This weekly post will revolve around stores in my area, and food that we eat. Saving money by buying in bulk is no good if you are storing food you will never eat. “Eat what you store, store what you eat” will be my guidelines. Since I try to eat “Paleo”, this means very little food that includes any grains, legumes, or refined sugars. I will have a few of these items, but not many. I will also be buying in bulk, typically 20 or so of the items highlighted, in order to save over a longer period. I saved over 20% of my food bill last year buy buying in bulk, and eating food purchased at the previous year’s prices. Some items may require processing of some sort, canning, dehydrating, etc.
Stores I will be choosing from will be local to me, with most information being pulled from SouthernSavers.com. The stores available include Publix, Winn Dixie, SaveaLot, and WalMart.
I will also include some version of this intro every Wednesday.
Let’s get started!
Publix options:
Barilla Pasta, 13.25-16 oz, at $1.49 (74¢)
(excludes Plus & Lasagna)
-.55/2 Barilla blue box pasta, SS 6/24
-$1/2 Barilla blue box pasta, SS 6/24
(use $1/2, makes it 24¢ ea.) This is a MAJOR stock up item at this price, Paleo or otherwise.
Ragu Pasta Sauce, 16-24 oz, at $2.19 ($1.09)
-.50/2 Ragu pasta sauce jars, RP 7/29
(makes it 59¢ ea.)
(in FL, makes it 84¢ ea)
Dove Deodorant, 2.6 oz, at $2.99 ($1.49)
(excludes Ultimate)
-$1 off Dove Clear Tone deodorant printable
-.75/2 Dove Men+Care deodorants, 1.7, 2.7 or 3 oz, RP 7/29
(makes it 49¢) Not a food item, but stores well, and you’ll wish you had it when we go all “Road Warrior” and the wandering hordes start tracking you down because of your BO keeps giving you away!
Large White Shrimp, 31-36 per pound, $6.99 lb b(A decent price is these are deheaded. Worth checking into.)
Nestle Coffee-mate Creamers, 32 oz, $2.50
-.55/1 Nestle Coffee-Mate liquid or powder, 15 oz +, excl Bliss printable
-.75/2 Nestle Coffee-Mate liquid or powder creamer, excl Bliss printable
-$1/4 Nestle Coffee-Mate liquid creamers, 16 oz+, excl Bliss printable
(use .55/1, makes it $1.95) The wife cannot start the day without this, we’ll grab a couple bottles. Happy wife, Happy life!!!
Eggland’s Best Large Eggs, dozen, $2.29
-.35/1 Eggland’s Best eggs, SS 4/29
-.55/1 Eggland’s Best eggs, SS 4/29
-.50/1 Eggland’s Best eggs, Curves Value Book
-.50/1 Eggland’s Best eggs, July Food Network magazine
(use .50/1, makes it $1.29)
(in FL, use .55/1, makes it $1.74) A decent price for a fairly humane egg producer. IF you do not have your own backyard egg production, of course…..
Mott’s 100% Apple Juice, 64 oz, $2
-$1 off Mott’s for Tots juice, 64 oz or 6.75 oz 8 pk. boxes printable
(makes it $1) Check to see if it has any HFCS, if not, worth buying to make some apple wine 🙂
Morton Natural or Iodized Sea Salt All Purpose, 26 oz, $1.69
-.50/1 Morton’s sea salt, excl 4.4 oz fine sea salt (Facebook), excl 4.4 oz fine sea salt printable
(use .50/1, makes it 69¢ each) Salt is a GREAT commodity to store – no expiration, always needed for healthy living, and can be used to preserve food.
Jergens Ultra Healing Lotion, 12.5 oz, $2.29
-$1 off Jergens moisturizer, 8 oz+, excl Natural Glow, SS 6/10
-$2 off Jergens lotion 10-21 oz or Natural Glow 2-7.5 oz (Publix coupon), Green Advantage flyer (EXP 08/03)
(makes it FREE) Free is good, right?
Mitchum Anti-perspirant Deodorant, 2.25 to 2.7 oz, $1.79
-$1 off Mitchum regular or for Women product, excl trial and multipks., SS 6/24
-$1 off Mitchum regular or for women product, excl trial sizes and multipks., SS 7/15
-$1 off Mitchum product, excl trial and multipk. printable
(makes it 79¢) May work against zombie detection also.
Winn Dixie options:
Fuelperk info: Every $50 spent gives 5 cents off up to 20 gallons. Plus, some items give additional Fuel Perks. Every 5 cents in Fuel Perks equates to $1 saved, as long as you purchase 20 gallons of fuel when you use the Perks. We have an 18 gallon tank, and load up a 2.5 gallon gas can. More info regarding Fuel Perks here. For this exercise, Fuel Perk savings are figured into each individual item that has them.
Boneless Bottom Round or Rump Roasts, 2 lb, at $5.59 ($2.79) Good for making biltong and/or jerky!
Birds Eye Steamfresh Vegetables, 10-16 oz, at $2.29 ($1.14)
-.35/1 Birds Eye Steamfresh 100% whole grain blend printable
-.50/1 Birds Eye Steamfresh Chefs Favorite variety printable
-$1/3 Birds Eye Steamfresh, August All You magazine
(use .50/1, makes it 14¢-64¢) These are blanched before they are frozen, so are great for throwing directly into the dehydrator. This allows them to be stored in sealed jars or bags (5-10 year shelf life if vacuum sealed and stored in the dark), taking up about 1/4 of the space, and no energy requirements (freezer).
Iams Dry Dog Food, 15.5-17.5 lb, $18.99
15¢ Fuelperk WYB (1)
-$1 off Iams dry dog or cat food, excl trial size, PG 7/29 ($14.99 after FuelPerks) Be sure to stock up on animal feed as well.
Save-A-Lot options:
Not a lot new this week, the sale is carried over from last week.
Crystal 2 O Drinking water 24pk, 16.9 oz bottles $2.48 Another two weeks at this price. Will be loading up again.
Boneless Eye of Round Roast, $2.49/lb This is what I made the biltong from. Will be grabbing this again.
Save-A-Lot also has several sale items in the sliced lunch meat department. These will be checked for HFCS and other nasty additives before we consider adding them. We will be bringing home more of the Buddig gluten- and HFCS-free meats, like we always do.
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We’ll be adding many of the items listed above, particularly the meats from SaveaLot and the pasta and sauce from Publix. These items above will get moved into our regular meal plans, extending our larder a bit, and saving us some money all at the same time. Not trying to jinx us, but hurricane season is still rather quiet…I’m liking that!
But we’ll be ready….
Peace,
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