Category Archives: Donated Food

Carie’s Coins & Cents Penny Experiment Purchases

Carie who writes the blog Carie’s Coins & Cents sent me an email letting me know that she has made 4 purchase runs for Penny Experiment over the last month. During these four shopping trips, Carie purchased $75.29 worth of … Continue reading

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Teaching Food Banks to Become Super Couponers

On Thursday, we packed up the car: and made our second food bank trip to Open Heart Kitchen: Where we delivered the food Open Heart Kitchen’s food storage area: While there I met with one of the volunteer coordinating directors … Continue reading

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My $146.67 Worth of Food for $16.48 Trip

I made a grocery shopping run late last week ans was able to get $146.67 worth of food for $16.48 which is a savings of 89% and that includes a stupid mistake I made that added on a few more … Continue reading

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Feeding Four Saves 67% On Latest Purchases

Keli at Feeding Four made her latest buying trip for Penny Experiment to Giant foods and came away with $17.37 worth of food for $5.70, a 67% savings. The purchase included 3 boxes of Ritz crackers and 3 Jennie O … Continue reading

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La Vida Cheapo: New Penny Experiment Couponer

It’s always exciting for me to welcome a new couponer who has decided to participate in Penny Experiment because that means another person getting great deals for their local food bank. Leah who writes La Vida Cheapo is the latest … Continue reading

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MoneyMate Kate First Purchase Is $45.90 For $0.00

It’s great to welcome another couponer that has decided to participate in Penny Experiment. Kate who writes the personal finance blog MoneyMate Kate (be sure to check out her informative post Supermarket Couponing for Non Couponers) took full advantage of … Continue reading

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Feeding Four Saves 68% On Latest Food Bank Purchases

Keli at the Feeding Four blog made another food purchasing trip for Penny Experiment — this time to Target. She was able to pick up $15.32 worth of food for $4.93 for a savings of 68%. This is what she … Continue reading

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Mommies With Cents Saves 87% On Food Bank Food

Mommies With Cents made another grocery shopping run for Penny Experiment where she was able to purchase $15.75 worth of food for only $2.00 after using her couponing skills for an 87% savings: The purchase included: 2 jars of Ragu … Continue reading

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Mommies With Cents Food Bank Drop Off

I love it when I get emails telling me that someone has made a delivery to their local food bank as part of Penny Experiment. It is the culmination of all the hard work of everyone who has decided to … Continue reading

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Another Shopping Run Nets 89% Savings

I ended up going on a second shopping run early this week to try and cash in on the Cereal King shopping trip I had done late last week. I had similar coupons and I went through the same motions … Continue reading

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