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

Safeway Twitter Deal Price Matched at Target.....Today July 28 only!

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 Today Only Safeway's Twitter Deal is 2L Chocolate Milk 500ml Haagen Daz 640g Saute Sensations I price matched this deal with my phone at Target.
 It cost $5.69(I used the Target Red bank card to get an extra 5% off)

 It would have been $16.77.
$4.29 for chocolate milk
$5.99 for the Saute Sensations
$6.49 for the Haagen Daz
Target starts Canada Wide Price Matching with your phone, starting July 29th!!! 

Buy a Canadian Tire Gift Card at Safeway save 10%

Print this email direct coupon and buy a $50 Canadian Tire gift card at Safeway this week(June 27-July 3) and get it for $45. This is helpful if you regularly buy things at Canadian Tire anyways. Plus it doesn't expire so you can use it in your time!

Trade in Your Air miles for Groceries!

Up till now it's been Shell and Rona for cashing in my air miles. Now, you can use your air miles for $10 off at Safeway! Just go to airmiles.ca/voucher and print your $10 off., when you redeem 95 air miles.
It says the offer of spend $60 and get 95 air miles is exclusive, but maybe you got it too???

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

This Week's Sales

This week there are some deals to help you slash your grocery budget!
 Safeway
 3 Day Sale
 Pork Ribs $1.99/lb(this is one of my PC plus items so I will price match at Superstore and save .20/$1 spent)
 Bananas .60/lb
 Be sure to check your PC plus items before you shop. I am finding mine to be more and more tailored to what we buy!
 At Superstore
3 Day sale
PC Cheese bars $4.77 for 500g limit 4
 6 Pita  $1 limit 4
 Bag of 4 green or red peppers 2/$3
 All Week
 Extra Lean Ground Beef $2.88/lb(limit 4)
 Club Pack Celebration Nut mix 1Kg $6.48(limit 4) I used to love having this on hand but unfortunately it all has wheat added last I checked!
 NN Beans or Chickpeas 540ml 5/$4(.80 each)
 NN Club Pack Frozen Vegetables 2Kg $3.68 (limit 2)
Andy Boy Romaine $1.96 as shown below. If you use the Cart Smart app they are offering $1 off this romaine. That makes it .96 for 3 romaine hearts!

This Week's Sales

Safeway has some good email direct coupons this week!
The Black Diamond Cheese 500g for $3.99!!!! Limit 2 coupon code 54521
(If you have the Snap Save App you could be eligible for another $2 if that's one of your offers!)
Organic yams are .59/lb
Celery is .99 a bunch
Fresh Express Garden Salad .68 limit 3 coupon 54265
Mandarin Oranges are 5lbs for $3.66 this weekend only!Pomegranates are .89 limit 4 coupo code 54263
Cases of Kraft Dinner are $5.99 limit 2 coupon code 54475

Costco has 3 packs of cream cheese for $4.99! 3 boxes of 250g each!

                  This week it's turkey buying time!
Save On and Cooper's both have 3-9 kg Grade A frozen turkeys for .99/lb limit 1. Safeway has Grade A frozen turkeys for .99/lb, but you must spend $50 to get this price.

Superstore
Lean Ground Beef is $1.98/lb limit 4
Spiral Hams $1.98/lb
Pineapples $1.96 each
6 lbs pears $4.88(.81/lb)
Broccoli bunches $1.26 each
Pomegranates are .96(there are .50 coupons)
Dates and Figs are $1 when you buy 3
PC Crackers 225 g $1.47(200 points which is .20)$1.27

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

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)

Sales

Safeway's 3 Day Sale
Apple Juice is 12 for $6(limit 12)
Bananas are $2.99 for 5lbs
2L of pop are 5/$5 limit 10

Scrubbing Bubbles Mega Shower Foamer are $2 each if you buy 4.
If this is an aerosol. which I think it is the coupon below makes it free!
Even better if you buy it on 10% off day this coming Tuesday.

Coupon from insert

Deals, Deals and More Deals!

Finally found the free Vileda Kitchen scrunge! At Walmart! Seems most stores have pulled them off completely?!
The Crest Mouthwash was $1 and there are $1 off coupons. I saw them at Superstore today.(Since writing this I have seen them at IGA and Rexall, the coupons, that is)  So, 9, 36 ml bottles = tax only or  $1.08 for a total of  3.24 L of mouthwash!
Grand total at Walmart $1.44

Jackpot in the clearance at Superstore!
The Sunlight dish washing liquid were $1.52 for 1.2L
The Sunlight dishwasher tabs were $4.82 and I had a $2 off coupon, plus I am doing the MIR from Shoppers Voice for it. So, I was paid $2.61 to buy it!
The Lysol No Touch was $4.97 and I had a $5 off coupon, so .57!
Dr Oetker pudding was .99-.50 coupon=.49
The sliced mangoes were .25 a can!!!!
The tums and the right guard are explained below.
So, grand total after MIR and tums points is $9.15!!!

This was my Safweway shop. New at Safeway site has .50 off on the puddings. They are on for .99 this week. So, .49 per box. The Grillems were a buy one get one coupon, they were on for $5 and 10 Airmiles when you buy 2.
The IOGO yogurt worked out to .99 after coupon.
Grand total $8.93(plus about $1.05 in Air Miles)

Our Costco has Spiral Hams for $6 off.  This was the smallest one I could find.
$21.23-$6=$15.23 works out to $1.95/lb!
Havarti is also on sale. 454g, for $4.49!

This is the XSCargo flyer. It has Barilla pasta on for .88. Here's an coupon from an insert for .75. .13 for pasta is an awesome deal! I hoped to price match at Walmart or Superstore, but couldn't find any whole wheat Barilla.

The recent insert had this coupon for $1.50 off any right guard body wash or deodrant. Our  Superstore had them for $1.49. Since posting this I saw these for .99 at London Drugs.

Remember me talking about the Fresh Juice magazine coupons? Well, the 25 of Tums are  $2.29. There was a coupon from a mail out for $1 and you get $1 worth of points, so .29 for these Tums!

$5 off Internet Coupon used to get Lysol No Touch system at Superstore for .57.

The Reactine is a Checkout 51 deal this week. $2 Cash Back. There is also  $3 off coupon on Healthy Essentials,
or this one from the Reactine website.
I found the 3's for $3.29 at Safeway.
Combine these means you would make $1.48!

This is another Checkout 51 deal this week. They are offering $2 cash back. The Buy One Get One Free Glade Coupon expires today, so that would mean you would get 2 of these for $6.87-$2= $4.87 plus taxes. Or, you could use the $5 Websaver coupon off, it expires on the 27th. Using the $5 coupon you'd pay some of the taxes.(.69 in BC)

In the recent insert, there were $2 off coupons for dial. At Walmart  Dial is $2.50!