I’m currently challenging myself to stick with a $70 grocery budget for our family of five. This includes almost all of our breakfasts, lunches, snacks, and dinners + most household products (toiletries, laundry soap, etc.).
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I didn’t get a chance to share what I bought last week at Kroger last Sunday because I was in New York City, but I wanted to show you pictures since I’ll be using these groceries in some of our meals in the next month.
First up, I was super excited to get peanut butter for just $0.99! I stocked up on 5 jars! 
I was also pretty excited about getting those BAGS of avocados for $0.99 per bag. I’ve been eating a lot of avocados the past week!
Then Jesse went to Kroger when I was on my trip to stock up on the really good weekend deals — including 32-oz blocks of cheese for $3.99.
All totaled, we spent right at $70 on groceries for everything shown above.
For those who asked about how I got the coupon-filled Kroger magazine, I wrote a post on it here.
I didn’t make it to Kroger this week until Thursday and I guess it was a good day to go… because I found bagged salads marked down to $0.25 each. Say what???? I have never seen bagged salads even remotely close to that price!
I wrote more about how I MADE money on multiple items at Kroger that shopping trip.
I was excited about the weekend deals for this week, including Sabra Hummus for $1.49! We love hummus, so I bought the limit of 5
Thursday Kroger Shopping Trip
- 5 bags of Stacy’s Pita Chips — $1.49 each as part of the Kroger Weekend Deals
- 5 packages Johnsonville Sausage — $1.99 each as part of the Kroger Weekend Deals
- 5 packages Johnsonville Smoked Sausage — $1.99 each as part of Kroger Weekend Deals + I got a $5 off coupon for buying 5
- 1 lb. Simple Truth Ground Pork — marked down to $2.50
- 3 bags of Bagged Salad Kits — marked down to $0.25 each
- Nourish Bowl — marked down to $1
- French Bread — marked down to $0.79
- Dole Salad Kit — marked down to $0.50
- Spinach — marked down to $1
- Pickles — $1.49
- Half & Half — $1.79
- 3 Simple Truth cartons of eggs — marked down to $0.79 each
- 1 dozen medium Simple Truth eggs — marked down to $1.29
- Kroger Water — $0.79
- Whole Milk — $2.59
- 2 bottles of Kraft Barbecue Sauce — $0.49 each when you buy 5 participating items
- Gilette Shave Gel — $0.99 when you buy 5 participating items + used $0.75 Kroger Digital Coupon = $0.24
- Orville Redenbacher popcorn — $0.99 when you buy 5 participating items
- 1 bag of cuties — marked down to $0.99
- 4 bags of Mrs. Cubbison’s Croutons — $0.29 each when you buy 5 participating items, used $1/2 Mrs. Cubbison’s printable coupon + submitted my receipt to get $1 back from iBotta for buying 4 bags of Mrs. Cubbison’s Croutons
- 2 bottles of Ken’s dressing — $1.49 each when you buy 5 participating items, $1/1 Ken’s dressing peelie coupons +
- submitted my receipt to get $1.50 back from iBotta for buying 2 bottles of Ken’s dressing
- Total with tax: $54.19
On Saturday, I was over on the side of town where Sprouts is, so I ran by to take advantage of the weekend deal to get Blackberries for $0.88.
I also looked at the Manager’s Specials for meat and found Lamb Chops marked down to $2.50. Yes, it was expensive, but I’ve been promising Silas I would buy lamb if I found a deal on it (he fell in love with lamb when we visited South Africa!)
Saturday Sprouts Shopping Trip
- 5 cartons of blackberries — $0.88 (Weekend Special)
- 1 package of Lamb Chop — $2.50
- Total with tax: $7.37
Psst! If you have a Sprouts nearby, be sure to check out these freebies you can get.
I also stopped by a different Kroger that was right by Sprouts. I didn’t find much, but here’s what I picked up:
Saturday Kroger Shopping Trip
Total spent on groceries: $66.83
Cashback earned this week: 125 points for submitting my receipts to Fetch rewards, $2.50 back from iBotta
