It has been 5 years since I had a student card, and even during my undergraduate studies, I never fully took advantage of the student discount. Sure, I'd get discount lift passes at the local ski hill, or would get the student rate on the Greyhound, but I am sure there were plenty of missed opportunities for savings.
Fastforward to this past Tuesday. We rarely go grocery shopping on Tuesdays, but ended up at our neighbourhood Loblaws store. After our vacation, the fridge and pantry was empty, so we went and stocked up on food.
As we were in line, I noticed a large number of students at Loblaws that evening, which was odd. I half-jokingly asked the cashier if there was some sort of promotion going on and she mentioned that every Tuesday is student night, and students with a valid student ID get 10% off on groceries. Our bill that day was $185.xx which is unusually high for us, and of course, I left my student ID at home...
By making a small change in our schedule (going for groceries on Tuesday rather than Friday or Saturday) and sticking by our average of about $100 in groceries a week, we could save over $500 in the course of a year!
