How do you Buy Milk?

Here is a little story about me and my milkman. So, I drive my car 3 miles up the road to my neighborhood Homeland to buy milkie.. (name my 3yo calls it) and get in the parking lot with my few coupons and realize, I left my wallet at home. So, what do I do now? Here are my choices:

1. Go home, get money, drive back.
2. Count money in my change compartment in my car.

So, I chose number 2. I count my change, and come up with $1.37. So, I take my coupon for my toothbrush, (will give overage) and go look for the cheapest vitamin D whole milk on the shelf. Humm.. smallest is $1.37, (we pay tax on food here in OK, and that is exactly how much I had) but wait, I see my milkman, (guy in charge of dairy) he knows me, as I am in the store often. So I proceed to look for the milk that is expiring soon, and low and behold, I find some that expires tomorrow, Hiland brand, not even the store brand! So, I share my story with him, and he takes my milk to the back and slaps a sticker on it for .99! Yippee.. he also shared with me that if I keep my fridge on 38 degrees,(that info was shared with me during a previous visit) my milk will stay a few days longer then expiration dates!

So, my story ends, with a toothbrush, a gallon of milk, for .92… Don’t be afraid to get to know your workers at your favorite store you shop at, it pays to know your Milkman!

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Anonymous

Great story! I just bought a gallon of milk at CVS for $2.29 and received $1 back in EB. I'm new to CVS couponing and had no idea they did this for dairy products. No tax here.

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Anonymous

Our Homeland will do that too for produce, like the bagged salad. All you have to do is ask.
DeDe

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Shannon "Coupon Princess"

Oh, thanks.. great idea DeDe.. ; )

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Prohomemaker.Com

Oh that's a wonderful story … somethng similar happened to me yesterday at Vons. They had a special on their in-store filone breads for 69 cents, but all that was left just one jalapeno one (not to my taste). I took the time to ask if there were any more coming out, and he said not till the evening. Oh well. I took the jalapeno one and continued shopping. Five minutes later, the bakery manager came over and said he would give me a foccacia for the same 69 cents price. Yea! It just goes to show, it never hurts to ask — or be nice to your grocery staff.

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