I ran over to Smiths yesterday for the last grocery shopping trip of the year! It was a quick trip and I only grabbed a few items. Although there are great deals this week, there wasn’t much that we wanted or needed other than some produce and bread. It is a great feeling to be at that stage of your shopping – when you have a full pantry and storage and can “shop from home” and only stock up when the deals are super killer. When we first started couponing for groceries several years ago, it seemed as if we were shopping nearly every week and $1 for a box of cereal was “super hot.” It takes a lot lower price to get us to buy things now! It is great!! We only have to shop for stock up items a couple of times a month (or less!)! Extra savings from the money NOT spent! Anyway, in any regard, we still need our essentials.
The picture shows what I bought and I ended up spending $8.10!!!! I saved about 55%, and it was on produce and bread! I buy the produce and perishables that are on sale that week (unless it is something we really want and fits in our budget 😉 ) to get the most for our money!
Here is how it worked out – I actually had a $10 Smiths coupon that I needed to use by yesterday for $10 off from my Smiths Rewards – and I was able to use it on produce and healthy items!
This is what I bought:
- 5 Avocados at .50 each = final was $2.50
- 2 Bags Dole salad at $1 each = final was $2.00
- 1 Kroger/Smiths Veggie tray $5.99 (best and easiest way to get my kids to eat them – they devour these trays!) = final is $5.99
- 2.5 lbs Broccoli at $1/per lb. = final is $2.42
- 2.5 lbs. cauliflower at $1/ per lb.= final is $2.52
- 1 celery stalk at $1 = final is $1.00
- 1 Loaf bread sale for $1.67 = final is $1.67
SUMMARY: The total of all of the above items was $18.10 – $10.00 off coupon from Smiths Rewards program = final was only $8.10 for all of the above produce!!
*To see the current Smiths list (and other grocery store lists) with coupon match-ups, go to the Grocery Smarts website HERE. The passport is: g84rcm.
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