That’s fantastic! What a great way to clear out inventory. We always had to truck some of it back to the Randolph location where they would over-winter everything and then send it back to us in the spring...along with everything WE over-wintered at the stores - which was a PITA. One of my first jobs there was uncovering potted plants and sometimes chipping them out of the ICE to set them in the sun to thaw out. NOT fun!
Glad you got so many great deals. :)
And seriously? I used to keep an Eagle Eye on what sold and what didn’t. Sometimes stock was pretty much FORCED upon us - when we didn’t need it or want it. We knew what sold and what didn’t at each location. I mean, it was ALL THERE on the computer for sales each month of the previous year! Things don’t change that much from season to season, other than introducing new product.
I can feel my blood pressure rising just thinking about what a mess inventory used to be, LOL!
25 Cheap Meals Our Grandparents Ate To Survive
https://youtu.be/5svGOPptoGA?si=GgjEs7pLznm-HgQ_
I just happened on this while looking for something else. We didn’t do beans & rice, but we did love grilled cheese & tomato soup, Sloppy Joe’s, spaghetti & tuna casserole - all were fairly regular meals at our house.
You should have seen the beautiful large pots of an ornamental pear tree variety that were there that day. They had not dropped their leaves yet and had tiny fruit on them. I imagined the pretty flowers coming in the spring. I had no place to plant them, and I knew someone else would have a good home for them. The sale cart size might have fit 3 of them for a pittance of $25. Many other deciduous trees were there.
I won’t expect that sale other years, but I will check their Facebook page for it.
All the evergreens were gone, except a few small arborvitae. I love evergreens. Who knows, maybe I can get some bargain price evergreens next year at the same sale.
The guy working there said the evergreens got bought the first 2 days of the sale.
The hydrangeas were “Strawberry Vanilla” which is a variety I wanted to try.
Now I have 2 of them!
😀