I’m currently challenging myself to stick with a $70 budget for our family of six (two adults, two teens, a pre-teen, and a baby). This includes almost all of our breakfasts, snacks, and dinners + most household products (toiletries, feminine products, etc.). Jesse and I usually eat lunch at home. The kids have lunch at school.
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I went shopping at Kroger last night and found some great deals. Recently, I’ve kind of gotten into a routine of shopping on Friday or Saturday evenings — usually after 7:30 p.m. I’m finding that it’s a great time to shop since I usually find lots of markdowns plus there is hardly anyone at the store!
They had this huge cart of marked down bananas last night. We love to buy bananas when they are marked down and freeze them to use in banana bread or smoothies.
I also found these nice-sized boxes of sausage for just $1! I thought maybe the price was wrong, but nope, it scanned as $1 at checkout! Since I also got eggs marked down, we’re going to have breakfast for dinner one night this week!
And the kids love having these oatmeal packets for breakfast, so I always stock up when they are priced at $0.99. You can use the Kroger digital coupon to get 5 boxes for $0.99 each per shopping trip!
Kroger Shopping Trip
- 5 boxes Kroger Instant Oatmeal — $0.99 each with the Kroger digital coupon
- 3 jars Kroger peanut butter — $1.25 each
- 5 cans Rosarita refried beans — marked down to $0.29 each
- Kroger cherry pie filling — marked down to $0.25 each
- 2 dozen Simple Truth eggs — marked down to $1.49 each
- 3 boxes Simple Truth sausage links — $1 each
- Dannon yogurt — marked down to $1.49
- Eckrich sausage — $2.50
- Ham — $3
- Half & Half — $1.57
- Butter — $1.99 with the Kroger digital coupon
- Yoplait yogurt — marked down to $1.29
- Bacon — $3.77
- Dannon Yogurt — marked down to $2.49
- Milk — $2.59
- 2 lbs. ground beef — $3.50 each
- Freschetti Pizza — $3.49 with Kroger digital coupon
- PB&J ice cream — marked down to $0.49
- Apple Juice — $1.50
- 3 bags apples — $0.99 each
- Bananas — marked down to $1.49
- Bread — $2.50
- Stirfry Kit — $2.49
- Salad Blend — $2.49
- Chocolate chips — $1.99
- Total with tax: $67.75
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Need Anap says
Oooh, you got the 50 fuel points survey! I haven’t seen one of those in a long time. 🙂
Dylan says
Just came across your blog and I realize now I could probably be doing way better with my grocery budget. I just spent over $70 on only 10 items today — although that did include a bulk buy of on-sale nuts, 30 eggs, and some half-off cheese.
With grocery prices seemingly on the rise, your under $70 haul is super impressive. I’m wondering though, with the markdowns you find in-store, since you can’t really find out about those before you get to the store (at least I don’t think you can), do you just kind of figure out a way to fit them into your meal plan afterward?
We usually try to meal plan beforehand to make our shopping list simple, but might be missing out on savings because of this…any tips?
Crystal Paine says
Yes, we actually reverse meal plan — so I plan based upon what’s on sale at the store, what I have on hand, and what I get marked down!
Melie says
We love those stir fry mixes! We don’t use the sauce packets (food allergies), and we roast the veggies with olive oil in the oven for about 20 minutes at 400° instead of stir frying them. So easy and so yummy!
Jordan says
That sounds delicious!! -Jordan, MSM Team
Crystal Paine says
Oh! That’s such a great tip! Thank you!