Total spent: $22.88
Total before coupons: $47.96
View receipt – unfortunately the ink on part of my receipt got smeared on the way home, so I’m going to go back into Safeway and get a reprint for the grocery challenge.
I had a lot of produce and leftovers to be used up, so I made a meal plan based on that and picked up some missing ingredients. I also had a bunch of good coupons that were expiring at the end of the month, so I redeemed those as well.
Got:
1 jar of mayonnaise – need this to make coleslaw with the rest of my cabbage! I had a coupon that would have made another brand much cheaper, but the store was out of stock, so this was the next cheapest brand. Price: $2.49
1 box of Rice Krispies – regularly $3.99, used a free coupon that I received from Vocalpoint. Final price: Zero! And as an added bonus, the box of cereal also contained $5 worth of coupons! If you haven’t signed up for Vocalpoint yet, I highly recommend it. This is one of several free coupons that they have mailed to me.
8 Mars candy bars – on sale for “Buy 2, get 2 free”, use four free product coupons that I received from the “Free Chocolate Friday” promotion, making all 8 candy bars free!
1 gallon of milk – price: $2.49
1 quart of half and half – price: $2.29
1 tub of yogurt – on sale for .70 cents, used one free coupon that I received via My Blog Spark. Looking at the receipt, it appears that the coupon took of the maximum value of .89 cents, so I received .19 cents of overage. Does anybody know why some free coupons are coded to take the maximum value off, no matter what the sale price is?
1 box of Skinny Cow Ice Cream – regularly priced at $5.49, used one free coupon that I won in a Twitter contest from Joyce of Saving Our Cents. Thanks again Joyce, these are so yummy!
10-pack of beef hamburger patties – price: $5.99
1 package of Oscar Mayer hot dogs – regularly priced at $3.79, used this free hot dog coupon that I signed up for in May. Final cost: Zero!
.71 lbs of pork chops – price: $2.12
2.09 .lbs of pork chops – price: $4.24. These pork chops will be our main course for dinner tonight!
1 package of ground pork – price: $2.99. I love pork because it is inexpensive and delicious. I bought this ground pork to use in a spaghetti casserole, since I had a lot of unused pasta left over from dinner on Wednesday.
1 carrot – also for the coleslaw that I’ll be making. Price: .16 cents
10 lb bag of potatoes – I love potatoes because they are cheap, versatile, and you get a lot of food out of one bag. Price: $1.79
3 fruit squiggle snacks – .79 cents each, used three free coupons, making the final cost zero! I found these coupons in the gym, of all places. They had a big stack of the coupons for members to take next to gym schedules and leaflets. I think I was the only one who had even noticed them. It pays to keep your eyes peeled for coupons, because you find them in the oddest places!
1 package of Gardein BBQ Skewers – on sale for $3.50, used the free coupon that I mentioned last month. Once again, this coupon automatically took off the maximum value of $4.99 instead of the sale price, so I received $1.49 in overage.
This trip brought my final total for the week to $48.10.
