Grocery Spending for May 2015

Happy June all! Well, it's that time again. Time for a monthly report on grocery spending in our house. The grand tally came to $363.64. All those groceries are pictured above.(you can click on the pictures to make them larger) As you can see there are a lot of cleaning products and bbq sauce. Combining coupons and money saving apps these were all money makers. So, that means some of my grocery spending this month has been covered by this! In case you are interested here's a breakdown by store spending.

Walmart made $128.44 profit

Rona made $54.15 profit

Independent $26.40

Quality Greens $7.96

IGA $4.34

Cooper's $16.60

Costco $110.83

Save On $73.75

Safeway $36.60(got 162 AM which will equal $17.05 cash)

Superstore $114.16

Shoppers $155.59(cashed in $100 worth of points and made 97885 points this month, which will be worth $206.07 in groceries)

 June's spending will probably be higher as we have another adult, gluten free, dairy free eater living with us from now on. Being accountable by having to post this is quite motivating so I hope I can keep the costs down.As you can see I have some cashable points stocked up which I could use at Safeway or Shoppers to stretch my budget further. Want to see what's on sale and where daily? Follow me on Instagram where I post much more regularly. @savingyourhardearnedmoney

This Week's Deals

This Week's Sales
So we like quinoa....a lot...it is so nice to have another alternative side dish...It's expensive! Have you noticed??? The best price I could find was at Costco....1.8kg for $19.99! Gulp! That's a bit pricey! Well, today I noticed the London Drugs flyer 1.36 Kg for $12.99!!! That works out to .96/100g  Going to get some!
I am going to combine the Zweet app and CH51 to get $2 off of Triscuits making them free at Save On.
Coopers
Grade A frozen turkey 3-7 Kg .99/lb limit 1
 Safeway
 Friday to Sunday only Best Buy Cheese 700-720g $5.99 limit 2
 All Week Lucerene ice cream 2L 2/$4 limit 2
 Grade A turkeys .99/lb must spend $50
 Superstore
Utility Frozen Turkey .95/lb limit 1
2lbs Red or Green Grapes $3.48
Spiral Ham $1.98/lb(use Cart Smart $1 off when you buy a $10 ham)
Pineapple $1.96
 Brocoli $1.26
 Tomatoes .86/lb
Cantaloupe $1.96
Squash .86/lb
NN Pasta 4/$3
Christie Crackers $1.67 limit 4
Target
Breyer's Ice Cream $2.50(use Ch51 to get another $1 off)
Sweet Potatoes .46/lb

Chicken Breasts on Sale

Today we stopped in at Save On and found this manager special! 2kg of chicken breasts(boneless skinless) in either Souvaki or Sundried Tomato for $9.99, that makes them $4.98/kg or $2.50/lb! Manager says they are on sale till they are all gone. This was at the Save On on Harvey Ave.
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Gluten Free Naan Bread, Bob's All Purpose Flour, and Saving Money on Meat

A few posts ago I shared with you that my hubby has Celiac disease. His first food worry was naan bread, he would miss naan bread. I have learned that gluten free baking all comes down to the flour. My friend, Jackie, told me their favorite flour is Bob's All Purpose flour. I haven't had the easiest time finding it, when I did it was $8-$10 for 623 g! This week I found it at Target for $3.99! and they had the spend $50 get a $10 gift card deal!
Happy Dance!
The original recipe for this bread is here.
Naan Bread
3/4 cup warm water
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp yeast
Mix sugar and water and sprinkle yeast on top. Leave for 10 minutes.
2 1/4 cup- 2 1/2 cup Bob's All Purpose Flour
1 1/4 tsp xanathan gum
1/8 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
Mix all the dry together
2 Tbsp olive oil
3 Tbsp yogurt
Mix the yeast and liquids together.
Add the liquids to the dry ingredients in the Kitchenaid mixer. Using the dough hook mix, scraping the sides. Mix just until it comes together.
Cover with a tea towel and place somewhere warm for 1-3 hours.
Sprinkle some flour on your working surface. Press the dough down, sprinkling the top of it with flour. Cut with a sharp knife into squares.

