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When was the last time you went to the Dollar Store? Holy cow do they have a boatload of crap available for a buck! Some of it is better than others of course, and practically everything comes from China, but some of the stuff isn’t half bad if you were already planning on buying the same thing at Walmart or Target Read More >>
It was another awesome possum week in the reclaimed produce department. Every week people ask how I am able to get all this produce for free. And the answer is really, really simple. I just asked. “While I was out running errands, I stopped by my favorite produce market to inquire about possibly picking up “scraps” for Read More >>
It was like Christmas I tell you. Spring is here and it was pretty obvious that people are in the mood to buy fresh fruits and vegetables again. I hope you are sitting down, because the pictures of the free food we were able to pick up from Mr. Produce Guy this week pretty much speak for Read More >>
It was a fantastic week in the reclaimed foods department at my local market. Fantastic! We were able to salvage: 2 personal watermelons 2 cantaloupes 3 heads of lettuce 1 banana 8 apples 3 pears 6 pounds of potatoes Wahoooo! Talk about a nice variety of free food. The chickens were pretty happy with their Read More >>
Last night my neighbor Francisco sent me a text: Francisco: We are purging our cabinets are you interested in some non vegan goodies? Mavis: Should I come over right now? Francisco: Give us 15 🙂 if you are free Mavis: K will do So I quickly ran to our the pantry and found some loot. Read More >>
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