Yesterday was grocery shopping day. Yes, I know that Saturdays can be tough, but as I was mentioning on one of the forums, when I go shopping, I need help. So, my husband comes along, and we make it a family affair.
I do all of the price research and coupon cutting before we go, so that we are all set. Once we get there, and it is just a matter of zipping through the store or stores quickly and efficiently.
My stockpile in the past few months has been looking pretty anemic. This is because we purged a lot of it in the months before we moved, so we wouldn’t have to move all of that food with us. You can read about our adventures in pantry cooking here:
Pantry Challenge: Making My Own Boxed Bake
Pantry Challenge: Enchilada Helper
Pantry Challenge: Using Allrecipes.com
Pantry Challenge: How Have I “Bean?”
Pantry Challenge: Campbell’s to The Rescue!
Pantry Challenge: What You Can Do with A Box of Potatoes
Pantry Challenge: Falling Off of the Wagon
So, now we have to build that stockpile back up, so that it is nice and fat. A healthy stockpile allows us to only buy the grocery items when they are at deep discounts, reducing our overall grocery bill by 30 percent or more. (When I am really on my game, I can save up to 60 percent.) Food is pretty expensive where we live, but judge for yourself on how I did.
So, here is what we added to our stockpile yesterday. We did buy other groceries, too, but I am just listing the stockpile here.
- 10 large boxes of Kelloggs cereal at $1 a box (normally priced at $3.69 to $4.29 a box). I try to get my cereal hogs to eat other things for breakfast, such as homemade muffins or pancakes, but I am fighting a losing battle.
- 5 loaves of Pepperidge Farm light bread (various kinds, such as oatmeal, whole grain, etc.) at $1 a loaf. (See this article about bakery thrift stores.)
- 4 jars of salsa at $1 a jar (normally priced at $1.99 each). These jars are great for frugal homemade vegetarian chili or Chicken Enchilada Bakes.
- 10 pound bag of sugar at $4.09 (Calculates out to a little less than $.46 a pound. Normally priced at about $1.15 a pound.) Yes, it is a lot of sugar, but we do a lot of baking.
Do you have a stockpile? Please share your tips with me.
Mary Ann Romans also writes for the Computing Blog here at Families.com where she shares everything from the latest news on technology to cool downloads and fun websites.
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