Weekly grocery trips - 6/25-7/2

We are now a 1 income family and I've been working hard to save every penny we can to ensure we still live comfortably despite the loss of my income. One area I can do this is by couponing in order to save on our groceries while keeping a strict budget. Each week I plan to write a post similar this one to hold me accountable for sticking to my budget.

This week I made multiple trips to Harris Teeter for the bulk of my shopping. They were having their Super Doubles sale and I was able to score some killer deals. I like to buy multiples of an item to keep extra on hand so that we never have to run to the store and pay full price for something just because we have run out. My favorite deal this week had to be the Purdue chicken at .19 a bag. We tried some earlier in the week and it's delicious, and you can't beat .19 for a bag of chicken that originally cost $8.39!

Here is a break down of my trips for the week:

Harris Teeter  (Super Doubles trip #1)

• 1 bag of Purdue chicken 
• 3 Birds Eye recipe ready
• 3 Tom's of Maine bar soaps
• 4 Yakisoba's
• 3 Vidal Sassoon styling products
• 1 Tide detergent 
• 3 boxes of snickers/twix icecream bars

Total value = $66.51
Money spent out of pocket after coupons = $2.84
Savings = 96%

Harris Teeter (Super Doubles trip #2)

• 3 bags of Purdue chicken
• 1 Birds Eye recipe ready
• 1 box of Twix icecream bars
• 6 Old El Paso seasonings
• 3 Lunchables  (I accidentally picked up one that wasn't the smoothie variety, so I did not get my $2 Catalina coupon back. I still made out pretty good so I don't feel the need to refund the items.)

Total value = $46.62

Money spent out of pocket after coupons = $5.76
Savings = 88%

Harris Teeter (Super Doubles trip #3)

• 2 cans of Planters peanuts
• 4 Horizon Mac-n-cheese
• 2 Zevia 6 pk cream soda
• 2 Sara Lee pound cakes

Total value = $35.54

Money spent out of pocket after coupons = $3.32
Savings = 91%

**I also received a .50 Ibotta deposit on the Zevia but I did not include that in my savings**

Harris Teeter (Super Double trip #4)

• 4 boxes of Mueller pasta
• 2 packs of Angel Soft toilet paper (12 double rolls)
• 4 Yakisoba meals
• 6 Maruchan bowls
• 1 Hormel Complete meal

Total value = $37.58

Money spent out of pocket after coupons = $5.36
Savings = 86%

Harris Teeter (Super Doubles trip #5)

• 3 bags of Purdue chicken

Total value = $25.30

Money spent out of pocket after coupons = .72
Savings = 97%

Target

• 4 Market Pantry frozen appetizers
• 1 pack of Gerber baby utensils
• 1 box of Up & Up rice cereal

Total value = $16.34

Money spent out of pocket after coupons = $7.62
Savings = 55% (not as great of a trip as I'd like but I needed the baby items which didn't have coupons.)

Harris Teeter (Super Doubles trip #6)

• 1 bag of Purdue chicken
• 4 boxes of Horizon mac-n-cheese

Total value = $16.46

Money spent out of pocket after coupons = $2.00
Savings = 88%

Here is a break down of my grand total for the week:

Total value for the week = $244.35
Total out of pocket money spent for the week = $27.62
Savings for the week = 89%