So I didn’t get around to last week’s shopping until Saturday. Night. at 9 pm. Because that’s just how last week happened! We had plenty of stockpile from the week before…and I think it’s safe to say we are “overstocked” now! The cupboards were stuffed to the edge after last week’s trip…so I tried to keep it light for Thanksgiving week, only getting some snacks for the kids, as well as the rest of what I needed to make my side dishes and pie.
Kroger Last Week
*HOT DEALS*
- 4 $2 Van’s Gluten Free Waffles
- 4 $.50 each canned veggies
- 2 $.88 Kroger frozen veggies
- 2 $.68 Kroger frozen veggies – used $.40/2 store coupon
- $1.49 Rice milk
- $1.49 5# flour
- $.99 pie crust – use $1/2 coupon
- 6 $.55 Green Giant frozen spinach – used 2 $.60/3 coupon, doubled
- 2 $.99 boxes Cheerios – used $1/2 coupon
- 4 $.68 cans cranberry sauce – used 2 $.40/2 store coupon
Free
- Salad Dressing
- Lettuce
- Toothpaste
- Dozen eggs
- 2 15 oz cans diced tomatoes
- Wheat Thins
Produce
- 2 $.99 Raspberries – used 2 $1/1 Driscolls coupons
- $1.99 for 10# potatoes
- $1.25 pomegranate – Not sure what to do with a pomegranate…check out this tutorial!
- $.49/lb sweet potatoes
Total spent at Kroger last week: $78.68
Kroger This Week
Just grabbed a few things yesterday afternoon that I needed for Thanksgiving side dishes and pie, along with some goodies for the kids and produce to get us through the end of the week!
Coupons Used
- $1.50/2 Almond Milk – catalina
- $3 off $15 produce coupon – store coupon
- $.40/1 apple juice – store coupon
- $1 off your order catalina from last week
Total spent at Kroger this week: $61.79 +$1.08 for 3 cans mushrooms at Walgreens
Total for the month: $280-ish
($20 under budget for this month’s $75/week budget! I think I’ll hold onto that $20 and get some grains and legumes from the bulk bins next time I’m near a Whole Foods!)
Thanks to Andrea at Savings Lifestyle and Marcy at Stretching a Buck for posting the best deals and coupon matchups at my stores each week! Find the coupon match-ups for your grocery store at The Frugal Map!
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Glad that someone is saving money at the grocery store! We have Aldi so I do about 85% of my buying there. Then I go to Wegman’s and use my coupons, which they double up to $0.99 which is a blessing to my family of 8. I just wish there was banana coupons out there. We buy so many bananas each week, I should buy stock! LOL
I wish our Kroger sent out coupons for free stuff! I still like them anyway. I hit Meijer for my Thanksgiving shopping…..did ok. Trying to work on a stock pile, but it’s just not happenning for me =(
I’m really curious to see the tutorial for the pomegranates but I can’t seem to find the link.
Claire…..Have you tried looking for a wholesaler in your area that will sell you a box of fruit? I’m not in a very big town, but there is one produce supplier that sells boxes of fruits and veggies. I came across them when we were looking for large quantities for kids on the track team (it takes a lot of fruit to feed 80 kids) One box might be too big, but you could split with another family? If I remember right, we bought a box of bananas for about $20. Another benefit is that everything is SO fresh! Or even talk to the produce department at your grocery store about buying in bulk.