Grocery Run

Listed below are the groceries I bought Monday and Tuesday after cleaning out the refrigerator and freezer on Monday after the power failure from the storm on Thursday.  

On Monday, I was overwhelmed at what I had to throw out and was very cautious when I went grocery shopping. I wanted to be able to replace several things we had lost (like mayonnaise), but not blow my entire budget for the month, so I was very careful. For example, rather than buy mayonnaise and tartar sauce, I am going to make Carol from CTonaBudget’s homemade tartar sauce and save myself $1.98 for a new bottle of tarter sauce. I also went with Kraft mayonnaise at $2.98 rather than my favorite brand, Hellman’s at $3.98, saving myself $1.00. I can wait for a sale on Hellman’s now.

This week I scoured the sale ads and checked and rechecked my coupons and made a menu plan based on sales. Here is what I ended up with:

Wal-Mart

5 pounds sugar - 2.98

Kraft Mayo - 2.98

Borden Cheese (3 lb. box) – 10.28

2 bottles black pepper - $1.00 each

1 box salt – 72¢

2 bags Tator Tots - 2.00 each

1 frozen apple juice – 1.18

1 frozen grape juice – 1.62

2 frozen pineapple juice – 1.56 each

1 frozen orange juice – 1.53

Oscar Meyer Bacon – 4.98 – free after coupon

(Received bacon coupon in the mail this week from Facebook promo)

Total:  $30.41

IGA

I went to IGA because of the sale on Oscar Meyer bologna, 10 (12 ounce packages for $10, which is $1.00 each and are normally $2.69), and found two unadvertised deals. 

One was a half quart of IGA orange juice marked down from $2.69 to 99¢.

The other unadvertised deal is unbelievable! They had quart jars of Delmonte mandarin oranges for 99¢, but when I looked behind the jars, they had boxes of 6 jars for $3.98, which made them 66¢ per jar! I was floored as these normally sell for $2.69 to $2.99 per jar. I bought four boxes and am a very happy camper today. 

Wheat Bread - 1.39

10 (12 oz.) packs Oscar Meyer Bologna – 10.00

Lettuce – 98¢

Orange Juice – 99¢

Mandarin Oranges - 15.92

Ground Beef - 5.30

Total:  $ 34.58

Food Lion

When you walk in Food Lion you can scan your store card and get coupons for that day. I got a coupon for $1.00 off Johnsonville Sausage. I always look at the products they give me coupons for to see if I can get a good deal. The meat department had a package of the sausage marked down to $3.49, so with my coupon it was $2.49, which is a good price for me. My reason for going to Food Lion was their sale on carrots, 2 pounds for 99¢, I bought ten pounds.  

Johnsonville Sausage - 2.49 after $1.00 coupon

Carrots – 10 pounds – 4.95

Sargento Cheddar Cheese – 1.95 after 55¢ coupon

Sour Cream – 48 ounce containers - 4.14

Total: $ 13.53

Bi-Lo

My reason for going to Bi-Lo was their great sale on Pork products this week. Pork Chops and Pork Sirloin Roasts were all on sale for $1.49 a pound. I can’t remember a week when I’ve bought so much meat. I already have pork chops cooking in the slow cooker for tonight’s dinner. 

2 pounds butter - $5.00

3.53 pounds Pork Chops – 5.26

2.44 lb. Sirloin Pork Roast – 3.64

2.48 lb. Sirloin Pork Roast – 3.70

2 Hillshire Farms Smoked Sausage - $5.00

4 Oscar Meyer Beef Franks – 10.76 (B1G1F sale) ($2.69 each, a great price for beef)

Total: $ 33.36

Aldi

I went to Aldi specifically to get the potatoes, which were a great deal. 

2 – 5 lb. bags baking potatoes – 99¢ each

2 – Hot dog buns – 79 cents each

1 gallon milk – 2.89

Total: $ 6.45

My total for the entire two day shopping trip was $ 118.33, and I feel like we have plenty of food in the house now to make many meals.


Have you scored any great deals lately?

Belinda
© Belinda Richardson and Frugal Workshop, 2012.
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