[IndyMom]

My jaw is dropping at the price of the Peanut Butter!!! I'm so jealous! LOL. We go through about 4 jars a month here and I almost never see a deal on it. It's one of those things that we just have to pay full price for because I never see coupons or deals on it.

The Soda on the other hand.... My family does really like Pepsi 2LT's and I try to buy extra whenever it's less than $1 which is routinly. The dollar stores around here have name brand sodas $1 all summer.
I like to stock up at Aldi's and Big Lots here though. I can get cola at Aldi's at (I beleive) about $0.64 ea and then I go to Big Lots where they routinely have Orange, Grape, Lemon-Lime generics for $0.75 ea. Around here the Meijer brand Cola and the Aldi's Cola are the only two that taste similar to Pepsi IMO. As far as the other flavors from Big Lots goes,,,, I can't taste a difference so why pay more!

[IndyMom]

I'm kinda confused by the TP price... I don't get the $0.01 per square inch price. Should that be per single sheet maybe? Scotts TP has 1000 sheets per roll and runs around $3.99 full price for a 4pk. That would equal about $0.01 per single ply sheet at full price around here.

Each sheet of Scott is 4.1in by 3.7inches so each square of toilet paper is 15.17 square inches. That would make each single ply sheet cost $0.15 each and a roll cost about $150 and a 4 pack about $600! Is my math off tonight or is that a typo?

[Judybats]

Originally Posted by dustin2012

Also when and where do you get sales for free-$.25 dish soap? I know the Gain 8oz bottles are going on sale for $.88 with a coupon making them $.38, but if I can get it free, I think I can hold off.

thanks

Last summer, Staples was offering a coupon for $3 off ANYTHING in the store! and I got some of very large bottles of Dawn--I paid like .49 cents for HU-MONGO bottles of Dawn. That lasted a while!!

Last time I stocked up was when Albertsons had the 9 oz Dawn on sale for .79 cents. I had .50/1 non-insert coupons which made it FREE (no overage). I think I got about 16

If you have a store that doubles, the small (9oz or so) Gain liquid dish soap is regularly priced at $1.19 at my store, so with .50/1 coupons, it would make it .19 cents, which isn't too bad.

Back in the day when Kroger would double coupons in Texas, the Dawn would go on sale 10/$10 and a .50/1 coupon would make it FREE.

In my area, free Dawn happens, but it is not a regular occurrence. Perhaps 4 times a year or so! The same can be said about Gain dish soap.

[Judybats]

Originally Posted by IndyMom

I'm kinda confused by the TP price... I don't get the $0.01 per square inch price. Should that be per single sheet maybe? Scotts TP has 1000 sheets per roll and runs around $3.99 full price for a 4pk. That would equal about $0.01 per single ply sheet at full price around here.

Each sheet of Scott is 4.1in by 3.7inches so each square of toilet paper is 15.17 square inches. That would make each single ply sheet cost $0.15 each and a roll cost about $150 and a 4 pack about $600! Is my math off tonight or is that a typo?

The stock up price many adhere to is $0.01 per square ft. So, let's say a package of Cottonelle has 175.2 square feet in it. You would multiply that by $0.01 or move the decimal over 2 to the left and you come up with $1.752 or $1.75. This would be the BUY price for that particular package of Cottonelle Toliet Paper. Make sense?

Doing it by the rolls doesn't always work for me. Some rolls are bigger than others... some rolls are smaller than others. So .35 a roll would be GREAT for one brand and not-so great for another. It would depend on how many square feet are in each roll to make it a true comparison.

The 0.01 a square foot rule is a real way to make an apple to apple comparison.

This is a great thread that shows the different square feet of toilet paper by brand. This lady did an amazing job compiling all of the information for us!

Toilet Paper Information

[Eboonesews]

Originally Posted by IndyMom

I'm kinda confused by the TP price... I don't get the $0.01 per square inch price. Should that be per single sheet maybe? Scotts TP has 1000 sheets per roll and runs around $3.99 full price for a 4pk. That would equal about $0.01 per single ply sheet at full price around here.

Each sheet of Scott is 4.1in by 3.7inches so each square of toilet paper is 15.17 square inches. That would make each single ply sheet cost $0.15 each and a roll cost about $150 and a 4 pack about $600! Is my math off tonight or is that a typo?

You are calculating sq inches. There are 144 sq inches in a sq foot. 12 x 12.

15.17 sq inches per sheet x 1000 sheets = 15170 sq inches
15170 sq inches / 144 = 105 sq ft per roll

105 x .01 = 1.05 per roll

Most tissue is double ply instead of single ply, so fewer sq ft per roll.

[IndyMom]

I understand how to do the math, that's why I'm asking if it's a typo. The attachment says 0.01 per sq INCH and that didn't make sense to me. Sq foot or even sq peice might make sense but not the sq inch listed.

[Eboonesews]

Originally Posted by IndyMom

I understand how to do the math, that's why I'm asking if it's a typo. The attachment says 0.01 per sq INCH and that didn't make sense to me. Sq foot or even sq peice might make sense but not the sq inch listed.

I am sorry. I misread your question. Yes, it is a typo. The rule of thumb is .01 per square foot. I am so used to my kids confusing sq ft and sq inch in calculations that I just went into teacher mode.

Sorry. I have rarely found toilet paper that cheap. No stores here double on a regular basis.

[dustin2012]

I'm not sure if I saw this stock up price here but could we maybe get a lunchmeat stockup price (per lb)?

Thanks

[mkrmylove]

Originally Posted by Z and G's Mom

I try to purchase my ink from Staples after I build up my rewards points for recycling my old ink containers. That way I can bring the price down considerably.

I do the same thing I wish I could find a way to get the ink even cheaper.

[brownie16]

Bumping this up....can anyone help me find the thread where an AFCer figured the square footage of many of the Toilet paper products??

Duh...I found it: it's a sticky!!

[momabrown3]

Originally Posted by brownie16

Bumping this up....can anyone help me find the thread where an AFCer figured the square footage of many of the Toilet paper products??

Duh...I found it: it's a sticky!!

Toilet Paper Information