Weekly Shopping Trip--Savings $118.28 (1 Store!!)

This week after checking out the weekly sale ads, I decided that I was only going to shop at one grocery store, Meijer and Sam's Club!  Only shopping at two places rather than the four or five that I sometimes do made it easier to stay home a whole day to get some cooking and baking in this week.

Meijer had several items this week that were "cheap enough to stock up" with the sales and coupons.  I used a little over $42 worth of coupons between the "Meijer promotions" which were Mealbox coupons and getting an item free with purchase and then the actual "coupon savings" of manufacturer's coupons that I either got in my Sunday papers or internet printables.


Here is what I purchased this week at Meijer: 

• 2-4 oz tubes Sensodyne toothpaste $6.50
• 2 bottles Lysol toilet bowl cleaner $3.00

Sub-total for non-food groceries with 6% sales tax: $10.22

• 6 single candy bars--Reese's cups $2.22(37¢ each)
• 3 cups Delmonte pineapples $1.97
• 3 cups Delmonte peach chunks $1.97
• 5 lbs Gold Medal whole wheat flour $2.74
• 6 cans Grands biscuits $3.64 (61¢ each)
• 2 boxes Ortega taco shells $1.27 (64¢ each)
• 2-16 oz bottles Ortega taco sauce $3.22
• 6 boxes Betty Crocker fruit stackers $7.50
• 1 box Nature Valley granola bars $1.59
• 6 boxes Toaster strudel $5.29 (88¢ each)
• 10 lbs potatoes $1.99
• 2 boxes Kelloggs Mini Wheats $3.45
• 3 boxes Nabisco Crackerfulls $3.47 ($1.16 each)
• 6 Warm Delight brownies $4.21 (70¢ each)
• 2 boxes Gorton's fish tenders $6.23
• 4 pkgs Pillsbury ready to bake cookies $4.00
• 14 cups Yoplait yogurt $4.60 (33¢ each)
• 3 bags Ore Ida frozen potatoes $5.00
• 2 bags Chex Mix $1.00
• 2 boxes Betty Crocker supreme brownie mix $2.59
• 3 lbs baby carrots $3.00
• 4 lb bag boneless/skinless chicken tenders $6.99
• 2 lbs frozen tilapia fish fillets $7.00
• 3-12pks Dr. Pepper $10.83 (including $3.60 bottle deposit)

Subtotal for food groceries: $98.30

Total OOP: $108.52

Total Savings: $107.78

Total without sales & coupons: $216.30

The cashier handed me my receipt along with $10.50 in Catalina coupons good on my next shopping order!!! 

So the next day when I went shopping for my parents(where I spent $120 but saved them $108), I picked up for my family that I forgot the day before...

•  2 gallons of milk $4.98 
• 1.41 lbs smoked deli turkey breast $5.70

I used my $10.50 in coupons!

Total OOP: 18¢

Total Savings: $10.50

Total without coupons: $10.68

Grand Total OOP: $108.70

Grand Total Savings: $118.25

Grand Total without sales & coupons: $226.95

This post is linked to: 

• Coupon Super Savers at Coupon Saving Game!
• Super Savings Saturday at MoneySavingMom!
• Cha-Ching Challenge at Cha-Ching on a Shoestring!
• Shopping Round Up at The Grocery Cart Challenge!