My Grocery List Feb 10-16

Many people want to know how we can afford to feed our family.  I use coupons for many things and stockpile. I primarily shop at Kroger but often get good deals at other stores. I am going to try to make this a weekly post to show others what I am buying and how I am getting it so cheaply.  Bear with me and feel free to give me some feedback on how I can better help anyone.


I know the shopping week is nearly over but here is a list of what I am buying at Kroger this week.   Kroger often runs what they call "mega sales". These sales often run for a two week time period. The current sale is a mega sale called the Daytona sale.  What you must keep in mind to maximize this sale is you must mix and match in lots of 10 their participating  mega sale items.


My Kroger will triple three like coupons (qs) up to .39 and double three like qs .40-.50


My list:
Mega event items are denoted with * and prices shown are before the mega event discount
2 Purex $2.49 each -.35 insert  = $2.88
6 Pillsbury grands $1.29 - .30/2  = 5.04
2 Coke 2liter $1.25= 2.50
-$3 for Daytona deal
TOTAL: $10.42

earned: $4 cat for buying 2 Purex  and $4 cat for 6 Pillsbury

Another deal I have been doing this week:

In three separate times transactions I bought:
6- OEP Taco seasonings 6*.69= 4.14 - $1/4 (tearpad) - .60/2 IP (better Homes and Gardens website)= 2.54
earned $3 CAT ONYNO beef or chicken on each transaction

(there was also a .50 loadable but I had used that in a previous transaction last week if it hasn't expired some of you may have that as well))

With 3 $3 Cats in hand and one more tearpad q $1/4 I bought (didn't have any more IPs):

3- crazy meal deals:
3- 5lb beef chuck @ 9.87 each = 29.61
Free items:
3 - 2pk 50oz coke
3 - lettuce
3 - OEP taco shells
3 - OEP taco seasoning
= 29.61 - $9 cats - $1/4 OEP =19.61 and earned another $3 cat beef/chicken

You could further offset the cost with some of the cats from purex and pilsbury

Something else to keep in mind. I buy 15 Houston Chronicles each week for the coupons. If you are wondering where the qs I mentions come from it is from the inserts in the paper unless I mention otherwise.