The 411 on Bargain Turkey
 |
| Bargain Turkey after Thanksgiving! |
The Saturday after Thanksgiving I was at the grocery store with Mrs. Penny Pincher to pick up a few things. As I walked the aisles, I wondered if there would be an overstock of turkeys that could be had at bargain prices. I figured that the store would not want to risk running out of turkeys before Thanksgiving and would err on the side of having too many.
I learned I was right about my suspicions of a turkey overstock when I came across a 15 pound turkey on sale for $4.11. It was in a refrigerator case, so I wouldn't even need to mess around with thawing it out. I could just pop it in the oven and gets 15 pounds of really easy and really cheap food. Apparently someone had ordered this one (it had a name written on a tag), but had not picked it up. There were 5 or 6 other defrosted turkeys of similar size and price.
Next year, I'll plan to go bargain hunting for defrosted turkeys on the day after Thanksgiving. We ended up eating the turkey for several days, including lots of slices of turkey meat and even made a turkey casserole.
I wonder if I could pick up a cheap ham after Christmas?
Project time: Less than one hour.
Project cost: About $4.11.
Savings: Probably about $15 vs. buying a turkey at full price. Having cheap food around instead of buying other things for lunch and dinner for a few days probably saved even more.
Copyright © 2017 by Dr. Penny Pincher. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy
No comments:
Post a Comment