Gretchen’s $42 Grocery Shopping Trip and Weekly Menu Plan

Walmart

1 Cantaloupe – $0.99

1 pkg Strawberries – $1.29

1 bag Halos – $3.75

1 Pineapple – $1.29 (Price matched to Aldi)

Broccoli – $1.31

Bananas – $1.29

Total with tax ($0.75): $10.67

Dillons

1 dozen Kroger Eggs – $1.79, used $0.25 Snap rebate and $0.50 Ibotta rebate – $1.04 after rebates

1 pkg Pecan Pieces – $2.57

1 bag Kroger Chocolate Chips – $2

1 Red Leaf Lettuce – $0.99

3 Chobani Yogurt – $1.25 each, used $1/3 printable – $0.92 each after coupon

1 C&H Brown Sugar – $1.49

1 gallon Dillons Milk – $2.59

2 Brut Deodorant – $1 each, used 2 $1/1 coupon from the 3/22 SmartSource insert – Free after coupon

1 Kroger Salt – $0.57

1 Orowheat Bread 24 oz – $2.50, used $1/1 printable – $1.50 after coupon

1 pkg Chicken Thighs – Marked down to $3.30

1 Johnsonville Sausage Links – $2.50 (I thought I had a coupon on my Dillons card for these but it turns out I didn’t. Oh well!)

Total with tax ($1.99): $23.29

Homeland Trip #1

2 cans Peanuts – $1.69 each, used $1/2 printable (doubled) – $0.69 each after coupon

1 pkg Honey Buns – $1.25, used $0.95/1 printable (doubled) – Free plus overage after coupon

1 Keebler Crackers – $1.99, used $1/1 printable (doubled) – Free after coupon

2 Birds Eye Steamfresh Veggies – $0.79 each, used $1/2 coupon from the 2/22 SmartSource insert – Free plus overage after coupon

2 Kraft Shredded Cheese – $2 each, used $1/2 coupon from the 3/29 SmartSource insert (doubled) – $1 each after coupon

1 McCormick Vanilla Extract – $2, used $0.75/1 coupon from the 3/15 RedPlum insert (doubled) – $0.50 after coupon

1.89 lbs Tomatoes – $2.17

2 pkgs McCormick Brown Gravy – $0.50 each, used $0.50/2 coupon from the 3/8 RedPlum insert (doubled) – Free after coupon

Total with tax ($0.92): $6

Homeland Trip #2

1 Honey Buns – $1.25, used $0.95/1 printable – Free plus overage after coupon

2 pkgs Kraft Cheese – $2 each, used $1/2 coupon from the 3/29 SmartSource insert (doubled) – $1 each after coupon

1 pkg Kraft Chipotle Cheese – $2, used $0.75/1 printable (doubled) – $0.50 after coupon (I now have 15 packages of cheese in my freezer after getting such great prices the last few weeks! I’m so happy to be stocked up for a while.)

2 Birds Eye Steamfresh Veggies – $0.79 each, used $1/2 coupon from the 2/22 SmartSource insert (doubled) – Free plus overage after coupon

1 McCormick Vanilla Extract – $2, used $0.75/1 coupon from the 3/15 RedPlum insert (doubled) – $0.50 after coupon

Total with tax ($0.15): $2.19

Total for all grocery items: $42.15

Menu Plan for This Week

Breakfasts

Cereal x 2

Toast & Eggs x 4

Biscuits & Gravy, Pineapple

Lunches

Cheese Quesadillas, Fruit

Cheese/Crackers/Fruit/Veggies x 2

Peanut Butter & Jelly on Ricecakes, Oranges

Baked Potatoes, Steamed Carrots

Oven Fried Chicken, Green Beans, Mashed Potatoes, Butterhorn Rolls (Easter Sunday lunch)

Leftovers

Spinach Smoothies x 5 (for me)

Dinners

Homemade Cheese Pizza, Smoothies

Venison Burgers, Steamed Peas, Cantaloupe

Spaghetti, Biscuits, Green Beans, Tossed Salad

BBQ Venison Meatballs, Mashed Potatoes, Fruit, Steamed Broccoli

Salad Bar

Leftovers

Dinner with family

Snacks

Double Fudge Banana Muffins, Peanut Butter Oatmeal Choc Chip Cookies, Banana Protein Shake, Applesauce, Yogurt