Free Frozen Fruit Essentials – Fantastic!

[greencanuck]

When the frozen Fruit Essentials were on sale for two weeks at Food Basics (part of the Metro chain) for $2.74, I went on two recycling walks to get around 36 coupon booklets and therefore 36 - $2 Fruit Essentials coupons.

I checked in with the managers at two Food Basics locations before I bought 21 bags at one store ( they had just gotten 22 boxes delivered) and about 12 bags at the other location on a different day.

Normal price: $5.99 Sale $2.74 - $2 coupon = $0.74 each (no tax)

My upright freezer is bulging!!!!!

I saved back a few coupons for future sales.

greencanuck <---- very very fruity

[Shwa Girl]

Normal price: $5.99 Sale $2.74 - $2 coupon = $0.74 each (no tax)

My upright freezer is bulging!!!!!

I saved back a few coupons for future sales.

greencanuck <---- very very fruity

Wow, you did way better than me.
Did they have the berry cherry kind?
I find that's the hardest to get.

[greencanuck]

Wow, you did way better than me.
Did they have the berry cherry kind?
I find that's the hardest to get.

(greencanuck paws through the upright freezer in 30C heat)
(in echoing voice from head in freezer)
"I can definitely see a few of the Berry Cherry !"

To be honest, other than getting an assortment of flavours- I was fairly non-descriminate in what I took from each store.
It was about 5 flavours from each.
I was just so grateful to get them that I was not fussy about which ones.


To add to the story:

I am disabled and ride an adaptive trike.
All of those frozen fruits had to get about 7-8km home in 22-25C heat on a bike!!
The short version would be to say that I used several medium freezer packs, cooler bags, packed those frozen fruit tight to each other ( mass cooling) and rode home fast and direct.

Upon arrival at home, they seemed as frozen as from the store freezer !

[Shwa Girl]

(greencanuck paws through the upright freezer in 30C heat)
(in echoing voice from head in freezer)
"I can definitely see a few of the Berry Cherry !"

Oh No!
I did not want you to have your head in the freezer, checking.
I haven't seen many varieties at my Freshco, so I was just curious.

Wow, you go the extra mile -- and on a bike too. WTG!

[greencanuck]

Oh No!
I did not want you to have your head in the freezer, checking.
I haven't seen many varieties at my Freshco, so I was just curious.

Wow, you go the extra mile -- and on a bike too. WTG!

At the time of those sales, both Food Basics had about 10- 11 varieties of frozen fruit.
Since the coupon was for "Fruit Essentials" I focused on those varieties ( about 5-6 types)
Plus; I freeze my own fruit on sale, so I have lots of plain frozen fruits ( ie strawberries, blueberries, grapes, etc)


As bad as it was for energy-efficiency.....
.....on a hot day (30C), standing in front of an upright freezer pawing through frozen fruit is a minute of pure bliss!!!



I have been car-free for just under 15 years.

greencanuck <--- treehugger (mostly- but not strict)