Weekly Savings Review : Week of 11/1

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Groceries:

We shopped at Stop & Shop and Walmart this week. I haven’t been to Walmart in a while and the last time I was there they were changing things around. Well they are all done and there’s even a new sign on the building. They switched around all of the departments and made some aisles much wider, which I liked. But as I walked through there I couldn’t help but notice that it seemed to look more like a Target, than a Walmart. Is Walmart trying to look like them?? I thought it was pretty interesting. I do like the new layout, I think the store looks much better. Another thing I noticed was some of their prices seemed lower. Maybe it’ is just because I haven’t been there in a while but I do think they’ve lowered a lot of their prices. By the way, I’m talking about the Walmart in Westerly, RI, just in case your wondering.

Stop & Shop: I didn’t have too many coupons for what we needed but most of it was on sale.

Here is what I got:

Here is what I used my 4 dollar doubler coupons on:

(2)Coffee Mate Pumpkin Spice – Love this!!, On Sale $2.00
Used (2) $1.00 printable coupons
Used (2) Dollar Doubler cpns
Final Cost: FREE !!!!
(2)Kraft Shredded Cheese, On Sale $2.50
Used $1.00/2 cpn
Used $1.00 doubler
Got $1.25 off 2 by using the hand held scanner
Total: $1.75 for 2 – $.87 each
Activia Yogurt, $2.79
Used $1.00 cpn
Used $1.00 doubler
Final Cost: $.79

Just those 4 products with being on sale, having a coupon and using the dollar doubler (doubles a $1.00 coupon) I paid $2.04 for 2 bottles of creamer, 2 packages of shredded cheese and 1 package of yogurt.  Had I paid full price for these items it would of cost me $14.55!!!  This is what happens when you shop for sale items and use coupons! SWEET!!

Total : $68.22
Total Saved: $24.96
Total OOP: $43.26
Total Savings Of 37%

Walmart:

Here is what I got:

(7)Betty Crocker Potatoes: $.78
Used (3) $1.00/2 cpns
Used (1) $.40 cpn
Total: $2.06 or $.29 each
(3) Ground Beef 73% ( I drain it really well), $1.25 each
(2) Wheat Thins, $2.50
Used (2) $2.00 printable coupon – no longer available
Total: $1.00 or $.50 each
Great Value Butter, $1.50  —> I’ve never seen butter this cheap!!!  And it’s good butter too.  I should of grabbed more than one. oh well

Total : $33.83
Total Saved: $18.40
Total OOP: $15.43
Total Savings Of 54%

I also stopped at our local butcher shop to grab a few things but I don’t have a picture. I spent $18.43.

Groceries Grand Total: $120.48
Groceries Grand Total Savings: $43.36
Groceries Grand Total Spent: $77.12
Total Savings of %36%

My weekly grocery budget is $85 so I am under budget by $7.88 this week. Great way to start the month.

Drug Stores:

I did NOT shop at any drug stores this week. I had one sick child so we didn’t venture off to too many places. However I did go to Target to pick up a few things for Christmas. I can’t say what they were because I have friends and family that read my blog but I can tell you how much I spent and saved. It was really good!!!

Total: $97.95
Total Save: $54.00
Total OOP: $43.95
Total Savings of 55%!!!