Buying groceries is a must for everyone, so unless you have your groceries delivered or rely on a personal shopper, you are in charge of the shopping cart.
As someone who doesn’t mind buying groceries from a few competitive stores in our area, I notice a difference between grocery chains.
Regarding customers, we all fail at something on my grocery shopping annoyance list below.
Luckily, when buying groceries, many of us have the option of where we want to shop, but for those of you who may live in a small town or who are without transportation or limited transportation, you may have select stores to give your business to.
Sometimes we have to take the good with the bad when buying groceries because funds are limited, and honestly, no one store is perfect and never will be.
We can change how we are as customers and voice our concerns, so the grocery chains and even small independent grocery stores hear what the customers need.
I’m not the guy who will fill out a customer survey right now because I’m swamped with work, but I have voiced my opinion while buying groceries.
On the other hand, my wife has no problem making phone calls to customer relations or letting anyone know what she thinks.
What can I say? I married a strong woman who didn’t put up with anything, yet she chose her battles wisely. Trust me.
When you are spending money buying groceries, there are some basic needs the customer requires and should expect from a grocery store.
There are also needs that we should expect from ourselves, which means we need to put just as much effort into the shopping experience as the grocery store does.
We’re not getting paid, but some of the things we as customers do or don’t do contribute to the rising food costs we see happening year after year.
We all remember to have patience, stay calm, and treat everyone with respect.
There’s no reason to put on boxing gloves when, after all.
You’re buying groceries, and then this happens.
Below are some annoyances that get us a bit tangled up when we are buying groceries.
However, we’ve learned how to deal with the situations rationally, so we get what we need and get out.
1. Out Of Stock
It doesn’t matter if the grocery store is out of loss leader products or other products, it’s an annoyance when you really need something and the shelf is empty.
This forces you to stop at another grocery store, which wastes time. What’s even worse is when the store doesn’t offer a rain check like No Frills.
2. Rude Cashier
There is nothing worse than a miserable, rude cashier who displays having a rough day in the way they treat you.
I understand that we all have rough days, but when you work with the public, you put on your happy smile and deal with your ‘other’ issues when you leave work.
If you can’t shake your mood, maybe ask to be sent home or to go for a quick refresh break to shake it off.
Paying customers help pay your wages, but customer service is part of your role as a cashier.
3. Inconsiderate Customers
If you want to be a jerk customer, take it somewhere else, especially if kids are waiting in line behind you.
They don’t need to be subjected to foul language over groceries.
Life can’t possibly be that bad.
Customer service is the place where you want to address your concerns.
What goes around comes around.
If you expect the cashier to be pleasant, at least reciprocate.
A simple hello and goodbye are all needed, along with a thanks.
Everything else should be taken to customer relations.
4, Customers Blocking Aisles
If you’re a customer and think it’s cool to leave your shopping cart in the middle of an aisle, or you just randomly stop chatting with your buddies, please don’t do this.
Pull over to the side, or better yet, exchange phone numbers.
5. Coupon Hoarders
We’ve seen it happen many times, and it gets frustrating for shoppers who rely on coupons to help lower their grocery budget.
There is no need these days to hoard coupons because they are not as lucrative as they once were.
Besides, it’s just bad customer etiquette to walk away with a pad of coupons or even more than you can use.
6. Parking Upsets
As Beth points out below, it’s frustrating when people who don’t carry a disabled parking licence are found to be parking in designated parking spots.
Please don’t do it, not even for a second. No excuses.
It’s equally as frustrating to find a grocery store without a couple of parking spots for expectant mothers or families with young children.
If you are a new mom with other children or just the one, and it’s the middle of winter, it’s handy to be close to the doors with a newborn or other kids in tow.
As a pregnant woman, my wife struggled in her last trimester to get around, so parking closer to the doors helps her to get in a bit easier.
7. Shopping Carts
Please don’t leave your grocery flyers, random garbage, or grocery list in the shopping cart.
There’s nothing worse than having to clear out someone else’s garbage because they were too lazy to do it themselves.
Even worse is that every shopping cart, hut, or hallway has a garbage bin.
Speaking of lazy, put your shopping cart back where it belongs.
Nothing is worse than shopping carts blocking parking spots, especially designated ones.
On the storefront, finding unsafe baby seating, beaten-up shopping carts with missing parts, is unacceptable.
If you have a staff member bringing carts in or out, they should take a moment to review them for a safety check once a day or even once a week.
There’s no reason to have baby seats with broken harnesses. Fix it or get rid of it.
8. Loud, Obnoxious Customers
If you want to start fighting with your partner or kids in the grocery store, wait until you go home or get into your own space.
I can’t stand listening to people bickering about their problems or why they don’t want to walk to the other end of the store to get something.
Get off your cell phones and start paying attention to your grocery shopping.
9. Long Line-Ups
Listen, grocery chain stores…when we buy groceries, it’s nice to have staff at the cash registers or call staff up when the lines are getting longer.
When we buy 50% off products, the last thing we want to do is go through the self-checkout.
We waste more time waiting for customer service to scan our reduced items than we would going through a cashier.
10. No Manager On Duty
There should always be a manager on duty who can help deal with customer concerns or take care of the staff.
If, for whatever reason, the manager can’t come in, putting someone else in charge to hold down the fort is a nice gesture for the customers who need higher support.
11. Dirty Store/ Rest Rooms
I can’t stand going into a dirty place, including the grocery store or the restrooms at the grocery store.
Some people are pigs in the bathrooms and don’t know how to aim or clean up after themselves properly.
I expect that the bathrooms will be looked at hourly to ensure nothing fun is happening there.
The store should always be clean, meaning the floors, bunkers, shelves, racks, freezer doors, etc.
I’m not a grocery store snob, but buying groceries where the store is filthy isn’t so appealing.
If you’re a customer, respect the grocery store and use the garbage bins instead of placing empties and wrappers on the floor or store shelves. Don’t be lazy.
12. Finding Half-Eaten Food
Customers do steal food, whether it’s a piece from a chocolate bar, opening a bag of chips, or cookies; it happens likely every day.
The one thing that annoys me is finding these open products on the shelves around the store. \ buy your stuff and stop trying to eat for free.
Related: Would you say anything if you saw someone stealing at the grocery store?
13. Deals That Aren’t Deals
I hate this. Buy one, pay $3.00, but if you buy two, you only pay $6.00.
There’s no deal in that, but someone who isn’t paying attention may think they’ve got themselves a deal if they buy 2. Watch what you are paying for.
14. Wrong Prices
Whether it’s the wrong price tag or wrong product placement on the shelf, it happens.
Whether it happens because another customer moved a product or the staff messed up, someone should monitor each section of the grocery store for errors.