Part of the secret to this bread's success is using a cast iron pan with a lid.
Heat it on high. Using a bowl of water sprinkle some water on the dough and add pieces to the cast iron pan. Put the timer on for 1 minute. Flip them and then cook the other side for one minute.
Brush them with melted butter. Serve hot.

1 minute on each side. They should have a charred look to them.

Chicken Thighs at Save On Foods. $5 for 1.326 kg making it $3.77/kg or $1.71/lb. Lower than the on sale price at Superstore, $1.88/lb.

Buttered Chicken using fresh tomatoes from my mom and dad's garden! Thanks mom and dad!

Save On Foods has had some great mark down meats!
The fish above was $1.41 for all three packages!

 I got paid to take these shrimp home!Any time you are in Save On have a quick walk down the meat aisle to find mark downs like these! Superstore, Coopers and Safeway also do meat markdowns.

Thursday Deal for Money Making Shampoo!

Tomorrow you could go to Target and use the $3 off coupon for Clear or the  buy one shampoo get a free conditioner  coupon.Combine this with the $2 cash back tomorrow on Checkout 51 and make money! It's $3.64 at Target until tomorrow. Or, if you have the Target flyer you could price match at Superstore, Walmart or Extra Foods. Not your brand of shampoo? Why not donate it? The Target flyer ends tomorrow and the Checkout 51 deal starts tomorrow. You could always coupon stack at Save on and get a free conditioner or a free Degree product and the $3 off and the $2 cash back, I don't know how much it is at Save on. Looks like IGA will have it on for $3.99 starting Friday. Love free! :)

Turkey Time!

I love turkey! When it goes on sale like it is now I like to buy the small ones, then anytime I have a craving for turkey it's really the same as cooking a big chicken. Now's the time to stock up!

 This week's turkeys 
Save On/Cooper's Grade A .99/lb limit 1(or free with 10000 points) Safeway Grade A turkeys .99/lb(when you spend $50)I went through the self checkout and ended up being shy of $50, it still went through at .99/lb 
IGA Grade A .99/lb(must purchase $25 not including turkey)limit 1 Walmart Grade A .95/lb limit 2

Save On
Yams .49/lb
Cranberries fresh $1.49
Pineapple $1.99
Squashes .69/lb

Superstore
No Tax day Saturday Oct 5
Price Match Target for the Clear shampoo $3.64 and the $3 coupon from insert and get it for .64 tax free! It would be even better if you could combine the buy the shampoo get the free conditioner coupon, but I was told it wasn't possible at Walmart, anyways.
Pineapple $1.96
Sweet potatoes .46/lb
Mushrooms 454g $1.98
Squash .66/lb
Pint grape tomatoes 2/$3
Romaine .86
NN Frozen Vegetables 2 Kg  $3.47(limit 4)
NN Sour Cream $1.47 each (limit 4)


Walmart
Red Seedless $1.47/lb
Fresh Spinach and Broccoli .97 each
Dontalleo's Pizza $3
Energizer Battery $9.97

 Lakeview Market(till Sunday)
Avocados .68 each
Pears .78/lb
Red Onions .68/lb
Spartan apples .68/lb
Old Town(till Monday)
Peppers red .99/lb
Bananas .49/lb

Safeway
There is the email direct coupon for Butter 2/$5 use coupon code 54156. Limit 2

Safeway 3 Day Sale

Coupons in this weekends paper

Target has the small Ultra Clean for $2.99 combine with the target printable coupon and the healthy essentials coupon and Checkout 51 $2 and you make .65 for buying it.

Walmart has these batteries on for $9.97. Combine with the $5 printable from Smart Source and Checkout 51's $5 and you just pay the tax!

