TIL a random comment at the deli counter saved me $40 on lunch this week

I was standing in line at the Publix off Memorial Drive last Tuesday, almost grabbed their pre-made sandwiches for $8 each. Then this older guy behind me mutters to his wife that the hot case rotisserie chicken is half the price of the cold cuts and you get two meals out of it. I kinda shrugged it off at first, but then I actually looked. A whole chicken was $6.99. I bought one, took it home, ate the legs and a thigh that night for dinner. Next day I shredded the rest and had enough meat for two big salads and a wrap. So for like $7 I got three meals, compared to the $12 I would have spent on just two sandwiches from the case. Has anyone else had a random stranger's offhand tip totally change your grocery routine like that?

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margaretk892d ago

Wait, you got THREE meals out of ONE chicken? That's insane.

the_thomas2d ago

@margaretk89 right? I did the math and it came out to like $2.33 per meal which is basically fast food prices but way healthier. What nobody seems to mention is that the breast meat off that chicken stays good for like three or four days in the fridge if you bag it right, and the bones make a killer soup stock if you've got an hour. So really you can stretch that $7 into four or five different uses if you're willing to boil some water. The deli guy probably saved me fifty bucks a month and I never would have thought of it on my own.