For the Locals: Cheap Bread Update

One of the best kept secrets in Nashville is that you can get .50 cent Pepperidge Farm bread at the Apple Market on Nolensville Road. It's day old bread that comes from another bakery.

Lately, there has been a shortage of the bread. Here's the skinny on the shortage:

The man that delivers the bread has recently sold 9 of his bakeries and so his supply has greatly decreased. He does still make regular deliveries on Tuesday and Fridays (but it's never guaranteed). But, if you want this cheap bread, get there early. The store employee told me that they have people that line up and wait for him to deliver. They don't put limits on the amount of bread you can buy, so often folks are buying 15 or more loaves at a time.

Grocery Finals

What an exciting grocery week I've had (wow! Can't believe I wrote that, do I need to get a life or what?) I visited 3 stores and I had to make 2 trips to Publix because they were out of Pilsbury biscuits on the first trip, I would have just settled for a rain check except I wanted to get them the same week that the Progresso Soup was on sale in order to make my coupon deal work (see below). My second trip to Publix was the best ever!

Publix Trip #1 Highlights:

2 Muir Glen Organic Tomato Sauce
Price: .89 ea
- $1/1 printable
= FREE + Overage

1 Publix Reusable bag
.99
- FREE Publix Bag q from SS 9/13
= FREE

6 Tuna Helpers
Sale Price: .80 ea
-minus $1/3 Q from SS 8/09
= .46 ea

2 Pepsi 2-liters
Sale Price: $1 ea
- .25 printable (doubled)
= .50 ea

8th Continent Soy Milk
Price: $2.50
- $2.00 Printable - no longer available
= .50

10 Campbells Soups
Sale Price: $1.00
- .40/2 q from SS 9/13
= .60 ea

4 Pace Salsa
Sale Price: $1.40
- $1/2 Printable
= .90 ea

3 Scrubbing Bubbles Bathroom Cleaner
Sale Price: $1.75
- $1.00 q from "One Stop One Store" Publix booklet
= .75 ea
*Will submit for $5.00 SJ Johnson Rebate

2 Cascadian Farms Organic Granola Cereal
Sale Price: $1.99
- $1/1 Printable
= .99 ea

2 Old El Paso Taco Dinner Kits
Sale Price: $1.45
- .60/2 printable must sign up with Betty Crocker
= $1.15 ea

1 Kraft Salad Dressing
Sale Price: $1.99
- $1/1 q from Kroger Mailer
= .99

2nd Publix Trip:

1 pack of Deli Ham
Sale Price: $2.16

1 Publix Reusable Bag
Price: .99
- Free Bag w/ GM purchase q SS 9/13
= FREE

10 Progresso Soups
Sale Price $1.25
- .50/2 q from SS 9/13
= .75 ea

10 Pillsbury Biscuits
Sale Price: $1.00
- $1/1 q printable - no longer available but there are some $1/2 available
- $1 off Pilsbury bread WYB Progresso soup from SS 9/13 or Printable (store coupon)
= FREE + Overage

1 Sundown Vitamin $3.99
1 Sundown Vitamin $2.70 (on clearance)
- $1.50/1 Kroger Catalina
- $1.25/1 Kroger Catalina
- $6/2 q from Publix Green Advantage Buy flyer (Oct 3 - Oct 30)
= FREE + Overage

Total OOP w/ TAX: $0 = .19 Overage! Yes, they actually gave me .19 back. I couldn't believe it! The CS manager had to come over to approve, he said "nice couponing job".

TOTAL FOR BOTH PUBLIX TRIPS: $35.47

Aldi's

2lb bag onions .79
3 Green Bell Peppers .79
3 Tomatoes .99
4 Cucumbers .49 ea
2 bags Baby carrots .99 ea
1 bag Gala Apples $2.49
1 box Cheese Crackers $1.29

Total: $13.12

Apple Market
1 loaf Pepperidge Farm Bread .50
1 pk Pepperidge Farm buns .50
Total: $1.08

TOTAL FOR WEEK: $49.67 Not too bad!

Grocery Finals

What a week for grocery shopping! Between the triples at Harris Tetter and Kroger and the Mega Deal at Kroger, I lost count of my shopping trips this week. Thankfully, I've temporarily increased our grocery budget to allow me to stock up. In all, I visited 5 stores! And I visited Kroger 3 times.

Here are the highlights:

Mega Deal Items (buy 10 participating items get $5.00 off order). In all, I did the mega deal 5 times. These were not all done in one transaction. The Mega Deal continues this week, if you missed it.

