Passover was this last weekend, and I celebrated with my new annual tradition: buying cheap matzo. On Sunday morning, the day after Passover ends, supermarkets slash the prices on their leftover matzo stock. Usually going for ~$4/lb, the matzo market dips as low as $0.50/lb once the holiday passes. Nishi stumbled onto this event last year by accident. She was browsing through the bargain aisle of our local Stop & Shop, when she found a 5lb box of Matzo going for $3. She figured I would like it because it’s bland, and if I didn’t it wasn’t a big loss, so she bought it. And it turns out I really really like matzo. I did a good job of rationing that package, and finished my last cracker sometime in October.
This year, realizing this event was approaching, I made plans to go a-matzo hunting with a friend. First, we returned to the Stop & Shop that started it all, where we struck out. Someone had beaten us to the punch, and an empty shelf greeted us where all the cheap matzo was supposed to be. It’s worth noting, that there was premium matzo left at about $1.50/lb, but that wasn’t quite the score we’d been hoping for. On to the Price Chopper! Where we struck out again. Nothing in the bargain aisle, and the ethnic food aisle only has the usual $4/lb boxes. We conclude that we probably jumped the gun, and the deals may not appear until mid-week. We part ways, me heading to my car, him heading off to buy regular groceries. I’m getting into my car as my phone rings – Mike had found the matzo! At $0.50/lb! I took no chances and packed the back seat of the Buick with 40lbs of matzo.
It never goes bad, isn’t bad for you, and satisfies the munchies – I’m sold.