

Nice! I've never seen groceries give away full-size stuff like that, just samples.

@porkchop_z5b_MI...Yeah...none of it is sample sized. They've been doing this give-away for years. We're pretty used to being guinea pigs for their food give-aways. I really wasn't sure if they did this in other areas....or not.... until I posted here a few weeks ago. No one stepped up to say...."same here". ? It's automatically available on my loyalty card. Like PIIIog said previously...it's a genius idea!

Oh...and....last week they gave me $10 off curside pickup. This week $5. That is something they want to encourage. I don't understand that.....wouldn't people buy more if they were IN THE STORE impulse shopping?

"Oh...and....last week they gave me $10 off curside pickup. This week $5. That is something they want to encourage. I don't understand that.....wouldn't people buy more if they were IN THE STORE impulse shopping?"

Maybe it's an enticement to ensure you do curbside there instead of competitor?

I agree. The discounts are probably just the same as the freebies--to let you know that they have the shopping service and get you to try it. Once you've done it, you're more likely to use it, like when you have the cat in the car coming back from the vet, and your toddler nephew trying to get out of his car seat so he can play with the doped up cat, and when, picking him up with cat still zorked, you realize you cannot get through the day without a few choice groceries, you sit there in the driveway, trying to get the kid to calm down while you poke a dozen must haves from your grocery list to the store's pick-up list and head over there. The one right thing that has gone well for your day is that the youth at the grocery store has been efficient shopping for you and is ready when you hit the pickup lane. You push the hatch release and keep a hand on the cat so she doesn't try to make a break for it, while the youth puts your bags in and shuts the hatch, and comes around to your window with the receipt, which you exchange for a $10 tip feeling she deserves more but it's not like you've been to the bank for cash anytime this week. Everybody is happy, especially the store who are glad you haven't flagged down a man at the gas to go into the store to pick up milk and oranges for you while you keep the kid and the getting-ornery recovering cat from killing each other, but rather got your whole list done safely and gave the grocery store your loyalty.

Nicole, I'm not sure if you were responding to me or in general, so I'll say I was just saying what my own reactions to them were--I know you two do the gym and eat nicely.

The more I look at the ingredients on the biscuits, the more I'm convinced that the flaxseeds are there for their usefulness in vegan baking, not as digestives, and that's confirmed by how dry they are. I think they're meant to be dipped in your coffee like biscotti, from what it said on the company's listing, and the lack of sweetness is why they're called "breakfast biscuits" rather than cookies, since biscuits in the more UK way could also mean crackers. More like Belvita, for sure.

@plllog...In general. I feel like I need to keep saying what an exercise nut we are..and how healthy we live. I don't think everyone can remember who bakes bread from scratch...or has their own business and what they did before they retired....it's all a blur. 🏖️ 🏖️ 🏖️

No issues there! I just wanted to make sure you didn't think I was talking about you when I expressed my opinion. I remember about the gym because I was so startled weeks ago when you said just how much time you spend working out. Admiration.

Admiration.

Thank you! I also cook enough meals daily to cover us 6 days a week. We do eat out. And my thrifting trips spill over into getting the best prices on groceries. Grilling salmon is a once a week thang....for instance. Prices vary greatly! The Farmers Markets should be starting in June...here.

Now, see, Nicole. I don't remember where "here" is, just as you said we all don't. :)

Your description sounds right on. I'm past the bargain hunting, and am more about ease of acquistion, nowadays, but there wre good things about the four floors above ground walkup, tight budget and all. We've lived in this house for 25 years, and just realized that with a full flight outside and two stories in, that it was that flat that prepared me, while my friends were complaining. :)

I've been using the "Nutpods" in my Pero all week. Thing is...it's cold, out of the frig. I have to remember to put it in my mug of water...then heat it ALL up together. Otherwise, it's a great cream substitute. It's sugarless. It doesn't add much flavor tho. I can't taste the coconut over the Pero flavor.

I'm not a fan of the non-milk "milk" products, but some people have dairy allergies and sensitivities and use them. I'm a farmer's kid, I just drink milk and support my local small dairy, LOL>

Sweet Loren's is a company that makes many gluten free and other allergy free products. My celiac daughter will eat their refrigerated cookie dough cookies occasionally but says they are like most gluten free baked goods, better avoided than consumed, LOL.

Grocery stores around here don't give anything away, not even samples!

Annie

Wow, Annie! I didn't know that about the gluten free cookies.

I'm sort of getting used to the cookies. I'm still not dunking them..but there are only 200 calories in 3 cookies....and I've been making a point of eating them. :0) They had Chobani yogurt for .69cents. I purchased a ton of those too! They're like dessert.

I earn points with every purchase, then cash them in for free food or cash. I opted for a bag of frozen brocoli spears.

