Even though I am shopping on May 31st, since the food is for June today's shop is the first in my challenge. You can read about it HERE (giveaway ends at midnight May 31st - but don't fret - I will have another coupon giveaway up in mid-June)
I have been looking through the local flyers online, and checking out the list provided by the coupon group I belong to - this allows me to find the best prices.
In the photo above, I have 10 boxes of pasta (price matched to $0.99 each, with 10 $0.75 coupons; 8 bbq sauce (price matched to $0.50/each) 6 Kraft Dinner (price matched to $0.50/each) and 4 kraft peanut butter (price matched to 2.97 each) These are all items that I stocked up on; I won't need to buy more of these until mid fall.
Here is a breakdown of my spending - keep in mind, my freezer is pretty stocked with meat (steak, ground beef) I wasn't able to purchase the chicken I need (they were out, will make another trip this week for that) which will add approximately $8 dollars to my total for the week.
My total VALUE of todays shop: $140.24
Total Coupons: -$11.50
Total Price Matching : -54.58
Total Savings (66.08)
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Total out of pocket: $74.16
I saved approximately 47% of my bill - all by using coupons and price matching to the best sales.
My goal for the month is $400.00 - after today, it leaves me with $325.84 for the rest of the month
ETA: I did another shop today to pick up 10KG bag of flour (pm to 7.97 from 13.97) and 2 family packs of chicken (pm to 7.72/kg from 13.82/kg) I ended up spending $28.00 as well as 2 boxes of yogurt tubes and 1 pack of danino minis which I spent $3.75 on (2.00 each less 0.75 coupon each). So my new total for spending this week is $105.81 (PM savings $69.08 and coupon savings $13.75 = $82.83) and for the rest of the month I now have $294.19
Wow, you did an AWESOME shopping! It looks like you stocked up on great deals and saved a lot of money! At this rate, you will reach your goal!
ReplyDeleteJenna
Holy Smokes that's awesome. I didn't know we can stack savings here in Canada on groceries?
ReplyDeleteYou can't stack coupons together, but if the store price matches you are able to use coupons on top. Thanks for stopping by
Delete47% savings! Holy cow, that is AMAZING! I had no idea that you could save so much for coupons and price matching. It just goes to show that with a little planning, you can really stretch a dollar further.
ReplyDeletewhen I first started it took me quite a while to plan everything out. Now, less than 20 minutes! Thanks for visiting
DeleteWow! I think I need to hire you as my personal shopper! :)
ReplyDeletesure Christine, you just need to move up this way!
DeleteI should really get into using coupons and price matching items. Wow unbelievable savings!
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing. I was shocked when I started saving. We actually have MORE food in the house now than when I was spending $125-$150/week
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