18 November 2010

Stock-up shopping



Went to Jewel and Meijer this morning for some stock-up shopping. I used all the coupons I had for the Grande Tortilla chips, because $1/bag for gluten-free tortilla chips is a great price and my little GF guy has taken to having nachos for lunch. These will be gone lickety-split! Here's what I bought:

Jewel:
8 Bags Grande Tortilla Chips, $16.00. Used eight $1/1 from the 9/26 SS.
10 boxes Green Giant Veggies, $4.90 with instant $5 savings. Used one $1/2 from the $60 Dominick's booklet and two .60/3 from SmartSource.

Total was $11.17 and I paid with $10 in Wags RR's and $1.17 in cash. Total savings was $42.70.

Meijer:
Four 12-pks of Pepsi, $7.96. No coupons, but DH runs off this stuff.
17.8 lb Tom Turkey, $20.99 - $16.00 instant savings. That's .28/lb!
Four Jell-O, $2.00. Used $1/4 from the $60 Dominick's booklet.
Two Hellman's Mayo, $2.98. Used two .75/1 printables and $1.50/2 MM.
Three Ziploc Containers, $5.19. Used $1/1 from the $60 Dominick's Booklet and $1.50/2 from the 11/14 SS.
Two Ziploc Freezer Bags, $3.90. Used $1/2 from the 11/14 SS.
Two Bestlife Spreads, $1.98. Used two $1/1 printables.
10 Keebler Crackers, $20.00. Used five $1/2 from the 11/14 RP and five $1/2 MM. Will send in for the get $10 wyb 10 Kellogg's items for FREE crackers. I don't have the form yet, but a very kind-hearted friend is sending it to me!
2 Lipton Tea, $4.40. Used two .60/1 from the 11/14 RP and $1.20/2 MM.
Bunch o' bananas, $1.62.

Total was $37.52 and I got back $3.25 in cats for the Ziploc for a net cost of $34.27. I actually broke this up into two separate transactions so I could use some of my Meijer store coupons, but I accidentally gave the cashier two of the $3.00 store coupons the first time around and she used them both, no problem. I also used ALL the $1.50 mfg cats I received for the coffee deal a few days ago, no problem. Total savings $95.45!

Daily final: Net cost $35.44 (figuring I'll get $10 back from Kellogg's) with a whopping savings of $138.15. And because I'm rolling cats, my OOP was just $11.19.

Since some of you might think I'm crazy for running to different stores to save a little bit, let's do some math. It took me about 2 hrs this morning to figure out my shopping trip, cut my coupons, and do all the shopping. It will probably take you less time since most of you don't have an active 2-yr old to contend with! Two hours of time, $138.15 saved, that's about $70/hour. I never made that much when I was working as an engineer!

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