How to Eat for $15 a Week | Dollar Tree Budget Meal Plan | Extreme Grocery Haul

[@suzie2080]

I have read some of the comments about the good food value of the items she has chosen and the foods she's prepared. I think that some are missing the point of this video. If you are hungry and you need to feed yourself and your family, this may be what some people would need to eat. This is what will keep you from going hungry. She's just showing what's out there if that's your only choice. Thank you Christine.

[@angelaperry5462]

I agree, I see a lot of older people in my area shopping. I feel bad if the cost goes up, but I know it’s been $1.00 for awhile, now $1.25.

[@amywert8088]

Yes, I have been a complainer - but here's the thing! I would have eaten better, taken better care of myself and (hopefully) not ended up with gut health problems IF I HAD KNOWN. If you can spend a little more and get butter instead of margarine and skip the cookies, it will be worth it for your health. Thank you, both Christine and Suzie.

[@MissMelissaD]

@@amywert8088 can't get butter here ... dairy allergy :(

[@sharonlchambers3555]

Many times, folks who don’t have to eat on an extremely limited budget don’t understand what it is like. Many years ago, I was telling my doctor that my mom and I had stopped and gotten convenience store hotdogs. He commented on it being an unhealthy choice. I told him it might have been unhealthy, but at the time it was affordable and available.

[@sharonlchambers3555]

@@lauriea.8718 You certainly do hold your personal choices in high regard, while simultaneously disparaging the choices of others.

[@sage_forensics_2261]

💜🙏 Sadly, I have to agree with your comments at the end of the video, Christine. With the prices going up at DT (and everywhere else), making an additional trip to DT is becoming less and less worthwhile. If that's all one has where they live, I get it--of course. However, I have found I can get BETTER deals at Walmart (the best place for me in my area) by going with a similar item and the Great Value brand as compared to the DT brand(s). Sometimes, they're the same item for less or similarly priced; it just doesn't make sense to spend the gas money to drive to another store. It's so sad! I feel like every month I'm looking for more ways to cut back on my budget when I was already living on a limited income for many years. 💜 SO MANY people are hurting these days! And yes, if you need to go to a Food Bank or Needline...please do! I did years ago when I was leaving an abusive marriage (sometimes, we have to save our own lives, y'all!), so there is NO SHAME in doing that. In addition to the places Christine mentioned, many communities also have what are known as "Blessing Boxes" these days, where people anonymously refill them with shelf-stable items that you can take as you need them. Also, many churches either will be able to help with food or maybe a utility bill or they can direct you with information to those in your community who do such work. If you are really in need, there are people who can help. Sometimes, they (needlines, Blessing Boxes, churches, etc.) set up local Facebook Pages these days, too. 💜 One day at a time...Hang in there...Stay strong...It gets better... 💜⚔🙏✝

[@happydays1336]

Many Dollar Trees are going out of business. I don't know if it's because of rampant shoplifting.

[@scook5599]

​​​@@happydays1336I think that Dollar Trees with refrigerator/frozen foods are more popular. The smaller Dollar trees can't compete. My nearest Dollar tree just closed for that very reason. They did not have any room to expand and add fridges/freezers. And I do think that shoplifting is an issue too.

[@tinashort9098]

The biscuit mix from Dollar Tree says it makes 24 and I do good to get 6 out of it!! Lies!!!!!😂😂😂😂

[@FrugalFitMom]

LIES!

[@TheREALOC1972]

They ALL say that though.........

[@hattree]

Blackberry or Black Raspberry Jam or preserves and yes, crunchy.

[@Tia-vj9ox]

My fav jam is boysenberry or blackberry. Love so,e raspberry too.

[@nancyshrout-wankowski7147]

YESSS!!!! And the foreign jams and preserves from Dollar Tree have no preservatives, only fruit, sugar and pectin.

[@lmelior]

I love these budget videos. I never get tired of them, and the meals I'm always most proud of are the ones where I have to get creative with the ingredients based on what I know about their properties, tasting as I go, figuring out what would it needs, etc. It's art! Crunchy PB is indeed better. Also I like a variety of jams...my grandmother and great grandmother used to make homemade jams with things like apples, cherries, and apricots that were amazing, but my favorite is probably blackberry. We used to pick buckets of them on the edge of our property and they'd make us several jars. The store bought stuff just doesn't compare! So I usually just buy the "natural" grape jelly as that's the cheapest one without HFCS and that's what the kids like (except for my youngest son who claims he doesn't like jelly at all, but he's a weirdo).

