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Crystal’s $132 Kroger & Aldi Shopping Trips

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.

With the increase in grocery prices, I’ve decided to raise our grocery budget to $100 a week because I’ve not been having enough wiggle room to stock up like I’d want to. This amount will still challenge me to be creative while also giving me enough breathing room to stock up and continue to practice the Buy Ahead Principle.

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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I was SO excited about this deal on blueberries! $0.99 per pint at Kroger — and you could buy up to 5!

I finally found a deal on potatoes! I bought three bags!

And then someone tipped me off that Aldi had butter on sale! Ours had them on sale for $2.99/lb but I’ve heard that some Aldi stores have them on sale for $1.99! Stock up and freeze it for baking for the holidays!

Chicken breasts were on sale for $1.99/lb at Kroger with the digital coupon. We also picked up two dozen eggs from our friends who have chickens for $5/dozen.

Chocolate chips were on sale for Buy 2, Get 1 free — which makes them $1.66/bag.

And cheese was $5.99

Here’s everything I bought at Kroger and Aldi + the eggs we bought. I had $60 leftover from the past two weeks’ grocery budget, so I rolled that over and I spent $132. So I’ll roll over the rest to next week.