This Week’s $106 Kroger + ALDI Shopping Trip & Menu Plan

Since we were out of town for two weeks, our fridge was really bare so I did a big shopping trip to stock back up for this week! Here’s what I bought at ALDI:

ALDI Shopping Trip

• Bananas ($0.44/lb.) — $2.39
• Organic Arugula — $2.49
• Organic Spring Mix — $2.99
• Guacamole Cups (my kids picked this out for lunches this week) — $2.99
• Cilantro — $0.69
• Whole-Wheat Bread — $1.49
• 2 packages of Multi-Colored Peppers — $1.69 per package of 3
• Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts — $5.49
• Mozzarella — $1.79
• Turkey Lunch Meat (my kids picked this out for lunches) — $2.49
• Bacon — $3.49
• 2 packages of Cherries — $1.99 each
• Beef Sausage — $2.19
• Pasta — $1.29
• 4 packages of Strawberries — $1.49 per package
• Tortillas — $0.99
• Whole-Wheat Tortillas — $1.39
• Italian Bread (Kaitlynn wanted to buy this for a French Toast recipe she wanted to try.) — $3.69
• Tortilla Chips — $1.19
• 3 boxes Vanilla/Chocolate Pudding — $0.49 each
• 2 jars of Salsa — $1.49 each
• 2 cans Refried Beans — $0.75 each
• Half & Half — $1.79
• Danimals Smoothies (another lunch treat!) — $2.76
• Natural Peanut Butter — $1.39
• 2 cans of Green Beans — $0.44 each
• 2 Avocados — $0.69 each
• Caeser Salad Kit — $1.99
• 2 cans of Corn — $0.44 each
• Milk — $2.37
• 2 Cucumbers — $0.49 each
• Tomatoes on the Vine — $0.99
• Crisp Rice — $1.19
• Raisin Bran — $1.79
• Pasta Sauce — $0.99
• 1 dozen eggs — $0.89
• Fruit Bowls (another lunch treat!) — $1.59
• Water Bottles — $1.99
• Total with tax: $85.17

I also quickly stopped by Kroger to grab some cage-free eggs (our ALDI doesn’t carry them and these are what we use for scrambled eggs, etc.) and to grab some cottage cheese (because I forgot to buy it at ALDI). I also looked at the markdowns to see what they had.

I was excited with the deals I found:

Kroger Shopping Trip

• 2 dozen Cage-Free Eggs — $2.79 per dozen
• Cottage Cheese — $1.89
• 4 packages of Chobani Yogurt (2 yogurts per package) — marked down to $0.79 per package
• 3 packages Kroger Cubed Ham (I’m going to stick these in the freezer to save for meals over the next few weeks) — marked down to $1.19 per package
• 4 packages of Chicken Hot Dogs — marked down to $0.69 per package
• King’s Hawaiian Bread — $1.99
• Oikos Greek Yogurt — marked down to $0.49
• Drinkable Yogurt — marked down to $0.49
• Total with tax: $21.18

All totaled, we spent $106.35 on groceries. We usually average around $125 in grocery spending per week (though recently, it’s been less — in fact, we set aside all of our extra grocery money from the past few months to use for our food spending on our recent vacation!), so I was excited to restock our fridge and have food for all of our meals this week and still stay under-budget!

Here’s what’s on our menu plan this week:

This Week’s Menu Plan

Breakfast — Cereal, Oatmeal, Toast, Eggs, Fruit, French Toast

Lunches — Turkey Sandwiches, Chicken Hot Dogs, Cheese Quesadillas, Caeser Salad, Yogurt, Fruit/Veggies, Chips/Salsa/Guac, Leftovers

Dinners — Baked Ziti, Corn Chowder, Haystacks, Breakfast for Dinner (French Toast/Bacon), Southwest Roll-Ups, Sausage & Peppers over Rice, Dinner Out

New to shopping at ALDI? Read how we save close to $1,000 per year by shopping at ALDI. Also, check out my post with my 25 Favorite Things to Buy at ALDI.

Want to see me break down my shopping trips and talk more about why I bought each item? Watch these videos: