Supermarket Receipt

I've been asked many times, just what do I spend on, to chalk up the minimum $150 to qualify for the free delivery at Finest. This list is what we bought on the most recent trip:

• 6.47 Tortila wraps for breakfast
• 2.45 x 2 Fuji apples for Toby
• 2.50 x 2 midjoint wings (what we call 2-bone)
• 19.77 mince beef (I usually buy half this amount but since it was on sale, I doubled the normal amount. Yes, aunty, I know, hee hee)
• 3.01 FP chicken cocktail (I try not to buy processed food often but mum and kids like this. Before 5% off since housebrand)
• 3.01 FP chicken cheese sausage (Before 5% off since housebrand)
• 3.99 kee fish
• 2.12 fragrant pears for Tiffy
• 2.20 garlic chives sprouts (bundled in the wrap for breakfast)
• 1.10 long bean
• 0.80 x 2 garlic flower that mum likes
• 7.00 juice (that I drink with the lacto-fibre from Tupperware or the organic powder that Belinda gave. 4 1litre tetra packs that will last me a long while. Normal price 7.80)
• 7.90 Lifebuoy bodysoap (promotion pack of 500ml with free 500ml)
• 9.90 Astoria (can't remember what this is ... *sigh*)
• 9.00 Dettol bodysoap refill packs (Normal price 11.80)
• 24.15 Nespray (milk powder for kids)
• 1.35 x 2 Campbell soup (I can't remember the last time I bought campbell soup. I can't remember the last time I bought canned food, hmmmm. One each for Toby and Tiffy. Chicken noodle soup)
• 9.80 Sunsilk shampoo (frequent wash for Tiffy)
• 3.25 x 2 FP handsoap (Before 5% discount)
• 2.35 Kodomo toothbrush (Normal price 2.90)
• 4.03 FP toilet paper (Before 5% discount)
• 59.75 Pediasure (milk powder for kids)
• 11.05 Nescafe Gold coffee for mum (Normal price 11.40)
• 4.10 tanghoon
• 2.25 Prima plain flour (for pancakes in the morning and for frying the 2-bone in. Normal price 2.50)
• 1.53 x 2 seeds (sweet basil and asparagus. We planted the sweet basil yesterday)
  
• 1.75 FP light soya sauce (Before 5% discount)
• 2.35 japanese sweet potato for mum (purple skin, yellow insides)
• 4.50 FP shoe white (Before 5% discount)
• 5.15 x 2 tissue (Before 0.35 off)
  

Total : 234.10

Interestingly, this trip had no snacks, no rice, no salmon, no organic stuff, no.... etc and yet...

Tips on how I stretch my dollar

• other than accumulating more than sufficient for free delivery which means I do not need to take a taxi home nor carry heavy loads. Incidentally, I received a call within minutes of leaving the supermarket from a staff there asking me if they could deliver within the hour since they have another delivery nearby. Sure. Original plan was for the next morning.
  
• keep the receipt for Abbott club since I bought Pediasure. Just send them enough receipts and accumulate the points for exchange of free milk powder.
• pay with Citibank SMRT card. This card gives me up to 5% rebate in SMRT$ for purchases from FP. Compare this with the usual 0.3%. In real dollars, this supermarket trip resulted in $11.71 in rebate with the SMRT card, compared to $0.70 for some cards.
  
• collect linkpoints (LP). I have a Passion card. $10 for 3 year membership which entitles you to discounts as well as collection of LP which can be exchanged for a myriad of vouchers or goods. Every $1 spent gets you 2LP. So this supermarket trip resulted in 468.2LP. 1500 LP can be exchanged for a $10 voucher from Bengawan Solo.