We’ll be finishing off the last meals from our Two-Week Cooking Project next week, so I didn’t really have a huge grocery list for this week’s shopping. I decided to take advantage of the Buy 8 – Save $4 sale at Kroger. I tried to stock us up some paper goods and other items that we were getting low on. (After last week’s cereal-fest, I decided to walk right past the cereal aisle!) I also picked up some extra ingredients for the DIY Ice Cream Cake I’m making for a family get-together. Here’s what we ended up with.
Spent: $74.16
Saved: $74.52 (50%)
I split this into two transactions, mainly because we were going out for dinner. We stopped for everything but the cold items before dinner and made one more quick stop after dinner for the cold items. That worked well, because I ended up with two catalinas (defined HERE) from the first transaction. I used them to bring down the cost of the second transaction.
The Best Deals:
Hefty One Zip Freezer Bags – $1.00
Used $1.00 off coupon from Kroger home mailer
Final Price: FREE
Cottonelle 12-pack – $5.49
Used $.50 off coupon from 7/11 SmartSource insert
Final Price: $4.49
Nature Valley Granola Nut Clusters – $1.99
Used $1.00 off printable coupon
Final Price: $.99
Juicy Juice – $1.98 each
Used $2.00 off 4 printable coupon
Final Price: $1.48 each
Chex Mix – $1.99
Used $.50 off Sweet ‘n Salty coupon from 8/8 General Mills insert (doubled to $1 off)
Final Price: $.99
Gardetto’s Snack Mix – $1.99
Used $.50 off printable coupon (doubled to $1 off)
Final Price: $.99
Sobe Lifewater – $.69
Used 3 Buy 1 – Get 1 FREE printable coupon (which took off $1.19, the regular price)
Final Price: $.57 for all six!
Betty Crocker Warm Delights – $1.45
Used $.75 off coupon from 8/8 General Mills insert
Final Price: $.70
I just found a $.50 off printable coupon that would make these $.45 instead.
Nature Valley Granola Bars (also includes Fiber One Bars)
Buy 3 – Get a $1.50 catalina back
Buy 4 – Get a $2.50 catalina back
Buy 5 – Get a $3.50 catalina back
I bought 5 boxes of the Sweet ‘n Salty bars (which are part of the Buy 8 – Get $4 off at checkout deal this week!) and used 5 $.50 off coupons.
My out-of-pocket cost for those was $4.45.
My catalina was $3.50, making the net cost of the granola bars $.95 for all five boxes!
This catalina will print through 9/5/10.
This post is linked to:
:: The Saturday Savings Report hosted by Time 2 $ave
:: Super Savings Saturday hosted by Money Saving Mom
:: Shopping Superstars hosted by The Thrifty Mama
:: Friday Finals hosted by Southern Savers
:: Share Your Savings Saturday hosted by Frugal Fun and Fortune