The Scanning Code of Practice is nice, but what’s even better is a store on top of everything.
15. No Sales Flyers
I don’t own a cell phone, so getting the Flipp app for me is out of the question.
It sucks when I don’t get the flyers or forget the flyers only to find out the grocery store has none stocked up for customers who enter the store.
Someone should monitor this to make sure the bundles are stocked for customers who need to refer to the sales flyer.
16. No Free Wi-Fi
No, I don’t carry a smartphone, but my wife does have one that she can use with free Wi-Fi.
Nowadays, just about every do-it-yourself store has free wi-fi, but I have yet to go into a grocery store for free service.
Grocery stores are moving more towards digital everything, and I believe they should offer free Wi-Fi to customers so they can access their grocery savings account.
For example, if we’re at Zehrs and haven’t loaded our online coupons but are there to shop, it would be nice to have the option to load them right in the store instead of missing out on the PC Plus Points.
17. Check Out Marketing Money Wasters
This is marketing at its finest, but with a young toddler who knows what a chocolate bar looks and tastes like, this is frustrating for most parents with kids who like to tantrum.
Our son is in the terrible two stage now, so we have to constantly watch him at the cash to ensure he doesn’t grab anything he’s not supposed to.
This can be tough if you are shopping alone with a kid in tow.
If the products weren’t there, life when buying groceries would be much easier.
The same goes for magazines and other adult triggers to spend more money than you came to the store for.
18. Inventory Control
You probably do know we don’t mind buying 50% off products because they are near their expiry date, but when I find a product that has long expired, up to almost half a year, I wonder how efficient the store is.
SCOP does not cover missing or expired products, but if the store wants to be known as one that sells expired products, they better fix the problem and pronto. Word spreads fast these days.
Related: Expiration dates on food products
Once, we found baby food over a year out of date on the shelf. Always read the date codes on the product to decide what is worth paying for.
The grocery store should consider inventory control, especially if the staff needs further training, or simply for customer satisfaction and retention.
What The Fans Say…
CBB fans are checking out with some everyday annoyances they experience at the grocery store.
Colleen K.
This has nothing to do with food, but I HATE the Scooters at Zehrs…Walmart has beautiful ones that take the corners smooth and sweet, while the Zehrs ones rattle your bones and the cart feels like it wants to wobble off…Walmart has Cadillacs, but Zehrs has Dumptrucks to ride !!!
Christine W.
Stores that don’t stock sale items can be frustrating. Rain checks help, but it still means having to go back to use the rain check, especially if the store is out of town or a fair drive away.
Mary C. (Rip)
Pet peeves…out of stock on the loss leaders, stores that don’t give rain checks, past due stock on the shelves, and I mean WAY past due in some cases. It tells me there’s poor inventory control.
Lisa S.
Long line-ups at the checkout. Produce that has spoiled and is still out for full price.
Rude staff. Cashiers who carry on conversations with each other while scanning my items and ignore me.
Stephanie
Customer pet peeves….leaving cart in the middle of an aisle, walking down the middle of an aisle, chatting forever with someone you ran into, and blocking the product, getting angry at the cashiers over things they can’t control.
Store pet peeves–not having enough stock, especially on sale items, having too many staff stock at one time, not having staff check the produce for mouldy/gross product, not having enough cashiers on, dirty bathrooms, cashiers not knowing how to bag properly
Beth Ann
Carts are parked in the disabled parking spaces.
They are not cart corrals. When my husband was sick, I remember so many times shaving to put the car in park, getting out, moving several carts, then getting back in and parking.
We were fortunate that I could do that.
Many disabled people travelling alone cannot.
Christine W
Drives me batty when people leave the carts in the parking lot.
The cart barns are fine, but not all places have them.
I mean the people who leave the carts wherever they want.
Mary D
When stores have an item listed on sale, however, they are “currently out” and just put another item in its place without removing the sign, the clerks ignore you and are chatting it up with the others.
Safeway is horrible, or ours is anyway. Day-old bread is not on the sale rack.
Or when they list an item as discontinued and you see it on the clearance rack, and then find it on the shelf a few weeks later, the price is lower now than when it was on said clearance.
Christine T
More stores should have limits on how many sale items they can purchase.
I remember going to No Frills for a sale item on the first day and seeing someone’s cart full of that item.
Once in the store, they were sold out and told me that they should have more on Monday.
Customer pet peeve: people who leave their cart in the aisle and are nowhere to be found, and you have to move it to get by.
People who walk with their carts slowly and talk on their cell phones are not paying attention to their surroundings.
Angela M
Poor rotation of shelf food stock. The stuff at the back should have a longer expiry, not a shorter expiry or even expired product.
Our Food Basics is awful for that.
I would tell the staff about it or even bring it to them, tand hen next time I was in the store, the products I removed would be back on the shelf.
Needless to say, I don’t shop there often anymore.
For goodness’ sake, don’t put the expired product back on the shelf. Frankly, someone in the store should be responsible for making sure this doesn’t happen.
At the milk fridge, the empty milk crates aren’t moved to the bottom rack to bring the full crates forward.
I know people feel it’s the responsibility of the store to do this, but frankly, it’s empty so often because there are only 4 bags per crate.
Don’t leave the empty crate in front if you take the last bag out or on the floor; it seems just like a courtesy.
I make sure that the section I am taking milk from all the empty crates have been moved to the row for them.
Yes, a staff member should check it from time to time, and maybe they do, but it bugs me big time!
Customers who change their minds and just drop whatever item they have anywhere they want in the store, especially perishable or frozen items.
I sure hope they don’t get put back into the fridges and freezers from a spoilage standpoint, but I always wonder.
It would be helpful if the shelves were checked more regularly for products out of place.
RCSS in our city seems to have shelves empty for price-matched items that I look for regularly.
It’s frustrating because I always wonder if it’s just in the back stock room so that they don’t have to price match it.
Easily, stock will be on the shelf the first day of the next flyer for that same item, like it magically appears.
If they don’t want to price match, take away the service.
But, I really don’t want them to take away the service, I really want the shelves to be stocked, not held until the competition’s flyer expires.
I have no evidence, just coincidences.
Discussion: What grocery store annoyances do you dislike? – Share your input in the comment section of this post.
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Grocery Shop Results
Yearly grocery budget for two + 1 Toddler 2016: $2820
(The above total does not include the stockpile budget of $300/year or $25/month.
