Pet -- Part 2 -- buying pet food in bulk

NOW I understand why I can't find as much on the blogosphere regarding pets as I do humans! It's hard to keep up with the human purchases & deals...let alone the pet stuff out there! I'm tellin' ya....it's gone to the dogs...or at least, the dogs are the only sane ones around here!

This post took a little longer to get out here than I originally thought. I decided since I was going to do a major purchase of dog food to restock I'd wait and use that receipt. It just made sense to use a current receipt than one I did a few months ago.

So, this past week I squeezed in a trip to Petco to stock up. I now have enough dog food to last me 3+ months. Yippee! Here's my receipt & how I did the transaction on 8/6:

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Total OOP $133.65 ($144.49 w/tax)

6 bags Pro Plan dog food, 37.5 lbs
1 $1 donation


Price per bag $22.28 ($24.08 w/tax)


Savings $119.29 from:
$5/1 Petco PALS membership discount per bag
$3/1 MQ here -- had 6
10% discount for buying 200 lbs
15% discount Petco coupon (prior qtrly purchases)



By buying this way, I've reduced the price per bag to about what another, less premium dog food would cost. Also, I'm now 6 bags closer to getting a free bag of dog food! Rock on! I totally understand buying like this takes some planning. It is a large chunk of money to shell out at one time. However, once you do it, you will be on a schedule to keep doing it each quarter.














Just to show you folks why I go through all of this planning, here is one of my wonderful mongrels ...uhmmm... doggies. This is Abner.

We so very rarely get a "handsome boy" pose from him even though he graduated from the Handsome Boy Modeling School. We normally get photos like the other one! LOLOL!



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