[@pamking8137]

I make a package of vanilla instant pudding and add cooked rice for rice pudding? Husband loves it!

[@hickmanrealtyhumb]

I love this!! I set myself a $12 limit each week for lunch and purchase everything from Dollar Tree on my lunch break at work.

[@ellenw8494]

You can make rice pudding of a sort without eggs by cooking leftover rice with lots of milk, cinnamon, and sugar until the milk thickens.

[@hbennett5640]

Yes, I do this also❤yum.

[@MirandaWatsonArt]

Yum! These look great. I would definitely eat ALL of these meals.

[@jessicathompson236]

Keep in mind when dollar tree goes up so will the other stores.

[@pierreaucoin2480]

I really like your longer hair.

[@cullumosity]

We enjoy your challenge videos. For those of us who might've missed the Walmart after-Christmas sales, could you please make a video showing how to save money on household supplies the way you do with groceries? Thank you!

[@Kyla94934]

Im very curious how that bean mixture ended up tasting lol. Also raspberry jam is my fav

[@rachelmckoskybennett8285]

We have a Grocery Outlet store nearby and they’re also selling that exact boxed cookie mix.

[@KJDogluv]

I picked up the dollar tree Busy Baker sourdough bread and it’s fantastic! Also got the bush’s beans, I love those, they are more than double the cost at other places!

[@FrugalFitMom]

Those really are a great deal!

[@susieramick7202]

Is it a loaf or mix? I've never noticed it at our stores.

[@joerico219]

Hey Christine I wish you could give us a quick review of how the food tasted and whether or not you enjoyed the meals or if you would suggest forgoing it. I want to copy the recipes but not if I don’t know whether or not you enjoyed it.

[@tanyamckinnon5376]

My husband ests English muffins like that ALL the time

[@thejourney1369]

I spent almost a year at my state’s center for the blind. One of the programs they had was an opportunity for a student to live in an apartment connected to the dorms. There were four apartments I think. The student was given money for groceries, but it wasn’t much, I can’t remember if it was 25 or 50 dollars a week. I think it was 25 since this was over 10 years ago. A friend of mine did this program and did all of her food shopping at Dollar Tree since it was impossible to get groceries for a week anywhere else with that little money. I was asked several times if I wanted to do it and I told them no. I knew how to grocery shop and I’d raised a son to adulthood. And I wasn’t going to put up with the white glove apartment check. I hate to clean house and I wasn’t interested in trying to do it to their standards.

[@hello-vs4me]

Grape jelly

[@rheahawko7179]

I love crunchy pb but since I'm the only one who does I just get creamy. When Dollar Tree used to only be a dollar I would go in and think I was ruch. I came out wirh 3 orv4 bags itbwas great. Now that they are raising the prices AGAIN I won't be ahopping there too often

[@jojocircus9818]

my cousin vinnyyyy !!!

[@katrinabellingham4405]

Smooth PB with Plum Jam.

[@sweetheart5062]

My dollar tree now has so many 1.75,2.75,3.75, $4 and $5 items. There were still items for $1.25, but it was shocking to see those other prices. I really hope they don’t raise everything to $1.75

[@tammybrennan2040]

I was at dollar tree yesterday nothing is 1.25. Lowest price now is $ 1.50 with prices high as 7.00

[@natashav6432]

Sad especially since the packages are shrinking in size .

[@meghancarr518]

My dollar tree got rid of all food and candy! I don't shop for food there but I know that's gonna hit hard.

[@dianasimplifies]

That's weird! It takes up about half of my stores!

[@pennynickels5216]

What???

[@meghancarr518]

@@dianasimplifies Mine had frozen and refrigerator foods. It had 2 aisles of food and 3/4 of an aisle of candy. I just went in to get something and it's all gone. They said they're not selling it anymore.

[@k.h.walker2378]

Raspberry has been rated to be the strongest berry flavour

[@meyersd221]

Great challenge! Have you ever shopped at Dollar General Market? (DGM) wondering about the pros and cons of this store.

[@quesurasura]

Was the chili good tho?!

