I haven’t shared one of my own grocery shopping hauls in a while. When I first started couponing I stayed under $40 a week for a long time. I do believe sharing those hauls on my very first blog was how I gained any traffic or followers. I loved the challenge it was so much fun and I also lived one minute from every store. Well, all the top stores to coupon at.
Now I’m more of a 15-25 minute drive from stores out here in the country.
There is only so much time that can pass before you are itching to hit a coupon haul again. Of course, using coupons at BJs is always a must BUT I mean the stacking coupons on a sale with an Ibotta offer and store coupon kind of haul. I sent out an email not too long ago asking my readers what else they would like to see on the site.
$80 GROCERY SPENDING CHALLENGE
I had the itch to bring back Menu Plan Mondays, but then I thought it would be fun to do a Grocery Shopping Challenge.
What if we all were challenged to only spend $80 a week on groceries, toiletries, and personal care items for one entire month?
I think once the kids go back to school we will start it. I’ll share my haul fail or win here on the blog. It would be fun if you shared yours with us too. I’m entertaining the idea of giving a couple readers who submit pictures and receipt or breakdown of their haul for Bjs gift cards.
This shopping challenge would be for any store too. You can’t possibly get ALL your groceries for $100 a week at BJs, but I know I will still be grabbing a few items every week at BJs.
So there are my thoughts on that. If you want to join me on this challenge or think it sounds like fun to watch leave a comment and let me know.
I really don’t want to do this challenge alone.
Here’s what I got for Groceries this week! I saved 55% on my grocery bill because of using coupons and sale prices.
Watch the video here or scroll down for the written breakdown with links to print your coupons.
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Here’s the breakdown:
Poptart Splits $2.50
Used $0.50/1 printable coupon doubled here
Used $1.00/ Ibotta Offer
Final Price: $0.50
Edy’s Icecream Buy 2 pay $2.49 each ( Bought 4)
Used the $2.00/3 printable coupon here
Final Price: $1.99 each
Iceberg Lettuce $1.99
Used Tops Super Coupon
Final Price: $0.99
Tops Hot Dog Buns $1.99
Used Tops Super Coupon
Final Price: $0.88
Ball Park Hot Dogs $0.88 with Tops Super Coupon
Tops Chunk Cheese 8 oz. $1.88 with Tops Super Coupon
Honey Nut Crunch Oat Cheerios $2.49
Used $0.50/1 Tops ecoupon
Used the $0.75/1 printable coupon doubled here
Final Price: $0.49
Cheez-It $2.49
Used the Tops Super Coupon to Pay $1.99
Printed $1.00/1 coupon here ( requires KFR points)
Final Price: $0.99
Reese’s Puffs Cereal $2.49
Used the $0.50/1 Tops ecoupon
Used the $0.50/1 printable coupon doubled
Final Price: $0.99
2 Boxes of Nature Valley Granola Bars $2.49 each
Used two $0.50/1 Tops ecoupons ( limit of five per transaction)
Used $0.50/2 printable coupon doubled here
Final price: $1.49 each
3 Simply Organic Doritos on sale $3 each
1 Hunt’s Organic Tomato Sauce marked down to $1
Used the $2.00/$10 Organic Purchase Tops Coupon from booklet in store
Used $0.25/1 and brand chips with Ibotta
Final Price: $7.75 for all four items
2 Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks $2.00 each
Used the $0.50/2 coupon doubled here
Used $0.25/1 Any brand Fruit Snacks botta offer
Final Price: $1.50 each plus Ibotta cashback
1 box of Tops Pasta on sale $1
2 Packs of Gourmet Croutons on sale for $1.50 each
Used a $1.00/2 peelie coupon
Final Price: $1 each
Tops Fresh Baked Italian Bread $0.99 with Tops Super Coupon
There were a few other items I bought without coupons:
McCain Beer Batter Fries ( so good) on sale for $2.99
Bananas $0.49/lb ( cheaper at BJs actually)
Will use the $0.25/1 any receipt on Ibotta offer too
Chocolate Animal Crackers $1.99
I bought a total of 28 items. ( In case I forgot one in this breakdown)
My total before savings was $99.62
I saved $55.03
Total Out of Pocket: $44.59
Will get a $1.75 back from Ibotta
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BJ’s Items:
BJs Brand Toilet Paper
Strawberries 3 lbs. $3.99
Used the $0.25/1 Ibotta offer here
Chosen Foods Avocado oil 2 pk. $7.99
Used the $1.00/1 BJs coupon from front of club booklet expired 7/18
Final Price: $6.99
Check out the FULL LIST of all the BEST Deals at BJ’s Wholesale this week HERE.
Reminder you can add BJs coupons to your membership card here.
Went to shop rite today spent 1200$ saved 25.00$
Tasia, loved the video, I think i would be interested in the $80. 00 a week challenge when you do it. Oh, I love your blouse, it is very pretty, the sleeves are cute. Have a wonderful blessed day. Oh, just curious, do you use a vacuum sealer for large quantity products like meat or produce, I do not think i have ever heard you mention it if you do.