My Groceries

As requested, here’s a picture of what I bought for $77.67 last week(although the $5 worth of grapes are not pictured here). The Aldi’s prices will be without comment, since they’re just everyday prices. I’ll comment on the sale prices at Weis, though.

Here’s what I bought from Aldi:

Not-from-concentrate OJ(my husband drinks this in the AM)-$2.29
Sparkling Juice(for Valentine’s Day dinner)-$2.29
2 lbs. carrots-$1.19
1 cucumber-$.89
3 grapefruit @ $.19 each(whoohoo!)
bananas(not sure of weight)-$1.18
Romaine Hearts-$1.99
8 oz cream cheese-$.99
1 pound frozen Tilapia-$3.69
1 pound butter-$1.99
small package of pecans-$2.69
2 frozen OJ concentrate-$1.25 each
box of animal crackers-$1.29
2 gallons milk at $2.78 each
1 64 oz. carton cranberry juice-$2.19

And here’s what I got at Weis:

-1 pound turkey sausage-$3.50(this is a lot more than I usually pay for meat, but I use it sparingly)

-2 two-liter root beer(we normally drink water, but I like to have root beer with pizza! These were buy one, get one free(hereafter known as B1G1F), so we have one for next week too)-$1.89 for both

-gallon Turkey Hill tea-$2.99(I pack this in my husband’s lunches)

-2 roasting chickens-they were B1G1F, so I got both for $9

-2 Weis brand dandruff shampoos-these were B1G1F too, so I paid $4.89 for both

-4 double rolls Angel Soft toilet paper-$1.99

-Craisins-$2.49(this is more than I’d like to pay, but I needed them for a new recipe)

-2 eight oz. bricks of Weis brand cheese-these were B1G1F, so I paid $2.50/lb

-2 bags of Chex Mix-these were B1G1F, and I had a doubled $.50 coupon, so both bags cost me $1.39

-jar of pomegranate vinegar-$2.29(I needed this for a new recipe too)

-2 containers of grape tomatoes-$3.99(normally I buy these at Aldi, but theirs looked bad this week)

-1 bunch green onions-$.60

-1 green pepper-$1

-1.7 pounds of bananas-$1

-1 red onion-$1.15

Now, you’re probably looking at the picture and the list and are thinking, “How can this possibly feed six people for a week?”! Naturally, this is not everything we need for the entire week(nor will we finish up everything I bought this week). Some of what we will eat is from our pantry, our freezer, or our fridge, and some of what I bought will go into our pantry, freezer, or fridge(for instance, we won’t eat both chickens this week, and we certainly won’t use all the shampoo this week).

Also, if we were on a barebones budget(like if we were out of work), we’d obviously be able to trim things from our shopping list. There would be no turkey sausage, no fish, no grape tomatoes, no soda, no snacks, and so on. But, since we have more than two pennies to rub together, we like to add some “luxury” items to our diets.

This was less work than I thought it would be, so I’ll try and do a post like this every now and then so you can see what I’m buying. And on the weeks when I don’t do a post of this sort, I’ll try to remember to take a picture of my groceries and post it along with my grocery spending report and menu each week.