Alberways, finally

Finally got tuesdays ads  on Thursday.    And the rest of our mail is somewhere!     Not here!  
At Safeways,
My just 4 you does have a five off of thirty dollar basket coupon.   But, the rest is history as they say,

Gala apples .99
Lettuce .99
Pork loin, sliced 1.79.
Milk 1.99@@
Extra lean ground beef 3.99@@



B5S5

Kellogg's cereals 1.99 $$
Kens salad dressing 1.49$$
Maxwell house coffee 6.99$$


$$ denotes that there are coupons out there.  Conceptually, you could make five save five , coupons and a basket coupon work for you,  
 A lot of what is on the  B5S5 sale is junk and specialty things.   Safeways takes coupons off first,
then the basket coupon.  

There are dollar off coupons for the coffee.    Making two coffee 11.98 leaving 18.02 to spend.

3 Kellogg's cereals are 1.99 each or 6.97. Less a dollar coupon is 5.97.   Leaving  12.05

2 kens salad dressings @ 149 or 2.98 less 1.00 coupon is 1.98 leaving 10.07

3 Classico pasta sauce at 179. Is 5.37. Leaving 4.37

1 milk 199@@ leaves 2.38.

Fill in  with three pounds of apples.    297

COP.  25.59

Savings close to a twenty dollar bill.


Just a senecio. For an example.



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

The emphasis is on purchasing good shelf stable or frozen food  for a RBP in quantity - enough to last you until they 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 )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