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MyLilSquishy
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Topic: FF Mums - Karicare Toddler Posted: 24 January 2011 at 12:41pm |
Just an FYI incase you don't get mailers.
Countdown has a 4-week onecard windback.
Karicare Toddler (new #3) is down to $14.99 + 6 onecard bonus points. Will be this price until FEB 20th. (valid from today)
We will be getting a couple as DS isn't far off moving up (mid March-ish).
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minik8e
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Posted: 24 January 2011 at 8:53pm |
Oooooh nice thank you - this is what the girls have and 6 bonus points will come in very handy as well!!
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Posted: 25 January 2011 at 11:12am |
Yay, will get a couple, thank you, =)
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Posted: 25 January 2011 at 12:38pm |
Slightly off but we use Nurture Gold Toddler and at Pak n Save they have it for $15.42 which is a great price but they only allow you to buy three at a time. Pathetic...it's food so why limit it. I would say especially for the toddler milk but I don't think it should be limited at all for any type. I did ask but the check out person didn't know. Even pulled the 'I've got twins' but would not budge
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MyLilSquishy
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Posted: 25 January 2011 at 12:41pm |
go buy the limit yourself, then send hubby in later
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Posted: 25 January 2011 at 1:08pm |
Linda with things on limit I walk in and get 4 (or whatever the limit is) go put them in the car then go get another 4. Pak n save had washing powder for 99c one day so I spent aaages doing that, and I certainly wasn't the only person doing it!
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Posted: 25 January 2011 at 1:12pm |
Linda, I think it's because Dairy shop owners sometimes find it cheaper to go to Pak n Save than the wholesalers and it's to prevent them from buying out the stock.
At least that's always been my interpretation on it.
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Posted: 25 January 2011 at 1:31pm |
When I was only shopping once a month I'd be buying 8 bags of cat chow each grocery shop, which was fine til it went on special, then the checkout operator said it was a limit of 6, I tried arguing I always buy that much whether it's on special or not, even said I'd pay full price for the extra two, no luck. So I got the 6, took them to car, then went back in to different checkout with another 6, ha. No problems exceeding limits at CD, last lady said it was at their discretion.
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Posted: 25 January 2011 at 1:37pm |
I was told that the limit on Formula was put in place after the formula problems in Asia, apparently people were buying in bulk and sending overseas, the supermarkets were struggling to keep up.
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Posted: 25 January 2011 at 1:37pm |
Yes it is because they're selling at or slightly less than cost price. Fil was a supermarket manager, he said they'd get people filling entire trolleys with one product, obviously to sell on, that was when they enforced the limit, not normally for personal shoppers. The idea is to just get you in the door, & then you'll hopefully buy more than just what you came for & choose to do the rest of your shopping too.
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Posted: 25 January 2011 at 1:42pm |
Ooh I hadn't thought of that Caronz. Think if I was living in China I'd get family to do the same though!
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Posted: 25 January 2011 at 2:16pm |
You are right Caronz. People here were buying it in bulk and sending it overseas. The limits were put in place so that we wouldn't have a shortage + excessive price rises.
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Posted: 25 January 2011 at 2:28pm |
Just a very gentle suggestion, if your over one year old has an OK diet, then they can just have normal milk.
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Posted: 25 January 2011 at 2:40pm |
Thanks....I did wonder about the Diary owners stocking up and do see it with a lot of products but I didn't think they would be stocking up with Baby formula, especially Toddler. I just can't help but think there is more to it.....but really must ask so I know!
Am aware that one year olds can have normal milk but with four kids we would go through the milk so fast I'd be having to go to the supermarket every couple of days. Plus if you actually work it out Formula is no more expensive than milk and the cost of formula as been quite steady lately which is not the same case as milk.
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Posted: 25 January 2011 at 2:43pm |
Bobchannz wrote:
Just a very gentle suggestion, if your over one year old has an OK diet, then they can just have normal milk. |
lol, I know, she does have ordinary milk too, she has formula before bed. It's actually cheaper per cup to give formula than milk, sad as it is our raw foods cost more than the processed ones these days.
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Posted: 25 January 2011 at 2:49pm |
We buy the cheapest blue top milk in the 3L containers, we easily demolish one of those a day- & I don't let them have it all the time. Grr- now completely off topic but does anyone else notice the bulk of specials these days are "non-food" items, e.g junk food instead of fruit, veg, bread, milk, eggs etc.
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Posted: 25 January 2011 at 5:12pm |
I was in the supermarket last week and was surprised there were no great deals on fruit and veges and I would have thought now was a good time for specials in this area. Then happened to be in Otaki so stopped by one of the market garden places up there, so much cheaper
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Posted: 25 January 2011 at 5:28pm |
lol ive actually worked out the price of formula compared to the same made-up amount of milk - and with milk prices the way they are at the moment - its actually cheaper to give formula lol. its a bit wrong that milk is dearer than formula!
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Posted: 28 January 2011 at 9:46pm |
linda wrote:
I was in the supermarket last week and was surprised there were no great deals on fruit and veges and I would have thought now was a good time for specials in this area. Then happened to be in Otaki so stopped by one of the market garden places up there, so much cheaper |
This week at Pak'N Save they had big signs up (and balloons) saying 'Fruit & Vege Week' - and the prices were just exactly the same as last week when the sale wasnt on... awesome aye?
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Posted: 28 January 2011 at 9:49pm |
Sure is awesome. They probably think great marketing. Put the work 'sale' on something and people actually think they are getting a deal
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