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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

10 Side Hustles Canadian Seniors Can Start - No Vehicle Required!

Many Canadian Seniors Have Side Hustles - Could One of These Ease our Budget Too?

Frequently side hustle lists include many requiring vehicles, but what if you do not drive, or you simply cannot afford the vehicle upkeep? Relax! This list of side hustles that Canadian Seniors are doing does not require a car or any other vehicle! 
This post was inspired by an excellent free webinar I attended the other day..
This webinar got me thinking - "I wonder if there is a list of side hustles that Canadian Seniors are doing that don't require a vehicle?
So I felt led to ask Copilot - The new AI-enhanced Microsoft search tool to give me a hand. 
I asked, "What are some side hustles that Canadian seniors who do not drive can start now?"

This article is a combination of the answers I received to that question, my personal experience, and a few more queries I put out on the internet.

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Side Hustles Canadian Seniors Can Start Now Without a Driver's License

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Canadian Seniors Scrambling in Free Hamburger Hunt!

Canadian Seniors Seeking Free Hamburgers Storming Your Local Harvey's?

Harvey's Restaurant - the made-in-Canada hamburger franchise just announced that they are having a unique take on their annual free hamburger giveaway - a Hamburger Hunt! So if you see hungry cash-strapped seniors swarming around your closest Harvey's with their canes, walkers, wheelchairs and scooters, you now know why. In addition to offering the opportunity to hunt for free hamburger cards, you could also find a gift card that will entitle you to Harvey's for a year! 
Can't find the time to hunt for a free hamburger card?
You can also get an original burger or vegetarian burger just the way you like it for only $1.65 for a short time. Want to find out how? Read on!

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Harvey's Celebrates 65 Years of Hamburger Heaven

In a press release issued this week, Harveys outlined their promotions to celebrate 65 years in giving people what they want on hamburgers. 
Here is the press release where they revealed the free hamburgers and hamburger deals.

 
Harvey's Celebrates 65 Years of Your Burger, Your Way 

 The iconic Canadian burger brand built on charbroiled customization thanks guests with 1,650 free burgers, nostalgic discounts and limited-edition merchandise
 VAUGHAN, ON, March 26, 2024 /CNW/ - 
Harvey's is celebrating 65 years of customized burgers with the launch of the Harvey's Burger Hunt. Starting today, the burger brand will hide 1,650 free burger cards near Harvey's locations and iconic landmarks across the country, including four VIP Cards that will give the lucky winners free 'Harvey's for a year'.

On April 1 (no joke!), the homegrown chain is also kicking off a $1.65 Original Burger offer, available through the Harvey's app for a limited time to celebrate the burger that started it all. 

 "Harvey's is honoured to be celebrating 65 years of creating customized burgers just the way Canadians like them," says Michael Nault, COO of Harvey's Canada. "Delivering a personalized approach to every meal continues to be what drives us forward and we are excited to invite our guests to help us mark the occasion in a variety of fun and engaging ways."

 To add to the celebrations, starting April 1, Harvey's will release limited-edition, retro-inspired merchandise and made-to-order t-shirts where Canadians can have their own name printed between the brand's iconic bun logo. Five dollars from each item sold will go to Tree Canada, in support of their collective goal of planting 250,000 trees by 2026. 

 "Harvey's has been a staple of quality food and great memories for many generations," says Nault. "It's important to us that our guests who have supported us for 65 years, and our future guests, feel part of our celebrations and continue to enjoy making their burger a beautiful thing for years to come." 

 Home-grown customization Harvey's was founded in 1959 by Montrealer Richard Mauran, whose vision for a made-to-order, charcoal-broiled hamburger, topped the way you like it, was a novel idea among Canadian quick-service restaurants. 

Nearly 300 locations later and this vision is still 20/20, offering quality, made-to-order food and millions of topping combinations. Along the way, it has expanded its menu with new options to customize, including chicken sandwiches, poutine and its famous Angus burgers. 

Canadians who want to join Harvey's in celebrating can find out more by visiting: harveys.ca. 

 About Harvey's 

 Harvey's is an iconic Canadian restaurant chain that has been feeding Canadian families since 1959. Serving delicious flame-grilled burgers made with 100% Canadian beef and topped the way you want them, Harvey's has been a staple in Canadian communities for 65 years.

Sources:

  • https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/harvey-s-celebrates-65-years-of-your-burger-your-way-870159737.html

About This Author

Sister Su is grateful to God for keeping her alive. She is a Trent/Queen's Concurrent Education graduate with over 20 years of teaching experience. She writes on several blogs, has a YouTube channel and is most easily reached through Twitter @Sister_Su See her link tree for more details:@Sister_Su | Linktree

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Monday, March 25, 2024

16 Smart Phone Apps Savvy Canadian Seniors Use to Help Stretch Their Budgets!

How Can Canadian Seniors Win Against Big Budget Cuts Using Smart Phone Apps?

Smartphone Apps are now offering Canadians a great variety of ways to not only save money but also put a few dollars in their pockets.  However, you do need to be careful. We need to be as smart as serpents and as gentle as doves. Not all Smartphone apps are legitimate. 
I am grateful to have been blessed to have been led to some great apps that are legitimate and might help you save on your groceries or even get groceries for free!

This is a growing curated list of Apps that I have personally used that worked well for me. There are two types of apps posted- apps that pay you to upload receipts and apps that will pay you for doing other things like playing games online.

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6 Smart Phone Apps That Pay For Your Receipts

Thursday, March 14, 2024

5 Ways Canadian Seniors Stretch Their Food Budget - With Recipes!

Many Canadian Seniors Resort to Food Stretching Life Hacks to Have Enough Food to Eat - How Many of These Do You Use?

In September,  you may remember,  the New Democrat Party tabled a bill in the Federal Government that is up for voting in a couple of days to try to get the grocery bills for Canadians not to be quite so high.
Even if that bill should pass, I highly doubt we have seen the last of grocery bill problems - especially for Seniors trying to survive on pensions.
So how are savvy Canadian Seniors managing to stretch their groceries? Let us count the ways!
This post has a brief history of notable food stretching life hacks that go way back in time, five food stretching hacks that people still do today, but in new ways and a few recipes that might help you be a little more successful in stretching your groceries.


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5 Food Stretching Strategies From the Past Revived

  1. Prayer - This food stretching strategy is found in several places in ancient writings. For instance when there was famine in a land and a poor widow only had enough oil and flour left to make one last meal for herself and her son- a starving man shows up and asks her to first make him a little food. Not wanting to be rude, she complies, feeds the guy, and then discovers her supply of flour and oil multiplied! The widow, her son and the man survived through the famine on this amazing ending supply! You may think that perhaps someone made this up, but I have had the opportunity to meet people with similar amazing stories of multiplication through prayer.
  2. Growing Food - One pea can grow into a tasty sprout, or you can wait a bit and get many more peas from it. During the First and Second World Wars when food was rationed, having a vegetable garden came into fashion. Many savvy Canadian Seniors today even grow food in their cupboards or on their windowsills to supplement their food supplies. NOTE:Anyone who puts seeds in the ground or sets them in water to sprout knows that there is no guarantee how they will turn out. So, if you want to try this food stretching method, it might be a good idea to do it with prayer.
  3. Fasting- Did you know the Lenten Fast started by the Catholic Church originated from seasonal times of lack - usually just before spring, when people had very little left? It can be very difficult to last through a fast without becoming edgy and irritable. Scientists believe one ancient community in Russia managed to get through times of stringent fasting by hibernating like bears!  They would sleep all day and get up to have a drink of water and a bit of bread before going back to bed. That is one way of lasting through a stringent fast! NOTE: Fasting is something that should only be done with your doctor's permission, as everyone has different physical needs.
  4. Foraging Wild Foods - For many centuries, people collected wild foods. While there are some foods, like mushrooms, that you need to be very careful about foraging, there are many wild foods that can be easily foraged. Note: This is not advisable in highly populated areas due to toxins from vehicle exhaust etc. An updated version of urban foraging that might have fewer risks is popping into your local food bank. Some foodbanks now even offer an option where you can order your free groceries online to save time. Closely related to food foraging is checking store markdown racks for low-cost foods like this half-priced guava I bought the other day.
    Papaya standing on end with 50% off sticker on it
    Grocery Stores Offer Discount Foods

