My husband dropped me off at Shoprite while he went to fill up the car with gas. When he got back he found me in the meat aisle loading up my cart with packs of meat. He said, geez, is there a sale on meat? I said, you bet there is!! They are all on managers special, marked down 50% . Here is what I scored on meat:
- Ground Beef including 85% Angus Ground Beef, 80% Ground Beef Patties & 93% Ground Beef Family Packs – Total Weight 16.76 lb for $27.18 ($1.62/lb)
- 4 lbs 93% Ground Turkey $7.16 ($1.76lb)
- London Broil Twin Pack $8.25 ($1.99/lb)
Total just for meat: $42.59
Rest of the order:
4 Schick Quattro Titanium Razor $4.49 each
-(4)$5/1 Schick Coupon (NLA) – got overage
Edge Shave Gel $1.99 each
-(4)$0.75/1 Edge Coupon
6 Milkbone Healthy Favorites $2.50 each (pet deal)
-(4)$1/1 Milkbone Coupon
-(1)$1.50/2 Milkbone coupon from the 9/25 RP
2 Milkbone Minis $2.50 each (pet deal)
-(2)$1/1 Milkbone Minis from the 8/14 RP
4 Nabisco Single Serve Packs $2.88 (kraft/nabisco deal)
-(4)$0.75/1 Nabisco Cookies Coupon from the Kraft Food & Family Booklet
1 Maxwell House Coffee $2.99 (kraft/nabisco deal)
-(1)$1/1 Maxwell House from the Kraft Food & Family Booklet
3 Barilla Whole Grain Pasta $1.49 each
-(3)$0.55/1 Barilla Coupon from the 9/18 SS
Wheaties Cereal $1.99
-$0.75/1 Cellfire Coupon
-(1)$0.75/1 Wheaties Coupon
4 Carolina Brown Rice 1 lb $0.99
-(4)$0.50/1 Carolina Coupon from the 9/11 RP
1 Dole Strawberry Smoothie Shaker $2.00
-(1)$0.75/1 Dole Coupon(found in coupon stash)
1 Chore Boy Sponge $1.49
-(1)$0.55/1 Choreboy Coupon
Used: $8 in catalinas from previous purchases
Total Paid: $61.20 (which included $3.27 in tax) for $218.17 worth of groceries which is a savings of over 70%. That is pretty good when you consider I had over 23 lbs of meat in the order.
Received: $12 in catalinas (Pet Food), $20 in catalinas (Kraft/Nabisco) & $2 Catalina (Barilla – now over)
Update on my Grocery Budget:
Since I had not been shopping in over 4 weeks (except for produce & milk), I had accumulated money in my grocery envelope which also included the many weeks I was under budget. We put $150 every 2 weeks in our grocery envelope but I rarely spend over $50 a week. As of last weekend, when I started full shopping again, I had $465 in my envelope. Woohoo, go me! 😉
Here is my progress now:
$465 grocery money as of 9/18
-$72.54 spent on 9/18 Shopping Trip
-$6.99 spent on 9/24 Shopping Trip
-$61.20 spent on 9/25 Shopping Trip
Total in envelope as of 9/27: $324.27
Note: I am headed to the Farmer’s Market today which usually comes to around $20- $25 lately since I’ve been picking up a lot of nuts there. So, that should put me around $300.
How are you doing on your grocery budget?