We went to Kroger and to ALDI this week and got some great deals! Here’s what we got at Kroger:
- Corn on the cob — $3
- 2 dozen cage-free brown eggs — $2.79 per dozen
- 2 bags of colored peppers — marked down to $0.99 per bag
- 4 regular peppers — $5 total
- 2 bags of brown rice — $0.89 per bag
- Whole milk — marked down to $1.89 (we got this for a treat since we love this milk!)
- Sweet Italian Sausage — marked down to $1.49
- Italian Meatballs — marked down to $2.49
- Turkey Sausage links — marked down to $1.49
- Garlic bread — marked down to $1.19
- 2 loaves whole wheat bread — marked down to $1.49 per loaf
- 3 bunches of bananas — marked down to $0.38 per pound (we put all of these in the freezer to use in smoothies & banana bread) — $0.78 total
Total with tax: $33.57
I was super excited about the meat markdowns and ended up planning our menu based upon those meat markdowns. I then went to ALDI today to pick up the rest of the items we needed for this week.
Here’s what I bought at ALDI:
- 2 2-lb. bags of Peaches — $1.98 per bag (I was excited about this deal!)
- Half & Half — $1.79
- Feta cheese — $1.49
- Whole milk – $2.37
- Oats — $2.39
- 2 cantaloupe — $0.99 each
- 32 oz. of plain yogurt — $1.89
- Green onions — $0.99
- Tiny potatoes — $2.99 (This was a total splurge, but we had roasted tiny potatoes at a friends’ cookout last week and my kids loved it so much that they begged if I could buy these and make this for us this week!)
- 3 packages of blueberries — $1.69 per package
- Lemon juice — $2.19
- 2 bunches of bananas — $0.91 total
- 3 cucumbers — $1.47
- Olive oil — $3.49
- Pasta sauce — $0.99
- Flour — $1.29
Total with tax: $38.76
This Week's Menu Plan
All in all, we spent $72.33 on groceries this week and we should have enough for all of our meals and snacks. Here’s our menu plan for the week:
Breakfast Options: Oatmeal and/or smoothies (I’m having eggs, veggies, cheese, and whole-wheat toast.)
Lunch Options: Leftovers, PB & J, Snack-y Lunch (I’m having a salad with some kind of protein, plus whole-wheat bread.)
Snacks: Fruit, Popcorn, Veggies & Dip, Banana Bread, Pick Me Up Smoothies, Bread Machine Cinnamon Rolls
Dinners:
- Breakfast for Dinner (Waffles & Turkey Sausage)
- Marinated chicken on the grill, grilled peppers, brown rice in the Instant Pot, garlic bread, melons
- Chicken Broccoli Rice casserole, fruit, veggies & dip
- Sausage, roasted potatoes, sauerkraut, fruit
- Spaghetti & meatballs, fruit, roasted broccoli
- Sausage & veggie soup in the crockpot, fruit, whole wheat bread
- Dinner out
Want to see more details on what I bought at ALDI, what deals I’m excited about, and what I’m planning to use all the items for? Watch this video about my shopping trip:
