When is it a bargain? The ads

we got the ads today.    I a, not going to tell you that you need to rush down someplace here and find the bargains.   Winco and Fred Meyers have the best.    

Eggs at Winco are .98
Frozen vegetables are .88 a pounds. I found mixed, broccoli and green beans

I didn't 't do a full shopping experience, I was there to pick up a few things,    

QFC

Top sirloin 5.77

Chicken breast BOGO.  Nets 4.00 a pound.   Note: split breasts are often around a dollar at Fred Fred Meyers.   It takes almost no time to De-bone them and the difference in cost is about three dollars a pound vs the sale price.  

Grapes 1.28

Milk .99
Oranges .99
Roma's .99


Electronic coupons,  

Hefty bags .99
Kraft singles 1.99


Alberways
Buy 5, save 5

Jiffy peanut butter 1.99
Herdez  salsa 1.99$$
Ortega taco shells .99
Red Barron 2.99

1/2 pork loin 1.79
Grapes 1.28
Bumble bee tuna .59 ***backpack alert ! Limit 6

Friday only N
Freschetta pizza 5.00


7 percent hamburger 3.99
Ragu 2/3$$

Nalleys chilli .99@@
Greek yogurt @@



About it,    



Groceries on the cheap is looking at the "put the meal on the table train" from  a different perspectives. 

The emphasis is on purchasing good shelf stable or frozen food  for a RBP in quantity - enough to last you until it goes on sale again or to keep a controlled non-perishable stock of the things you  use  on a weekly basis. 

This means that instead of shopping daily or weekly for just the things you need to cook your meals for the week. You go to two stores and buy :
1) a protein that is a RBP - enough to make that meal for x number of days. (I.e.: if you eat it once a week, buy enough for 4 meals.)
2) produce and dairy you will need to fill in the meals for the week. 
3) a stock item, if you need to and it is on a RBP - enough to fill in to your self imposed stock level. 

You often are paying 1/2 price for your food.   This allows you to put well-balanced meals on the table consistently on a four dollar a day per person budget.   You spend more time on the locomotive ( planning and shopping ) end of the train, and less time in the caboose ( kitchen j) by 
cooking more efficiently. 

 Four dollars a day is the target amount for people on snap.   My premise is that of you can do it on 4 dollars a day, spending more is not difficult and you still get more nutrition for your buck.