Saturday Savings 7/16

Each week our family of four attempts to maintain a $125 grocery budget.  Generally speaking this includes as much organic dairy and produce as our budget will allow and the stores carry.  I try to buy our meat from a local grocer who is supplied by an Amish community in Ohio.  Although it is not organic meat, I think it is pretty close, without being outrageously priced.  When our budget and grocery list allow I try to stockpile as much as I can.  We rarely eat out and I am learning to cook from scratch (it's an on-going process :).

This week I am excited to report that I think I had a good grocery shop.  Meijer was having one of their buy 10 and get the 11th free sales and I took advantage of it in order to stock up.  I was able to get my husband 10 cans of solid white tuna, 10 cans of olives (we love olives around here), and I got a good deal on salad and salad dressing.  All of that is in addition to the wonderful sales on produce.  I wish blueberries and strawberries could be $1.50 all the time!  By the time I was done at Meijer and Kroger I had about $25 of the budget left over, so I headed to the local meat store and spent $20 on meat there.  It is unheard of for me to spend that much on meat in a week, but I had the money so I thought I would stock up. 

Here is are the details.....

15-Jul
Meijer
4 strawberries	$6.00	$2 off produce deal
4 org. romaine	$10.00	2-$2 coup
2 pretzels	$0.00	free buy 10 get 1 free
10 olives	$10.00
3 cucumbers	$1.00
4 pints blueberries	$6.00
Tilapia	$3.99
chicken	$4.99
4-6 packs of Coke	$10.64
3 Salad Dressings	$5.00	$2 coup
3 Choc. Chips	$5.00
10 tuna	$10.00
		$5 off for mperks
Total Spent	$60.56
Total Saved	$61.95
Total Coupon Savings	$13.00
Kroger
2 org. milk	$5.00
3-2 liters soda	$2.37
Cashews	$2.79
Hamburger	$4.12	.75 coup
Cascad. Farms Cereal	$3.19	.75 coup
Guacamole	$3.99
3.95 lbs. Org. Bananas	$2.72
2.02 lbs. oranges	$2.00
1.72 lbs. org. grapes	$5.66
2 Mangos	$1.00
2.21 lbs. tomatoes	$3.11
2 pints org. grape tom.	$5.00
2 org. pears	$1.74	$1 off organics
2 butterfingers	$1.00	$1 coup
Total Spent	$40.33
Total Saved	$13.05
Total Coupons	$3.50
Local Meats
3.12 lbs. Boston Butt	$7.46
Sausage	$3.52
1.11 lbs. Bacon	$4.43
1.44 lbs. Chicken Breasts	$4.74
Total Spent	$20.15
Total Weekly Spending	$121.04
Total Weekly Savings	$75.00
Total Coupons	$18.50
Total for July	$369.70
Budget	under $3.96
Monthly budget	under $5.30
Yearly Spending	$2,066.73