Suburban Wife’s Daily Dollar Diary » Day 77: Feeding Frenzy

Nov 17 2007

Day 77: Feeding Frenzy

Published by Suburban Wife at 11:19 pm under food, Daily $$'s

Kroger — $138.60

Rudi’s organic bread — $4.29
Broccoli — $1.19 (saved $1.06)
Idaho potatoes — $3.14
sweet potatoes — $5.40 (saved $3.19)
red cabbage — $1.81
mini carrots — $1.99
Cascadian Farms frozen green beans — $3.29
Alexia gourmet frozen potatoes — $3.59
Gala apples — $2.00
Bartlett pears — $2.19
strawberries — $4.99
box of Clementines — $5.99 (saved $1.00)
2.25 lbs. Coleman ground beef — $13.54
Welch’s dried fruit — $4.99
Hidden Valley Ranch salad dressing — $3.00 (saved $0.69)
Dole Orange/Peach/Mango juice — $3.34 (saved $0.35)
Dole Kiwi Strawberry — $3.34) (saved $0.35)
Ocean Spray cranberry/raspberry juice — $3.99
Kroger mild cheddar cheese — $1.67 (saved $0.82)
Kroger sharp cheddar cheese — $1.67 (saved $0.82)
Kraft Parmesan cheese — $2.49 (saved $1.00 with coupon)
Best Foods mayonnaise — $2.79
Hillshire Farm ham — $3.99
Hillshire Farm turkey — $3.99
4 boxes Amy’s cheese pizza snacks — $11.56 (saved $2.80)
Breyer’s french vanilla ice cream — $4.99 (saved $0.70)
10 Pria energy bars — $7.40 (saved $2.50)
2 Promax energy bars — $3.18
Kellogg’s Cracklin’ Oat Bran cereal — $4.34
Quaker mini rice cakes — $2.99
Quaker granola bits — $2.51
Kraft Philadelphia cream cheese — $1.67 (saved $0.51)
single-layer white birthday cake — $8.99
3 bag credits ($0.15)

My receipt says I saved a total of $16.80 (11% of the total bill) through a combination of Kroger subscriber card discounts and manufacturer coupons.

I have got to stop taking The Daughter with me. She really racks up the grocery bill and she’s in a terminally-rude place right now. Shopping with her is not benefitting our relationship

Tonight we had our regular Saturday night dinner with The Husband’s youngest son’s (special-needs, from his first marriage) and it just happened to be his 40th birthday. He had requested meatloaf :-) So we enjoyed a meal of meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and broccoli followed by cake and ice cream and the opening of his present — a new hoodie sweatshirt.