Great ideas here, I stock up on food when it is on sale, and when I visit my grown kids I bring food for them and goodie bags for the kids. They are on a tight budget, with little kids. When we get there, the grand kids sit at the table and watch as I take out "store brand cookies and cereals, and fruit roll ups, and "large" oranges and apples. They each get their own cookie bag, box, etc. It makes me feel so good, and they think they are getting a million dollars to get their "own" goodies. They share and trade with each other.