How to read a grocery ad
Based on $4 a day per person
Analytical
Ground beef 3.99. 93/7 expensive and not as flavorful.
Mandarins, organic apples 2.48 - organic is expensive and anything over a dollar a pound is to be looked at twice.
Chuck roast or Draper Valley chicken breast or thighs , BOGO
Take into consideration. On a four dollar a day budget, chuck roast is a treat, and Draper Valley in my opinion isn’t the best chicken. The chicken itself is ok, my experience is that the butchers are a little to hasty in their work.
Organic asparagus or tomatoes 1.99. The target price for tomatoes is a dollar or less.
4 days only - Thurs - Sunday
Ground turkey 2/5 - ok price
Dreyers ice cream 2/4 - ok
Butter 2/5 note there is a coupon for .55 off one
Cheezits 3/5 - snack, not on my grocery list
Remember just because it says a quantity, unless they say you must buy a particular quantity and you don’t have to buy the quality. We always keep a quality of butter , I don’t want to ever pay more than 2.50 a pound. If your family likes ground turkey, that would be a good thing to stock. Cook, defat, and portion control it for the freezer.
Lean cuisine frozen dinners 1.88. There is a coupon for 1.25 .
Always have your coupons in mind when looking at an ad. These days they are few and far between
on the paper coupon side. Digital coupons at qfc, just open up the site. Perhaps while watching tv, and hit everything that you buy.
Buy 5 save 5.
Read the list, unless it is a good buy and you can justify buying a quantity or a variety of things, don’t bother, Lately, a lot of junk food. Remember you have to buy 5 items, not five of each thing.
8 ounces of cheese for 1.99 a pound is 4.00 a pound . Our buy price is 2%2.50. A bit more for sliced. Sliced cheese is 2.29 at Grocery Outlet. 2 lbs of grated cheese is 4.99 . That I is at the target price. Juice is, it a good buy at any price. Cream cheese at 2 pkg, 2.99 is not bad. A lot of junk and
non food items. Skip over the booze, junk, and non food items, rarely can you get a good buy on.
Non food items at the grocery store.
Organic bagels are 4.49 cents, opposed to a dollar for named brand at the DY or 1.25 at the bread store.
Sour cream and cottage cheese 1.25. That is close enough.
Ignore the junk food. Soup for 2/3 is too much. A dollar is the target price for chunky soup
Slices are always higher at the grocery store with the exception of bulk. You probably already have spice jars at home, why buy another jar and add to the landfill.
Kroger 12-16 ounce frozen vegetables, Barilla pasta. 10/10. You don’t need to buy 10 necessarily. The 16 ounce for dozen vegetables are a good stock buy, not the 12 ounce ones. The target price for a pound of vegetables is a dollar.
English muffins and bagels are usually higher at the regular store. Here are BOGO. Make a, tie to check. English muffins are 1.66 for a dozen at Fred Meyers all the time. Look near the eggs, on a round basket. Cheaper at the dollar store or bread store.
Barilla pasta is at its target price.
Kroger bacon is 9.99/3 # pkg. not a bad price
Roast chicken is 6.99. Almost never a good price. This is a two pound chicken. The break even point for a chicken is three pounds, that is the point where you are paying half for bone and half for meat.
At two pounds, you are getting more bone and less meat. But, let’s consider it is half just for math purposes. That leaves you with 6.99 a pound for chicken. It is a dollar or less a pound all the time for whole chicken. Boneless skinless chicken breast is often at 1.28 a pound at Winco.
You can cook a whole chicken on a matter of minutes hands on time,
Oranges 2.99/3#.
Lemons 1.99 lb
Oranges .99 #
Raspberries. Blueberries 2/5 - cheaper this week elsewhere.
Any vegetable or fruit is good at a dollar a pound. (Target price)
Pork loin BOGO. Another check the price at the store. You want one to two dollars a pound, obviously , the lower the better.
On a four dollar a day budget, Any meat over 2.00 a pound is a stretch. You can average, and eggs, chicken, and pork loin can make it possible for a more expensive ground meat or roast.
