I finally went to the health food store after weeks of not making it there. I was going to be driving right by, so I stopped in and found a few deals. I’m always excited to find marked down organic yogurt for our smoothies. Yum!
And then I stopped by Dillon’s. I meant to price-match the beef hot dogs when I was at Walmart but completely forgot even though it was on my grocery list (where is my brain these days?!) so I just stopped at Dillon’s on the way home. I also wanted to check on the price of cream of tartar since I needed to buy some to add to the Homemade Baking Mix. It was $1 less than Walmart’s price so I went ahead and got some and also picked up a few other things while I was there.
Dillon’s Shopping Trip
2 packages Hebrew National beef hot dogs — $2.50 each
Cream of Tartar — $3.79
Red-Taped Bananas — $0.29/lb = $0.56
5 Luna bars — $1.09, used 5 $0.50/1 coupons (doubled) = $0.09 each
2 containers of Blackberries — $1 each
Butter — $2.50 (This is more than I usually pay, but I didn’t want to make a special trip to Aldi for it just to save $0.50. But, this is an instance where I didn’t do a good job of buying ahead so I had to paid more than my target price for this because we’re out of butter.)
My total, after coupons, was $15.53.
Anyone Know Where to Get the Best Price on Cream of Tartar?
I’ve not purchased cream of tartar in ages, so I have no idea what a good price is on it. Does anyone know? Also, where do you get the best price on it? I was really surprised it was so expensive so I thought I’d ask here to see if anyone had a great source for it. Thanks!
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I was amazed to find a fairly large amount of Natural and Organic markdowns from this weekends shopping trips, the key seems to be hitting them early! Here is my trip : http://www.savingwithaplan.com/2011/06/super-savings-saturday/
Crystal,
Cream of Tartar is one of the things that I buy at my Amish store. I know they aren’t all the same, but you may want to check there. I get about 2 cups of it for about $1.75.
I agree with Lisa. Herbalcom.com is the best. They have everything and their products are great and you cannot beat their prices. Cream of tartar can be mixed with baking soda to create baking powder if you have the need. Also, cream of tartar mixed with some peroxide does a great job of cleaning a dingy tub too
So funny you are asking this question today. I just figured out how much it costs myself. I went to buy some yesterday in the bulk section at HEB and discovered it was $14.99/lb. I thought it was a ridiculous price. Then I was at Walmart today and bought a 1.5 oz container for $2.50. So it was actually cheaper at HEB-.94 cents an ounce at HEB compared to $1.66/oz at Walmart. Still very expensive. I’ll have to try the dollar store and see if they have it there.
Glenn’s usually has good price on it.
Your Aldi must not have raised the price on the butter yet because at my Aldi you would not have saved $.50. You would have paid $.19 more!
I have an Amish store in my area that sells a large-ish container of cream of tartar (maybe 3 oz?) for around $1 . . . but they sell it under the name “angel cream.”
A Dollar Tree just opened in my area, and I’ve noticed that they have a great selection of baking supplies – maybe you could check and see if they carry cream of tartar?
You should try making your own yogurt. Then it’s as cheap per gallon as milk. It’s easy, and so much better than store bought yogurt, which usually has added starch.
We’ve made our own yogurt, but I usually can’t beat the marked down price for organic yogurt by much — especially when factoring in the time it takes to make the yogurt.
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