[@scook5599]

Well, English Muffins most likely come 6 to a package which is very weird when you think about it. Why are you putting canned carrots in chili? Canned, diced or stewed tomatoes make more sense.

[@lindaburnside3832]

i wish i could find some kind of jelly or jam that does not have citric acid in it. My mom has a yeast allergy, and citric acid is related to yeast.

[@FrugalFitMom]

You may have to make your own!

[@dianasimplifies]

Citric acid also terrible for your bladder if you have issues with that.

[@chrystalrhoades1302]

You didn't try or tell us how the chili turned out, with the shelf stable ground beef. Im very curious.

[@teresahunt5521]

All of the carnivores are outraged. 😂😂

[@KJDogluv]

😂😂😂

[@yanak7159]

😅 I’m not a carnivore and I’m outraged.

[@4nikkimay]

And people with celiac 😢good idea though

[@naelyneurkopfen9741]

Why would anyone be outraged? Go have a steak, it'll heal your brain.

[@teresahunt5521]

@@naelyneurkopfen9741 The lack of meat was the point of my comment.

[@proudmammaof6148]

I only buy preserves at Dollar Tree. The beef is full of flavor. We used it for nachos to try it. It almost tastes like a chorizo in a way. The brown rice takes.....forever to cook. Your meals look good

[@judithl-akathesausageinspe9388]

Great Advice, thank you

[@Michelle-rz5zx]

Churches are also a great resource for finding food. My husband is a pastor and we live in Michigan. We collect returnable bottles and cans and use the money raised to help people with gas and groceries.

[@scook5599]

That is terrific that you do that. Christ seemed to think that feeding people was very important so you are following in his footsteps.

[@sta4277134]

With the cooked rice. Pour warm milk over it, then add a touch of cinnamon and sugar to taste. Its done

[@princessdumbarton9877]

Yes, cooked rice can be eaten like a hot cereal.

[@carlarancatore-white4886]

We had this dish frequently growing up. My mom would even use food coloring for holidays. Green for St. Patrick's day, red for valentines day etc.

[@Sha8205]

Yep, my mom would make "sweet rice" when I was younger to go with cubed steak and broccoli

[@jessicathompson236]

We would add a little butter too.

[@aq8799]

This is arroz con leche in mexico, add condensed milk n its better

[@lolamonx602]

You can soak brown rice to cut cooking time, and reduce amount of power/gas needed to cook it.

[@jessicathompson236]

Yep. Just like beans. (Soak them overnight)

[@cathys7087]

Yay! So glad your finger has recovered enough for a cooking video! 🎉

[@FrugalFitMom]

Me too!!

[@cathys7087]

@@FrugalFitMom 🥳

[@neldahargo5933]

crunchy peanut butter makes you feel like you are eating more.

[@jamiecarr4184]

I am a retired librarian we use to do a craft every week . My coworker said to me one time you can't use googly eyes on everything just for special. So her next birthday found a card with a huge googly eye on it that same googly eye got passed back and forth for yrs. So yeah googly eyes are the best.

[@melissamoeller9608]

Thank you so for the super low budget videos! I love alll grocery hauls (like you say, “I’m just here for the food” lol). But I’m in a season where I’m getting by with a mixture of food stamps, a once per month food bank, and then regular grocery shopping for the rest.

[@jennakrehbiel1502]

My grandmother always had apricot jam and it will always be my favorite. As I grow older, I notice my senses sending me back to good times more often. I appreciate things like overcast weather and the smell of burnt toast. Close your eyes, take a breath, and time travel today. ❤

[@MaxineCourt]

Am an apricot girl through and through 😂

[@cc-sb1is]

❤❤❤

[@FlowerNana7]

Enjoyed the video!! Now next week do $20 at a dollar tree with refrigerated items plz…🌸

[@nancycarney]

Peanut Butter and jam on english muffins is amazing. One of my favorites. 1/2 an english muffin a a cup of coffee is all I need. So filling.

[@allauer]

Hands down favorite jam…. Seedless blackberry!!!!!! U love passion fruit… I love blackberry

[@karincope3019]

Sweetened Condensed Milk is a great hack for Rice Pudding . I alway have it in my pantry . It has so many uses . I use it for my pumpkin pie . I just made Mexican Maria cookie lime fridge cake , so good .

