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Friday, October 21, 2011

My $50 Budget - Saved 63% This Week

I hadn't bought any meat for a few weeks, so I knew that would need to be a priority this week. My $50 budget doesn't go very far when buying meat.


I had $10 left in my budget and planned on spending it on chicken, and then Schnucks ran the $5 Series Snack Pack deal.  I forgot all about my plans when I could pick up snack and soda for that price.

Before sales & coupons: $38.30
Spent: $10.20
Saved $28.10 for 73%


Pork tenderloin has been running $6.65 lb. at Schnucks. I was very happy to find it at Johnny's Market for $2.19 lb.

Comparable Schnucks Price: $50.48
Spent: $16.65
Saved: $33.83 for 67%


Meat prices really have sky rocketed this past year.  I would have never considered $3 lb. for bacon a year ago.  Now, I think it's a deal.

Before sales & coupons: $20.55
Spent: $8.95
Saved: $11.60 for 65%


Pineapple and cauliflower - two of my favorite items to go on sale at Aldi.  I won't pass up $0.89 cauliflower and $1.29 pineapples.

Comparable Schnucks price: $24.15
Spent: $14.21
Saved: $9.94 for 41%

Weekly totals
Before sales & coupons: $133.48
Spent: $50.01
Saved: $83.47 for a 63% savings

What did you shop for this week?

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Posted by Jeri at 6:35 PM
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  1. EmilyOctober 21, 2011 at 6:50 PM

    I did some stocking up, too. Hit Aldi for a few basics, along with a few other quick stops.

    And I can relate on the meat prices. They also have skyrocketed in Wisconsin - I envy your $3/lb. for bacon!

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  2. RhondaOctober 21, 2011 at 7:14 PM

    I was so happy about the cauliflower. I am going back tomorrow to get some more and to get two pineapples.

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  3. LeAnnOctober 21, 2011 at 8:04 PM

    the pineapple we got was delicious!!! My three year old and I almost ate the entire thing for lunch one day!

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  4. Nora@The Dollar Hollering HomemakerOctober 22, 2011 at 1:08 PM

    Jeri,

    I know what you mean about meat prices, we were lucky in that we were able to buy grassfed beef for $4 per pound (all cuts) by buying in bulk. We split a cow with a few other families. That is a great price for grass fed beef esp for steaks and other cuts. Maybe look into spliting a cow with some friends?

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  5. AnonymousOctober 22, 2011 at 10:10 PM

    The Wednesday WOW coupon for $2 off Nature Sweet Cherry Tomatoes matched up with $.55 off coupon always laying around the tomatoes makes them better than free through 10/23. They are on sale $2/5. I also had a $.75 off coupon maybe from FB?

    Kelly

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  6. JeriOctober 24, 2011 at 7:40 AM

    @Nora@The Dollar Hollering Homemaker

    Grass feed beef for $4 lb. is a great price. I've seen hamburger at the store for over $4.50 lb.
    Where or who did you purchase the cow from?

    @Anonymous

    Hi Kelly! That was a good deal. I think I might like these WOW coupons. I used the chicken on yesterday.

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  7. AnonymousOctober 25, 2011 at 3:38 AM

    The wow coupons were great. I used one for chicken breasts for 98 cents a pound and the tomatoes were on sale 2/5 so they were only 50 cents. Great buys I will be using those coupons this week too if they have anything I need.

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  8. JeriOctober 25, 2011 at 9:24 AM

    @Anonymous

    I agree. I used the one on chicken too. I hopw the WOW coupons continue to be good ones.

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