We have a 12-year-old cat and an almost six-month-old kitten. This means lots of litter and dry food. I try very hard not to feed the cats any food with corn as a main ingredient and that's tough on the budget.
At Target tonight I started with litter. I used to get my litter at Sam's Club but their prices have been going up AND the size of the package shrinking, so by the time you consider membership fees, impulse buys and my employee discount at Target, it didn't seem like a bargain at Sam's.
Boots and Barkley cat litter at Target was $9.39 for 27 pounds and Tidy Cat multi-cat litter was $11.99 for 35 pounds. I got out my calculator and did some figuring. The Target brand, Boots and Barkley, worked out to be 34.77 cents per pound, while the name brand came in at 34.25 cents per pound.
At this point, my colleagues noticed me and wondered what I was doing so I explained. They seemed in awe that I would do such a thing. They weren't even sure how to do the math to find out which was cheaper. I explained.
Then to cat food! Iams was on sale, multiple varieties, $10.99 for the 6.8 pound bag. Normally it's $12.79. PLUS with two bags you got a $5 gift card free. I bought three bags of kitten chow and one bag regular.
My bill after discounts was $51.64 plus I now have $10 in Target gift cards.
glad you listen to the 'no corn' rule for kitties.
ReplyDeleteDan
For the kitty litter, you can use chicken scratch / feed, which is cheap. Contains corn cob, wheat and wheat hull. Very absorbent. Just toss it outside and the birdies and squirrels come and feast upon it, all gone!!! Everything!!!!!
ReplyDeletedan
wow dan, I had no idea. A friend has four cat and about 20 stairs down from her porch to the side walk. She hates carrying down the trash with all the kitty litter.
ReplyDeleteThey already "compost" the spent beer making grains. I bet she'd be thrilled to save money and not have to carry all that litter down to the trash.