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Crystal’s $68 Kroger & Aldi Shopping Trips + our menu plan

Brigette’s $112 Grocery Shopping Trip and Weekly Menu Plan for 6

Crystal’s $68 Kroger & Aldi Shopping Trips + our menu plan

If you’re new here, I practice the Buy Ahead Principle — which means that what we buy each week is often for future weeks. We stock up on the best deals and markdowns each week and that means that we then have a variety of items from previous shopping trips to use to plan a menu from.

In addition to practicing the Buy Ahead Principle, I Reverse Meal Plan. This means that I plan based upon what we have on hand plus what good sales/markdowns I found at the stores. (Read more about Reverse Meal-Planning here.)

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This is a great deal on eggs at Kroger — especially since the price of eggs has gone up so much recently! You can get up to 5 dozen with the weekly digital coupon.

My shopping helper! She likes to point out what food we walk by and talk about how much she likes each thing!

Kroger also has Kellogg’s cereal for $1.89 a box with the digital coupon. You can get up to 5 boxes at this price.

And grapes were $0.89/lb.

Here’s everything I got — that big box of chips was marked down to $4.99! Our total was a little less than $46.

And then I went to Aldi today — I hadn’t been there in a few months and price have definitely gone up, sadly.

Here’s what I got for a little less than $22.

Breakfast — Baked Oatmeal, cereal/milk, fruit/yogurt

Lunches — turkey, veggies, fruit, crackers, leftovers, yogurt, PB&J, salad/toast, mac & cheese, chips

Snacks — Banana Bread, crackers, popcorn, fruit, brownies, chips, Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

Dinners (we usually have fruit/veggies on the side) — Mac & Cheese with ground beef, Waffles/Sausage/Fruit, Bacon/Tomato/Avocado Sandwiches, Southwest Rollups, Pizza (homemade or from the freezer, depending upon my inspiration level!), Leftovers/Fend For Yourself, Dinner Out

Brigette’s $112 Grocery Shopping Trip and Weekly Menu Plan for 6

My older sister, Brigette, shares her shopping trips and menu plans every week! You can go HERE to see all of her weekly menu plans and you can go HERE to read all about her family!

Aldi

3 dozen Eggs – $5.97

1 8-oz pkg Deli Sliced Cheese – $1.99

1-lb box Butter Quarters – $2.49

1 32-oz carton Whole Milk Greek Yogurt – $3.39

5 single-serving size Greek Yogurt – $2.94

1 can Parmesan Cheese – $2.49

2 gallons Milk – $4.96

2 64-oz cartons Unsweetened Almond Milk – $4.38

1 carton Half and Half – $1.99

1 32-oz carton Egg Whites – $2.95

1 3-lb bag frozen Boneless Chicken Breasts – $7.49

1 pkg fresh 73/27 Ground Beef ($2.79/lb) – $15.03

1 16-oz pkg Deli Meat – $3.99

1 16-oz pkg Turkey Bacon – $2.45

2 Seedless Cucumbers – $1.98

1 bag Radishes – $1.19

1 bunch Bananas ($0.41/lb) – $0.75

1 3-lb bag Sweet Potatoes – $1.99

1 3-lb bag Lemons – $2.99

2 pkgs Mini Sweet Peppers – $4.50

2 pkgs Romaine Hearts – $4.98

1 Cauliflower – $1.99

2 cans Green Beans – $1.16

2 cans Diced Tomatoes – $1.18

1 jar Organic Pasta Sauce – $1.59

1 5-lb bag Jasmine Rice – $4.25

1 canister Quick Grits – $1.69

1 pkg Flour Tortillas – $1.75

1 loaf Sandwich Bread – $0.59

1 pkg Hamburger Buns – $0.65

1 pkg Hot Dog Buns – $0.65

8-lbs of Mountain Apples (bought from a roadside stand but I only took one grocery picture) – $8.00

9+lbs of fresh SC Peaches (roadside stand – we had already eaten some before this picture was taken because they very ripe and are SO GOOD!) – $8.00

Grocery Total for the Week: $112.39

Weekly Menu Plan

Breakfasts

Cereal, Grits, Oatmeal, Fruit, Yogurt, Zucchini Bread

Lunches

Deli Meat/Cheese Sandwiches, Peppers, Peaches/Bananas x 2

Cheese Quesadillas, Apples with Peanut Butter, Peppers/Cucumbers/Radishes with Ranch Dip x 2

Leftovers 3

Dinners

Chicken and Rice, Tossed Salad, Biscuits

Meatloaf (I used half ground venison for this), Baked Sweet Potatoes, Green Beans

Hot Dogs, Creamy Milk Rice, Tossed Salad

Homemade Waffles, Bacon, Apples

Spaghetti, Homemade Breadsticks in the Bread Machine, Roasted Cauliflower

Hamburgers (using half ground venison), Tossed Salad, Baked Sweet Potato Fries

Pakistani Kima over Rice, Watermelon (from our garden), Tomato/Cucumber Salad (tomatoes from our garden)