Thursday, June 29, 2017

My Grocery Budget 2017 - June Update


Whooo hoooo!  Came in under budget and the fridge is crammed to the gills with good healthy food.  I am super happy about that.

All sales items plus $5 OFF $25 Purchase coupon

I had another  pretty great month grocery wise.  One again I kept to mostly sales items, stocked up on a few things and kept us well supplied with fresh produce.  I shopped at Trader Joes, Albertson's and Fred Meyer.  I checked ads, downloaded a lot of digital coupons to my Albertson's and Fred Meyer rewards cards and even printed off a few from Coupons.com.  Two of those digital coupons was for Albertson's and gave me $5 OFF $25 purchase.  I have another one to use too!  How about that?

Trader Joes

I got quite a few items on markdown and was fortunate enough to get a lot of my produce this way as well as to stock up the freezer with bread for sandwiches, hamburger and hot dog buns.




This month I fired off an Amazon Pantry order to stock up on household cleaners and some toiletry items.  Additionly, I bought a 20 pound bag of cat litter and stocked up on toilet paper on sale for 2.99 for twelve double rolls.  Talk about a loss leader!  Total spent $26.55, over by $1.55 but I more than made up for it in the grocery department.

Everything here was on sale and another $5 OFF $25 Purchase coupon
Stocked up on pasta, barbeque sauce, icecream and yogurt

Here is my list.  The items highlighted in red are my stock up items:

Groceries

 $$$









Mayonnaise

              0.99
Sale/Coupon
Albertsons
Tortilla chips

              2.78
Sale
Albertsons
Grated cheese (6)

            10.02
Store Coupon
Albertsons
Butter

              0.99
Digital Coupon
Albertsons
Yogurt (6)

              0.75
Store Coupon/Digital Coupon
Albertsons
Milk - gal

              1.69
Store Coupon
Albertsons
Shrimp - 2#

            10.00
Store Coupon
Albertsons
$5 OFF $25 Purchase

            (5.00)
Digital Coupon
Albertsons
Tomatoes

              1.99

Trader Joes
Avocados

              2.69

Trader Joes
Red pepper

              0.99

Trader Joes
Green pepper

              0.69

Trader Joes
Romaine lettuce

              1.99

Trader Joes
Iceberg lettuce

              0.99

Trader Joes
Broccoli

              1.49

Trader Joes
Carrots

              1.49

Trader Joes
Mushrooms

              1.69

Trader Joes
Garlic

              1.69

Trader Joes
Bananas

              2.32

Trader Joes
Watermelon

              2.99

Trader Joes
PopTarts - 36ct

              6.98
Sale
Amazon
Pasta (10)

              8.40
Sale/Digital Coupon
Albertsons
Barbeque sauce (2)

              1.00
Digital Coupon
Albertsons
Yogurt (12)

              2.96
Store Coupon/Coupon
Albertsons
Olives (2)

              2.50
Sale
Albertsons
Ice cream - gal  (2)

              7.48
Store Coupon/Digital Coupon
Albertsons
Bratwurst

              1.74
Markdown
Albertsons
Crab

              1.99
Sale
Albertsons
Bananas

              1.06

Albertsons
Tomatoes

              0.71

Albertsons
Roast beef

              2.49
Sale/Coupon
Albertsons
Turkey

              2.49
Sale/Coupon
Albertsons
Cookies (3)

              4.97
Sale/Digital Coupon
Albertsons
$5 OFF $25 Purchase

            (5.00)
Digital Coupon
Albertsons
Rye bread

              2.00
Sale
Fred Meyer
Honey wheat bread (3)

              2.97
Markdown
Fred Meyer
WW hamburger buns

              0.69
Markdown
Fred Meyer
Potato hotdog buns

              0.89
Markdown
Fred Meyer
Lettuce mix

              1.69
Markdown
Fred Meyer
Baby spinach

              1.54
Markdown/Coupon
Fred Meyer
Mushrooms (2)

              1.98
Markdown
Fred Meyer
Portobello mushrooms

              3.98
Markdown
Fred Meyer
Coleslaw mix (2)

              2.00
Sale
Fred Meyer
Tomatoes

              0.81

Fred Meyer
Green pepper

              0.79
Sale
Fred Meyer
Red pepper (2)

              1.98
Sale
Fred Meyer
Green onions

              0.50
Sale
Fred Meyer
Zucchini (3)

              1.25

Fred Meyer
Squash

              0.50

Fred Meyer
Radishes

              0.49
Sale
Fred Meyer
Onions

              0.55
Sale
Fred Meyer
Lemons (2)

              1.00

Fred Meyer
Garlic

              0.44

Fred Meyer
Apples

              2.23

Fred Meyer
Kiwi (2)

              1.00

Fred Meyer
Shredded wheat

              1.79
Sale
Fred Meyer
Almond milk

              2.34
Coupon
Fred Meyer
Peanut butter

              2.19

Fred Meyer
Juice

 FREE
Friday Freebie
Fred Meyer
Tea

 FREE
Friday Freebie
Fred Meyer
Beef jerky

 FREE
Friday Freebie
Fred Meyer
Bananas

              1.56

Fred Meyer
Tortilla chips

              2.10
Coupon
Fred Meyer
Tortilla chips

              2.00
Sale
Fred Meyer
Almonds

              7.13
Sale
Fred Meyer





Total

 $      131.39



$131.39 ÷ 30 days ÷3 people = $1.46 per person per day!

Loads of fresh produce this month

How did you do last month?  Any great bargains?


This budget month runs from June 1 through June 30



8 comments:

  1. You really know how to shop!! I try to shop loss leaders and try to never pay full price for anything! You've got a lot of good looking food there!

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    1. Thank you! I got tons of produce this month. I was thrilled. I stuffed those portabellos for supper last night. So good!

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  2. Good job. We had a Winco move in here and it has forced Albertsons to really sharpen their pencils. Still only buy loss leaders at Albertsons.

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    1. Me too, just the markdowns and loss leaders from them. Their produce is really high so I rarely buy it unless it happens to be a loss leader too. Enjoy Winco! Love their bulk department, especially for spices.

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  3. Let's see...
    6-packs of mini candy bars (Baby Ruth and Butterfinger) -- except these have 8 bars, instead of 6. Normally $1.99, but priced half-off in the Safeway clearance bin. When I paid for them, another 49 cents came off -- leaving a total of 51 cents per package!
    So that made it 6 1/2 cents per bar. (These are perfect for traveling, camping and hunting.)
    Yes, I went back and purchased a LOT more.

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