David and his family rocked it at the ShopRite Dollar Day sales this week. Here’s what he had to say…
None of this would be possible without the great work of Cindy and all the others here on this site. It took three of us to do all of this, had my son pack and keep track of the canvas bags used, my wife putting the offers and transactions on the belt in order and I kept an eye on the orders as they rang up and made sure I used the right coupons. All this with three other boys on three separate carts. Even though I forgot to tell the cashier about a $10 Baby bucks, we didn’t do too bad: nearly $200 worth of groceries for only $40.
For some reason I received more $3 Catalina’s than what I expected. I should have received 48 for 12 offers, but got 53 of them. I’m looking forward to next week’s dollar sale. The hardest part of all this was laying out all the shopping out on the kitchen table and then having to rebag it to bring it downstairs to the pantry. After looking at all the stuff on the table, my wife was finally amazed at how much we got for only $40. She immediately began to email the picture to her family. The second picture is of the pantry downstairs after we packed everything away. Prior to mid-January when I first came across this site the counter was empty and only used for laundry. The lower and upper cabinets and some space above was used to store most of the groceries. Currently the entire counter is full, the space above the upper cabinets are packed and there is spillage on the floor: (5) large milk crates and (12) shopping bags full of groceries and other products. Mostly all purchased within the last four weeks some free and close to free. Also the refrigerator freezer is packed to the max, even have boxes inside the ice maker. We are now looking into purchasing a freezer for downstairs next to the pantry.
Again thank you for helping us in this difficult financial times with four boys and only one income due to the economic recession. I believe in this month we spent the same amount of money as before but have gotten more than nearly double the amount of food. I’m speculating that next month the groceries budget may be half due to the huge stockpile we have so far and not having to make so many trips to Shoprite. This would be a great blessing and allow us to pay off some debt in larger amounts and sooner.
TRANSACTION 1 Bought:
#1 UNILEVER: BUY 7 GET $12CAT
(1)Dove deodorant 2.50
(3)Ragu Sauce, 1.33ea 4.00
(2)Wishbone Salad Dr., $2ea 4.00
(1)Lipton Tea Bags 3.00
Coupons Used:
(1)$2 Dove deo. -2.00
(1)$1/2 Wish-bone -1.00
(1)$1/2 Ragu -1.00
#2 DOLE: BUY 6 GET $12CAT
(4)Dole Fruit Bowls 4pk, 2.50ea 10.00
(2)Dole Fruit Jar, 2.50a 5.00
Coupons Used:
(4).50/1 Dole Fruit Bowls -4.00
(2).75/1 Dole Fruit Jar -2.00
#3 CLOROX: BUY 7 GET $12CAT
(2)Clorox Liq. Bl.,1.50ea 3.00
(4)Glad Cling Wrap, 1.50ea 6.00
(1)Glad PressNSeal Wrap 2.00
Coupons Used:
(1)$1 Clorox -1.00
#4 SLENDA: BUY 3 GET $12CAT
(2)Splenda No Cal. Sw, 4.00ea 8.00
(1)Splenda Br. Sugar 4.00
Coupons Used:
(3)$1 Splenda -3.00
Total for transaction 1: $ 51.50
(1)$10 BabyBucks reward -10.00
Coupons -14.00
TOTAL 27.50 -48cat= 20.50MM
TRANSACTION 2 Bought:
#5 POMPEIAN:BUY 8 GET $12CAT
(4)Pom. Red Wine Vin, 1.25ea 5.00
(4)Pom. Cooking Wine, 1.25ea 5.00
Coupons Used:
(4).50/1 Pomeian -4.00
#6 KASHI: BUY 5 GET $12 CAT
(5)Kashi Cook./Cracker, 2.50ea 12.50
Coupons Used:
(4)$2/1 Kashi -8.00
#7 MOTT’S: BUY 8 GET $12CAT
(8) Mott’s Applesauce, 1.50ea 12.00
Total for transaction 2: 34.50
Coupons -12.00
TOTAL 22.50-36cat= 13.50MM
TRANSACTION 3:
#8 GM: BUY 15 GET $12CAT
(8)Tostino’s Pizza, 1.50ea 12.00
(2)Chex Mix, 1.50ea 3.00
(1)GM Total cereal 2.50
(4)Gr.Giant Steamers, 2.29ea 9.15
Coupons Used:
(4).75/2 Tostino’s Pizza -4.00
(1).50/2 Chex Mix -1.00
(1).50/2 Chex Mix Cellfire -.50
(1).75 Total cereal -1.00
(1).75 Total cereal Cellfire -.75
(2).50/2 Gr.Giant Steamers -2.00
(1).50 Gr.Giant Steamers Cell. -.50
#9 KASHI: BUY 5 GET $12 CAT
(5)Kashi Cook./Cracker, 2.50ea 12.50
Coupons Used:
(2)$2/1 Kashi -4.00
Total for transaction 3 39.15
Coupons -13.75
TOTAL 22.25-24Cat= 1.75MM
TRANSACTION 4:
#10 GM: BUY 15 GET $12CAT
(3)GM Total cereal, 2.50ea 7.50
(4)Gr.Giant Steamers, 2.29ea 9.15
(6)Tostino’s Pizza, 1.50ea 9.00
(2)Yoplat’s Spltz 4pk, 2.79ea 5.58
Coupons Used:
(3).75 Total cereal -3.00
(2).50/2 Gr.Giant Steamers -2.00
(2)$1/3 Tostino’s Pizza -2.00
(2).50/1 Yop. Splitz -1.00
(1).75/2 Yop. Splitz Cellfire -.75
#11 MOTT’S: BUY 8 GET $12CAT
(8)Mott’s Applesauce, 1.50ea 12.00
(2)Vlasic, $2ea 4.00
Coupons Used:
(2).55/1 Vlasic -2.00
Total for transaction 3 47.23
Coupons -10.75
TOTAL 36.50-24Cat= -12.50MM
TRANSACTION 5:
#12 DOLE: BUY 6 GET $12CAT
(4)Dole Fruit Bowls 4pk, 2.50ea 10.00
(2)Dole Fruit Jar, 2.50a 5.00
Boneless Beef London Broil 4.51
Whole Boneless Pork Loin 15.26
Boneless Chicken Breast 6.15
Carolina Honey Turkey Breast 4.03
Florida Grapefruit (5lb bag) 3.50
(9) Oikos Greek Yogurt 9.00
(10) Breyer’s Yogurt 10/$3 3.00
(4) Vlasic, $2ea 8.00
(2) Carolina Rice, $4ea 8.00
Broccoli 2.42
Bananas 1.44
Coupons Used:
2)$1/2 Any Dole Fruit -2.00
(2).75/1 Dole Fruit Jar -2.00
(1)$1.69 lb coupon Boneless Chicken Breast -0.93
(1)$2.99 lb coupon -1.00 Carolina Honey Turkey Breast
(1) Florida Grapefruit $2.49 coupon -1.00
(1)$1/1 Oikos -1.00
(4)$1/2 Oikos -4.00
(4) Vlasic .55/1 c -4.00
Total for transaction 5 71.00
Coupons -15.00
TOTAL 56.00-12Cat= -44.00MM
OOP TOTAL 199.75
(53)$3 CATALINA -159.00
(1).75 CATALINA -0.75
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GRAND TOTAL 40.00
PLUS ONE FREE MILK, (1).75 CATALINA &
(13) FREE SR BAGS COUPONS
Wow, I’m impressed. Awesome Team Work! That is a family that coupons together. Love it!
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