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This Week's Sales

Here are a few Checkout 51 Deals this week.
Checkout 51 has really expanded the offers they are giving each week!
This week I was happy to get :
Gluten free Rice Krispies $4.98-$1coupon(from tearpad)-$1.50CH51=$2.48! bought at Superstore
The Oikos yogurt was $3.99-$2(50%off)-$1CH51=.99 bought at Superstore
Crispers $1.74-$1CH51=.74! bought at Superstore
Tylenol Ultra $10.99-$2(target printable)-$3(healthy essentials printable)-$3CH51=$3.44 bought at Target
This Week's Sales
Cooper's/Save On Foods
There is a $2 coupon on the front page of the flyer for $2 off the $12 chub of lean ground beef. I can't remember the size, but I think it's 5lbs, so a great deal!
Save On
Pineapples $2.49
Superstore
Gala apples .79/lb
Potatoes 20lb $4.96
Squash .66/lb
Duck $1.98/lb
Bulk Bagels 5/$2
Astro Yogurt 650-750g $2.48 limit 4
Source Yogurt 650g $2 limit 4
Marshmallows 1Kg $3.67 limit 6
Chocolate Wafers .48/100g
Walmart
2pk of whole chickens $12(good deal if they are 6lbs(2.74Kg) or bigger
Iceberg lettuce and celery $.97

This Week's Sales

I had to use this Mexico picture today....
This Week's Sales
Each week I like to post the best deals from the common flyers and stores. Why? Well, one of the best ways to slash your grocery bill is to only buy things that are on sale. It means menu planning according to what's on sale. Where we live it is quite easy to do all the main stores in a fairly short loop. If there is a store that has an item I want that's off the beaten path I try and put it in with other errands in that area. I am really enjoying the Reebee flyer app as I can see the upcoming week's flyers on Thursday and so straddle the 2 weeks to get the best possible deals. Along with the week's sales I always look for the clearance and marked down foods to stretch things even further.

Safeway
Fresh Whole Chicken 3 per bag $1.99/lb
1 Dozen Corn $3.99
Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts $2.99/lb

IGA
Fresh Whole Chicken 3 per bag $1.99/lb
Fresh Field Peppers .99/lb

Superstore
Fri Sat only
Grapes 2lbs $1.96
Shrimp Rings 227g 2/$5
Mushrooms 200g .96
All Week
Roses dozen $7.98 limit 6
10lbs onions $3.96

Save On
 Boneless Pork Loin $1.99/lb(Coopers)
10lb Red potatoes $4.99

This Week's Sales in Pictures

This Week at Superstore a dozen roses are $7.98 limit 6.
That's just .67/rose!
They also have 1 Kg of cashews on for $10.98 limit 2. Sadly, it says on the back, may contain wheat......long story.
Broccoli bunches are .96.

At Canadian Tire the Glad are $1. There are coupons for $2 WYB2 Glad products,making these FREE!(pay the tax)
The Scrubbing Bubbles Toilet Cleaner is $1.99 and there is a B1G1 Free making them $1 each.

At Safeway the 20 pack of Oxi Action Sunlight is B1G1 free. They were $7.65 each plus there  are several coupons for this. The one I used was buy 2 get $4 off making these $3.65 for 40 tabs.

Did you do the Pepsico MIR? One of the coupons is a Free Doritos and a Free Mountain Dew. Right now at Safeway Mountain Dew is B1G1 Free.

The 3 day sale at Safeway has a couple of great deals. The apple juice is .50 for 1 L limit 12 and the Best Buy Cheeses are on for $5.99, limit 2. The $14.02 one ended up costing $7.65/KG!!! The $13.89 one, $7.71!
They also have the 4 L of ice cream for $3.50.

Save On and Coopers have the 8 Kg of rice for $7.99. The 5 lb of carrots were $2.59. The frozen veggies, the 2 Kg size are $3.49.

Marketplace IGA has bananas for .49/lb.

This Week's Sales and I've Got Lots of Bananas!

