[Finance] The 17p Supermarket Challenge

[The Maharajah of Sydney]

Currently in Brighton and need to make 5 purchases on my Australian card to trigger the 2.55% monthly bonus rate on my linked Savings Account.
There's only 30 cents (17p) in the account, there's no International Transactions Fees and the currency conversion rate is done at wholesale rates very close to the spot market.
Normally I'd just buy 5 red birdseye chillies individually for around 3c each which then get used when cooking Thai.
But I haven't seen any for sale here and if they were I'd imagine they'd most likely come bundled together in a plastic package as does a lot of the fresh produce sold here.
So, looking for any item that I can make 5 purchases of that totals less than 17p.

 

[schmunk]

Put some more money into the account?

 

[Me and my Monkey]

Currently in Brighton and need to make 5 purchases on my Australian card to trigger the 2.55% monthly bonus rate on my linked Savings Account.
There's only 30 cents (17p) in the account, there's no International Transactions Fees and the currency conversion rate is done at wholesale rates very close to the spot market.
Normally I'd just buy 5 red birdseye chillies individually for around 3c each which then get used when cooking Thai.
But I haven't seen any for sale here and if they were I'd imagine they'd most likely come bundled together in a plastic package as does a lot of the fresh produce sold here.
So, looking for any item that I can make 5 purchases of that totals less than 17p.

Go to the veg aisle, find the cheapest loose vegetables, find the 5 smallest samples of said loose veg, and make 5 individual purchases. Might work. I’d try the carrots first, usually super cheap.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Try the Open Market.

 

[Me and my Monkey]

Or ginger. Break off 5 teeny-weeny bobbles and see if that works.

 

[Springal]

Yeah loose fruit or veg in a supermarket.

Don’t bother with a corner shop or fruit / veg market, they’ll likely have a minimum spend.

Also be careful your card won’t block you for a number of small transactions in short succession

 

[Is it PotG?]

Some real bargains to be had at Co-Op by King Alfred apparently.

 

[Jack Straw]

If they sell loose broccoli, bag up 5 pieces of floret! Or maybe 5 button mushrooms?

 

[The Maharajah of Sydney]

Put some more money into the account?

Where's the challenge in that ?

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

A couple of carrots should do it.

 

[The Maharajah of Sydney]

Try the Open Market.[/QUOTE

You don't think that 5 card purchases for minimal amounts would really piss them off ?

 

[Hampden Park]

17 peas

 

[Titanic]

If they sell loose broccoli, bag up 5 pieces of floret! Or maybe 5 button mushrooms?

Button mushrooms

 

[The Maharajah of Sydney]

If they sell loose broccoli, bag up 5 pieces of floret! Or maybe 5 button mushrooms?

Button mushrooms IF they sell them loose would be a good bet - thanks.

 

[Boroseagull]

5 Fruit Salads or Black Jacks, individually of course...(can you still get them?).

 

[Me and my Monkey]

5 Fruit Salads or Black Jacks, individually of course...(can you still get them?).

Yes, but they cost 50p each and are half the size they once were. Probably.

 

[GT49er]

Buy one small mushroom. Go round again and buy another small mushroom. Rinse and repeat. Might do it. So might using very small potatoes.

Topping up the account makes more sense though ......................

 

[Boroseagull]

Yes, but they cost 50p each and are half the size they once were. Probably.

50p each!! They used to be 4 for an old penny - that's inflation for you.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

5 Fruit Salads or Black Jacks, individually of course...(can you still get them?).

Only sold in bags now for £1

 

[WATFORD zero]

50p each!! They used to be 4 for an old penny - that's inflation for you.

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