Author: McKinley Corbley / Source: Good News Network
Dear @LidlUS
My name is Bean. I eat peanut butter and jelly English muffins for three meals a day.
Back in February, my mom bought 72 jars of your peanut butter when it was on sale for 78 cents a jar. I numbered each jar. pic.twitter.com/u4wBgH8rzm
— Philosopher Bean (@BeanPhilosopher)
A 15-year-old boy who managed to charm his way into earning a lifetime supply of peanut butter is now sharing his fortune with furloughed workers during the government shutdown.
Eric “Beans” McKay from Woodbridge, Virginia has autism – which means he is especially sensitive to the taste and textures of food.
He does, however, really like peanut butter; so when his mother saw that there was a sale on his favorite brand of peanut butter at Lidl, she bought 72 jars of peanut butter for 78 cents each.
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Delighted by his new treasure trove of peanut butter, Beans labeled each jar with a number and challenged himself to finish every single one of them. In October, Beans finally made it to the 72nd jar of peanut butter.
To celebrate his achievement, he sent a tweet to the Lidl grocery store chain jokingly telling them that it was time to have another sale.
Lidl was so impressed by the boy’s…
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