How's your summer going? Mine's great! It's been hot...which I love...a lot! I have been slacking on the weekly sales because I'm outside....always, every minute it's sunny if I can. I need sun lots of sun. My friend told me we are sun hoarders....yes...my name is Sue, I am a sun hoarded. So, right now I have the lap top in the shade while keeping my self in the sun. Just my hands are shady, it's perfect. I can write for long periods of time like this...sorry...Anyways, enough of that. Here's what happened this week. My sister in law and I took a trip to Quality Greens to get blueberries..10lbs for $9.99. While we were there we looked in the clearance, of course. We found this box of bananas. $7. I asked the cashier if she would entertain me and weigh it. Almost 27lbs... .26/lb! There were some nice yellow ones in their too! We split the box and each paid $3.50. What did I do with all those bananas you ask?

Even my food pics need to be done outside now.

Some of them I just peeled and put straight into Ziplocs to freeze. I will use them for smoothies and banana bread and muffins.

The ones that  are spotted are sweetest and best for drying. I sliced them quite thin and dried them. It took about 8 hours.

I kept some of the ripe ones and made a few loaves of America's Test Kitchen Banana Bread. It's the best recipe I have found so far! Note to self. I need to blog the recipe!

This week at Safeway there are a few interesting deals.
Buy 4 bags of chips for $10 and get a free 12 pack of pop! Don't forget to use the coupons from the Pepsico coupons. I found them in Superstore by the pop. There are $1 off on  Ruffles and Pepsi products. If you use 4 of the Ruffles coupons you could get this deal for $8. 4 Bags of chips and a case of pop for $8 is screaming!

  The new P&G Brandsaver is in our Event newspaper here today. They have three buy 3 Crest get $4.50 off. The Crest is 3/$5 at Safeway, so you'd get your toothpaste for .50 plus tax!
3 Day only Sale
Roses are 6 for $5 limit 5(it used to be 9)
Milk is 2L for $2 limit 2(it usually includes buttermilk and chocolate milk as well as all the regular milks)
12 Safeway Apple Juice 1L $6 limit 1

Save On Foods
Grade A Frozen Turkey .99/lb limit 1(same at Cooper's)
Minute Maid Juice .59
Buy 5 Kraft Products get $5 off. The dressings are 2/$5 for the 475 ml. So 5 would be $12.50-$5=$7.50 for 5 which makes them $1.50 each. Make sure and watch to see the $5 actually comes off as I have had troubles in the past.
Cooper's
Potato Thins are $2 if you get the Christie's Corner Checkout 51 this week it's $2 off and there are .50 coupons out there. You'd make .50 to buy these
Green grapes $1.49/lb
Romaine .69 each
 Superstore
Club pack lean ground beef $2.28/lb limit 4
Peaches .76/lb
9 lb case of mangoes $5.88
Large cantaloupe $1.96
Mushrooms $1.98 for 454 g
Dole Salads 255-397 g .86
Whole Chickens grade A 3 per bag $2.28/lb
Coconut Milk .88 limit 4

Walmart
Grapes $1.47/lb
Lay's chips 180 g $2(at Safeway it is the 270g size for $2.50)
Cabbage green or red .57/lb
Mushrooms 8oz $1.27(a bit cheaper than Superstore's)

This Week's Sales

Did you get this FPC from Save.ca? Mine came today. I used it and then submitted my receipt  to Checkout  51. I made $1 to buy it. Hope you got yours! If not sign up at gaylea.com and you may get one too!

I stopped at Superstore and they had price matched some of the other stores!
Superstore
 Peaches, plums, nectarines .96/lb(Walmart .97/lb)
1 Kg kiwi $2.47
Cook's ham $1.28/lb
Cilantro 4/$1
Brocoli crowns .96/lb
Farmer's Market tomatoes .96/lb(Walmart .97/lb)
Kraft Dinner case $5.99 limit 1(Safeway Fri-Sun $6 limit 2)
Box of Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts $2.88/lb
2lbs blueberries $4.96
Snow Peas 2/$2
Mangoes 9lb  $6.48
Romaine .59 each(Save On same)

Walmart
Celery $1
Walla walla sweet onions 3lb $1.97
 Coopers
Green Grapes $1.49/lb

Save On has this deal. Regular milk here is $4.65 so you are getting your Oreos for .35. Limit 2.
Kale is .99 each

I stumbled upon these deals.. 50% off...mmmmm Haagen Dazs....

