Thursday, June 18, 2009

50% savings

I did a little grocery shopping at Kr*ger today and I thought I'd share my savings. Unfortunately, I didn't get to take a picture, so a detailed description will have to do. Granted, I am not that great at this, so I am sure that a few of my readers could have shaved off $10 or more, but I take what I can get. The key to savings is stockpiling, and that's what I did. Granted a few items were must haves, but some I just stockpiled because they had a good sale.

6 roll (pick a size) Scotts Towels - $3.99
2 - Dawn Essentials dishwashing liquid - .49 cents each
2 - cans of pork and beans - $3.34 (need to make baked beans for a BBQ we are going to)
2 - 2 pack gerber sippy cups - $2.99 each (BOGO)
edge shaving cream - $1.25 (2/$4 with coupon)
Kroger brand instant oatmeal packs - $1.99
Yoplait kids yogurt - $2.60 (forgot to check for a coupon, grrr)
2 Oscar Meyer Turkey bologna - .84 cents each (BOGO with coupon)
Oscar Meyer lunchable - $1.50
Turkey lunch meat - $2.95
3lbs ground beef - $5.26
John Frieda root advance shampoo - .50 cents (BOGO with $3 off coupon)
Maybelline Mascara - $2.49 (BOGO)
Private Selection deli meat - $1.96
Bananas - $1.18
2 - Arm and Hammer laundry detergent $5.98 (reg price $7.99, sale price $2.99)

Total $48.15  Savings $44.73  - so if you don't count the tax of $4.53, then I saved 50%. Not too shabby.


5 comments:

Anonymous said...

But the ultimate question is would you have bought these brands if they werent either on sale or had a coupon?? I find that most of the time the coupons or sale items dont include my "regular and trusty" brands.

Just my 2 cents :-)
Lindsay

Stephanie said...

Lindsay, that's the thing, you can't be brand name loyal if you are an avid coupon shopper. There are somethings that I have to be brand name loyal on such as laundry detergent (as I have skin issues) and Damien's deodorant (again skin issues). Other than that, I am flexible.

Vanessa said...

You did great, Stephanie! Were the sippee cups already BOGO or did you have a coupon for those?? I need to get some! I didn't do so well this week. I spent $100 and only saved $50. Oh well!

Stephanie said...

vanessa, no coupon on the sippy cups, they were BOGO. Wish I had a coupon too.

Keeping up with the Kennedy's said...

Way to go Stephanie!!! Great savings this week ;-)