[@TheREALOC1972]

My Gf and I buy alot of our food at Dollar Tree, the only think we buy from a Grocery store is out our meat and most of our canned goods. We also have what we call "Quick cook Monday", Mondays suck, why not make Mondays dinner easy. Last night we took a box of Harvest Hill Ranch and Bacon Pasta Salad (like Suddenly Salad) and put 2 packets of Buffalo Chicken that were also bought from Dollar Tree and a hand full of shredded cheese, Quick Meal for under 5 bucks with little cooking involved. Next week we are having the Creamy Parmesan one with a couple packets of Jalapeno Chicken some shredded Mozzarella Cheese, last week we had Jalapeno beefy Mac we took 2 cups of Elbow macaroni, 2 packets of the Spicy season beef that you showed in your video and a packet of the individual packets of Velvetta Jalapeno cheese sauce and combined them, All 3 are good.

[@justjet]

I love 💵 🌳 for the raspberry jam, Apple pie & cherry pie filling. Can't beat the price. Guess I need to go online and order cases of all 3 before the price goes up!!

[@verarichmond4465]

I love the pasta salad idea. You can put so many different things in it, even canned foods. My favorite version has pasta, salad dressing, canned chickpeas, canned mushrooms and roasted bell peppers, all of which can usually be found at Dollar Tree in my area.

[@davidneal6920]

I was casually observing a homeless man in my home town. He goes to a local supermarket and buys some shop bread on special and a jar of peanut butter. That fills him up nicely and gets him a bit of protein. Those supermarkets also sell packets of hot chicken super cheap later in the day before closing

[@desertfamilyhomestead3127]

I like to get the suddenly salad mix and I add chopped up tomatoes and cucumbers to bulk it up a bit, sometimes I add chicken to it also. I love peach preserves and apple butter the most.

[@TheREALOC1972]

My GF and have what we call "No Cook Monday's" and we get a one of them or the Harvest Hills brand (I think that's name) and is a bigger box and even better in my opinion, and we add a packet of Chicken breast (The Jalapeno and The Buffalo Chicken ones are our favs) with a handful of shredded cheese, Weve also done a Jalapeno Beefy mac using a couple cups of Elbow macaroni the Velvetta Jalapeno Cheese Sauce and a Seasoned Beef packet. Very little cooking and they are SOOOOOO good.

[@mpbeautyinsight]

Pretty darn creative! Those dressing cups were my gateway drug to a BOTTLE of Olive Garden Dressing .. lol.

[@sallyjean1472]

I live in a rural town of 11K. My closest WM, Aldi or Food4Less is at least 20 minutes away in one direction. With gas at or above $5/gallon, I rarely shop out of town. That leaves me with DollarTree or the small chain grocery store. I'm a senior on a fixed budget. And now live alone. I make just enough money to not qualify for SNAP/EBT. However, if I have any medical or vet costs in the month, I would qualify easily. I take notes watching these videos. Thank you for all you do and know how much your work helps people like me. Our DT in town just went to a "Plus' store which means they took out about 1/2 the food so far. And they seemed to mix the new food products that start at $3 each in with the 5Quarter items. It does have both the refrigerator and freezer sections but most items there start at $3 and go up.

[@rosemarydoran9907]

Maybe you could "carpool" once a month or so with some others, sharing the cost of gas, to be able to hit up Aldi, WM, and other bigger stores. Same concept you could pool a shipping order from WM together, spending enough to get free shipping. Obviously no fresh items but it is surprising what you can get shipped from WM! I'm disabled and don't drive. I'm close to a WM so I pay for the W+ and use it for grocery and other items delivered or shipped about every 2 weeks.

[@tashainjena]

Check out Dollar Store Dinners. 90% of her videos are food from the Dollar Tree.

[@kaymack5304]

Wow, $5 a gallon!?! It’s $3.19 in the northeast.

[@kenyonbissett3512]

At $5 a gallon, perhaps there are 3 other people who would go with to WM. Then gas is $1.25-$2.50 per person. Try to go every other week or once a week to WM to fill in what DT lacks. If you use milk, WM is usually cheaper and the milk can be frozen in one week portions.

[@littlefox9436]

I love Christine’s channel and also Dollar Store Dinners. But I also really recommend Argent Michelle. She’s incredibly creative with very little budget.

