Starbucks Deal

I found an incredible deal this week at the Los Angeles Air Force Base Commissary. Unfortunately the only way you can take advantage of this deal is if you are military, or you convince me to buy some for you. I love the Starbucks Frappuccino in the bottles. They are way cheaper than buying one at the regular Starbucks. I hardly ever will spend my money at the corner Starbucks, but I always buy a 4 pack at the commissary. I usually can get a 4 pack for $4.99, but the past couple of weeks they have been selling the Dark Chocolate Raspberry Mocha 4 pack for $1.99, which was not advertised anywhere. I had to look at my receipt to see how cheap they were. The commissary even stuck a .55 cent coupon in each 4 pack. So, I was able to get a 4 pack for $1.44 plus of course the CRV. I live in CA so I can’t get out of that charge. I'm pretty sure this item is on sale because it is considered a seasonal item. I enjoy drinking this flavor year round, and find it tastes delicious regardless of the time of year.

My mind is racing about how I can make a profit off of this? I just bought 4 bottles for a total of $1.44. I can sell one bottle for at least a $1.50 or $1.75. So, I tell my husband since he was working up at El Segundo all week, he needed to stop by the commissary and buy all of the Frappuccino’s they had left. But of course, he forgot to buy them, but managed to bring home a bunch of liquor instead.

I start to think about how I can sell these Frappuccino's to all of the SAHM's after they drop their kids off at school. I can have a mobile Starbucks out of my trunk. The only problem is I only have one choice, Dark Chocolate Raspberry Frappuccino's in a bottle. I'm doing them a service, right? I'm saving them money and they get to enjoy their Starbucks. I decide that is just too much work, so I would rather pass the tip on to everybody else.

You can even stretch these drinks even further by drinking only half and saving the other half for the next day. You'll get half the calories! For those of you that care, that would be 100 calories. See, no guilt! You saved money and calories!

The Commissary usually runs the same sales throughout the US, so you will have to let me know if you were able to find this same deal at your local Commissary. We have never been stationed overseas, so I can't speak for the military Commissaries abroad.

So for those of you who are VISUAL and would like to SEE the SAVINGS. Here you go!

Frappuccino’s from the Commissary:
$4.99+.20(crv) x 52 weeks=$269.80 (regular price)
$1.44+.20(crv) x 52 weeks=$85.28 (sale price)

That is a savings of $184.60 for the year!

Or for those of you who like to go to the corner Starbucks everyday, look at this savings!

$3.75x365(days)=$1368.75 (I’m estimating the cost of one drink at Starbucks and did not include tax) Also this is based on if you go everyday, which some of you do!

So this would be a savings of $1283.47 for the year if you skipped your corner Starbucks and stocked up on the Commissary deal for the year.

Now I just have to figure out where I can store 52 4 packs for the year. A basement sure would come in handy right now!