First Grocery Shopping trip of the blog. $$

Price Chopper/ Save a Lot/ Sam's Club/ Wegmans/ Dollar Stores/

Bear with me for a bit. I'm new at this and making things up as I go along! LOL I'll be listing each store with only the food products I buy there. I won't be mentioning personal, pet, paper products and such. I'll give the total next to each store name. I hope I don't mess up on the math too bad *blush*

You can use the links at the top of this post to bring you to a specific store. My menu list will be posted in a separate entry. I'll be denoting sales and when I use coupons. Here is how I'll denote them...

! = sale
* = buy one get one free
** = buy one get two free
c = used a coupon

The meat in a BOGOF sale lists the actual price per pound I pay, not the original price.
Sizes listed are of a single unit, not total pkgs bought

Price Chopper Total...$155.40

16.41 - Chicken Thighs $.85/lb *
5.99 - 3 Chicken Drumsticks 4# **
4.99 - Tyson Chicken Patties 12ct !
7.47 - 6 Price Chopper Cheese Singles 12oz *
5.58 - 4 Price Chopper Extra Sharp Cheese 10oz *
6.38 - 4 Price Chopper sliced Sharp Cheddar Cheese 8oz *
6.38 - 4 Price Chopper sliced Mozzarella Cheese 8oz *
2.20 - 2 Dozen Large Eggs
3.98 - 2 On Cor Lasagna !C
1.58 - 2 Goya Dried Kidney Beans 1#
.79 - Goya Dried Great Northern Beans #1
.79 - Goya Dried Pinto Beans 1#
5.94 - 6 Del Monte Green Pepper & Mushrooms Spaghetti Sauce 26.5oz !
3.38 - 4 Progresso Soup (Lentil, Minestrone, Split Pea, Chicken Penne) !C
5.94 - 6 Price Chopper Frozen Waffles, various flavors 10ct !
2.00 - Kellogg's Frosted Mini Wheats 24.3oz !C
1.00 - Kellogg's Frosted Flakes 1/3 less sugar 17.5oz !C
8.38 - 2 Malt O Meal Fruity Dyno-bites 25.5oz C (mistake...see below)
3.99 - 2 Edy's Ice Cream 56oz *
1.99 - 2 Spinach Cello Bag 10oz *
1.69 - 2 Broccoli bunches *
1.29 - 2 bags Yellow Cooking Onions 2# *
.79 - Price Chopper Garden Rotini 1#
1.29 - Price Chopper Macaroni 3#
2.58 - 2 Price Chopper Thin Spaghetti 3#
.89 - 2 Carapelli 4 Cheese Pasta 4.73oz *C (Pat ate one already)
3.96 - 4 Price Chopper Hotdog Rolls 12ct !
2.97 - 3 Price Chopper Hamburger Buns 12ct !
6.45 - 10 Loaves Italian Bread *
1.99 - Kraft Blue Cheese Dressing 16oz !
.99 - Save Chocolate Syrup 24oz
3.29 - Freihoffer Chocolate Chip Cookies 12oz **
5.00 - 2 Coke 12oz can 12pk !
9.95 - 5 Milk Gallon
1.76 - 2 Save OJ concentrate 12oz
5.16 - 4 Juicy Juice 46oz



Save a Lot Total...$114.22

3.29 - Polish Sausage 3#
4.72 - 8 Hot Dogs 12oz
3.96 - 4 Turkey Breakfast Sausage 12oz
3.98 - 2 Bacon 1#
1.98 - 2 Armour Pepperoni pillow pks 4oz
3.98 - 2 Armour Hard Salami 8oz
3.16 - Hunts Spaghetti Sauce, Meat 26.5oz
1.99 - Hash Brown Patties - 18ct
1.99 - French Fries 5#
1.99 - 2 Simply Potatoes, Shredded 20oz
5.88 - 12 Cream of Mushroom Soup 10.5oz
4.68 - 12 Cream of Tomato Soup 10.5oz
.98 - 2 Cream of Celery Soup 10.5oz
1.47 - 3 Angelhair Pasta 1#
.49 - Small Shell Pasta 1#
3.54 - 6 Wide Egg Noodles 12oz
1.98 - 2 White Rice 3#
2.07 - 3 Stuffing Mix 6oz
1.98 - 2 Plain Bagels 6ct
.99 - Cinnamon Raisin Bagels 6ct
3.94 - 5 Stroehmann English Muffins 6ct
3.98 - 6 Pantry White Bread 22oz
2.97 - 2 Snacker Crackers 16oz
2.94 - 6 Cucumbers
1.69 - Pecan Shortbread Cookies 16oz
.99 - Cinnamon Graham Crackers 16oz
1.49 - Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies 27oz
.99 - Vanilla Wafers 11oz
1.98 - 2 Corn Chips 16oz
1.98 - 2 Cheese Puffs 12oz
.99 - Crunchy Cheese Curls 12oz
3.37 - Gum, Big Red, Winterfresh, Juicyfruit 5pk
1.19 - 2 Mini Marshmellows 10.5oz
3.98 - McDaniels Instant Coffee 12oz
.79 - Apple Cider Vinegar 32oz
.29 - Ranch Onion Dip Mix
1.00 - Chili Seasoning 1.78 - 2 Black Olives
1.99 - Ketchup 64oz
.79 - Ketchup 24oz
2.97 - 3 Baumann's BBQ sauce 28oz
.59 - Yellow Mustard 16oz
.99 - Sweet Relish 16oz
.99 - Italian Dressing 16oz
5.34 - 9 Blue Bonnet Margarine, sticks 1#
1.29 - Whipped Margarine, tub 3#
2.99 - Lard, tub 4#
5.40 - 3 Vegetable Oil 48oz