Points Overview (add any other sections you need to show us your savings)
- Total Grocery Budget for the Month:$235.00-$8.50=$226.50
- Total Grocery Budget with any carry-overs $226.50
- Total Gift Cards used to date: $50
- Total Rewards Points redeemed this week: $0
- Total Rewards Points used to date: $0
- PC Points Plus Earned to date: 127,000
- Scanning Code of Practice (SCOP)to date $0
- Shoppers Optimum: Over 700,000 points (I will update this twice a year)
Coupon Apps (add any other apps you use to save money)
- Snap Groupon to cash out: $6.50
- Zweet to cash out: $18.25
- Checkout51 to cash out: $7.00
Grocery Shop This Week
Food Basics
- Sealtest Homogenized Milk $5.27
- Sealtest 2% Milk $4.27
- Broccoli $0.88
- 3 x Philadelphia Cream Cheese double size $2.97 each
- Soft Slices Whole Wheat Bread $1.99
- Bananas $2.05
- Bag of avocados $2.88
- Jar of manzanilla olives $6.99 large jar
- Activia yogurt $1.99
- 2 dozen eggs $2.50 each
Total Out-of-Pocket: $38.18
Zehrs
- Artisan Lettuce $4.99-50%
- Ground Beef x 3 $6.74 x3
- 2 x Ground pork $7.31-50% $3.66
- Sushi ginger $1.74-50%
- T&T Chicken Stock Huge can Reg $12.99 Sale $9.99 Rang up $5.94-50% =$2.97
- Rice Vinegar $2.94-50%=$1.47
- Ta Ta Orange Pekoe Tea 5 x $5.99-50%= $15.00
- 1 x Parm Cheese Regianno $21.60 (this was a 50% off sale they had leftovers from)
- 2x Schneiders Pepperoni $7.99 -50%- 0.50 coupons
- 10lb potatoes $2.50
Total Out-of-pocket; $81.45-$21.65 stockpile =$63.85
- Total to spend this month $226.50
- Stockpile budget 2016 ($25.00-$2.65 overage= $22.35)
- Stockpile budget used this month: $21.60 $0.75 left
- Total coupons used this week: $1.00
- Total coupons used to date: $5.60
- Total in-store discounts this week:$46.26
- Total in-store discounts to date: $204.01
- Total spent this week: $102.03
- Total spent so far this month: $102.03
- Total over/under spend this shop: over
- Total over/under spend for the month: under
- Total left to spend for the month: $124.47
- Total Spent To Date 2016: (does not include stockpile budget) Jan $252.95+ Feb $249.46+March $211.11+April $
Weekly Overview
We stocked up on a few good bargains we found at Zehrs that we couldn’t pass up.
I know it’s the first shop of the month, but we didn’t have much planned.
The pink sticker fiesta continues, but we’re still only buying items we will use. The tea was a huge score for me. 🙂
Thanks for reading this week’s grocery game post, and please share your comments below.
Mr. CBB
I agree Angela about stock being held until the competitor’s flyer is complete. The RCSS in my area does that with the cases of Kraft Dinner macaroni & cheese. I solve that problem and just buy those items at the competitor’s location, still ticks me off though. I think my biggest pet peeves about grocery shopping is not stocked shelves/produce areas, crowded aisles (for one reason or another) and carts not where they are supposed to be.
Week 14 – Apri 1 – 7, 2016
Name Your Store: Superstore
Total Coupons Used: $0
Total Points = 750
Total Out Of Pocket: $32.42
Human
2 Campbell Beef Broth = $1.08
2 L Skim Milk = $3.68
3 Schneiders Weiners – $4.99 (PM Giant Tiger @ $2.33) (750 PC Points) = $6.99
Cats
7.26 Kg Friskies 7 Dry Cat Food = $18.29
Name Your Store: No Frills
Total Coupons Used: $0
Total Points = 3200
Total Out Of Pocket: $50.87 (includes Stockpile & Meat)
Human
4 GoldSeal Tuna = $3.88
2 Cases Kraft M&C = $11.94
Ground Beef – (2800 PC Points) = $14.61
Pork Roast = $14.31
Bananas – (400 PC Points) = $2.13
2 Loaves Wonder WW Bread = $4.00
Grocery Game Challenge Results
Total Grocery Budget for the 2 Adults ($1890.00, for the pay period – $70.00)
Total Human (Adults) this Week Period: $17.88
Over/Under this week: Under
Left for the Month: $5.97
Total Human (Adults) to Date: $427.07
Total Grocery Budget for the 3 Cats ($364, for the pay period – $14.00)
Total Cats this Week Period: $20.67
Over/Under this week: Over
Left for the Month: ($7.88)
Total Cats to Date: $118.34
Total Grocery Budget for Stockpile ($520)
Total Stockpile this Week Period: $15.82
Total Stockpile to Date: $89.19
Total Grocery Budget for the Personal Hygiene ($182)
Total Personal Hygiene this Week Period: $
Total Personal Hygiene to Date: $91.36
Total Grocery Budget for Wholesale Meat ($500.00)
Total Wholesale Meat this Week Period: $28.92
Total Wholesale Meat to Date: $125.89
Total Grocery Budget for Canning Produce ($400.00)
Total Canning Produce this Week Period: $0
Total Canning Produce to Date: $0.00
Total Coupons Used this Week Period: $
Total Coupons Used To Date: $4.00
Total Discounts/SCOP this Week Period: $
Total Discounts/SCOP to Date: $4.09
Total Checkout 51 rebates this Week Period: $0
Total Checkout 51 rebates to Date: $10.00
Total Snap rebates this Week Period: $0.00
Total Snap rebates to Date: $1.00
Total Price Match for this Week Period: $7.98
Total Price Match to Date: $87.15
Total PC Points Received this Week Period: 3275
Total PC Rewards Points Used this Week Period:
Total PC Rewards To Date: 115415
Overview: I’ve made up the overage by the end of the March (pay) with just about $6.00 left….YEAH ME!!!! Now back to my regularly scheduled spending. The cats went a little over but that won’t be hard to make up since the bag of hard food will last them quite a while. I am thinking that next year, the meat budget will have to be increased but time will only tell.
Hi Dee,
I can’t get over the price of hotdogs these days, wow. Our son loves hotdogs and but I’m waiting for a sale to stock up on a few packs. At $6.99 a pack that’s a joke. In the summer they are so cheap. Talk about mark up. Congrats on catching up! I believe we did too but can’t be certain because I already forget. This is why having all of our stuff documented works for us. Meat is getting pricey you are right and I agree this may end up happening. We still only look for 50% or reduced meat at this time. Great score on the PC points too!!! Great Shop Dee!! You get ballot #2. Mr.CBB
$6.99 was the total for all 3 packages. I only spent $2.33 per pack (12 wieners). I don’t buy them when they are expensive. RCSS doesn’t have 50% off anything…the best I can get is 30% and not on meat.
