It’s a 2 for 1 deal today friends! I just could not get my shopping trip post together last week. And I’m OK with that. It’s happened before and it will happen again!
But I wanted to share it with you with this week’s post.
Kroger – May 2
This shopping trip was all about Steve. I knew that I would be away most of the week, so I asked him if he wanted “all the grocery budget.”
So, what then do you want me to get for you?!
Steak, salmon, breakfast sausage, brats, Life cereal…
Done!
I got everything on his list, plus a few snacks for our travels, and the usual milk, produce and cereal. And as I put the groceries away and did a “meat” inventory, I realized that we probably have enough to last the next few weeks!
*HOT DEALS*
- $1.25 strawberries – bought 6 packages, froze 5 packages for smoothies
Produce
- $1 mangoes, $.69 lettuce head, 4/$1 corn,
- bananas, apples, strawberries
Meats
- 3/4 lb fresh salmon fillets
- breakfast links
- $.99/lb chicken thighs
Manager’s Specials
- family pack pork chops
- brats
- steak
- couple loaves of sandwich breads and french loaf bread (Perfect for Pizza Loaves!)
Total spent at Kroger – May 2: $94.29
Kroger – May 9
Finally…finally…finally!
A good sale. And some great coupon matchups!!!
Plus I received 4 free item coupons in my “best customer” coupon packet that came last week. Double Whammy!!!
Free
- Dole salad – store coupon
- 1 lb. baby carrots – store coupon
- Colgate toothpaste – store coupon
- Box Cheerios – store coupon
- Carefree pantiliners – newspaper coupon
- 1 Pure Coconut Milk – love using this for smoothies! – $1.99 sale price, had $2 catalina
- 2 Mom’s Best cereal – $.99 sale/store promotion, coupon
- 8 boxes Ronzoni pasta – $.49 sale/store promotion, $1/2 coupons
Hot Deals
- 2 $.29 Uncle Ben’s Rice – coupon
- 4 $.49 Boulder’s Chips - coupon
- 2 $1.49 Carving Board meats – used 2 $1.50/1 coupon from house party
Produce
- $1 mangoes, $1.25 strawberries, $1.50 cantaloupe, bananas
- $.99 broccoli – GREAT price! Stock up and blanche them!!! More on blanching and stockpiling vegetables!
- Free carrots and lettuce
Meats
- $1.88/lb chicken breast sale, bought 2 packs…will grill them both along with another pack I have in the freezer…more on “Batch Grilling.”
Total spent at Kroger – May 9: $60.47
Total for the month: $154.76
My grocery store’s ad scan and my “Shopping FAQ!”
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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Love your site and tweets! I will be getting married this August and we plan on starting a family right away. These tips will really help us with our budget! Thank you!
Don’t you just love it when the coupon “stars” line up… I know I do…
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Wow…you got a nice haul! I seldom have great deals with coupon match-ups (hard to do living in a small town) but when it does happen I am in Heaven for a while:)
You have mentioned before the coupon booklet you get for “best customer” What is that and how do you get it? I’ve been a Kroger customer for a while now but I’ve never gotten coupons from them in the mail. BTW- LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your site!!!