- Fred Meyers for milk and an extreme couponing . When you add a sale price to a good coupon, you can really score. Got 1125 off of the bill and pretty much bought real food---ice cream is real food, right?
- Safeways: one of the few times they had a sale that was really a sale. I stocked the catsup to last until fourth if July sales probably and manwich, tamales. And vegetarian refried beans. Refried beans are a few cents cheaper at Costco, but you have no variety.
- Costco for a med run. I also replenished our cheese and bought bananas.
- Winco for regular food.
I'm still on track at 70.00 a week.
Meals.
- Pork tenderloin, scalloped potatoes. Broccoli
- Leftovers
- Scratch pizza
- Pulled pork sandwiches. Tater tots , salad
- Nachos
- Lemon chicken
- Fish packets
I have a lot of California blend vegetables , and I got tater tots from Winco for 1.28 for two pounds.
Pulled park was on sale with a coupon. - 1/2 off
GroceJries on the cheap is looking at the Put Dinner On The Table meal train from a different
pro sypxective. The emphasis is on purchasing good food( shelf- stable/ freezer staples )at the lowest possible cost and purchasing enough to last you until it goes on sale again -- Keeping a controlled non-perishable stock of the things you use on a regular basis. It means that when you shop, rather than purchasing just what you need for a day or a week, you buy a loss leader protein, produce you will
need on sale, a stock item if it's a RBP, and dairy instead. This allows you to put well balanced meals
on the table consistently for a four dollar a day budget per person. You spend more time on the
planning and shopping end of the meal train and less on the cooking end by cooking efficiently.
Four dollars a day is the target amount for people on snap. My premise is that of you can do it on four dollars a day, spending more isn't hard. You still get more bang for your buck.
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