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April 2, 2012 by 40 Fit In The Mitt

So here’s a fact about me, I love to grocery shop, I really do, I love the entire process, the cart, the sales, the loading and unloading of items in my cart, I really have fun with it. Although I really only do one big grocery shopping trip a month, and then I do maybe two little ones for milk, bread and produce. Here’s why I really love grocery shopping. I love saving, Saving’s = More.

Those are all my coupons deducted from my order.

I spent $159.82, but my bill should have been $249.48. I know right!

So I had $29.50 in coupons
Kroger’s matched an additional $25.25, my store doubles up to $1.00
Store Coupons from fliers, manager special and electronic savings $34.91
Total Savings $89.66

I was not messing around. I was being a super saver, now breaking it down, I will show you how much time I spent with the prepping and shopping for these savings.

1 hour – Cutting Coupons and Printing Coupons
10 minutes – Loading Electronic Coupons to My Store Card
20 minutes – Matching Up Sale Items to Coupons and Making a List
1 hour 30 minutes – Spent Shopping

Total time dedicated 3 hours.

Another trick I have to staying as organised as possible, is to make my shopping list according to the aisles in the store and keep my coupons in the same order, and as I grab and place the item in my cart, I put the coupon in my checkout envelope.

Again this is for an entire months worth of groceries, so the time spent prepping to save is worth it for me. I look at the end result I end up spending less than $40.00 per month on groceries.

Apples were .88 cents per pound this week, so I loaded up, two weeks ago apples were $1.59 a pound. Apples stay fresh and last forever in your crisper drawer.

There were so many Manger Special’s this week. These Dole Spinach Kits were on sale for $1.49 each.

These crackers and granola bars were both on sale and when combined with a $1.00 coupon that doubled, I ended up paying $1.00 for each item.

A huge score for me was the Peanut Butter Company, White Chocolate Peanut Butter, it was on a Closeout Special for $3.23 and I had a $1.00 coupon that doubled so I paid $1.23 for it! I did not know this would be on closeout, it looks like the store is eliminating this flavor, so I am always ready with my Couponizer in my cart, just in case a situation like this comes up.

So many great deals this week. Here’s a link to a previous post on Saving and Using Coupons. I have a few of my favorite coupon printing sites listed.

This California roll platter normally sells for $8.99, but I snagged it for $4.49.

Bread and eggs are always on the list, but when there on sale and I have a coupon it makes the trip.

Question of the Day: Does your grocery store double coupons?

Check Ya Later.

Posted in Couponing, Coupons, Fresh Ideas, Prepping | Tagged Couponizer, Manager Specials, Prepping grocery list, printable coupons, printing coupons, shopping, store sales | 7 Comments

7 Responses

on April 2, 2012 at 9:52 PM | Reply lifeslittlebits

Impressive haul! I wish I was more disciplined about clipping coupons, it’s very sporadic for me. Although, this weekend I did score a Buy One Get One bonanza with Wonderful Pistachios at Safeway. That was nice because they are normally like $10 for a big bag.
- on April 2, 2012 at 10:38 PM | Reply 40 Fit In The Mitt
  
  I have a little coupon club at work going so that helps keep me motivated to clip and save1
on April 2, 2012 at 10:51 PM | Reply 1970kikiproject

i love grocery shopping, too, and finding deals, using coupons. i don’t think i match your skill, though!
it is fun to see how much you WOULD have spent without the deals!
totally jealous of that price you paid for peanut butter!!
- on April 3, 2012 at 11:38 AM | Reply 40 Fit In The Mitt
  
  The Peanut butter alone was worth the time spent!
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