Total spent: $16.57
Total before coupons & can refund slips: $39.24
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We had a whole bunch of empty cans that have been building up, and it was high time to return them. Safeway has it’s own bottle deposit center, and when you cash in your cans, it gives your refund in the form of a voucher. You can take this to a checkstand and either redeem it for cash, or use it to offset your grocery purchase. Since I needed groceries, I decided to do the latter.
Got:
1 bag of tortilla chips – Price: $2.00
7 oz bag of shredded cheese – original price $2.49, used a coupon from the Safeway sales flier to drop the price down to $1.49.
1 package of cheese singles – original price $3.49, used a free coupon that I got in the mail. I’m not sure why I got this – I think I won it from a Kraft sweepstakes? Either way, this made the final price free!
1 gallon of milk – price: $2.49
1 tub of sour cream – price: $1.49
1 lb of butter – price: $2.49
1.55 lbs of steak – originally priced at $5.10, this was placed in the clearance meat section with a 30% off coupon on it. Final price: $3.57
.39 lbs of pork chops – price: $1.75
.75 lbs of Rockfish – price: $2.99
1.93 lbs bananas – price: $1.33
1 cantaloupe – originally priced at $2.49, used a coupon from the Safeway sales flier to bring the price down to .99 cents.
1.11 lbs of zucchini – price: $1.11
2.37 lbs of cabbage – price: $1.40
3 ears of corn – price: $1.98
.94 lbs of onion – price: .94 cents
1.02 lbs of squash – price: $1.52
1 bunch of cilantro – price: .69 cents
1 brick of organic tofu – price: $1.50. I had a coupon good for a free package of Nasoya tofu, but Safeway was all out of that brand, so I settled for this.
1 package of sliced mushrooms – originally priced at $1.99, used a coupon from the Safeway sales flier to bring the price down to .99 cents.
The last two times I was in Safeway, I received catalina coupons good for $3 off your $10 produce purchase. So I made sure to purchase enough produce so that I could use that coupon, shaving another $3.00 off my final total. I didn’t bring a double coupon, because I didn’t think that any of my coupons qualified, but after the cashier rang up my coupons, he said, “Hey! Do you want me to double these? They don’t say ‘Do not double’.” Well, OK then! That shaved another $1.00 off my total. I also had $10.15 worth of can refunds – I told you we had a lot! – which brought my final total down to $16.57. My running total for the week is now $24.71.
To give you some insight into how I decide what to buy, here’s a run-down of my meal plan for the rest of the week:
Tofu & veggie stir-fry
Nachos and corn on the cob
Fish & chips (I have the chips in my freezer)
Steak and corn or a zucchini side dish (whatever we feel like at the time)
Creamy basil pasta with pork – I’m going to make this using a Macaroni Grill Dinner Kit from my stockpile.
We’ve got plenty of stuff in the stockpile for breakfasts, and for lunch we’ll have leftovers or sandwiches. The cantaloupe and bananas will make good accompaniments for these meals also.
So what’s on your menu this week?