4 Bagelfuls
Sale Price: $1.49
- 1.00 coupon
= .49 ea

6 Philadelphia Cream Cheese
Sale Price: .99
- $1/2 coupon from RP 8/09 (now expired) & Kroger Home mailer
= .49 ea


2 Velveeta Cheese blocks
Sale Price: $3.89
- $1.00 coupon from RP 8/09 (now expired)
= $2.89 ea


6 Kraft Cheese Shreds
Sale Price: $1.49
- $1/2 coupon from RP 8/09(now expired) & Kroger Home mailer
= .99 ea

9 Jello Pudding Mix
= Sale Price: .79
- $1.25/3 Dessert Products from coupon book on Maxwell House Coffee Cans
= .37 ea


4 Juicy Juice
= Sale Price: 1.99
- $1/2 coupon printable & Kroger Home Mailer
= $1.49 ea


3 DiGiorno Pizzas
= Sale Price: $3.97
- $1/1 from SS 6/14
= $2.97 ea


6 Hot Pockets
= Sale Price: $1.49 ea
- (2) .50/1 printable (no longer available) & (2) .50/2 RP 9/13 tripled
= FREE - .75 ea


2 Laffy Taffy
= Sale Price: $1.50 ea
- $1/2 Kroger Mailer
= $1.00 ea

5 Nestle Tollhouse Chocolate Morsels
= Sale Price: $1.99
- .50 RP 9/13 tripled
= .49 ea

4 Energizer Batteries 4-pack (not part of Mega deal)
= Sale Price: 2.25
- .75 coupon from tear pad at Kroger, tripled & 1.00 Shortcut E-coupon
= FREE (should have had overage but cashier had a problem with it, and took off one of my paper coupons - can't complain, still got it for free, just had to pay tax)

for the rest of my triple deals, go here.

Total w/ Tax: $62.30



HARRIS TEETER

TOTAL OOP w/ TAX: $1.87

For a breakdown of what I did, go here

PUBLIX (sorry no picture):

10 Del Monte Canned Vegetables
Sale Price: .64 ea
- $1.00/5 q from RP 9/20
= .44 ea

4 Cascadian Organic French fries
Sale Price: $2.00
- $1/1 Printable & Printable
= $1.00 ea

1 Publix Soda
Reg Price: .79

1 Pedigree Dog Food
Sale Price: $16.99
Ugh! No coupons! Please Pedigree! Put out some more Dog Food coupons!

Publix Coffee
.01 Penny Item

Total OOP w/ Tax: 30.02

ALDI
Sorry no pic

3 bags Baby Carrots .99
2 Cantaloupe .99
2 Cucumbers .49 ea
3 Romaine lettuce 1.99
3 Tomatoes .56 ea
1 lbBananas .33 lb
Onions $1.49 for 3lbs
Pamasian Cheese $2.39
Tortillas $.99

TOTAL OOP W/ TAX: 16.84

Apple Market

2 loaves of Pepperidge Farm Bread .50 ea
1 1/2 gallon milk $1.89
TOTAL OOP W/ TAX: $3.11

GRAND TOTAL: $114.14 WOW! I've not spent that much in a LONG time. But, got to get the deals when you can.

Weekly Grocery Wrap up - Mom gone Wild Edition!

Oh My Gosh! I think this sinus infection has started to eat into my brain and cause me to lose all control. Budget? What Budget? Apparently, I have NO budget!

There were some really good deals this week, and I couldn't stop myself. Sorry, still having technical problems with the camera so no picture. Here are the highlights:

Kroger:
First off, I cannot pass up a clearance sale or manager's special. Not the worse habit to have, but it can cause you to go over budget. Kroger had an entire refrigerator full of items on manager's special. Could not resist. Here's what I got:

6 Amy's Organic Vegetable Pot Pies .79 each (normally $2.59 ea)
3 Rosetto Butternut Sqash Ravioli 2.00 each (normally $4.99 ea)
1 Kroger Veggie Dip .25 each
2 Kroger Skim Milk .50 each

Mega Sale Items (Buy 10 participating Items get $5 off)
2 Grands Biscuits FREE

used printable and e-coupon

3 Quaker Rice Quakes .36 each

used $1/3 peelie

1 Quaker Instant Oatmeal .99

used .50 doubled coupon from Kroger mailer

2 Betty Crocker Brownie Mixes

used printable and e-coupon

1 Betty Crocker Cookie Mix .69

used printable and e-coupon

3 Tuna Helpers .82 each

used printable and e-coupon

2 Betty Crocker Potatoes

used e-coupon

2 Pillsbury Crescent Rolls .74 each

used printable and e-coupon

2 Old El Paso Taco Shells .39 ea

used printable and e-coupon

2 WanChai Sweet&Sour chicken frozen meals 3.49 ea note: I had a craving for Chinese, I won't buy these again! Ugh!

used $2.00 coupon from 8/9 Smartsource

Produce good buys:

.99/lb tomatoes

.33 cucumbers

.99 eggplant

TOTAL OOP w/ Tax: $42.04

Publix:

8th Continent Soy Milk .50

used $2.00 printable (no longer available)

