Kroger Shopping

I went shopping today at Kroger for the MEGA event sale. I was so excited pasta was on sale again. My family had not eaten all the pasta from the last mega event when pasta was on sale. I am starting to understand more how Kroger sale cycles work. I started in February with my extreme couponing for normal people. This is the last time I went to Kroger and pasta was on sale click here. So you can see the sales cycles are around 7 to 8 weeks apart. I bought 8 boxes of pasta last time thinking about 1 box a week would be enough. It was more than enough. I am really starting to accumulate a large stockpile of items I can use. I am finding clever ways to store all my items too. My pantry is full, so I had to move on to my cabinets that had a few bare spaces. My husband needs to get busy with the extra shelf I want built in the laundry room.

I went over my budget for this week once again, by $10.00. I had to find some filler items to make the Mega event work. I also went to Sprouts today. I will write about that tomorrow. I am not going to only spend $40.00 next week. I know I can do it.  I am always up for a challenge.

The register would not take two of my coupons for the yogurt, since I had an ecoupon loaded on my Kroger card. However, when I looked at my receipt the ecoupon was used for two, but the other two did not have a coupon. I could have gone to customer service and gotten $1.60 off my bill, but little face was done shopping and so was I. I am planning on using these next week. With Kroger shopping cycles it appears this sale will be going on next week too. I am crossing my fingers. I will just stock up on the things I already have and freeze the yogurt.

Also the bread guy told me the Kroger hotdog buns are going on sale this weekend for 2 for $1.00. I bought two hamburger buns instead.

Finally here is how I did:

(2) Gallons of milk $2.19 each

(1) Loaf of Bread $1.19

(2) Hamburger buns $1.00 each

(3) Old El Paso 10 count Taco Shells $1.25 each - $0.60/3 Q Old El Paso Products Printable

            -Final $1.05 each

(1) Old El Paso Taco Seasoning $0.75 – B2 Old El Paso products G1 Q seasoning Free- peelie on product

            -Final FREE

(2) Dannon Crush Cups 4 pack $2.25 each - $1/2 Kroger eQ, Mega $.50

            -Final $1.25 each

(2) Dannon Light & Fit $2.19 each – Mega $0.50 (my Q didn’t work here due to the eQ above)

            -Final $1.69 each

(2) Sunny D $1.39 – Mega $0.50

            -Final $0.89

(2) Capri Sun Juice $2.11 – Mega $0.50

            -Final $1.61

(4) Capt'n Crunch Cereal $2.49 – 4 $0.50/1 Q Box Captain Crunch doubled RP 4/17, Mega $0.50

            -Final $0.99 each

(8) Ronzoni Pastas $1.00 - 4 $1/2 Q Ronzoni Pasta Printable, Mega $0.50

            -FREE

(4) Kraft Cheese with Phili $3.79 – B1G1 sale, 4 $1/1 Kraft with Philadelphia Peelie

            -Final $0.89 each

(2) Tums 3 pack rolls 36 count $1.79 - $1/2 24 count or larger Q RP 3/27

            -Final $1.29 each

My overall spent was $31.29 and I saved $48.99 with coupons and Kroger MEGA savings.

My Kroger doesn’t carry the Nivea for men or they were out. I had to do add a few unexpected items to make this work, but I am prepared for next week. I didn’t know the cheese was going to be on sale until my Tuesday flyer. I had to make a few last minute adjustments to make the Mega event work. I was prepared this time. I knew what I was planning on getting and brought extra coupons to compensate for items I may not be able to get. I did realize why I don’t like to by Sunny D. The second ingredient is corn syrup. So I won’t be purchasing this in the future. Hopefully the cheese will be on sale again next week and I can really stock up on cheese.