[@jregret123]

The beef crumbles are decent. My son put it into creamy Kraft Mac and Cheese. Baked it for a little bit. Garnished it with a little Rotel.

[@tenthz]

My walmart carries those as well! I was a bit disappointed in the texture as I had it straight on tacos, but I think mixed into a recipe would be much better & talk about a cheap protein source!

[@alexisbateman8443]

They’re really good in chili! The simmering seems to change the texture a bit.

[@TheREALOC1972]

We do the same but we use the Velvetta Jalapeno Cheese Sauce and 2 cups of Elbow mac or shells, but I like the rotel idea too. We have what we call "No cook" mondays and this is something my Gf and I might think about doing. Weve do alot of the DT brand Pasta Salad box (like suddenly salad but Dollar trees brand) and add Chicken breast or Tuna to it. They have a Bacon and Ranch one that we might use some rotel in next time.

[@StephanieGiese]

My mom gave us what she called “rice cereal” often growing up. It was literally just leftover rice, either cold or heated in the microwave, with milk poured over top and a spoonful of sugar. I still eat it as a dessert whenever we have leftover rice. You could add a spoonful of jam or sliced banana, too.

[@felesnocis]

I highly recommend you do this and add just a touch of cardamom to make it taste like Indian rice pudding (keer)

[@victoriacheramie946]

Same so yum!! But milk butter cinnamon sugar

[@nancykaufman1645]

Good job, it is certainly getting harder for folks to find healthy food that is affordable 😢

[@grannyprepper1181]

When I went to the food bank earlier this month, someone gave me a list of all the food distributions places in my smallish town of under 33k people. There are over a dozen.

[@pennynickels5216]

😊😊😊

[@duplotraci]

My town has 8500 people and three official food distribution places.

[@grannyprepper1181]

@@duplotraci that’s great! That way you have choices. When I lived in San Diego, some had meats and dairy, several were produce, sprinkled with about to be expired grocery store items. I could go to a couple each week.

[@LeMErin21]

But how did the chili TASTE? I didn’t hear a review 😅

[@Rosielynn]

Hi Christine, good call with the rice for a 7th day breakfast. Our family always had rice for breakfast. We'd make a knock-off rice pudding that is just rice, an extra 1-2 cups of water so the rice is overcooked and sugar. (You do want some liquid leftover from cooking.) Another option is to take 1 or 2 day old rice that is drying out and pour a cup of hot chocolate over it.

[@arraybabe8514]

At a buck 75 there is no reason we would shop there any more. They will bury themselves.

[@lenettasmith-murray2145]

Strawberry jam of course 😂.

[@Nixwieweg24]

I've been following you for over two years now and am always grateful for your advice. Here in Austria the prices have risen so dramatically that even though I earn well, I often don't know what to cook. So thank you very much.

[@kcvinwehoLA]

My fave jam is peach, with blueberry a close second. Team creamy PB here! I’ve done the PB thing (no jelly) on a heated flour tortilla, just roll it after spreading. I might put some cinnamon, or sunflower kernels, on top. For some reason I like sunflower kernels on PB although I don’t care for crunchy PB. Weird? Yep 😏 Great idea for the pasta salad. I make a similar one in the summer, so quick and inexpensive.

[@Bjustbudgets]

Call me weird but I have to wipe off the peanut butter from the knife before I dip it into the preserves.

[@kristinj7173]

Not weird. I use a different utensil altogether. No cross contamination in my kitchen! 😂

[@Notable2Nikki]

Holes??? Those are nooks and crannies!

[@pirateslife4me]

Black raspberry jelly is my alllll time fave but if I can only have 1 forever it'd be the OG strawberry - team ALL the peanut butters!!

[@tanyamckinnon5376]

Your movie additions crack me up

[@tanyamckinnon5376]

I intermittent fast nearly every day.

[@karincope3019]

Thank you Christine for all you do to help everyone .

[@lorenet.2182]

Love crunchy peanut butter. My grandson calls it hard peanut butter 😂

[@joannaazar7396]

Raspberry Jam Is The Best!!

[@Cosmo_em97]

Omg it’s going up to $1.75?!?! I’m so sad 😢

[@mandlerparr1]

I went into Dollar Tree today and saw Sara Lee bread and got excited and then I saw the $3 sticker on it. It is only $2.50 at Walmart.

