Saturday, May 16, 2009

Super Savings Round-Up: Our $50 of groceries this week



Wow- what a week! I've been a busy little shopper this week, trying to cash in on all these great deals for my stockpile.

Around our house, we budget $50/week for all of our groceries and household needs. I was really pleased with what we were able to get this week. For all of the shopping trips below,  we spent$42.02 including tax. (Plus, we earned an extra $2.50 in RR profit to spend at Walgreens, and $3 in catalinas to spend at Albertsons)


 I hope you'll forgive the poor quality of these pics. I had to take them on my iPhone, which has a dirty lens! At any rate, here's what I was able to round up this week for our $50 budget:

Albertsons:


Purchased: 

(4) Ritz Crackers @ $2.89
(12) Kraft BBQ sauce @ $1
(6) Capri Sun @ $2.50
(13) Kraft Mac N Cheese $1
(4) Kraft EasyMac cups @ $1
(2) Treetop 3-pk juice boxes @ $1
(2) Treetop 64 oz. @ $2.50
(1) Kraft Deluxe Mac N Chees @ $2.50

Total [on sale] retail price before coupons and promotions: $65.06

Coupons used:
About a million Kraft printable Qs. 
Albertsons 3-day coupon Ritz @ $1.88
Plus 12 Albertsons coupon doublers: -$12
Plus -$15 for the $3/$10 Kraft promotion
Plus $5 catalina from first two transactions rolled into the next transaction

Total out of pocket after coupons and promotions: $1.22 + $2.04 tax = $3.26
Plus, received back $3.00 RR on final transaction
Final cost after coupons, promotions and RRs: $.26!!


Walgreens:

Purchased:

(1) Bayer Breeze 2 monitor @ $14.99
(3) Colgate toothpaste @ $2.99
(2) Colage toothbrushes @ $2.99
(1) Omega 3 Fish Oil supplement @ $8
(3) Bayer Quick Release @ $2.49
(1) Peter Pan Peanut Butter [not pictured, already being consumed :-)] clearanced to $.87
(7) Real Soft tissue (for fillers on multiple transactions) 4-pk clearanced to $.70
(1) $1 donation to fight cancer/ Revlon coupons @ $1
(1) Roots of Nature hair moisturizer @ $6

Total retail cost before coupons: $43.19

Coupons used:

(1) up to $30/1 Bayer Breeze 2
(3) $1/1 Colgate toothpaste
(2) $1/1 Colgate toothbrush
(2) $1/1 Bayer Quick Release
$31.50 in Register Rewards from previous weeks

Total out of pocket (on gift card): $2.69 + $3.43 = $6.12 total.
RRs received back: $34 ( - $31.50 RRs rolled = $2.50 RR profit)
Final cost after RR profit: $3.62

And most importantly, I was able to roll $31.50 of RRs that were expiring on Tuesday!



Fred Meyer:



Purchased:

(8) Coppertone Kids sunblock sticks @ $3.99
(2) Fresh Express Garden Salad @ $.98
(1) Simply Limeade @ $2.76 (Just a treat per my hubby's request!)
(1) MD Toilet Tissue 12 double rolls @ $4.88

Retail price before coupons: $41.52

Coupons used:

(8) $4/1 Coppertone product
(1) 2 for $1 Fresh Express salad store coupon

Total price after coupons: $8.64
Total out of pocket including tax: $11.13


Walmart:



Purchased:
  
(4) Tillamook 1 lb. butter @ $2.15
(10) Birds Eye frozen veggies @ $1.15
(4) Band Aid 10-count bandages @ $1.24
(1) Wet Ones antibacterial wipes @ $2.22
(2) Dole canned pineapple @ $.58
(1) Great Value grape jelly @ $1.28
(2) Quaker Tortillaz chips @ $1.37
(4) Sunday Newspapers @ $.85

Total retail price before coupons/price matching: $36.71

Coupons used:

(4) price matched Tillamook butter @ $1.50 each
(5) $1/2 Birds Eye veggies
(4) $1/1 Band Aid
(1) $1/1 Wet Ones
(1) $1/2 Dole canned fruit
(2) $1/1 Quaker Tortillaz

Total price after coupons/price matching: $20.71
Total out of pocket including tax: $22.71

Sam's Club:

[Sorry- didn't get a photo!]

Purchased:

(3) Gallons of whole milk @ $1.75
(2) Gallons of fat free milk @ $1.50
(1) 3 lb bunch of bananas @ $1.23
(1) 2-pk Loaves of whole wheat bread @ $3.08
1.5 dozen eggs @ $1.48
[I must have gotten something else because this doesn't add up... but I can't remember!]


Total cost including tax: $16.92 - $10 gift card Sam's Club gave us for renewing = only $6.92!

Anybody have some good deals from this week you want to share?

1 comment:

  1. Argh! I will never be that good! :( I was really proud of paying $26 for $60 worth of stuff at Target this week, but this puts me to shame. :) Amazing!

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