five for under 50

First week total- See below!!

Some shoppers have learned to be a really good "saving Sam."

If if are a good shopper, you know how to stockpile items when they are both on sale AND have a coupon.

However, how do you start from scratch, stockpile (have some left for tomorrow) and still feel your family?

I am going to do only one store each week to make it simple (although not always the best bang for the buck).

This is bare bones but it can be done!

Here is the challenge- feeding 5 people pretty healthy meals and still stockpiling some stuff!


This week is Kroger!

Shopping list

Kroger cheese-2 1.29 each 2.58
Kroger buns 1.00
7 Frozen steamers 1.69 each 11.83
4 Grands biscuits** 1.49each 6.23
1 fruit snacks ** 1.99
2 Cheerios** 1.99 each 3.98
2 cin toast cr 1.99 each 3.98
2 trix 3.98
skim milk 1.98
Kroger tortilla 1.00
green beans .68 cents an lb .68
rice 1.00
bananas -3 lbs 1.49
blueberries -1 pints 1.28
Whole chicken fryer- 7.42
8 Quaker rice cakes ** 7.92
celery-2 1.36
2 Betty Crocker brownie ** 1.99
lettuce .77
8 corn .19 an ear 1.52
eggs .99
salad bag .98
Kroger dressing 1.19
2 bacon -smithfield 5.98
Hamburgers -angus-marked down 4.19

Total Before coupons 77.31

*** You need to buy 10 of any of the item (mix and match) to get the $5 0ff

Coupons
$5 off 10 items 5
$5 off 10 items 5
$5 off 10 items 5
$2 off Kroger Angus beef 2
2 cheerios .55 off one (doubled) 2
2 Cin toast crunch .45 off one(doubles) 2
2 trix .55 off one (doubles) 2
2 Grands coupons .55 off 2 (doubled) 2
fruit snacks .40 off one (doubled) .40
.50 cell fire coupon fruit snacks .50
.50 shortcuts coupons fruit snacks .50
.55 brownie mix (doubled) off 2 1
2 shortcuts brownie mix .75 .75
.75
cellfire brownie mix .75 .75
2 smithfield coupon 3.00 each 6
free kroger dressing 1.19 1.19

Total coupons and other savings 36.84

Total out of pocket 40.47
plus Arby's 5.95

Total week spending 46.42

Breakfast

cereal and fruit with milk

lunch

soft taco with cheese and lettuce
Salad sandwiches with lettuce, cheese

leftover dinners
Arbys for lunch 5 for 5.95

dinners

1st night - Cheeseburgers with lettuce, corn

cut leftover corn off cob and freeze half-leave half in fridge

2nd night- chicken (make both chickens) and green beans

3rd night - fried rice with pieces of chicken, beans and corn

4th night -chicken salad with leftover corn, chicken and celery (save leaves) Use Kroger dressing

5th night- chicken soup using chicken bones, celery and bits of chicken, one steamer, 1 grands biscuit package, salad

6th night- fried rice using corn and beans and pieces of chicken

7th night-breakfast for dinner- eggs, bacon biscuts


Snacks

rice cakes
fruit
celery

STOCKPILE

cereal
brownie mix
fruit snacks
2 grands biscuits
6 steamers
rice cakes




Note the Cellfire and shortcuts coupons are available electronically throught the Kroger web site.