Recently I received a ten dollar Amazon gift card I have been meaning to use, but I usually do not spend the funds on my card until I find something I really want to buy with the twenty-five dollar free super shipper deal. Most people think of Amazon as a place to buy more books, but I am already swimming in books, so something I like to try food products from Amazon that I might not usually buy at the store.
It is convenient because these are delivered to your door, but usually with the twenty-five dollar super shipper program I end up buying a large quantity of a product, but today I found out I can buy smaller packages of food items with the new Amazon add-on program. There are a few things I liked about the program, such as how it gave me the opportunity to mix up my order a little bit, but the downside was I was enticed to buy a couple of items I probably could have lived with out. Amazon is being a stickler about their review process and will not let us point out price comparisons between their website and others, so I decided to compare the items I bought here.
I enjoyed the several varieties of Hills Bros Cappuccino instant coffee mixes that I bought on Amazon, but I noticed these are a bit cheaper at the grocery store. So if it had not be for the gift card, in the future I will probably just by instant coffee at the store. These cappuccino mixes are almost like hot chocolate with coco and sugar higher on the ingredients list that instant coffee, which is something people who do not like sugary coffee might want to keep in mind.
I ordered a couple of packages of the Golden Noodle Organic Stick Noodles, which were very flavorful. However, these were made in Malaysia, which was a bit misleading as these are marked USDA organic in the product description, but this does not mean these are made in the US. I enjoyed the noodles, and price wise these are probably what you would pay for those that are organic.
This sounds like an excellent way to get more out of an Amazon gift card. Buying food online is not cost effective, usually, because of the shipping charges, but if you can get free shipping, then it can become a good deal, even with the price a little higher than the grocery store item, because you are saving on gasoline — or in the case of pedestrians, the difficulty of transporting large quantities of food while on foot.
I do not buy all my food online, but I often find good deals on Amazon when I have a gift card. Also, sometimes in the past when I lived in an isolated part of the desert where there was only one store in town, Amazon came in handy for ordering paper towels, laundry detergent, and other items in bulk.
I find the food selection on amazon.com to be amazing. They have some of my favorites like violet candies from France and something tempting like rose water. I never have enough coffee. Mm…good.
Agreed, Ann! They even have the real Italian version of Nutella, and I was thinking about getting that again some time soon.