I have only one choice for groceries, Overwaitea. In the next town there in just one, Marketplace IGA, as well. It is a 30 minute drive, I can’t do the drive and I live on my own. I try to use what is on sale to cook with but sometimes the meat is ridiculous. $8.00 a pound xtra lean or is that the norm. This week asparagus in one sale normally $7 a pound, now it is $2.50, I am sure even in the city that’s a great price. If I want Walmart, 2 1/2 hour drive, in good weather. So for now I put up with 1 store. I can’t imagine having more than 1 choice, it has been over 20 years. So everyone embrace your ability to comparison shop
The large print advertises the item as costing $4. The small unreadable (for may seniors especially) print below explains that you must buy in groups of 2 or 3 to get that price, otherwise your actual price to buy ONE of the particular item is $5.25. Our Superstore in Kamloops is a leader in this behaviour. I consider that false advertising and small scale theft.
That is a fave of RCSS (and probably the whole Loblaws bunch – don’t visit the other Loblaws “brands” often). Despite the competition here (Calgary) offering exact fractions of a sale price, i.e. 3/$1 item would be $.34 for one. And the mix-and -match option doesn’t seem to be on Mr. Weston’s vocabulary, either. If yogourt is 3 for $2.00, you have to buy three identical varieties, otherwise you are charged the single lot price for each item, and that price is something like 75 cents. Safeway/Sobeys, Co-op, and others divide the price by three.
Just one of the annoying things about RCSS that keeps me away from their stores for the most part.
At least they got the message to keep checkouts open to accommodate customers, even if it is only on weekends
APRIL – Week #1 of 4- April 4-10, 2016
2016 GROCERY BUDGET / STOCKPILE BUDGET AND US RESERVE:
•Total Grocery Budgeted For Year: $190.00 x 12 = $2,280.00 for 2 adults
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REMARKS FOR THE WEEK:
Before we start our APRIL shopping off though, I am going to make my usual monthly “reserve” transfers:
Grocery:
$ 190.00 for the month
($ 3.29) Overage from February
($ 26.71) trf to re-stocking – normally $15.00
($ 15.00) trf to holiday reserve–normally 15.00
($ 15.00) trf to summer reserve–normally 15.00
($ 45.00) trf to US Reserve –normally $45.00
CANADIAN Grocery Balance $85.00
REMARKS FOR THE WEEK:
Hubby got me a rain check for 2 turkey breasts and 2 Island Farms 750 g Cottage Cheese @ $50% off at Thrifty Foods…happy days! Turkey breast is a nice healthy protein but I sure hate to pay full price for it!!
On the other hand, we used one of our rain checks for a couple dozen eggs this week. Thank goodness we have another rain check for 2 more dozen. I like paying $1.50 a dozen!
We had a fairly substantial shop this week so… next week fortunately will be a LOW SHOP week for our house. We certainly can’t afford to splurge like this every week! Next week we will need milk but I am going to try and hold it to that.
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OUR “CANADIAN” SHOPPING THIS WEEK:
Thrifty Foods – Maple Ridge –
1 x Island Farms 750g Cottage Cheese – 50% off on $5.39 = $2.66
1 x Eye of the Round Roast- 50% off on $23.15 = $11.57 << roast beef sammies for hubby this week!
Total Regular Grocery OOP: $14.23
Total Re-Stocking Grocery OOP: $0.00
** Earned 0 Air Miles on this shop **
** USED $0.00 in Rain Check/ Coupons **
** SAVED $14.28 Loyalty Savings on this shop **
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SAFEWAY – Maple Ridge –
2 dozen Compliments Large Eggs @ $1.50 ea – RAIN CHECK = $3.00
Total OOP: $3.00
** Earned 0 Air Miles on this shop **
** SAVED $3.00 in Rain Check/ Coupons **
** SAVED $0.00 Loyalty Savings on this shop **
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RCSS – Pitt Meadows –
1 Dole Chopped Romaine $4.98
1 Cantaloupe $1.96 ea
2 x 2.5 lb bag peppers $4.88 ea = $9.76
3 Leeks $3.47
Total OOP: $20.17
** Earned 2900 PC.Plus Points on this shop **
** SAVED $0.00 in Rain Check/ Coupons **
** SAVED $0.00 Loyalty Savings on this shop **
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SAFEWAY – Maple Ridge –
** We earned a $1.76 Cash Back Coupon with Gas fill-up where we were using a 6 cent per litre discount coupon **
I expect to use that Cash Back Coupon againstr our milk purchase next week.
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OUR “US RESERVE” SHOPPING THIS WEEK:
OUR NEXT USA SHOP WILL BE LATER IN 2016.
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2016 Y-T-D GROCERY SAVINGS:
•Total Loyalty Card Price Reductions This Year:
Jan $36.76 + Feb $160.96 + Mar $27.00+ Apr $14.28 = $239.00
•Total Coupons/Rain Checks Used This Year:
Jan $0.00 + Feb $20.46+ Mar $1.00 +Apr $3.00= $24.46
•Total Price Match Savings Used This Year:
Jan $0.00 + Feb $0.00 + Mar $0.00 + Apr $0.00 = $0.00
•Total More Points Earned This Year:
Jan 10 + Feb 182 + Mar $3 +April 0= 195 Points
•Total Air Miles Earned This Year:
Jan 6 + Feb 43 +Mar 182 + April 0= 231 Air Miles
•Total PC PLUS Points Earned This Year:
Jan 1800 + Feb 5000 +Mar 5200= April 2,900 = 14,900 Points
•Total Optimum Points Earned This Year:
Jan 0 + Feb 0 +Mar 0= 0 Points
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2016 Y-T-D GROCERY SPENDING:
•Total OOP Year-To-Date:
Jan $196.78 + Feb $193.74 + Mar $182.77 + April ($26.71+$15.00+$15.00+$45.00+$14.23+$3.00+$20.17= $139.11) = $712.40
•Total Year-To-Date Grocery Budget:
Jan $190.00+ Feb $190.00 + Mar $190.00 + April $190.00 = $760.00
•Total Over/Under on Year-To-Date Grocery Budget: $47.60 AVAILABLE
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2016 POINTS REDEEMED RESERVE:
2015 Fwd $0.00+Jan $4.69+ Feb $5.19+ Mar $0.00+ Apr $0.00= $9.88
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2016 US GROCERY RESERVE:
2015 Fwd $0.00+Jan $45.00+Feb $45.00+ Mar ($45.00-$104.58)+ Apr $45.00= $75.42
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2016 RE-STOCKING RESERVE:
2015 Fwd $217.50+Jan -$49.65 + Feb -$140.69 + Mar $25.48 + Apr $26.71= $79.35
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2016 Y-T-D HOLIDAY SEASON RESERVE:
2015 Fwd $81.51+Jan $15.00 + Feb $11.61 +$15.00+ Apr $15.00= $138.12
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2016 Y-T-D SUMMER RESERVE:
2015 Fwd $100.00+ $537.50 Trf from Borscht Fund+Jan $15.00 + Feb $11.61+ Mar $0.00+Apr $15.00= $679.11
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• SUMMARY OF FUNDS Y-T-D:
$ 760.00 Grocery Budget JAN-APR
$ 9.88 Redeemed Points to Purchase Groceries
($ 180.41) ADDITION TO: Misc Reserves (Re-Stocking, Xmas & Summer)
$ 220.34 REDUCTION TO: Misc Reserves (Re-Stocking, Xmas & Summer)
($ 75.42) Trf to US Grocery Reserve
($ 9.88) Set in reserve to offset Redeemed Points
($ 676.91) Actual CASH SPENT
$ 47.60 AVAILABLE Y-T-D SPENDING
• VALUE POINTS REDEEMED Y-T-D:
$ 4.69 Skim Milk- 3,100 MORE Pts – JAN
$ 5.19 Whole Milk- 3,100 MORE Pts – FEB
$ 9.88 Total $ Value of Points Redeemed
THE VALUE will be added month to month to our Holiday Reserve for next Christmas.
