Friday, June 19, 2009

Weekly Shopping Trip--Savings $56.70

This week's shopping trip goal was to get enough meats and food in the house to be able to make it through the rest of the month without having to do any "heavy duty" shopping. After doing a freezer and pantry inventory, I am 95% sure that I will be able to make it through the rest of June without needing anything more than fresh fruits & veggies, and milk.

I went over my weekly goal of $100 this week by $24.24! However, I still have $31.51 left in my total food budget amount of $525 for the month of June. So I think I am doing good at keeping my weekly totals at a reasonable level.

This week was a "payday week" so I made my monthly Sam's run to get several things that I got 3-4 months ago that the stash had been emptied on.

Here is a breakdown of the items that I purchased at the grocery store. You can read the breakdown of my Sam's run here.

Meijer:
  • 1 gallon milk $1.23 (found a store peelie cpn for $1.50 off 1-gallon milk and 1 pkg Oreo cookies, fun stix or cakesters)
  • 4.01 lbs ground chuck $7.99
  • 5lbs whole wheat flour $3.39
  • 3lbs Crisco $4.69
  • 3 pk Kleenex $5.19
  • 1 pkg. Oral B replacement toothbrush heads $18.39
  • 1 pkg. salad 98¢
  • 2 pks taco shells $2.20
  • 2 pks Keebler cookies $2.50
  • 2 bottles carmel ice cream topping $2.20
  • 1 bottle of taco sauce $1.63
  • 1 box Taco kit $1.98
  • 4 bottles Juicy Juice $9.76
  • 10 lbs sugar $3.50
  • 1 box whoppers $1.50
  • 2 boxes milk duds $3.00
  • 1 cantaloupe $1.34
  • 2 gallons Hawaiian Punch $3.00
  • 2 lbs strawberries $3.34
  • 1 box Oreo cakesters $1.50
  • 1 box Oreo fun stix $1.75
  • 2 cans tomato puree $2.50
  • 1 box Kelloggs cereal 75¢
  • 5lbs red potatoes $2.50
  • 2 boxes Honey Nut Cheerios $3.50
  • 1 box Reeses Puffs $2.25
Total OOP with tax: $93.97
Total Savings: $46.72
Total without sales and coupons: $140.69

Family Fare:
  • 5 dozen eggs $4.40
  • 1.91lbs red grapes $1.89
  • 5 boxes poptarts $8.34
Total OOP: $14.63
Total Savings: $9.98
Total without sales and coupons: $24.61

Save A Lot:
  • 6 cans beef broth $3.78
  • 8 cans cream of chicken soup $4.72
  • 4 bags egg noodles $3.96
  • 1 box onion soup mix 69¢
  • 4pk tomatoes $2.49
Total OOP: $15.64
Total Savings: priceless--I love getting some things I need at SAL!

Grand Total OOP: $124.24
Grand Total Savings: $56.70
Grand Total without sales and coupons: $180.94

2 comments:

Judy said...

Do you do $100 weekly grocery budget plus your monthly Sam's run? So the total food budget of $525 doesn't include Sam's right?

I am trying to re-do my food budget. It seems to be so out of control right now. With a new baby coming in September I want to get this fixed now. I am looking for ideas.

We have a BJ's (which is like Sam's) in my area. What do you think is the biggest help with your budget? Would you say it is the Sam's run?

Thanks! : )

Donna said...

Your shopping always amazes me!