Subj : Discounts To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Fri Jul 25 2025 10:22:25 Hi Dave, RH> Guess computer gremlins get busy in warm weather. I don't know why but RH> I had several days of no mail last week. It fetched but didn't go RH> beyond that; I just let it ride and it staightened out on Friday. DD> Murphy is *always* there. Waiting ..... Lurking in the dark recesses of the hard drive, most likely. DD> I'm a member of Hy-Vee's Perks+ club and get cents per gallon DD> discount on some of their grocery items or, like the current offer DD> (today) spend U$50 and get 25c per gallon discount at Hy-Vee's pumps DD> or any Caseys. DD> Before MotoMart began their 50c off program I was an assiduous user of DD> Hy-Vee's program. One time (and only once) I had a large grocery DD> purchase and several of the items I bought had cents-per-gllon DD> discounts tied to them. Plus there was a "Spend U$75 and get a 75c per DD> gallon perk. I got over U$1 per gallon on that trip, which added to DD> the previously earned DD> but not used perks made that next tank of fuel relatively inexpensive. We used to shop at Lowe's (grocery) when we lived on the other side of town; it was the most convenient and best option for us. Not the low credits and had a station on premisis. Then we moved, Publix came in (a bit further out than Lowe's but we knew the quality) and we switched to them for most shopping. Lastly, Wegman's came in basically around the corner from us; we do 99% of our grocery shopping there now. Steve grew up with them and we'd usually stop in for something or other when we visited western NY. Most often it was for routine things but would also pick up something specific to Wegman's or something not available where we were living. We've had Wegman's here for 4 years now and we'll still go to one in NY if we're up there and need something. (G) DD> And you can bet I was as close to "on fumes" as I dared get before I DD> got the next tankful. Understandable; you have to get your money's worth. RH> Sounds like a good deal. Harris Teeter is heavily promoting their RH> rewards program on tv--so many gas points for shopping and quadruple RH> points on Fridays. Good if you shop there regularly but if we go, we RH> try to go on Thursdays, their senior discount day. I guess you can get RH> up to a dollar off per gallon. DD> Just have to do the math. Do you $ave more on groceries or on gas? Usually groceries as we don't shop there often enough to accumulate enough in fuel rewards before they expire. DD> Since both my brother and I have MotoMart WAND cards that feature DD> 50c/gallon off the price on the sign. I let my room-mate use my DD> Hy-Vee perks. Bv)= RH> I'm sure he appreciates it. Most often we get our gas locally at Sam's RH> Club or if in Raleigh, Costco. When we were in Hawaii over July 4 week RH> end, we rented a car, gassed it up at the Scofield Barracks gas station RH> Monday morning. Then we drove (almost) around the island, topped it off RH> at the Pearl Harbor gas station. Didn't even take a gallon the 2nd RH> time. DD> Was the car a hybrid? A (near) lap of Oahu is a fair trot. It was a Mitsubishi Mirage. We were stuck in stop and go traffic (mostly stop, then short go, then long stop again) for a while on the North Shore. What should have taken maybe half an hour, tops, took close to 2 hours to get thru. We'd had an early lunch but stopped for an early afternoon munchie after getting out of that mess. DD> Title: Roasted Garlic & Herb Shrimp w/Spaghetti DD> Categories: Seafood, Pasta, Herbs, Sauces, Chilies DD> Yield: 4 Servings RH> Lots of carbs but it looks good. Personally, I'd use less red pepper RH> and let diners add more to their own taste. DD> a half-teaspoon in that much shrimp and pasta is fairly mild. Now, if DD> it were cayenne .... that would be a different story. A ifferent red DD> pepper: It's still something I usually go easy on and let people add to taste. Same with black pepper and salt; I know, common condiments but better off in small quantities. --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... Wisdom consists in knowing what to do with what you know. --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .