What did you do in the garden today?

[jxp]

It's a mass production bbw. They sell them cheap this time of year to get us in the store. Called a "loss leader " they are losing money from this bird because our "Thanksgiving" holiday is the end of the month. Turkey is a traditional food served. They hope we will buy the rest of the food there also.

Exactly! They take a loss on one or a few items to lead customers into their store and will make up the cost of the product in other sales.
My favorite local grocery is giving away a free Butterball or Honeysuckle turkey to anyone spending $125 (excluding alcohol, tobacco, and paper products) between the 19th and the 26th. For those not spending that much, the first whole turkey is 79¢/lb and the rest are $1.09.

Being that they are within a few blocks of an Aldi, a Super Walmart, and a Super Target, it's an extremely smart strategy. With careful meal planning and strategizing, $125 should be an easy target. If not, I'll just throw a bag of cat food in the cart for $30. It'll keep.

 

[Molpet]

Sometimes there is also the requirement that you have to buy a certain dollar amount of groceries to get the cheap price. Sometimes it's $50, sometimes $100. Not hard to do anymore!

Yes . By me the "Jewel" , which is now owned by Albertsons, usually has a minimum purchase and slightly higher price.

 

[jerryse]

No snow last night and flurries off and on today. A high of 34 and 22 overnight. Feels like November.

 

[TJAnonymous]

No snow last night and flurries off and on today. A high of 34 and 22 overnight. Feels like November.

You got lucky... It snowed at my in-laws (northern Indiana).

We are expecting low 20s tonight. It's already FREEZING outside. I need to go hook up water trough heaters and I don't want to go outside...

 

[Smokerbill]

I moved the haphazard pallet deer barrier over to the pallet pile under the fir trees today. I'm sure deer will start munching on the tomato vines now.

 

[dirkandlorie]

My lemon tree when I brought it inside for the winter... It's got dozens of lemons on it that look like they will all get ripe about Thanksgiving...

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You've got a lot of lemons on your tree, too! Good year for lemons

 

[Smokerbill]

@Sally PB , any mahonia news?

 

[Smokerbill]

The new New Hampshires I hatched are all doing well, eating and drinking a lot, and they're fast little suckers. LOL

 

[Rick589]

I will cull all the roosters when they start to crow and cull the hens after two years. There is a two-chicken limit in my residential area and a fine if neighbors complain. I have to monitor the sound of my roosters, and I can only keep one. A lot of people raise chickens where I live, so it's okay as long as no one complains.

Yet I bet those barking dogs are A-OK.

 

[Rick589]

I have to chase away feral chickens in my front yard every day.

So……your local government is uselessly stupid also.