Can I just say that I do not like shopping on Friday??!! The stores are busy, there does not seem to be as many markdowns, and shelves are empty and no store stockers are around stocking to ask for an item that is gone on the shelves! So I walked out of Meijer this week with TWO rainchecks for items rather than the actual item! The two items were stockpile items so I can get those when I do my next big shopping trip in two weeks.
Anyway, I managed to stock my shelves for the next two weeks. I should be able to just worry about shopping for my parents next week along with picking up a few staples, like milk for us.
Here is the breakdown of what was purchased this week: (sorry forgot to take pictures again this week--my kids are great helpers in getting the food put away so no chance on getting any pictures).
Aldi:
- 2 heads lettuce $1.18(59¢ each)
- 2 gallons milk $3.50 ($1.75/gallon)
Total OOP: $4.68
- 1 bag breaded chicken tenders $3.24
- 3 tubes biscuits $1.00
- 2 bags frozen corn $1.98
- 4 cans cream of chicken soup $1.86 (normally 59¢ each used a 50¢/4 coupon)
- 2 pkgs reg. cream cheese 40¢ (on special for 2/$1 used a 60¢/2 coupon)
- 1 can kidney beans 65¢
- 4 cans evaporated milk $2.16 (normally 79¢ each used 2-50¢/2 coupon)
- 2 cans sweentened condensed milk $2.98
- 6 Totino Party Pizzas $6.00
- 2 jars pizza sauce $1.98
- 1 Ortega taco kit $1.99 (found a $1/1 any Ortega peelie coupon on the shelf with the kits!)
- 2 cans tomato sauce $1.18
Used a $5 off $20 purchase coupon that I received via their mailer flyer ad.
Total OOP: $21.21
Total Savings using coupons: $8.85
Total without coupons: $30.06
Meijer:
- 1.07lbs honey roasted deli turkey $6.41
- .70 lbs oven roasted deli turkey $4.19
- 1 jar grape jam $2.59
- 13.68 lbs boneless/skinless chicken breasts $24.49
- 8 cans veggies $5.52
- 2.34 lbs green grapes $3.49
- 10 lbs potatoes $2.98
- 2 bottles apple juice $3.78
- 2 boxes snack crackers $1.98
- 1 box chocolate graham crackers $1.99
- 20 packs Kool-aid $2.00
- 5 lbs red potatoes $2.99
- 1 gallon chocolate milk $3.00
- 4 bottles Juicy Juice $4.00
- 1 cantaloupe $2.50
- 3 boxes 12 ct. poptarts $6.25
- 2 bottles Lysol toilet cleaner $2.28
- 1 bottle Lysol all purpose trigger cleaner $1.09
Used a $2 off next shopping order coupons!
Total OOP (with 6% sales tax for non-food items): $79.79
Total Savings: $43.22
Total without sales & coupons: $123.01
Family Fare:
- 3 bottles Gatorade $3.00
- 1 pkg blueberry bagels $1.69
- 3 boxes Simply Go-gurt $2.70
- 1 pk Danonino yogurt 99¢
- 1.72 lbs eye of round thin cut steaks $6.01(manager's markdown)
- 3.40 lbs ground beef $8.31 (manager's markdown)
- 2.03 lbs beef stew meat $5.05
- 4 dozen eggs $3.52
- 2 bottles Tropicana OJ $4.00
- 3 big boxes Kellogg's cereal $5.00
- 1 pkg whole wheat bagels $1.99
- 24 oz block mild cheddar cheese $3.99
- 1 pkg 6 ct. applesauce 79¢
- 2 bottles apple juice $1.98
- 2 bottles Ortega taco sauce $3.13
- 2 lbs bacon $5.00
- 1 pk Apple & Eve fruit & veggie box drinks $1.99
- 1 pk bacon/cheddar deli deluxe cheese $1.00
- 18 oz smoked deli turkey $3.98
- 3-12 pks Pepsi products $12.60 (with bottle deposit)
Total OOP: $76.48
Total Savings: $56.58
Total without sales & coupons: $133.06
Grand Total OOP: $182.16
Grand Total Savings: $108.65 (does not include the savings from shopping at Aldi)
Grand Total without sales & coupons: $290.81
This post is linked to:
- Coupon Super Savers at Coupon Saving Game!
- Savers Bungelow at Saving a Bundle!
- Week-Ending Finales at The Frugal Free Loader!
- Super Savings Saturday at MoneySavingMom!
- Shopping Round Up at The Grocery Cart Challenge!
