I pop a lot of popcorn, and I do it the way God intended: at home, in a big pot, with oil, and then dressed with warm butter and plenty of salt. Once people taste my popcorn, they forget all about the store-bought prepackaged kind, or movie theatre popcorn, or potato chips, or other readily gotten salty snacks.

Part of my secret is buying this Orville Redenbacher gourmet popcorn. I don’t know how “gourmet” it is, and I don’t care, because it excels at its job.

Last night, having almost emptied my latest 8-lb. container of it, I quickly fired up the Amazon app to order more, and found a sale of sorts that might interest you.

Here’s the 8-lb. container.

It’s currently* priced at the amazing bargain price of $13.28 as of this posting, and, I can attest, worth every penny of it. *”Currently” is asterisked because Amazon uses dynamic pricing, meaning that the price can change at any moment, and probably will. So get it while it’s available at this price, kids!

Or, if you’re concerned about Jeff Bezos, you have another way to buy this while still supporting this lifestyle. And you might consider doing that. Just six years ago, he forked over an estimated $38 billion in a divorce settlement, and he just got remarried in a wedding that alone cost an estimated $50 million or more for just the event itself. Various websites now peg his net worth as down to about $250 billion. This is no way to live, especially when compared with his archrival, the soon-to-be trillionaire Elon Musk.

So, if you’re concerned about Mr. Bezos’ financial health, consider ordering the 5-lb. container of the glorious Redenbacher gourmet popcorn. Because, while it offers a third less popcorn… it costs twice as much.

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