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Getting Groceries for Free

by jevans161

Want to get groceries for free? HEB has a spectacular policy
called "Fresh or Free". This is not a joke or hype or any kind of
sales pitch. This grocery store actually provides an opportunity
for anyone to get groceries for free. If you do not know of the
HEB grocery chain, it's probably because the chain is only
located in Texas. My wife and I shop there almost exclusively,
especially because of the Fresh or Free program. Here is a basic
rundown of how to take advantage of this great policy:

1. Hunt for items that have expired.
      This is the first and foremost rule. So when you arrive at
the store, carefully look through the stock of particular items
you are interested in, and hunt for the expired one(s). Try to
utilize some stealth, as the staff is trained to seek out "fresh
or free-ers" like us. The staff cannot stop you from looking, but
they may start going through the stock along side of you and weed
out expired items.

2. Once you have found an expired item, put it in your
basket, along with an identical, fresh item.

3. You are only allowed to fresh or free one item per SKU,
per person.

This doesn't mean you can't walk away with hundreds of
dollars or more in groceries for free, it just means if you find
10 expired Tombstone Pepperoni Pizzas, you can only take one
fresh one, per person. But if you find one Tombstone Pepperoni
Pizza, and one Red Baron Pepperoni Pizza that have expired, then
you get one of each for free.

4. Go to the cash register and place your items in pairs (one
expired, one fresh) on the conveyor belt.

5. Tell the cashier "I have some expired items here."

We have had times where the staff is not friendly, and sometimes
downright mean about us getting groceries for free. Don't let
this dissuade you, they are obligated by the policy to give you
the groceries for free. We've heard every excuse in the book, and
you will too, if you participate in the program. If they get too
mean, just have a manager come over and take care of it.

My personal opinion of why they offer groceries for free:

* I believe that the program makes an incredible amount of
sense from a business perspective. HEB is basically hiring the
general public to wade through their current stock, and eliminate
expired items. Now I know this is a job that should be handled by
the night stockers, but think about the average night stocker,
why would they care about checking dates? That would be far more
time and effort to complete the stocking for the night. And with
the small wage that HEB is paying their stockers, it makes sense
to offer groceries for free under this program.

* Also, this program allows HEB upper management to identify
weakness in their lower management, especially night stocking
crew management. So in effect, we are helping them to root out
bad management, and provide the best quality food. It is a
win-win situation for the company, and for us as customers (or
should I say, previous customers, ;)).

In closing, the HEB fresh or free program is a fantastically
easy way to obtain quality, free groceries. The only groceries
that are exempt from the policy are ones that have no expiration.
Other than that, it is open season. So take advantage of it, and
leave me a few comments on your experiences if you get the
chance.

Get more great finance and investing tips at Jeffry Evans' <a
href="http://personalfinanceresources.com">personal finance
blog</a>. <a
href="http://personalfinanceresources.com/70/groceries-for-free/">Groceries
for Free</a> is just one of many great articles you will find at
Personal Finance Resources.

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