$50.00 or less

K I am a slacker and promised you this on Wednesday but life has been hectic and so I am sorry it is delayed, next week I will be better!! But here it is as promised . . .

I am going to give you an example of how you can get a great variety of groceries from Albertsons for $50.00 or less. The first example is by buying only staples such as produce, milk, cheese and meat and the second example is by only doing the promotion and rolling the rewards.

Albertsons
Example 1
2 lbs of cantaloupe @ .29/lb = .58
2 bags of baby carrots @ .49 ea.
2 lbs of Honeydew Melon @ .29/lb = .58
4 lbs of Watermelon @ .19/lb = .76
4 lbs of Albertsons Blade Cut Steaks @ 1.79/lb = 7.16
4 gallons of Shoppers Value Milk @ 1.89 ea = 7.56
2 packs of Kraft Singles @ .99 ea with in store coupon = 1.98
5 pepsi 12 packs @ 2.39 ea = 11.95
2 bags of Doritos @ 1.49 ea = 2.98
4 Mission Tortillas @ 1.49 ea. use 4 .75/1 off mission tortillas from SS 8/9 = 2.96
2 Knudsen sour creams @ .99 ea with in store coupon = 1.98
10 Tina's burritos @ .20 ea = 2.00
4 Barrilla Pasta @ .99 = 3.96
Total cost for entire transaction is 45.43

Example 2 - rolling transactions
Transaction 1
4 Keebler fudge shop cookies @ 2.50 ea use 1.00/2 from Kellogs 8/2 to bring to 2.00 ea = 8.00
6 Poptarts @ 2.50 ea. use 1.00/2 from Kelloggs 8/2 to bring to 2.00 ea = 12.00
Total cost for Transaction is 20.00 plus you will receive a 10.00 off your next order coupon

Transaction 2
12 Chef Boyardee Pastas @ 1.00 ea use 4 .35/3 coupons from SS 8/2 = 10.60
3 Hunt's Ketchup @ 1.00 ea = 3.00
5 Hunt's Spaghetti Sauce @ 1.00 ea = 5.00
2 Kelloggs Cocoa Krispies @ 2.50 ea. use 1.00/2 coupon from Kellogg's 8/2
Use 10.00 catalina from previous transaction
Total cost is 12.60 plus 10.00 off next order coupon

Transaction 3
5 cans Manwich @ 1.00 ea = 5.00
8 Marie Callendar's pot pies @ 2.50 ea = 20.00
Use 10.00 off next order coupon
Total cost is 15.00 plus 10.00 off next order coupon
Total cost for all 3 transactions = 47.60 plus you have a 10.00 off next order that you can use again for either the first example or save to use next week

The instore coupons mentioned above are from a booklet you can get in any Albertsons store!


Smith's
This week their promo is super easy because it is 5.00 off instantly so you don't have to do multiple transactions! Here is one example of what you could get for 50.00

5 lbs 85/15 ground beef @ 1.69/lb = 8.45
3 lb pork loin @ 1.99/lb = 5.97
4 bags of Simply Potatoes @1.25 ea = 5.00
The following items are part of the buy 10 get $5.00 off instantly so I will base the price off of you getting the 5.00 off
6 boxes Hamburger Helper @ .89 ea use 2 .75/3 coupons from GM 8/9 = 3.84
4 boxes Golden Grahams @ 1.99 use 2 1.00/2 coupons from here = 3.96
10 cans Progresso Soup @ 1.00 ea = 10.00
12 Sobe or Sobe lifewaters @ .39 ea = 4.68
4 Wanchai Ferry Dinner Kit @ 2.49 ea use 2 1.10 coupons from here and here = 5.56
4 Quaker Rice cakes @ .49 ea = 1.96
Total Cost for transaction is 49.42

So how did you at the grocery store this week? Leave a comment with how much you spent and how much you Saved transactions!