     There is a new app called FlashFoods that lets you reserve markdown foods from some grocery stores too. Couponing, using points plans, cashback bank cards, and rebates to get free food are also updated versions of food foraging.
  5. Communal Cooking - In many societies cooking was not done by individuals in separate homes. All food was prepared and eaten in one central spot unless someone was too ill to eat with other people. This is a great way to reduce food waste. Have you ever had to buy a large container of spice to get the small amount you needed, then had the ingredient go stale before you could use it up? Community kitchens started making a comeback, then the Covid pandemic hit and that option bit the biscuit. Perhaps they will start making a comeback. Another way communities are coming together to reduce grocery bills is by starting cooperative grocery stores where members put in sweat equity stocking shelves etc. This helps keep food costs lower by cutting overhead. Another version of community food gathering and cooking is the Good Food Boxes offered by Health Units or organizations like the YWCA or Salvation Army. Each person pays about $20 at the beginning of the month, and then a team of shoppers assembles boxes of groceries that are supposed to container groceries worth about twice that price. 

About This Author

Sister Su is grateful to God for keeping her alive. She is a Trent/Queen's Concurrent Education graduate with over 20 years of teaching experience. She writes on several blogs, has a YouTube channel and is most easily reached through Twitter @Sister_Su See her link tree for more details:@Sister_Su | Linktree

This post was proofread with the free version of Grammarly
(I will get a small commission.)

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Some Canadian Seniors Could Get $600 Free From This Bank!

Canadians Offered Big Bonus Bucks By Banks!

It pays to shop around, and that includes shopping for banking services! When shopping for banking services, there is a lot to consider- especially the amount of banking fees and interest rates.
Free Money Pixabay Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay

Each year, Canadian banks roll out new thank-you offers to try to get new clients for their banks. Many banks will also thank their loyal customers for referring new clients to them. 

Most banks require that you have monthly direct deposits over a certain amount - sent directly to your account and you pay 2 bills over a certain amount online through your new bank account within a certain period. However, there are two online banks that I found banks that will thank you for referrals right away - NEO  and EQ.

When looking at a thank you gift offered by a bank read all the fine print carefully so you do everything that is needed to qualify. 

Also, be sure to check out how much they are charging for bank fees on those bank accounts that they are thanking you to open.  

Beware of signing up with a bank that offers a gift other than money and has a clause stating "while quantities last" - that has not worked out well for me in the past.

Here is a partial list of some of the thank you offers that I am aware of right now that are available to new customers. I am not a financial expert at all. I am just sharing information and my personal experiences.

Which Canadian Banks Offer The Best Referral Rates?

Canadian Seniors Save Money Making Their Own Groceries - Can You?

How Canadian Seniors Save Money By Making Their Groceries

Do you need to cut your grocery budget? This post has a few recipes that you can easily make at home instead of buying the store-bought versions. Not only will you save on your grocery purchases, but you may find you will be healthier  not eating foods filled with preservatives. This post has a few recipes for groceries people usually buy at the store. If you start with one or two of these you may be surprised at how easy making your own groceries can be!

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3 Ways Canadian Seniors Save by Making Their Own Groceries

Friday, December 8, 2023

Canadian Seniors Make Money Proofreading - Could You?

Pondering Doing Freelance Proofreading?

Many Canadian Seniors make money doing freelance proofreading. I just started looking into doing freelance proofreading, myself and thought you might find some of these tips useful too in case you were thinking of setting up a freelance proofreading business too.

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Freelance Proofreading Business Basics - Writing Your Business Plan 

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