Here's a photo of what I bought. We already had all the basics, so this weekend was more of a take advantage of awesome deals shopping trip.
Ok so first I went to Food Lion and here's the deals! I do believe if I had also went to Walmart, some things might have been a little cheaper, but most of these coupons were Food Lion only.
- Food Lion Popcorn: Orig $2.50, MVP price $2.00 - $.65 coupon -- $1.35
- Low Fat Nabisco Graham Crackers: Orig 2/$7.98, MVP price BOGO -- $1.99/piece
- Dark Chocolate Raisinets: Orig 2/$6.98, MVP price 2/$6.00 - $1 coupon -- $2.50/piece
- Hillshire Farms lunch mean: Orig $3.79 - $1 coupon -- $2.79
- Purex w/ Zout: Orig 2/$12.38, MVP Price BOGO - $1.50/2 coupon -- $2.34/piece
Original Total: $34.65 (tax incl)
What I Paid: $19.82 (tax incl)
Savings: 42.8%
And my commissary savings: Can't list it out the same since my receipt doesn't say what coupons are for what or which items were on special sales. But every single thing we bought was either on sale & I had coupons for, or I just had coupons for that item. Here's how it broke down:
Original Total: $48.67
What I Paid: $ 37.37
Savings: 23.3%
Complete Total: $83.32
What I Paid: $57.19
Overall Savings: 31.4%
I'm well aware that there are some awesome coupon clippers out there that can pay PENNIES for ridiculous amount of stuff. But I thought I'd share this so you all can see how our week to week spending goes. Some weeks are higher when we need all the basics, but we rarely pay over $80, even on the need-a lot-weeks!
I highly encourage everyone to sign up for any 'rewards' program you can at grocery stores. I think I have a swiper card for every store that has one! And the commissary just came out with their new Rewards card where you can load coupons right to it! Awesome! It takes time, but coupon clipping is the way to go! I get my coupons from all over the place but my favorites are papers, magazines, www.coupons.com, www.hip2save.com, & www.redplum.com :) Happy clipping!