So far $760.00 has been budgeted Y-T-D for 2016 and we have recorded $370.29 of these funds as “spent” and in fact they have been “saved”:
$ 79.35 Freezer Re-Stocking Fund
$138.12 Holiday Season Fund
$ 679.11 Summer Season Fund
$ 75.42 US Shopping Reserve
$ 9.88 Points Redeemed Reserve
OUR CURRENT TOTAL UNUSED RESERVES ARE $981.88. This means the $936.51 that we carried forward from 2015 PLUS AN ADDITIONAL $370.29 that we have added in 2016, LESS $324.92 that we have drawn out for use in 2016.
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The valid rain checks I hold are as follows:
Safeway:
2 Pork Loin Roasts @ $3.88/lb – Good until April 28/16
4 Ground Beef @ $3.88/lb – Good until April 28/16
2 Whole Fryer Chickens @ $1.99/lb – Good until May 4/16
12 Motts Clamato Juice 945-960 ml @ $1.00 ea – Good until May 6/16
12 Motts Clamato Juice 945-960 ml @ $1.00 ea – Good until May 8/16
2 dozen Compliments Large eggs @ $1.50 ea – Good until May 16/16
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Thrifty Foods:
6 Island Bakery WW Bread @ $1.00 per loaf – Good until April 22/16
6 Island Bakery WW Bread @ $1.00 per loaf – Good until April 25/16
1 x 2-pack BC Fresh Whole Fryer Chickens @ $2.49/lb – Good until April 27/16
1 x 2-pack BC Fresh Whole Fryer Chickens @ $2.49/lb – Good until April 27/16
2 x 3-packs Romaine Hearts @ $2.50 ea – Good until May 16/16
2 x 3-packs Romaine Hearts @ $2.50 ea – Good until May 16/16
2 x Lilydale Fresh Turkey Breast Roasts @ $6.99/lb – Good until June 29/16
2 x Island Farms 750g 2% Cottage Cheese @ $5.39-50% Off = $2.70 each – Good until July 3/16
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This week’s BREAKFAST menu plan:
HUBBY: Earl Grey Tea with Lemon Juice + Bagels/English Muffins with fat free cream cheese spread, peanut butter or Cheez Whiz OR Rice Krispies cereal with skim milk
MYSELF: Tetley Tea with Skim Milk & Equal + yogurt, apples, bananas or hard boiled eggs
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This week’s LUNCH menu plan:
MON: 2 Pieces of Pizza + Leftover Beef and Pepperoni Soup
TUES: Bologna Sandwiches, cottage cheese & coleslaw
WED: Peanut Butter Sandwiches, Raw Veggies and homemade creamy Italian Dip
THURS: Egg Salad Sandwiches, Bread & Butter Pickles & Banana Bread
FRI: Roast Beef Sandwiches & Corned Beef and Cabbage Soup
SAT: German Cucumber Salad and Tuna Salad Sandwiches
SUN: Fully Loaded Baked Potatoes with a side of Broccoslaw
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This week’s DINNER menu plan:
MON: Harvey's Burgers for hubby / Swiss Chalet Chicken dinner for me
TUES: Corned Beef and Cabbage Soup for hubby / toast and unsweetened applesauce for me
WED: Scrambled Eggs, Roaster potatoes-onions & Steamed Asparagus
THURS: Scrambled Eggs, Broccoslaw, Irish Soda Bread Muffins
FRI: German Cucumber Salad + Cottage Cheese + Baked Beans
SAT: Ham and Cheese Omelette and Toast
SUN: Beef Tomato Soup with Garlic Bread
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Hi Mary,
Great score on the Eye of Round. I don’t typically find 50% off beef but if I did I’d be buying it too. You also really did get a smashing deal on the eggs! Are they regular eggs or the OH…mega eggs? SO, if you fill up with gas they give you a coupon worth $$ and you can spend it in store as well? Very nice! You’re right I do love your meal plan this week. I love how you change things up day after day. Do you aim to make leftovers or just enough for one meal at a time? Awesome start to the month Mary!! You get ballot #3 Mr.CBB
Mr CBB…when I make dishes like soups, and now this time of year, salads – I plan to make enough to have leftovers to include in our lunches. I like to have lots of variety so that our food isn’t “boring”. If a meal is anticipated, enjoyed thoroughly as you eat it and then remembered with great satisfaction…you certainly got your grocery $$’s worth is my opinion. 🙂
Having extra time is one of the great perks of having me work from home. I have 3 hours a day that I am no longer commuting and can devote to meal planning, preparation and other household chores while I do my regular office type work. So really… I work longer office hours at home than I used to, but our lifestyle certainly improved with the change of venue. Like your wife though, I can find it a little lonely and make sure to have a phone conversation with a girlfriend at least once a day just so that I don’t go stir crazy.
Yes the cash back on the gas purchase is a nice perk. Hubby uses a discount coupon earned on our local grocery purchases and saves about 15-20 cents per litre by gasing up outside the GVRD tax area… so we save on the gas and then save again on the groceries. Win-Win!
The eggs are just the standard Large eggs but at that price – I’ll take ’em!
Yes! These things are all annoying at the grocery store. I’ve tried going at different times to avoid some of them, but it seems there’s no “perfect time” to go the store and avoid all of these annoyances.
