I thought I would give you some insight as to what a weekly grocery shopping looks like for me. Remember I told you when I find a good sale, I stock up.
It's Sunday morning and all the shelves in my refrigerator are bare. It's actually not too common to see the refrigerator loaded with food as I try to pretty much buy what we are going to eat for the week as most of our food is fresh. So, by Sunday it's scraps and leftovers.
The weekly ads come out on Sunday morning. I scour the pages of all the ads. Meijer, Target, WalMart, and Kroger (which usually lands in my mailbox on Tuesday's) I also make sure to hit up Aldi's. I prefer heading to Goshen as the stores aren't as busy and they are pretty much all in a row as I make my way through each one.
Let me remind you that earlier in the year, I purchased 1/4 of a grass fed cow. I also stock up on chicken, turkey, and such at DC Meats....so my morning plans are normally to pull something out of the freezer to thaw for dinner that night.
Yesterday's Agenda:
Stop #1: Sam's Club
On my list. Toilet paper. Downy. Large bag of raw almonds.
Purchased: All of the above plus a large bag of prunes. First time I had seen them at Sam's and they are my FAVORITE to go with my post workout protein shake. Lot's of carbs and full of fiber:0) YUMMY. They also had this huge jug of EVOO, bought that as well. Also grabbed a large bag of frozen mixed berries.
Jim will be blogging about his almonds and you will know why we needed to buy those:0)
Stop# 2: Target
On my list. SoBe Water is on sale 10 for $10 and if you buy 10 you get a $5.00 gift card. I don't drink SoBe Water, but Brooke and Brandon like it every once in awhile as a treat. Normally we live on water and almond milk. I figured for that price I would buy some in hopes to keep Brandon away from the mountain dew.
Stop# 3: Aldi's
On my list: Container of mixed nuts. Veggies.
Purchased: Container of mixed nuts. Bag of red potatoes $2.29. 2 bags of tri-color peppers $1.99 each. Bunch of bananas .44 cents a pound. Bag of oranges $2.99. Bag of fuji apples $3.49.
I love Aldi's I really do. I had seen a similar but name brand container of mixed nuts at Sam's for $15.00 so very happy that this is only $10.00. It's deluxe mixed nuts with NO peanuts. I usually take them home and add raisins or currants to the mixture.
Their vegetables are not organic. I do make sure to wash everything that I purchase from there extra good.
Stop #4: Starbucks. Refueled for our big trip into Meijer's.
Stop#5: Meijer
On my list: Meijer had a big sale this week on item's that were 10 for $10.00 and if you buy 10 you get the 11th for free.
Some of the $1.00 items were: larabars, quarts of strawberries, dole fruit cups, canned chicken, pasta sauce, salsa, spicy mustard, avocados, pints of tomatoes, blackberries, - on the items that were perishable I bought enough for the week....you can also stock up and freeze the berries. At this price it's like stealing you're berries. I LOVE berries post workout as well...and just for a snack every once in awhile. The canned items, like pasta sauce, salsa, and chicken I stocked up. When they are only $1.00 that's the time to buy.
Also, bought. Almond milk. Marzetti's simply dressed ranch and thousand island dressing. Some toiletries.
So, my food for the week is purchased. Some things will last past the week. The produce and perishables will be eaten and the refrigerator shelves will be empty by next Sunday. Total time away from home was under 2 hours.
My dairy items will be delivered on Wednesday: I order those from Layman farms through Dr. Angela's office. Milk, cheese, butter, and Alvin's dog food.
My eggs- I picked some up this week at DC meats for $3.25 a dozen. I picked more up from Angela's office $2.50 a dozen. And of course Robin gets them for me when she can $2.50 a dozen. If I am desperate we will buy the cage free eggs at the grocery but I end up paying almost $4.00 a dozen. We normally eat 5-7 dozen eggs a week....so I buy them often and when I find them.
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