This is really more of a public service announcement for anyone who likes to drink tea.
McAlister’s Deli is now running this special where you can buy a hard, plastic Tea Tumbler for $5.99 and get $.99 refills all throughout 2010. You better act fast though. At one of the McAlister’s in Waco, they only had about 100 left out of the 150 that they received for the promotion. Once they’re out, they’re out.
I decided to do a few short calculations just to see how much that this will save me over the next year based on a heavy drinking usage.
Tea from McAlister’s
Ok, let’s assume that I were to get a tea every day for the remainder of the year.
170 days X $1.08 ($.99 plus Texas sales tax) + Initial price for the Tumbler = $190.08
Tea from Sonic
170 days X 2.48 = $421.60
Coke from the Gas Station
170 days X $1.64 = $278.80
Conclusion
I’m definitely not going to spend that much money just on something to drink, but it is interesting to see the cost savings from making a very small investment into something like this. Take a look into your own spending habits and see if there is 1) a way to cut out that spending which can be spent on something else, or 2) a way to reduce the spending by making smart purchases.
This has been your public service announcement for the week.
Posted by Mike 