Biggest pet peeves I have two. For me its never having enough of the Gluten free bread in stock and the Real Canadian Super Store does not offer rain checks. My other huge pet peeve are people who don’t have their price matches organized when they get to the cashier so they take twice as long. Than they stand there like there is no one else in the line with price matches and they casually scroll through their smart phones. GRRRR. Than they don’t move out of the way so I can see the register to make sure my items are going through properly, and my price matches. I do get a ton of road rage at the check out.
Yearly grocery budget for 4 adults and 2 cats -$7800.00
(The above total does not include the stockpile budget of $300/year or $25/month.
Points Overview (add any other sections you need to show us your savings)
Total Grocery Budget for the Month:$650.00
Total Grocery Budget with any carry-overs $650.00
Total Gift Cards used to date: $30
Total Rewards Points redeemed this week: $0
Total Rewards Points used to date: $0
PC Points Plus Earned to date: 27300
Scanning Code of Practice (SCOP)to date $0
Coupon Apps (add any other apps you use to save money)
Zweet to cash out : $6.25($25.75)
Checkout51 to cash out : $12.75($25.50)
Grocery Shop This Week
Foodland #1
1 jug water -5.49
2 Palmolive dish soap @2/5.00, 2X1.00 coupons
1 large Ziploc freezer bags -4.49
1 Cheerios -2.99
1 plum sauce -2.98
1 jar gherkins -2.49
1 pack Thompson raisins -2.29
1 10 pack apple juice boxes -1.99
1 can pineapple tidbits -1.79
2 tomato paste @.59
2 4l milk @4.99
3 bags GG frozen veggies @1.99, rain check item
Bananas – 1.46
1 pack Johnsonville sausage -5.99
1 grated Parmesan cheese -4.94
Tax -1.23
Total OOP -$58.26, $2.00 coupons
Foodland #2
1 jug water -5.49
2 packs Compliaments pasta @1.99
1 Temptations cat treats -1.79
2 cans pineapple tidbits @1.19
2 4l milk @4.99
Bananas -1.14
1 pack beef liver -3.19
Tax -.23
Total OOP -$28.18
Foodland #3
1 jug water -5.49
4 cans Hunts pasta sauce @4/5.00
1 Cheerios -4.99
2 yogurt @2.99
1 Temptations cat treats -1.79
2 4l milk @4.99
2 Kraft cheese slices @2.99
2X18 large eggs @2.99
Bananas -.67
1 Johnsonville sausage -3.99
1 bread crumbs -2.49, 50%AM discount
2 Villagio W/W bread @3.79, 50% AM discount on one loaf-1.90
Tax -.23
Total OOP -$61.94, $3.15 AM discounts
Jackson’s Pharmacy
1 Olay body wash @3.99, 2X.75 coupons, stock pile
Total -$6.48 stock pile
Total to spend this month $650.00
Stockpile budget 2016 -$25.00
Stockpile budget used this month: $6.48
Total coupons used this week: $2.00
Total coupons used to date: $35.99
Total in-store discounts this week:$3.15
Total in-store discounts to date: $72.52
Total spent this week: $148.38
Total spent so far this month: $148.38
Total over/Under spend this shop: under
Total over/Under spend for the month: under
Total left to spend for the month: $501.62
Total Spent To Date 2016: (does not include stockpile budget) Jan $579.69+ Feb $628.96+ March $605.28+ April $
Weekly Overview (your final thoughts)
A good start to the month and a little stocking up on body wash. Next up is to find good deals on shampoo and conditioner. The Temptations cat treats are on mark down at Foodland and we give them to the cats to reward them for behaving during things like getting claws trimmed and in Molly’s case being brushed/clipped as she is a long hair and gets mats in her fur, poor girl. We have a set of pet clippers and she hates those, so the treats come out. She is actually pretty good about it but she knows those treats are coming.
Hubby has an appointment is Stratford upcoming so there is a chance to hit No Frills and Food Basics. I still have that rain check from Food Basics for sirloin tip roasts to use and it is getting close to expiry. In spite of higher prices I am happy that I have been able to stay under budget…
Hi Christine,
The first shop of the month for most of us is always a good start haha. It’s when we get into the second and third that we start the mild panic whether we will make it or not to the end under budget. You’re such a nice pet owner. So remind me again, do you go to Foodland everyday to see what you can find reduced? I would be. You’ve done great with the higher prices as most of us in the GGC have and it’s mainly because we are mindful of our spending and documenting it. If we didn’t post our shop I can bet you 100% we’d be going over far more than we ever imagined. Does Foodland typically have 50% off products on bread every time you go in? You get ballot #4. Well done Christine. Mr.CBB
The 50% of the bread and bread crumbs were thanks to an Air Miles deal, much like we get for No Frills or Shoppers…same idea. I do know where to find the reduced breads and such there mind you and always give a look over. I’m always looking for those lovely stickers for breads, meats or what ever I find!!
We are slowly working away on Miss Molly’s mats and such. She doesn’t like it but puts up with it as she knows those treats are there for good little girls. Never underestimate a good bribe!!
Still didn’t get my roasts, none in the store but they did extend my rain check. They get one more change before I complain to higher ups……
Yearly grocery budget for 4 adults 5400
Total Grocery Budget for the Month: $ 450
Grocery Shop This Week
Safeway
• tomatoes- 1.62
• Apples- 7.99
• Organic salad blend- 6.97
• Organic Mushrooms- 1.89
• Pineapple- 3.99
• Organic Celery-2.49
• Carrots- 1.99
• Bananas-1.85
• Coconut greek yogurt- 3 X (4.50- %50)
• Cheddar- 4.99
• Mozza- 4.99
• Trail mix- 7.99
• Sugar- 5.99
• Cloverleaf curry tuna toppings- $2.49- $1.50 coupon
• Organic eggs- 4.99
• 4 L- Milk -4.89 – $1 coupon
• Frozen peas-5.89
• Org. Hemp hearts- 9.99
• Bacon- 2.99
• Italian sausage- $3.49 – %50
• Salmon – 6.99
• Organic bread- 2 X 3.49
• Sour dough bread- 2.79
GROCERY SHOP THIS WEEK (add any other sections you need to show expenses and savings)
• Total coupons used this week: 2.50
• Total coupons used to date: $18.90
• Total in-store discounts this week: $9.25
• Total in-store discounts to date: $ 107.00
• Total spent this week: $113.27
• Total spent so far this month: $113.27
• Total under spend for the year: 202.70!
