I’ve gone to Kroger and Aldi in the same week a few times recently and I’ve found that really helps me maximize the mileage of our grocery money. However, it also takes more time and effort, so it’s a great practice on weeks where we have more breathing room in our schedule.
This past week, we had some fun friend get togethers and other things happening on grocery shopping day and we didn’t need to buy that much since we’re pretty stocked up, so I opted to do a Kroger pick-up order instead of shopping in-store.
I’m not able to get the markdowns or closeouts this way, but I’m still about to take advantage of the digital coupon deals (there are usually a few weekly digital coupon deals that are great deals — such as the cheese deal this week!).
Here’s what I got in my pick-up order:

What I Bought
- Dave’s Killer Bread – $5.49 with digital coupon
- 2 bottles Kraft dressing — $1.29 each with digital coupon
- 3 packages sausage — $2.99 each with digital coupon
- Bananas — $1.68
- 3 boxes cereal — $1.99 each with digital coupon
- Chicken — $1.99/lb with digital coupon
- Cottage cheese — $1.99 (not shown)
- Distilled water — $1.29
- Marshmallows — $1
- 5 bags cheese — $1.29 each with digital coupon
- Chocolate chips — $2.29
- 2 boxes yogurt tubes — $1.99 each (not shown)
- Flour — $2.49
- Milk — $3.99
- Carrots — $1.29
- Peppers — $3.99
- Cabbage — $0.04 — it looks like the shopper keyed this in incorrectly
- Total with tax after coupons: $62.69
As far as meals we’ll be making, I am thinking: Breakfast for dinner (we have bacon in the freezer + some eggs leftover from last week and I’m thinking protein pancakes), Peppers/Sausage/Potatoes in the crockpot, Italian Chicken in the crockpot, Shredded Meat & Cheese Sliders, Chicken Stuffing Casserole, Leftovers/Fend for yourself, and Dinner Out
Can you post some of those crock pot recipes (or link to them if you’ve posted them before)? They sound great!
I don’t use recipes for those because I just dump them in the crockpot! 🙂 But you can get the basic idea here:
https://moneysavingmom.com/4-weeks-to-fill-your-freezer-italian-chicken-day-15/
https://moneysavingmom.com/sheetpan-dinner-sausage-potatoes-carrots/
Is Dave’s killer bread really over $5? That sounds so high.
Hi Diane- Dave’s Killer Bread is normally $6.99 here in central Kansas, which is crazy. It is less expensive at WalMart ($5.98 regular price), and I buy at Sam’s Club (currently $10.68 here for two loaves) or Costco (currently not in our store at the moment). We love it, but the price – ugh
Thank you! It does look good!
Yes, I bought it as a treat for myself. It’s crazy expensive, so that was actually a “deal” on it! If only I could figure out how to make it myself… but with all the healthful ingredients in it, I bet it might cost more than $5 a loaf to make it homemade! 🙂
Thank you for the reply! I knew it had unbleached flour and such. I will say that when I priced my homemade whole wheat bread it was about 70 cents a loaf. But I know convenience and quality are great things to treat yourself with and I don’t mean this in any way critical, I was genuinely surprised.
Yes, this bread is much different than regular homemade bread — packed full of all sorts of seeds and nuts and grains! If you’ve not tried it, it’s SO good… just very pricey!