FOX 4 Cost Cutters: Grocery List 2/29

Buying groceries to feed your family can take a huge chunk of your budget.  There are ways to ease that burden.  Stacking coupons on top of sales at stores will help you stretch your budget.  This is a list of the groceries I’m buying this week.  For a look at the other deals available, click here or here.  Remember, Wal-Mart will price match many items.

ALDI

• Avocados, $0.19 each — buying 5
• Roma Tomatoes, $0.79 per 20-oz. tray — buying 3
• Broccoli Crowns, $0.99 per 16-oz. tray — buying 2
• Navel Oranges, $1.48 per 4-lb. bag — buying 2
• Grapes, $1.58 per 2-lb container — buying 1
• Burman’s Cocktail Sauce, $0.99 — buying 1
• Benita Dry Pinto Beans, $1.99 per 32 oz. bag — buying 1
• Milk

Meat Deal (Good Wednesday 2/29 Only)

• Fresh Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts Jumbo Pack, $1.69 per lb. — buying 4 lbs.

HY-VEE

• Tones Mini Spices — 5/$4 (use $1/2 Tones Seasoning or Extract from 12/04 SS) Final Price — 2/$0.60 — buying 4
• Kraft Salad Dressing, $1.88 — buying 2 (I’m going to look for a cheaper price at Aldi)
• Red Ripe Strawberries, $1.68 per 16 oz. pkg — buying 1
• Dole Iceberg Salad, $0.99 per bag — buying 2
• Dole Iceberg Coleslaw, $0.99 per bag — buying 2
• Hy-Vee frozen white bread dough, $1.68 per 2 lb bag — buying 1
• Kellogg’s Cereals & Bars – 50% off — Buying 10 for $9.10 … and submitting the Buy 10, Get $10 Mastercard.  Check out the deal here!

(3 Day Sale 3/1-3/3)

• Hunts Ketchup, $0.68 — buying 2
• Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice, BOGO Free, 2 for $2.98 — buying 2

PRICE CHOPPER

• Campbell’s Tomato Condensed Soups, 10.75 oz. — $0.49 (Use $0.40/4 Campbell’s Condensed Tomato soup from 01/08 SS)  Final Price $0.39 each — buying 4

• Crystal Farms Shredded Cheese, $1.49 — buying 2

(Leap Year Sale, Prices Good 2/29 ONLY)

• Frozen Split Chicken Breast Family Pack, $0.89 per lb. — buying 2 lbs
• Knorr Sides, $0.59 — buying 2
• Sunshine Cheez-Its, $0.99 — buying 3
• Head Lettuce, $0.49 — buying 2
• Sweet Baby Ray’s Barbecue Sauce, $0.99 — buying 2
• Tyson Any’tizers, $2.19 (use $1/1 Tyson Any’tizers Snacks Printable here)  Final Price $1.19 — buying 1

(3 Day Sale Prices Good 3/1-3/3)

• 80% Lean Ground Beef Family Pack, $1.88 per lb. — buying 4 pounds
• Best Choice Beans, $0.49 — buying 4
• Best Choice Tomatoes, $0.49 — buying 4
• Jalapeno Peppers, $0.79 per lb. — buying 2 lbs
• Medium Yellow Onions, $0.79 per 3 lb. bag — buying 2

TARGET

• Dannon Activia 4 pk — $2.19 (use $2/2 Target printable here) plus ($1/1 printable here under zip code 99218)  Final Price $0.19 each — buying 2

FINAL TOTAL — $74.90 plus tax and the price of milk at Aldi (and I’ll be getting a $10 Mastercard back!)

(If you skip the Hamburger, Tyson Any’tizers, Cheez-Its and Pinto Beans you can buy everything else on the list with the amount of food stamps you would get for two people in Kansas.  It’s about $31.50 per person a week.  Your Final Total for the rest of the list would be $61.23 plus the price of milk!)