• Total left to spend for the month: Total under spend for month: $336.73
• Total Spent To Date 2016: (does not include pet foods, paper or personal) Jan $1410.57
• Total under spend for year to date: $51.93
• Total PC Points cashed to Date 2016- $20
• Total Airmiles this week = 36
• PC Points this week= N/A
• Checkout 51 this week= N/A
• Shoppers Optimum this week= N/A
Weekly Overview : I was very happy with the %50 off deals this week, and I couldn’t resist the price of bacon. Quite a bit of organic produce too. I am hoping the CSA will begin in a few weeks, and I will start getting fresh organic produce for about $15 a week… mmmm spinach, arugula, bok choi….. yum
Hi Rose,
What would you get in a box for $15? A bunch of each spinach, arugula, etc.. or just one kind each box? Coconut Greek Yogurt is my all-time favourite. Great deal. What kind of sugar do you buy for $5.99? Do you specifically just go to the organic sections in the grocery store and avoid everything else? Would you be tempted to buy outside of the organic box if the price was right? Well done Rose!!! You get ballot #5. MR.CBB
Yearly Grocery Budget For 2016: $8,400 (5 people)
Points Overview:
Total Grocery Budget for the Month: $700
Total Grocery Budget with any carry-overs: $700
Total Gift Cards used to date: $93.18
Total Rewards Points used to date: $30.00
PC Points Plus Earned to date: 21,000 + 47,760 (MC)
Scanning Code of Practice (SCOP) to date: $1.00
Grocery Shop This Week: April 01 – 07, 2016
Superstore
Skyr Yogurt $4.49 – (50%) = $2.24
Pork Chops (3 pkgs.) $13.27
Cinnamon Raisin Bread 2 x $2.00 – (50%) = $1.00
Garlic Spread $2.22
Baking Potatoes 2 x $2.99 = $8.97
Green Onion $1.29
Smuckers Jam 3 x $3.00 = $9.00
Diced Tomatoes 2 x $1.00 = $2.00
Frozen Chopped Spinach 2 x $1.00 = $2.00
Cauliflower $2.49
Sweet Onion $2.23
Jane’s Chicken Burgers $4.99
Pumpernickel Bread Bowl $3.79
Sandwich Bread 8 x $3.69 – (50%) = $14.78
Total Out-of-Pocket: $ 70.21
WalMart
Can Chickpeas 2 x $1.27 = $2.54
Can Black Beans 2 x $1.27 = $2.54
Mr. Noodle 4 x $0.40 = $1.60
Chapmans Vanilla Ice Cream 2 x $3.47 = $6.94
Knorr Vegetable Soup Mix $1.97
Can Tuna 3 x $1.17 = $3.51
Onions (3lb.) $2.77
Sour Cream $3.05
Grape Tomatoes $2.47
English Cucumber $0.97
Avocados (5pk) $3.97
Total Out-of-Pocket: $32.33
Costco
Apples $9.99
Ritz Crackers w/ Cheese $11.79 – $2.80 = $8.99
Welch’s Gummies (50) $10.89 – $2.00 = $8.89
Bertollini Olive Oil (3L) $22.99
Babybel $11.59
Honey Bunches of Oats Cereal $7.99 – $2.00 = $5.99
Milk 4L 2 x $6.35 = $12.70
Cheddar Cheese (907g) $8.89
Cantaloupe $3.99
Spinach $3.69
Wings $18.43
Sandwich Bread (3 loaves per pkg) 2 x $7.49 = $14.98
Bananas (3lbs.) $1.99
Total Out-of-Pocket: $134.27
Shoppers Drug Mart
Butter 2 x $3.79 = $7.58
Eggs 2 x $2.49 = $4.98
Total Out-of-Pocket: $12.56
Total to spend this month: $700
Total coupons used this week: $ 0
Total coupons used to date: $62.98
Total in-store discounts this week: $ 28.45
Total in-store discounts to date: $257.07
Total spent this week: $ 249.37
Total spent so far this month: $ 249.37
Total over/Under spend for the month:
Total left to spend for the month: $450.63
Total Spent To Date 2016: Jan $706.52 + Feb $816.19 + March $764.27
Weekly Overview:
We had my daughter’s 18th Birthday Supper and we may have gone a little over budget! We fed 10 people and I love adding up what the savings are versus going out to a restaurant! Twice Baked Potatoes, Wings, Spinach Bowl, 2 Apple Pies (that I baked myself and they were delicious!)
Hi Lori-Lynn,
What are baking potatoes? Do the come in a bag? I am like you adding up the savings from not eating out. It’s amazing what you can save by making a meal or holding a party at home. I wrote a blog post once about eating out vs. eating in. Were the Honey Bunches of Oats cereal the big box? I remember getting the reg boxes for 0.99 after coupon years ago. We had so many boxes it was ridiculous. Sometimes it was even less. Have you ordered your $4.00 off Chapman’s Coupon yet? I just got ours in the mail on Friday. Great shopping Lori!!! You get ballot 6. MR.CBB
Baking potatoes are just large Russet Potatoes wrapped in tin foil ready to be baked. They come 3 to a package. A little pricey but everyone really loved them and we do not get them very often. I remember the Honey Bunches of Oats coupons, it was a great deal while it lasted! Thanks for the reminder I just sent them an email. I just realized that it seems we are always having people over for supper. Again this past weekend my sister and her son were over for lunch & supper and I sent some soup and muffins to my grandmother. So I am starting to see why our grocery budget is quite high!
I try to choose organic when ever possible, but only if I can swing it financially.
The box changes with the season. The early box is $15 a week and the later ones are $25 because they have more variety including fruit.
Each box contains a variety of produce. The early season ones last year usually contained – Spring Salad mix, Spinach, lettuce, Radishes, green onions, fresh herbs, mustard greens, pea shoots, and then something unique like baby bok choi or chard greens. I can’t wait.