Today, 3 new things to try:

Necco wafers were my favorites when I was a kid. The chocolate and orange were my favorite flavors. They cost 5¢ for a roll of them back in the early 1950s. Made by the New England Confectioners Company made in Cambridge, Mass. Yes, I grew up in New England.

The pickle "thang" would be a good hot dog garnish. Otherwise....it's minced onions, pickles and red bell pepper....those are the prominent flavors. Quote: finely diced dill pickles, pickle brine, crisp cucumbers, red onion, red bell pepper, garlic, and fresh dill.

I haven't been eating hot dogs. But I tried it...

Y'know those people (I will not say anything sexist) whose fridges have a 12 of beer, the other beer, RC Cola, a tub of spreadable butter, a big bottle of French's, an ancient roll of slide film, a grotty looking bottle of chocolate sauce, and a penicillan project in the back. Plus a new packet of brats and some rolls. They could add "vegetables" to the intended meal if they thought it was a condiment...

😂 😂 😂

OK...sooooooooooooo I purchased some Healthy Organic Chicken frankfurters, a loaf of French bread...and my husband still would NOT try the "Pickle De Gallo" condiment! 😂 I did put some on my "dog"...it was OK. Neither of us drink alcohol...we fixed some Iced Tea....it's still a little chilly outdoors...THAT was our Easter Sunday Big Meal!

Oy. Happy Easter anyway!

Another full size Nutpods 25.4oz...and I cashed in my points for $1 cash and a loaf of French Bread.

Hubby has a loyalty card too. He used his $5 off curbside pickup today. They had a coupon for $4 off Fancy Feast Cat food, 24 pack. When they were out of Toll House Dark Chocolate chips, on sale for $5.49 they substituted the BIG 20oz bag @ no additional cost! Penne pasta was .69cents/limit 2. Bertolli Alfredo sauce $1.69/limit 2. Salmon$7.99lb. 7 avocados/$2.99. They had some REALLY good deals!

There's a grocery store across from the gym. Strolled in today and they had boneless skinless chicken breasts for $1.99lb! THAT'S cheap!

Loss leader to entice gym rats?

Today:

The Dole is pretty good. They offer it often. The La Colombe, it's a "Saturday Sampler" they give to everyone with a loyalty card. We know a couple of guys who would enjoy them...we'll drop them off at their office on our way to the gym, after they've been chilled. Says vanilla Latte. 🍻🍻 🍻

“…they had boneless skinless chicken breasts for $1.99lb!”

Great price! They’re $2.99 at our market and I thought that was good.

Todays freebies:

1) 48oz Diamond Almond Milk.

2) O Organic's tea bags, 16 ct, I chose digestion.

3) Miltons' Gluten Free Crackers....I got the Jalapeno.

This is funny. 10-15 years ago I was invited to church by a neighbor. After the service she excitedly brought me down to their donated food store - it was full of food my friend had never tried but I had. Organic avocados, blood oranges, tofu, soy milk etc…

I tend to prefer homemade food and food closer to its original form. As in if I can’t eat bread I would prefer rice to bread made from rice. I have learned to be more tolerant as I have had more friends with food limitations. Right now I am dealing with some health issues of my own and have to avoid things like raw vegetables. I went to lunch in Saturday and instead of my favorite turkey salad I had bacon and eggs. Not the healthiest but high protein and lower risk than fresh greens for me at the moment.

This week: 52oz Oatmilk .....my husband drinks it. I've never tried it. :0)

I cashed in 300 loyalty points, which gives me $4 off my next purchase. :0)

I used to use a very basic oatmilk to make outmeal, but I stopped eating oatmeal (too sweet) and now they've made it "better". :( It used to be just oats, water and maybe salt. Three ingredients. I suppose I could try making it in the Vita-mix. Perhaps the issue was children being given it instead of milk to drink? I think there was a governmental push to make things called "milk" more nutritious. I've also read that in the 19th C., when the price of tea came down enough in England for everyone to be able to drink it, the little splash of milk they were getting improved general health. I'm not sure that plant based milk would do that... But interesting that your husband will drink it, not just lighten a caffeine drink.

As part of a cholesterol lowering campaign (which has worked and kept me off statins) I have changed to soya 'milk' on my porridge. It is low in saturated fat, high in protein and fortified with calcium and vitamins. But they are not allowed to call it 'milk'.

I don't use it in tea. The taste isn't the same as dairy milk.

I don't find oatmeal sweet. I make it with water and I don't add sugar, honey or syrup to it. It is an excellent addition to a cholesterol controlling diet.

I don't put sweet in my oatmeal. I just think oats taste sweet. I mean, plain dry oats, themselves taste sweet.

This week:

Low sugar Gatorade

Kodiak French Toast Sticks