Mandarins, organic apples 2.48 - organic is expensive and anything over a dollar a pound is to be looked at twice.
Chuck roast or Draper Valley chicken breast or thighs , BOGO
Take into consideration. On a four dollar a day budget, chuck roast is a treat, and Draper Valley in my opinion isn’t the best chicken. The chicken itself is ok, my experience is that the butchers are a little to hasty in their work.
Organic asparagus or tomatoes 1.99. The target price for tomatoes is a dollar or less.
4 days only - Thurs - Sunday
Ground turkey 2/5 - ok price
Dreyers ice cream 2/4 - ok
Butter 2/5 note there is a coupon for .55 off one
Cheezits 3/5 - snack, not on my grocery list
Remember just because it says a quantity, unless they say you must buy a particular quantity and you don’t have to buy the quality. We always keep a quality of butter , I don’t want to ever pay more than 2.50 a pound. If your family likes ground turkey, that would be a good thing to stock. Cook, defat, and portion control it for the freezer.
Lean cuisine frozen dinners 1.88. There is a coupon for 1.25 .
Always have your coupons in mind when looking at an ad. These days they are few and far between
on the paper coupon side. Digital coupons at qfc, just open up the site. Perhaps while watching tv, and hit everything that you buy.
Buy 5 save 5.
Read the list, unless it is a good buy and you can justify buying a quantity or a variety of things, don’t bother, Lately, a lot of junk food. Remember you have to buy 5 items, not five of each thing.
8 ounces of cheese for 1.99 a pound is 4.00 a pound . Our buy price is 2%2.50. A bit more for sliced. Sliced cheese is 2.29 at Grocery Outlet. 2 lbs of grated cheese is 4.99 . That I is at the target price. Juice is, it a good buy at any price. Cream cheese at 2 pkg, 2.99 is not bad. A lot of junk and
non food items. Skip over the booze, junk, and non food items, rarely can you get a good buy on.
Non food items at the grocery store.
Organic bagels are 4.49 cents, opposed to a dollar for named brand at the DY or 1.25 at the bread store.
Sour cream and cottage cheese 1.25. That is close enough.
Ignore the junk food. Soup for 2/3 is too much. A dollar is the target price for chunky soup
Slices are always higher at the grocery store with the exception of bulk. You probably already have spice jars at home, why buy another jar and add to the landfill.
Kroger 12-16 ounce frozen vegetables, Barilla pasta. 10/10. You don’t need to buy 10 necessarily. The 16 ounce for dozen vegetables are a good stock buy, not the 12 ounce ones. The target price for a pound of vegetables is a dollar.
English muffins and bagels are usually higher at the regular store. Here are BOGO. Make a, tie to check. English muffins are 1.66 for a dozen at Fred Meyers all the time. Look near the eggs, on a round basket. Cheaper at the dollar store or bread store.
Barilla pasta is at its target price.
Kroger bacon is 9.99/3 # pkg. not a bad price
Roast chicken is 6.99. Almost never a good price. This is a two pound chicken. The break even point for a chicken is three pounds, that is the point where you are paying half for bone and half for meat.
At two pounds, you are getting more bone and less meat. But, let’s consider it is half just for math purposes. That leaves you with 6.99 a pound for chicken. It is a dollar or less a pound all the time for whole chicken. Boneless skinless chicken breast is often at 1.28 a pound at Winco.
You can cook a whole chicken on a matter of minutes hands on time,
Oranges 2.99/3#.
Lemons 1.99 lb
Oranges .99 #
Raspberries. Blueberries 2/5 - cheaper this week elsewhere.
Any vegetable or fruit is good at a dollar a pound. (Target price)
Pork loin BOGO. Another check the price at the store. You want one to two dollars a pound, obviously , the lower the better.
On a four dollar a day budget, Any meat over 2.00 a pound is a stretch. You can average, and eggs, chicken, and pork loin can make it possible for a more expensive ground meat or roast.
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