Week 1 – April 3 – 9
• Grocery budget to work with in April: $200
• Total coupons used this week: $0
• Total coupons used to date: $1.99
• Total RCSS gas coupons used this week: $0
• Total RCSS gas coupons used to date: $8.12
• Total Giant Tiger Enviro bag credit this week: $0
• Total Giant Tiger Enviro bag credit to date: $0.09
• Total value PC Plus points redeemed this week: $0
• Total value PC Plus points redeemed to date: $40
• Total gift cards/certificates/gifts used this week: $0
• Total gift cards/certificates/gifts used to date: $25
• Total Neilsen Homescan Visa rebate cards used this week: $0
• Total Neilsen Homescan Visa rebate cards used to date: $15
• Total Checkout 51 rebate cheque used this week: $0
• Total Checkout 51 rebate used to date: $0
• Total student discounts this week: $0
• Total student discounts to date: $24.63
• Total tax savings RCSS this week: $0
• Total tax savings RCSS to date: $0
• Total spent this week: $37.90
• Total spent so far this month: $37.90
• Total left to spend for the month: $150
• Carry over: $0
• Total in carry over jar: $0
• Total overspent to make up in future months: $1.85
• Total Spent To Date 2015: $701.85
YIG: Old El Paso taco shells 3.99, PC taco seasoning .95, Crispix cereal 3.99, NN shredded cheese 3.99, pork butt chops 3.48 less 1.04 (30%), lean ground beef 6.39 less 1.92 (30%), lean ground beef 6.51 less 1.95 (30%), skinless chicken breast 8.98 less 2.69 (30%), garlic baguette 2.99 less 1.50 (50%), english muffins 2.00: total paid 34.15 rounded down 2 cents
RCSS: PC diet cola 2L 1.19, NN sour cream 1.97, roma tomato .44: Total paid 3.75
A fine start to April. We are making more and more ground up on the over spend. I lucked into a good deal on some meat at a YIG just outside of our city on the way home from hockey. We stop in there from time to time. This is the store that has fresh fruit out for kids, so my son loves it. He always grabs a banana and munches while we shop. We hope to stop in again in the near future on the way home from a hockey game which takes us right past this store. No time for the student discount this week. We found enough on the weekend and weren’t going to have time on Tuesday to go either.
Hi Angela,
Don’t you just love when you drop into a store and hit jackpot? Our son grabs a banana and apple at Zehrs every time we go. Great deals on the meat! I wish we could find a good score so we can stock up too!! You get ballot 10. Mr.CBB
It may become a regular stop when I lose my student discount permanently, which will be August. Our student cards are active until that time even though I am done at the end of April. So, a bit of a score for our family. We haven’t saved as much this year with it, but we are saving still and to have it an extra few months is awesome. While my son continues with the hockey in the neighbouring town, we will stop in at the YIG. We are also saving on gas too since outside of our city gas is 10 cents cheaper regularly. It’s been a huge bone of contention as everyone else’s prices drop, ours doesn’t. Last I hear either our MP or MPP was working on a petition. Nasty stuff. However, we are saving dollars in gas right now because we are just there. We live an hour away from Ottawa and when their prices hit into the 60 cents a litre range months ago, we were paying high 90s. It’s that bad.
Our weekly budget is $125 making this month $500
No frills
.97×6 hunt sauce 1200P
.97 canned veg
$3.47-$1C whipping cream
$2.07 1L coffee creamer
$1.97×6 270g bd cheese brick
.67×4 frozen juice
.50 iceburg lettuce
$2.47×2 1lb strawberries
$32.25 total oop
$1 total coupons
Walmart
$3.48×6-.75Cx6 arm&hammer 70 load laundry soap – clearance
$17.42 total oop
$4.50 total coupons
H&W Produce
.26 garlic
$2.78 jalapenos
$2.01 oranges
$1.29×3 blackberries
.99×3 blueberries
$11.90 totaloop
Shoppers
$1×4 hollow easter bunny – clearance
$6.49 hot chocolate
$2 lindt chocolate – clearance
$1×2 nn chips
$3.49 smartfood popcorn
$2×2, $2.49 candy
$1.99×2 marshmallows
$5.99×18 12pk kcups and ground flavoured coffee
$54.99 amope foot file
4.69×3 12pk pop
$200 sdm mega redemption
$9.70 total oop
Co-op
$2×2-$1Cx2 danette pudding
$2 total oop
$2 total coupons
Save on foods
$1×2 cake mix
.30×3 mini eggs – clearance
$2.95 total oop
London Drugs
$2.99×8-$2.99Cx8 kelloggs nourish cereal
$4.99×12-$4.99×12 whole blends shampoo/conditioner
.90cx16-.90Cx16 aero chocolate bars
$2.50×2-$2.50Cx2 campbells soup
$3.65 total oop
$103.26 total coupons
Sobeys
$2.50×2-$1Cx2 yogurt – cherry and banana cream made by astro
$1.99×2 500ml sour cream
$2.11×6-.50Cx6 international creamer
$1.99 perogies
$5.54 4L homo milk
$4.99 2lb strawberries
$4.99-50%GMO hot dogs
$1.49 6pk Kaiser buns
$1.49-50%GMO green leaf lettuce
.99×2 Pillsbury easer cookies – clearance
$2.22-$2.12Cwub2cookies 1L homo milk
$4.54 4L homo milk
$2.79×4-$1Cx4 twistos snacks – rank in not onsale so I got a scop and correct pricing but forgot to factor those amounts in
$2.59×6-$2.50Cx6 bologna – clearance
$6.49×2-g3g1fCx2 prime stuffed chicken
$2.31, $2.29, $2.23, $2.22 chicken wing drumette – clearance
$57.75 total oop
$42.40 total coupons
Superstore
$3.84×2 pure leaf iced tea 1200P
$1.97×3 alfredo sauce
.98×18-$3.50Cx3 crest toothpaste
$3×2-$3C scrubbing bubbles
$1.31-30%off bananas
$4.88×2 nn canola oil 3L 1600P
$22.15 total oop
$27.39 total coupons
$159.77 total weekly oop
$180.55 total weekly coupons
$200 shoppers mega redemption
I am over again this week and seems to be a trend lately. As usual the clearance sales get me!!!!
We are nicely set on coffee thanks to shoppers 🙂
When I get a minute I need to get my yearly numbers added up so I know where we stand with everything. We lost the program hubby had set up for me when our laptop got a virus so I will do it by hand and keep a running total that way. But I am sure by the end of it we will be ok and on budget or close to it. I think we have $200 in pc points and $200 in air miles cash if need access to any of it.
Hi Juanita,
Don’t you just love when you find a sale and you get PC points on top of it… ah! I noticed you’ve been stocking up quite a bit hence the overage each shop. Ah I see you will track your shops on paper. Sometimes that is best. I track lots of stuff on paper except our budget. Where did you get the $3 Scrubbing bubbles coupons? Great deal.. FREE. Did you actually have 16 $0.90 coupons for Aero chocolate bar? Let me know what you think of that foot file so I can tell the wife. She wants one. I think we all need to see a shot of your stash!! I want to do a post on your coupon and deals usage and how much it saves you.. wow!! You get ballot 22.. Mr.CBB
Hey Mr.CBB
Yes I love pc points and air miles cash!!
The scrubbing bubbles coupons are from an insert that I found a tonne of 😉 there will be a full shelf eventually of that stuff!
Yes I have/had a bunch of aero coupons from displayers they were taking down at work and then I traded for others to have another upc to stack with at LD.
Hubby and I both really lke that amope file and totally recommend it especially since you will be able to get one for free using your sdm points.
lol one day I will take photos for you