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I managed to enjoy about 90 minutes of “alone time” at the grocery stores yesterday and here’s what that resulted in…
I went to several stores yesterday but they’re all on the same road, within a half mile of each other. I went to CVS, Hy-Vee, Aldi and Price Chopper. Earlier in the week I went to Target to buy some ground beef and will probably do that one more time today (ground beef is on sale for $1.49 a pound this week). My total yesterday with tax was $57 even.
The breakdown:
Dove deodorant – 2
Whole Milk – 2
Skim Milk – 1
Bananas – 3 lbs
Cream Cheese – 2
Margarine
Flour Tortillas – 2 packages
Diced Tomatoes – 6 cans
Parmesan Cheese
½ Gallon OJ – 2
Barilla pasta – 2 boxes
Tomato Paste – 1 can
Dried Kidney Beans – 1 lb bag
Canned Tomato Sauce – 3
Bread
Frosted Mini Wheats – 2 boxes
Colgate Toothpaste – 2
Hot Dogs – 2
Sausage
Bounce Sheets – 120 count box
Grapefruit – 18 lbs (that’s not a typo!)
Potatoes – 5 lbs
I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter
Clementines – 5 lb box
The exciting deals:
There were a few things that got me excited yesterday, one of which was my purchase of large boxes of Kellogg’s Frosted Mini Wheats for only .94 a box! Normally these boxes are $3.78 a box, but when combining the sale prices and a coupon I was able to save 75%. Other notables were getting 5 pounds of potatoes for .99, large tubes of toothpaste for .75 each, Bounce sheets for $2.99, two sticks of Dove Deoderant for $3.08 (normally they are $3.49 each) and the 18 pound bag of grapefruit for only $6.88. I bet there are at least 25 grapefruits in the bag, which means I’m paying about 25 cents each! Lately the stores around here have been trying to sell grapefruit for .50 to .80 a piece.
Total before tax, sales and coupons: $100.13
Total paid before tax, after sales and coupons: $53.96
I saved almost 50% overall again!
