Strange things in your fridge/cabinets thanks to mystery shops

Years ago, a thread like this was very entertaining...What do you have in your freezer/fridge/pantry due to MS? At the time, it was hilarious how people had Starbuck's stockpiled in their freezers. Right now, all I have is half of a burger!

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I have pizza in the freezer. A few cases of bottled water, a few bags of dog food, lots of meat in the freezer. Toilet paper - I may never have to buy it again. My grocery bill has gone way down.

Those little metal ramikins a restaurant serves ketchup in, a 4 pack still wrapped in plastic. It was a good idea in the store at the time.

I am just now using up the last of the laundry detergent that I had to buy (well something to put on the bottom of my cart) YEARS ago on my grocery shop. I think they quit requiring that at least 5-7 years ago.

Liz

Magic Arizona ice tea, orangeade, grapeade and fruit punch are in the refrigerator and cabinets. It's magical because I put them in there and they disappear. My wife and son are as bewildered as me.

Lots of bottled water, Gatorade, and dog biscuits. I'm branching out to toilet paper, paper towels, etc. next.

Shopping up and down the Colorado Rocky Mountain front range.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/30/2016 11:39PM by COMystery.

Lots & lots of toilet paper (and about to do 9 more stores in Dec!!), & some new type of sausage in the fridge. Lots of liquid dish detergent, plenty of bananas!

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Nothing in the pantry or fridge, but I've got enough credit cards and checking accounts to last several lifetimes.

I have something crazy like 14 cans of pineapples... they're $0.48 a can with a Checkout51 rebate of $1 back on two cans... so I mystery shopped and did rebates at one chain for these. So many..pineapples. Oh, and mandarin oranges. I also have a ton of garbanzo beans and canned chicken. It's truly ridiculous. The cats have enough wet cat food to worm them for the rest of their lives... hmmm lets see... oh I have about 60+ boxes of tampons! and several dozen bottles of shampoo as well as several doze kits for pumpkin carving. When I see those $0.10-$0.50 items I load the buggie up

Here's another weird one... cigs! I do not smoke! But the shops often pay $20 plus reimbursement.

MegglesKat

@clinen11 wrote:

Here's another weird one... cigs! I do not smoke! But the shops often pay $20 plus reimbursement.

Is this the tobacco compliance shop where you have to "forget" your ID? I'm really curious: How often do the employees forgo the ID check?

Often enough for her to have several packs of cigs.

I've got a few packs of cigerets at my house too. My son did the compliance shop and we don't know anyone that smokes. I'm to cheep to throw them away but don't know anyone I'd feel comfortable giving them to.

Perhaps the oddest thing I have is several bags of lime from a feed store in the garage. Lots and lots of hand soap, a few quarts of oil from gas station kiosks that didn't have anything else to buy. I found 16 oz packages of macaroni on clearance for 25 cents recently and bought them all for shipping shops. So I have a shelf full of that.

I have St Hubert chicken pie, a big jar of kosher pickles and olives stuffed with blue cheese.

@clinen11 wrote:

Here's another weird one... cigs! I do not smoke! But the shops often pay $20 plus reimbursement.

You can always buy chew instead. Medicinal uses especially for poultices.

Now scheduling travel shops for the day after Christmas through mid-January.

Large jar of organic honey that tastes like sawdust and of course Arizona Teas.

Not INSIDE my fridge, but hanging on my fridge is a magnet with a cartoon drawing of a hamburger and french fries that reads "Nice Junk." I did an adult-bookstore shop and had to buy something.

You mean those 14 jars of marinated artichoke hearts?

Her Serene Majesty, Cettie - Goat Queen of Zoltar, Sublime Empress of Her Caprine Domain

Literally over $2000 in cosmetics and perfume that I haven't even unwrapped yet.

I did a project where I picked up frozen lasagna for focus groups. I needed about 35 boxes. Halfway through the day, the scheduler called and changed the brand. So I had 15 party sized stouffer's lasagna boxes in my garage freezer for awhile.

I had a lot of "stolen" cases of water at one point as well.

Oh, I had about 50 packs of gum in my car too.

I have a "Boyfriend in a box" from an adult bookstore shop.

Working in S. Arkansas and N. Louisiana!

I have a bunch of cigarettes as well. Don't smoke and the route I like is flat fee, so will have to investigate the cheapest brand.

Also have a bunch of expensive shampoo and a huge bag of black beans.

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Regarding toilet paper: DH was carrying on that we are almost out and I better get another under-the-cart shop. Then I reminded him there are two packages in the trunk from last month...he never brought them in the house. Crisis averted!

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I hate the thought of donating cigarettes and giving anyone health issues, but can you give them to a prison for inmates? Might be appreciated by them.

I have so much weird stuff from the clearance rack at my major grocery MS. Decaf green tea bags, mild jerk seasoning paste, low sodium chicken base, flavored taco shells, vanilla syrup, Captain America toothpaste, poblano cheese soup, watermelon soda, coconut sugar, and brown rice syrup. This is just off the top of my head. If I go into my kitchen, there will probably be even more items I have forgotten about.

I have a whole bunch of tiny Tabasco bottles from room service in hotels.

I keep up with the catsup and mustard use, but the Tabasco keeps accumulating. It's some kind of sickness that I keep bringing the bottles home...

Individual creamers (I always get a coffee0 while doing the grocery stores and take different creamers (don't ask). Chicken stock, black beans, whatever is the sale of the day.

Live consciously....

@PasswordNotFound wrote:

@clinen11 wrote:

Here's another weird one... cigs! I do not smoke! But the shops often pay $20 plus reimbursement.
You can always buy chew instead. Medicinal uses especially for poultices.

This one is a compliance check but it's not the one you're thinking of. The store that does that shop--I believe has to actually scan your license. These are shops that ask anyone 27 and under to report if they were asked for their ID or not. If you aren't asked, you still buy tobacco or alcohol up to $4 to prove the visit.

MegglesKat

@sweepingupshops wrote:

I have a bunch of cigarettes as well. Don't smoke and the route I like is flat fee, so will have to investigate the cheapest brand.

Also have a bunch of expensive shampoo and a huge bag of black beans.

Tahoe, Pall Mall, Marlboro Black, and quite a few others are under the price here. Sometimes I can buy two packs for around the reimbursement and I often have the mobile coupons to help me save on these shops! check out cigarette prices dot com and put in your state to see the cheapies. There is one brand particular to my state that is only $1.62 a pack and I bet the person who recommended inmates would be right if cigs are allowed! Now that's an idea. There are two regional, low/petty crime jails nearby my area!

MegglesKat

@Kathy in AR wrote:

I have a "Boyfriend in a box" from an adult bookstore shop.

I have so many different bottles of lubricant, I could run a small engine repair shop! The shop pays so well, though and I can typically pick up mints, candles, candies, etc for under the reimbursement.

MegglesKat

@tlin wrote:

I hate the thought of donating cigarettes and giving anyone health issues, but can you give them to a prison for inmates? Might be appreciated by them.

Or to a senior center. People under 40 have no excuse, but some older folks got hooked before the dangers were known.

Now scheduling travel shops for the day after Christmas through mid-January.

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