2 Purina Beggin Strips .24 each

used $1.50 printable

6 Morning Star Veggie Patties .90 ea

used $1.00 printable

4 Kraft Mac n Cheese .25 each

used B3G1 Free printable (value doubled) no longer available

4 Uncle Ben's Rice Pilaf

used .75/2 q from 7/26 RedPlum

Cole Garlic Toast .40

used .50 printable

9 Various Frozen Veggies .97 ea

no coupon

1 Back to Nature Granola .80

used $1.00 Competitors coupon from Whole Foods

4 Tidy Cats Litter 1.50 ea

used $2.00 peelie

4 Juicy Juice 1.32 ea

used .50/2 q from 8/9 Redplum

TOTAL OOP w/ Tax $31.54

Aldi's

Bananas .99

Cucumbers .80

Baby Carrots .69 ea

TOTAL OOP w/ TAX $9.58

Apple Market

2 Loaves of Peppridge Farm Bread .50ea

2 packs of Peppridge Farm Hamburger buns .50 ea

TOTAL OOP w/ TAX $2.16

GRAND TOTAL FOR WEEK: 85.32 Whew!

Weekly Grocery Wrap up

This week I went to 4 stores, Kroger, Publix, Apple Market, and Dollar General (for dog food only).

I stayed pretty close to budget, which is good, because it was a rough week around our household with me working 5 days and we had multiple trips to the doctor. Which caused me to go off plan and we at out more than planned.

Kroger had a great Mega Sale event running this past week and it continues through this week. The deal is you buy 10 of the participating items and get an automatice $5 off your total purchase. Combine this deal with coupons and it makes for some really cheap and/or free stuff! Here is what I got

2 boxes of Rolaids FREE after q and Mega Deal

2 Kraft 8 oz Shredded cheese .49 each after q and Mega Deal

2 Scotch Bright Nail Saver Sponges .66 each after q and Mega Deal

10 bottles of Coke/Dr. Pepper .79 each after Mega Deal

2 Smart Balance Butter Spreads .98 each after Q and Mega deal

2 boxes Popcicles .99 each afte Q and Mega deal

1 Qt Skim Milk 1.49 no q no mega deal

1 head Romaine Lettuce 1.79 no qu no mega deal

TOTAL w TAX: $20.19

Publix

Was an interesting shop this week, there was a great money maker with Band-aids. It really helped to shave off some $$ on a high priced item I needed. My total before coupons was $37.00. The cashier was really impressed that I got it down to $12.52

6 Boxes of Band-Aids FREE + Big Overage by stacking manf q's with Publix Q from Green Advantage buyer

2 cans Muir Glen Tomato Sauce FREE + Overage with Q

Bananas FREE with Food Lion Q $2 off $5 produce

2 packs of Bic Mechanical Pencils FREE with Q

Publix frosted flakes .01 (penny item)

1 bag Water Maid Rice .19

Egg Plant .41 using part of Food Lion's $2 off $5 produce Q

8th Cont Soy Milk 1.59 with Q

Tomatoes 2.86

Gatorade 7.99 no Q no sale

TOTAL OOP W/ TAX $12.52

Apple Market: BEST PLACE IN NASHVILLE TO GET MARKED DOWN BREAD (sorry no pic)

2 loaves of Pepperidge Farm Whole Wheat Bread .50 each

1 Pepperidge Farms Hoagie rolls .50

1 Pepperidge Farms Whole Wheat Hamburger buns .50

TOTAL OOP W/ TAX 2.16

Dollar General: (sorry no pic)

1 bag Pedigree Dog Food $8.50 after q

TOTAL OOP W/ TAX $9.43

GRAND TOTAL FOR WEEK: $44.13

Weekly Grocery Finals

It took some discipline, but I got our groceries under budget this week. And thanks to Nashville Cheapster and Frugal Dr. Mom, I have found a great place to get really good bread for cheap! Apple Market on Nolensville road has Peppridge Farm Breads that are nearing their sell by dates for .50 a loaf! I found whole wheat, rye bread, hoagie buns and hamburger/hot dog buns all for .50 a loaf. Depending upon who you ask there, you'll get a different answer as to when the bread is available, but when I was there on Saturday, they still had 1 and 1/2 racks full. I will freeze my loaves and it will last us a couple of weeks.

Here's the breakdown of my shopping:





Apple Market:

2 Loaves of Peppridge Farm Whole Wheat: .50 each

1 package of hamburger buns. .50

1 package of cornmeal .90

Aldi's:

4 cans of dice tomatoes .49 each

4 cucumbers .49 each

Bananas .90

Baby carrots .99

Basil 1.09

Parmesan cheese 2.39

Watermelon 3.99



Total w/ Tax 16.72

Publix after coupons:

12 boxes of Post Trail Mix Crunch FREE

2 French's Mustard FREE +overage

2 Kraft BBQ FREE + overage

Bananas FREE

GE CFL light bulb 60 watt FREE + Overage

Publix Apple Juice .01 (penny item)

Sara Lee Cheesecake bits .99

2 Soy Milk .50 each

1 bag baking potatoes 1.18

GE CFL light bulb 100 watt 1.39

Tomatoes 2.91

Gatorade Mix 7.99

TOTAL W/ TAX 14.22

GRAND TOTAL W/ TAX $34.97