Another Sam's Free event

[Bearman202]

Sam's is holding another "no membership required" thing from Jan. 12-25. They only did a weekend last time, but this time, it's longer. Interesting.

[monkeybird]

I went to the last one in Huntsville. I still prefer Costco. However, there is no Costco in my location, so I'll go to sams here and check it out. Thanks.

[crossbow]

Sam's is holding another "no membership required" thing from Jan. 12-25. They only did a weekend last time, but this time, it's longer. Interesting.

I have a Sams card, gift from my D and SIL, I told them to not waste their money again, there are no bargins at Sams, there is a WM across the rd from the Sams near me and i can do better at WM, PriceRite, Aldies, plus spend the 45 dollars that membership cost at Sams.yesterday Sams had the nice big navel oranges for 7.95, there were 9 oranges in the bag. the same bag was 5.82 at the local food town. many people are fooled by Sams Club and I think they're beginning to wake up. the same thing with white Rice, it was 20.95 for 50 pounds, the same bag was 15.25 at WM across the rd.
PS while i was at Sams they were giving away small paring knives and an thing to drain the juice out of oranges, I noticed that most people just ignored the give away.

[Lowdown3]

We went to one last year on a weekend, luckily was in the area anyways. It might be better/easier going during the week.

[610Alpha]

We have a Sams card and for us it is cheaper to go there once a month than to go to the local grocery store. With 2 kids in diapers still, hopefully that will be changing soon with the wife coming home, we can get big boxes of diapers and wipes cheaper there than Wally World believe it or not :)

I still keep an eye out for deals to be had at the local store, tuna especially. You can't beat the big cans of tuna/chicken at Sams, or very rarely at least. As with anything we must remain vigilant in watching prices from all sources to ensure that we are getting the most for our money. I can buy a big box of instant potatoes cheaper at Sams than buying a bunch of smaller boxes at the local store. For us it works out better to go to Sam's and we even have an Aldi's in our town.

I have a super WM near where I work and I have never seen them sell 50 lb bag of rice, the most I have seen is 15 lb. I go there a lot on my lunch break and keep an eye out for deals.

There is a Smart Phone App ( I don't have one but my co-worker does and he loves it) that lets you scan the barcode of an item and will find the lowest price of that item and where its at. I believe it can also find it online for you. Mom and Pop stores won't get picked up by the software, but if you know the mom and pop store isn't too much more its worth going to them because of the service (usually).

[arcangel911]

The nearest Costco is over two hours away in Tallahasse, so I reduced to Sams Club for the moment.

I did find that Costco has some great stuff and has the most deals. Also, their website is quite something to. I looked up survival and it came up with a decent list when you type in: survival, emergency, and Mountain House.

[Matt In Oklahoma]

Man this is awsome, the wife is all in and we are heading out in a few!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I appreciate the info. We bought some stuff and joined. I saw some things that were real good and things that were not. I did see that rice, beans and honey were a whole lot cheaper the way I need to buy it:)

[crossbow]

Man this is awsome, the wife is all in and we are heading out in a few!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I appreciate the info. We bought some stuff and joined. I saw some things that were real good and things that were not. I did see that rice, beans and honey were a whole lot cheaper the way I need to buy it:)

and the honey is a product of China or some other country where they have no hericide or pesticide regs, it is just rebottled in this country.

[Bearman202]

I was reading on another site that one of the best treatments for allergies is locally-produced honey. Apparently, as it goes through the bees, it does something to the pollen/whatever and makes it less likely to cause an allergic reaction. Then, after you eat the honey for a bit, you stop being allergic to whatever it was that set you off before. I like it. Apparently, the bees collect the stuff from the local area, (duh) and use it to produce their honey. Better to buy locally produced honey. Look in the phone book.

[Tofu]

I was reading on another site that one of the best treatments for allergies is locally-produced honey. Apparently, as it goes through the bees, it does something to the pollen/whatever and makes it less likely to cause an allergic reaction. Then, after you eat the honey for a bit, you stop being allergic to whatever it was that set you off before. I like it. Apparently, the bees collect the stuff from the local area, (duh) and use it to produce their honey. Better to buy locally produced honey. Look in the phone book.

What an awesome idea!

[Matt In Oklahoma]

I was reading on another site that one of the best treatments for allergies is locally-produced honey. Apparently, as it goes through the bees, it does something to the pollen/whatever and makes it less likely to cause an allergic reaction. Then, after you eat the honey for a bit, you stop being allergic to whatever it was that set you off before. I like it. Apparently, the bees collect the stuff from the local area, (duh) and use it to produce their honey. Better to buy locally produced honey. Look in the phone book.

I have always hear this and I eat both locally prodcued honey purchased from our small town farmers market and other stuff and have had allegies ever since my last return from Germany. So far it hasn't worked for me at all. I don't think it is a catch all, as trees & grass don't produce anything for bees and I think thats what I'm allergic to. Finding local stuff in our state is easy we have whats called MIO which is Made In Oklahoma and they label everything with it and some stores even dedicate a section to it, then just read the label and see what area it comes from.
I looked again last night and the price is half of our local stuff. For my preps I will getting the Sams stuff, it aint like it's gonna go bad! I foraged some honeycomb from a hive in a lightening busted section of an elm tree one time, whew I'm gonna have to be real hungry before doing that anymore.

[Davar]

I was reading on another site that one of the best treatments for allergies is locally-produced honey. Apparently, as it goes through the bees, it does something to the pollen/whatever and makes it less likely to cause an allergic reaction. Then, after you eat the honey for a bit, you stop being allergic to whatever it was that set you off before. I like it. Apparently, the bees collect the stuff from the local area, (duh) and use it to produce their honey. Better to buy locally produced honey. Look in the phone book.

I can testify to that. For the last few years when Jully August came I developed some severe allergies to a local weed pollen. I got a hold of some locally produced honey and after taking a tablesppon or two a day my allergies were almost gone. It works as a sort of anti-venom if you will.

[Cimarron]

Thanks for the heads up, were gonna hit a Sam's this weekend.
Not sure if we'll go to T town or OKC lol

[Bearman202]

I went today to buy some yeast. A friend told me they have 2 lb. packages that you toss into the freezer and use whenever. I ended up spending $165, and forgot the yeast. Sigh. I know, a mind is a terrible thing to waste. I did get a 5 lb. container of honey, though. It's marked "Produced in the Ozarks" which is pretty close to local for me. It kind of surprised the checkout girl, as she noticed that NONE of the things I bought were fresh, as in produce, etc. Everything had a shelf life. <G>