I haven't done one of these in a while, but I think I did pretty well. The sales at Fred Meyer were pretty fantastic, though. I walked out of the store with six bags of groceries for $212. It was a little less than that but they have program where you can donate the change to the local food bank, so I always choose that option there. They say it really, really adds up, because most people don't want to deal with coins.
6 bottles of Miracle Whip at $3.99 each if you bought six. This will give DH enough for 6 months. Since it has gone up to almost $7 a jar, this was something I was not going to pass up.
4 containers of onions and chives whipped cream cheese for $3.99 each. It's less than the new normal price, but more than it used to be by 50 cents. However, there is a shortage on cream cheese, and my kids like it on their bagels, so I stocked up a bit.
I got a 15 pack of large tortillas for making breakfast burritos. I wanted to get the large double pack that has 20 each, but they didn't have it. I was four short for the number of burritos I want to make. Not the best price either, but I'll have to go to Costco for that when I get more. They were $6.49. It might be time to start making my own tortillas sice I do have a press now, which will be much easier than rolling them out.
2 bags of Dave's Killer Bagels at $5.99 each. Not on sale, but not bad. These are softer than typical bagels and the kids like them a lot. DD has problems with harder bagels. This might also be something I need to start making myself. It can't be any harder than making soft pretzels.
2 bags of Simply Cheetos, the crunchy ones. Talk about shrinkflation. The bags are half the size and they don't weigh as much. They were on sale, though, at $3.49 per bag.
2 packs beef sausage (Paleo) at $4.49 each. These were on sale and are for meal prepping.
2 packs polish sausage (Paleo) at $5.49 each. Also on sale, and also for meal prepping.
2 packages of mild Italian sausage at $7.19 each. These have gotten so expensive, it might be time for me to go back to making my own sausage from ground chicken, turkey, or pork. These are used in making the breakfast burriots for meal planning.
1 Cook's picnic ham at .79/lb. It came to $5.68. I would have bought more but there was a limit of one.
Chuck roasts were on sale for $3.99 a pound so I bought two. $13.66 and $14.29. We have run out of pot roasts from our beef. Again, I would have picked up more, but I like the flat ones and I like them to be at least 3 pounds. They mostly had the tall ones, which tend to be a little chewy, even when pressure cooked.
Red grapes were on sale for $1.48/lb. I spent $2.31. They are very good, too. Sometimes that is a crapshoot at this time of year.
1 bag of spinach at $1.99.
1 chub of turkey breast $9.09
1 chub of turkey ham $7.30
Fresh green beans. I got 1.5 pounds for $2.69. This is for meal planning lunches.
2 packs of blueberries on sale for $3.99 each. These also were very good. This is also a crapshoot at this time of year.
1 box of kiwis on sale for $4. This was a tremendously good sale and it was a good sized box.
1 small red onion $1.03. Ouch, these are getting so expensive. Probably should have bought the non-sale produce at Winco.
2 red bell peppers for $3, for lunch meal prepping.
1 head of iceberg lettuce $1.99 It's been $2.99 for a while now, and the leaf lettuces were tiny, so it was the best bang for my buck.
1 green bell pepper for 99 cents for lunch meal prepping.
3 large yellow onions for $1.91. Double ouch.
2 green zucchinis for $1.39/lb totalling $1.81.
1 bunch organic bananas at .69/lb. At least some things haven't changed. I paid $2.18 for the bunch. The regular ones were .59/lb, but were pretty green.
I bought 2 large crowns of broccol for $1.39/lb totalling $2.21.
1 small bok choy at $1.99/lb totally $1.71.
1 head of green cabbage at .89/lb (up about 20 cents from a year ago, but still cheaper than what it is now not on sale). I spent $2.51.
2 yellow summer squash at $1.39/lb and spent $1.31.
1 head cauliflower at $1.39/lb and spent $3.39.
2 English cucumbers at 2/$4. The regular ones were cheaper but really small and kind of beat up so I went for these.
6 paper bags at 48 cents. We are still not used to bringing our own bags again. This was a small expense that did not need to happen. I need to get back in the habit, now that our own bags are allowed again.
So I saved $67.24 according to the receipt, which is pretty darn good for six full bags of food. The total was $211.27 with 73 cents of change going to the food bank.
I could not find French fries, but their is potato shortage nationwide, so these have been pretty hit and miss. That's why we are planting more potatoes this year than last.
I also bought 25 pounds of hard white wheat this week on Amazon. There was a $3 off coupon, so I got it for $56.
So all in all this week, I did pretty well. I still have to go to Winco for cheese and to see if the have French fries, but will do that on the way back from the chiropractor to save gas.
I'm debating a Costco run, too, for more tortillas for next week, some frozen broccoli, a rotisserie chicken, some seasoned potatoes, some chicken spinach ravioli, and some tomato sauce. Maybe on Friday. Or I can have DH pick it up on his way home from work. Costco can be a lot as it is huge and I can only walk so long without it starting to really hurt my herniated discs and there aren't always ride on carts available. I might put it off until next payday, except the rotisserie chicken.
We'll be meal prepping a lot, so we can have consistent portion sizes for breakfast and lunch, and for weight loss, so that DS and I only have to cook all that up for a week and then only have to worry about dinners for the rest of the week, which DS helps me with most nights.
Hopefully, I can put together a full meal plan as I know some of you like to see that as well as the grocery tracking.