Sam's Club Total...$145.68

15.96 - Pork Loin Roast $1.88/lb
10.57 - Casa Di Bertacchi Meatballs 6#
13.80 - 90% Ground Beef $1.88/lb
10.02 - Frozen Ground Beef Patties 24ct
5.82 - Cameco Cooked Ham Lunchmeat 2#
4.88 - Lemons 5#
2.88 - Dole Salad Mix 3#
1.94 - Dole Bananas 6#
4.14 - Tone's Beef Boullion Cubes 25oz
4.14 - Tone's Chicken Boullion Cubes 25oz
7.24 - 4 Knorr Onion Soup Mix 21oz
3.68 - Ramen Noodles Chicken 36ct
2.46 - Bakers & Chefs Brown Sugar 5#
3.69 - Domino Granulated Sugar 10#
7.06 - Ghirardelli Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips 5#
2.87 - Fleischmann's Instant Yeast 2#
3.14 - Tone's Imitation Vanilla 64oz
4.98 - 2 Angela Mia Crushed Tomatoes #10can
5.12 - Byrne Dairy Sour Cream 5#
3.88 - Bakers & Chefs Kosher Dill Spear 1 gallon
2.83 - Victoria Pepperocini 62oz
6.13 - Act II Microwave Popcorn 28ct
4.16 - Medallion Tortilla Chips 6#
5.17 - Pringles 6pk
3.18 - Anderson Mini Pretzels 5#
4.81 - Lowrey's Beef Jerky 24ct
6.81 - Member's Mark Instant Cappuccino Mix


Wegmans Total...$55.56

12.02 - 80% Ground Beef, Reduced $1.29/lb
14.45 - Mild Italian Sausage, Reduced $1.99/lb
4.95 - Babycut Carrots 5#
3.38 - Celery stalks, 2 bunches
4.85 - Green seedless grapes 4.9lbs
3.96 - Potatoes, 4 bags 5# !
2.98 - Wegman's Apple Juice, 3 bottles, 64oz
2.00 - Wegman's Margarine sticks, 4pkgs 1#
5.97 - Wegman's Butter, sticks 3 pkgs 1#
.49 - Tub of cotton candy (girls ate in the car)


Dollar Stores

Dollartree... Total $3.34

1.00 - 2 shasta soda's (drank during shopping)
1.34 - 3 candybars (for in the car)
1.00 - bag of royal rolls (imitation lifesavers)

Real Deals... Total...$18.30

2.00 - 12 Nature Valley Granola Bars
3.00 - 3 Sunkist Cereal and Apple Bars
2.00 - 2 Squeeze n Go Vanilla Pudding Tubes 8pk
4.00 - 4 Mott's Healthy Harvest Strawberry Apple Sauce Cups 6pk
1.00 - Hershey Kisses Caramel 10oz?
3.00 - 3 Bradford Gummi bears 12oz
3.00 - 3 Bradford Sour gummi worms 11oz
.30 - 3 Wise Mac n Cheese Cheese Doodles, 3 single serve pkgs (for the car)


*********Mistake mentioned above. I grabbed 2 bags of malt o meal cereal that I thought were 2.49ea. I intended to buy them with a $1/2pkgs coupon. At the register it rang up $4.19ea. I was too busy to notice the difference while she was ringing it up. I'll never take it back so the kids will enjoy some expensive cereal this week and I'll be more careful next time.

I did this different then I normally do. I bought THEN made a menu. I've found I spend more when I shop this way. I also ran into a lot of reduced meat so made a few extra purchases that I wasn't planning. This payday is one of my lighter debt ones and Tom has overtime....so things didn't have to be so tightly planned.

I don't have enough fruit for my liking. I'm hoping to stop by an apple farm and a local farm stand to get some more fruit and veggies. (ran out of time yesterday) I'll need more bread and milk.

This entry is so long that I'll be posting my menu list in another post.
Menu list for this shopping trip

Total Amount for Groceries listed here..... $495.50