[@cc-sb1is]

I think the point is, many people don't have the option of walmart. Dollar Trees are abundant, especially in "food deserts"

[@mandlerparr1]

@@cc-sb1is yep, and they are using it to rip off people with already tiny budgets. It's one thing to charge a bit more for a smaller portion. It's quite another to charge more than retail for old bread.

[@fidgetkib8142]

Im pretty sure the breads have sucralose in them or some other artificial sugar, which im sensitive to. Not healthy, tastes bad.

[@rhondavigil795]

I buy candy and birthday cards from Dollar tree. 😂

[@karincope3019]

Christine , hope your finger is doing well . There is so many nerve and vessels in our finger tips .

[@kathleendigregorio1701]

I watched another episode of yours with the pinto bean Dominican style and homemade bread recipe ~ excellent recipes. Thanks for doing a service to others who are experiencing food insecurity and encouraging people to make use of public services and food pantries.

[@CultureCritic17]

Team Crunchy

[@MommaDrake02]

Not me sitting here mentally tweaking these meals to make them Keto friendly for me. I wish i wasn't Keto, but it's to help control my stress induced psudo-seizures.

[@betterlivingonabudget]

You are so creative when it comes to frugal meal ideas! That bag of beef would be ideal if you truly had to make it a week on $15, and/or camping without a cooler. The googly-eyed cookies made me smile, and yes, you did the perfect measure for those it looks like!

[@natashav6432]

I like thefrozen cookies Mrs.Fields I believe .-comes in a 6. Pack in chocolate chip or sugar cookie . I have a family Of 3 so I like that as a quick dessert option and to not have the temptation to have more !

[@dukeloo]

Can you do a diabetic diet plan?

[@marjoriejohnson4559]

I prefer smooth peanut butter, cuz I have to put my teeth in for crunchy.😁

[@dianebaugher3919]

😂

[@Xxxero42]

Omg. You used the same knife for peanut butter and then for preserves?! Leaving peanut butter in your preserves?! No way I can follow you now! Just kidding. I'm new here but love what I've seen. You got a new follower.

[@TBoss3313]

You actually have 12 English muffins. Just have one slice not 2

[@debbiepowell8172]

I feel like several items at Dollar tree are already more than Walmart and other stores so 1.75 is definitely not a good deal on many items.

[@lisacrocker9942]

Could you do a video of a week of food from Walmart for $15-$20?

[@lesbetts5694]

i have a question for all these eat for 15 dallors a week challenges and i know im about to hit a techincal wall here. but 15 dallor thats fine what do you drink? my grocerys alone are pretty cheap my major purscahes every month is 40+$ in apple juice at 1.39$ a day for a cartoon of juice some days we go through 2. please dont say water either thats gross fish do things in that...unspeakable things

[@jblilbear]

I hadn’t heard til now about DT raising their prices again. I’ll be they’ll basically turn into a DG kind of store. DG is popping up everywhere and now my little rural town is about to have 2 DG markets and they’re not real grocery stores. It’s such a joke and a waste of money.

[@michelejaquiss3470]

Christine, love your videos! Watching your $5 chili recipe… my husband has kidney disease and is very limited on what he can eat. No bean!! 😢 so do you have an idea of what I coukd use instead??

[@debrafoster499]

Love the DT whole wheat bread! The same brand is sold at our local grocery store for over $5.

[@ramonaearnest4709]

Yes! Googly eyes belong on everything!! ❤👀 Now I need to run out and get some googly eyes to put on my cookies!

[@xghoulishgalx]

Putting the peanut butter covered knife into the jam? I'm going to have to unsubscribe /s

[@rachel3682]

I love these videos but get disappointed when I see the title and the cost of the food which is the only money I have and it's not even a budget and you buy one extra item or it's higher. I can't stand that.

[@julybailey2326]

Strawberry is definitely the winner although i like jam as the preserve is too gritty for me. I like creamy peanut butter 🥜

[@wandametcalf3031]

There are zero English muffins or bagels at my store. And no crunchy peanut butter either. The video is still good though. Just store the recipe until later.

[@teresahannasch3420]

If you haven't already, can you do a challenge like this gluten-free and minimal added sugars please?

[@darkyami711]

Do you have any foreign food stores, like spanish or Asian? I think it would make a great food challenge video

[@kenyonbissett3512]

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