This week I picked up 4 12 packs of Diet Coke (one caffeine free) at Walgreens taking advantage of their 3/$12 sale plus the free Caffeine Free Diet Coke 12 pack with the purchase of 3 other 12 packs. That brings them to $3 each which isn’t the best price I’ve ever gotten them but is pretty good and I was completely out.
I did the rest of my shopping at PW Market this week which I’m pretty sure has vastly better quality and better meat and produce prices than Safeway. They also had a great deal on toilet paper, Angel Soft was $2.49 for a 12 pack after $0.50/1 mq. I spent $45.10 total. Saved $11.89 with their sale prices (no club card or anything needed) and another $1.50 with coupons.
My total at PW Market this week was comparable to a typical week at Safeway (but hopefully I’m getting better quality food for a similar price). I’m also going to try out Trader Joe’s in future weeks and see how it compares.
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Stumbled upon your site through VGNO. I’m always amazed at how some people can save so much money grocery shopping. I always use coupons but I’m still in the learning stages.
Hope you have a great holiday weekend.
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Hello! I found your site a few weeks back and have been thrilled with your tips. Just wanted to chime in about Trader Joe’s:
I made my first trip there almost two weeks ago, and was super-impressed with much of what they had to offer — particularly their meat and cheese selections and many of their grocery items (olive oil, sweetening syrup, tortilla chips, and fresh-chopped salsa are all of fantastic quality and MUCH cheaper than I’ve purchased anywhere else).
Their produce leaves much to be desired, though. I admit that I’m spoiled — I have grown my own veggies in a backyard garden and otherwise shopped at Farmer’s Markets where I bring the produce home within 24 hours of it’s having been picked — but while their fruits and veggies looked beautiful in the store, they weren’t particularly flavorful, nor were they as fresh or hardy as what I would expect from a supermarket. So, if you have a good source of produce I would stick with it, or test Trader Joe’s in small quantities rather than the week’s worth of salad greens, root veggies, snacking fruits, and crudites I came home with — I ended up discarding nearly half of what I bought.
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I’ve been to Trader Joe’s for random items in the past but never for regular shopping trips. I know some stuff is really cheap there (like a huge jar of minced garlic for $1), but one thing I’m concerned about there is that a lot of their produce you have to buy already packaged, you can’t just get one of some things. I’ll give it a try though and see how it goes.
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