Some Upcoming Deals

Healthy Essentials has a printable $1 off coupon for Carefree, Stayfree and OB. Starting Friday Rexall has a 3 Day Sale on these items, they are $1.99. Use the coupon and get them for $.99

Rexall also has staps 10% off this coming week.

Did you do the movie MIR for Lady Speed Stick? If not you could get a movie ticket for $2.98 this week if you buy 2 Speed Stick at Rexall. All the info is here.Remember if you decide to do this MIR you can't use coupons.

Rexall also has Covergirl products at 30% off. There is a coupon for $3 off Covergirl, so this could be a good deal.

In the Thursday Event newspaper their is a full page ad for Lakeview Market. The sales run June3-9th.

I usually price match at Walmart or Superstore as the market isn't close to us. Here's some deals I noticed

Bananas are .58/lb

WF Eggs are $1.98 for a dozen(if you still have the Get Cracking coupon you could use it)

Red or Green Leaf lettuce is .88

Russet Potatoes are $2.98each for 10lbs

Kale is .98(aunty Lynn)

Boneless, Skinless, Chicken Breasts are $2.99/lb or $26 for 4Kg box

Walmart

Online at the Photo Center enter 15FREEPRINTS at checkout and get 15 free 4X6 until Aug 31

Red Seedless Grapes are $1.47/lb

Broccoli is $1

Cauliflower $2

Save On

Corn on Cob 5/$2

Minute Maid Frozen Fruit Punches are .59

Superstore

Romaine lettuce is .86

NN Perogies 2Kg $3 limit4

NN Tricolor Rotini Pasta 1.81kg $3.48 limit 4

NN Salsa 1.89L $4.48 limit 2

Safeway

Friday-Sun only

10Kg Roger's Sugar $8.99 limit 2

 

Here's a $1.50 off Green works coupon. Combine it with this week's Checkout 51 of $2 cash back when you buy Clorox Smart Tube Technology and you could get it free or make money!

Save.ca has some free product coupons. Hurry quantities are limited.

Some Deals This Week and a MIR

Save On and Coopers have cases of Campbell's tomato and cream of mushroom soups for  $5.98 this week.
If use the 3 of Campbell's buy 4 save a $1 coupons, you can get a case for $2.99! That's less than .25 a can! Olden day's prices!

Old Town Farm Market has cucumbers 3/.99!!!!!
Bananas are .59/lb(or ripe ones are .50/lb)

Superstore has
Vine tomatoes .88/lb
Watermelons $4.96
Romaine 3 pack $1.96
The stewing beef was marked down making it $2.80/lb!
The strawberries were also marked down. Working out to 94.5/lb!! I didn't find one bad  one!

This plain yogurt was $1.24 for 750g!

Walmart had mushrooms 1.5 lbs for $3.33
See below regarding the deodorant.

Costco
Stone Wheat Crackers are $5.79
Yogurt is 2Kg for $4.99(sales on until May 12th if I remember correctly!)

Want to go to the movie cheap? Do you buy Lady's or Men's Speed Stick?
At Walmart there is a MIR form in the aisle display of Lady Speed Stick. They have  Lady Speed Stick on for $2.50 this  week, however if you have the Shoppers flyer you could price match their lower price of $1.99. Even better do you have the coupon for buy 2 Speed stick and get $2 off? So for $2.45(at 12% tax) you get 2 large deodorant and a free movie ticket!
Purchases must be made between May 1, 2013 and Sept 15, 2013
UPDATE!!!! My submission was returned! Seems on the back where it says THIS OFFER CANNOT BE COMBINED WITH ANY OTHER OFFER that means no coupons can be used.
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