Okay, my shopping this week was weird and random. Publix and Winn Dixie didn't have any particularly compelling sales for me. My husband and I decided to check out a couple of new places. First we decided to give Sam's a try. We used to have a Costco membership and really loved it. So we went and scoured the aisles comparing prices. I was disappointed that they seem to have fewer organic items than Costco carried. But overall we found several things that we can get cheaper or as cheap at Sams than at regular stores with sales and coupons. A couple of things I can get a bit cheaper with sales/coupons but not dramatically. Of course, there were plenty of things I can get cheaper in regular stores. But like Costco, we feel that overall the membership is worth it for the items we will save on. Their gas prices are cheaper as well which sweetens the membership deal.
Sam's
We paid $50.28 for the above items. This did not come from our weekly grocery budget but from money we'd set aside from our income tax refund. However, it will be counted in our weekly/yearly total. I will start setting aside money from our weekly budget to make one or two trips a month to Sams. I may actually go back this next week because after looking around they appear to have the best price on walnuts and I am out.
We also decided to give our local CO-OP a try. Think tiny Whole Foods store. You could probably fit the whole thing in the produce section of Whole Foods. They had a suprisingly good variety of things. A lot of their prices were good too. Many of the items I checked were in line with prices at Winn-Dixie and Publix. Some were even better. Some were more expensive. They had a nice bulk foods area that I plan to frequent.
I got a 3 lb. bag of organic apples for $4.29. $1.40 lb. is considerably cheaper than what I've seen at WD and Publix. The cheapest I have found them there was $1.99 lb.
I got @ 2 lbs. of organic black beans for $1.99 lb.
I got a pkg. of organic whole wheat tortillas for $2.29. This is the best price I've found on WW tortillas here and they are organic to boot. I was pleased.
Total OOP: $10.46
CVS
I bought:
1 Kashi Heart to Heart Honey Toasted Cereal $2.50
1 Kashi 7 Grain Crackers $2.50
Qs
1 Free Kashi Heart to Heart cereal
$1.50/1 Kashi Crackers
Total OOP: $1
Walgreens
1 Colgate Total Toothpaste $3.99
Q
$1/1 Colgate Total
Total OOP: $3.25
Received: $4 RRs
Bakery Thrift Store
1 Natures Own bread $1.49
2 Nature's Own Sandwich Rounds $1.58
Total OOP: $3.07
Winn-Dixie-I mostly just picked up things we needed for the week like produce, eggs, dairy, etc.
I spent: $24.54
I saved: $6.33
Weekly Total:$42.32+$50.28=$92.60
2010 Total: $594.50
11 week avg.: $54.04
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