SMITHS AND KROGER MEGA EVENT SALE! SAVED 70%!

We had a great time shopping today! Thrifty Al took the reigns on preparing the list and cutting the coupons! He decided what we were buying and what we needed to stock up on! We all went to the store as it is fun to shop as a family.

When we got there, we grabbed 3 carts: Thrifty Al had one for all of the Mega Event items (we purchased 100 of these!) and I had one cart to hold the baby and the toddler, and our two oldest girls pushed the smaller cart and this is where we put the non- mega event items (like milk, produce and misc.). We had a cart train! But that is what happens when the store has a killer stock up sale 😉 We all followed Thrifty Al as he told us what to grab in what quantities!

Okay, so we spent $85.56 on 120 items! We had to take 2 pictures of all of this stuff as it did not fit on our table!!!

Here is what we bought:

• 2 Gallons Milk sale for $2.00 each = final is $4.00
• 1 1/2 gallon Chocolate Milk for $1.99. Then used FREE Chocolate Milk coupon = final is FREE!
• 6 lbs. of bananas for .56  lb. = final is $3.34
• 3.5 lbs Apples for .88 lb. = final is $3.08
• .5 lb Roma Tomato at .88 lb = final is .43
• 4 Green Bell Peppers at .58 each = final is $2.32 for 4
• Johnson’s Soap Buddies sale for .99. Then used $1/1 RP 1/3 = final is .01 OVERAGE!
  
• 8 Hershey’s Chocolate Bars sale for .50 each = $4.00. Then used BOGO coupon SS 1/10 = final is $2.00 for 8 or .25 each! Plus one of the .25 Special Dark qualifies for FREE Pieces candy!

The Mega Event sale is a sale where every group of 10 items you purchased received an additional $5 off! This is an additional .50 off each item! The following 100 items were from this mega event sale and we received an additional .50 off each item!

• 17 Solo disposable dinnerware items (5 plates, 4 bowls, 8 cups) for $1.99 each = $33.83. Additional .50 off each one = $8.50 off. Then used 9 $1/1 SS 12/6 and 9 .75/1 SS 1/24 – $15.75 = final is $9.58 for 17 items or .56 each!
  
• 1 Post Raisin Bran sale for $2.49 – .50 = $1.99. Then used $2/1 = final is .01 OVERAGE!
• 9 Krusteaz Bakery Style Cookie Mix sale for $1.99 = $17.91 – $4.50 = $13.41. Then used 9 $1/1 SS 12/6 – $9.00 =  final is $4.41 for 9 or .49 each!
• 18 Hormel Chili sale for $1.29 = $23.22 – $9.00 = $14.22. Then used 9 .55/2 SS 1/24 – $4.95 = Final is $9.27 for 18 or .51 each!
• 4 SoBe LifeWater sale for .99 = $3.96 – $2.00 = $1.96. Then used BOGO coupon – .96 = final is $1.00 for 4 or .25 each!
• 22 Kraft Cheese (8 0z. blocks and Shredded) for $1.99 each = $43.78 – $11.00 = $32.78. Then used 9 $1/2 SS 1/24 and 2 $1/2 = $11.00, then used 2 $1/1 lb or more = final is $19.78 for 22 or .90 each!
  
• 1 I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter cooking sticks sale for$1.49 – .50 = .99. Then used $1/1 RP 11/15 = final is .01 OVERAGE! (Thanks SheShopsSmart!)
• 4 Philadelphia Cream Cheese spreads sale for $1.49 = $5.96 – $2.00 = $3.96. Then used 1 $1/4 = final is $2.96 for 4 or .74 each!
  
• 7 Daisy Sour Cream sale for $1.99 = $13.93 – $3.50 = $10.43. Then used 7 .50/1 SS 12/13 – $3.50 = final is $6.93 for 7 or .99 each!
• 2 Lay’s Potato Chips sale for $2.28 = $4.56 – $1.00 = final is $3.56
• 2 Pillsbury Toaster Strudel sale for $1.99 = $3.98 – $1.00 = $2.98. Then used 1 $1/2 = final is $1.98 for 2 or .99 each!
• 8 Nabisco crackers sale for $2.49 = $19.92 – $4.00 = $15.92. Then used 8 $1/1 SS 1/24 = final is $7.92 for 8 or .99 each!
• 1 Quaker Rice snacks sale for .99 – .50 = .49. Then used .75/1 RP 1/10 = final is .26 OVERAGE!
• 4 2-liter Pepsi products sale for $1.25 = $5 – 2.00 = final is $3.00 for 4 or .75 each!

Summary: The original total was $293.12! We then saved $141.64 on the sale prices ($50 of this being the Mega Event discount – details above!). This brought our total to $151.48. We then used $65.92 in coupons!!! Our new total is $85.56 an average of .71 each item! This is a 70% Savings!!!!! Can I get a WOOT for Thrifty Al?!

To find the full list for this sale – be sure to see the list on the Grocery Smarts website!

We used $54.95 worth of coupons from the Sunday newspapers! If you would like to get the newspapers for the coupons for as low as .88 each, then go HERE for the details!

Our Super Thrifty Day did not end there – we decided to reward ourselves with a Family Pizza and Game Party at home for dinner! But guess what….. If you were following us when we first started our blog a few months ago….. we posted a deal to get FREE Dominos Pizza when you buy Hasbro games. Well, the girls received these games for Christmas, and we’ve had the coupons on our fridge since and thought it was the perfect night to reward our “thrifty” efforts with a “FREE” dinner!!!

Thrifty Al ordered our Pizzas (he really did all of the shopping this week, see his diaper deals HERE from this week too!). We had 2 FREE pizza coupons.  These were for 1-topping pizzas, we wanted 1 with pepperoni and pineapple and one with pepperoni and mushroom.  We ended up paying $1 for the extra topping on each pizza. Breadsticks sounded really good, but the price tag for plain breadsticks …… $4.50! So I made breadsticks while Thrifty Al picked up the pizzas.

I wanted to share the spur-of-the-moment recipe as they were soooo good!

Cheesy Stuffed Garlic Breadsticks!

• Whip up a bowl of garlic butter with a couple of spoonfuls of butter and a few dashes of garlic salt/powder.
• 1 can Pillsbury Crescent Rolls
• Shredded Italian Cheese blend
• Parsley

Open the can of crescent rolls. Before you roll them up, spread some garlic butter and then a bit of cheese. Roll up the crescent roll and pinch the ends (so the cheese stays in when it melts!) and place on baking sheet, repeat for the remaining 7 rolls. Spread a little of the garlic butter on top and dash on some parsley. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.

Best served warm right out of the oven as the yummy, ooey, gooey cheeses fills your mouth even with that first bite! Yum! That’s what I am talking about! Oh…. and the price tag? Around .50 for the whole batch!