Kroger Ad this week

I live in Virginia and this is what our ad looks like this week...I know that some regions had different sales. The deal is that if you buy 10 participating items, you get $5 off your purchase, and you can get this deal 3 times per transaction, not card.

I hope that this helps a little!

Kroger, Round 1

I am calling this round one because I will be heading back again soon....

I did this in four transactions so I will list them by transaction. For the first one, I had coupons for everything! It was very exciting. I went prepared with a list of 30 items, all on the "Big 10 Deal" that they have going on. I then went up and paid, tied my bags, and headed back into the store. The same happened with the second transaction. The third was the one for items that I did not have coupons for and was expecting it to cost more.

1st transaction:

3 bags of cat treats (coupons for "try me free" in paper)
3 bags of cat food (free coupons "try me free" in paper)
1 spicy French's mustard (free with purchase coupon in paper)
These items above were not included in my 30 items

10 Lipton Rice/pasta sides
13 Betty Crocker Pouch Cookie Mix
2 Welch's squeezable Jelly
5 French's Mustard

Total Price $73.01
Total Paid $1.40 (now let me just tell you that it was hard to hold in the big Woo-hoo!)

Second Transaction:

1 Box Betty Crocker Potatoes
2 Boxes Ziplock Bags
2 Betty Crocker Pouch Cookie Mix
1 Excedrin
1 Dawn Dishwashing Liquid
1 Domino Sugar
1 Mustard
1 bag of goldfish crackers

Total $26.22
Total Paid $4.56

When I checked out on this transaction, there was a coupon left by another customer for $3 off any 3 Johnson baby products. I scooped this up, with permission of course.

Third Transaction

3 Johnson & Johnson Suds Bars (thanks to the coupon!)
Bread
1 Betty Crocker cookie mix
2 Goldfish crackers
Apples
Yoplait Yogurt for Kids
1 bag of carrots
Ham
5 Betty Crocker Cake Mixes
1 Mustard
1 Ziplock Bag
1 Gallon of Milk

Total Due $46.02
Total Paid $20.36

4th Transaction (forgot about having to make dinner-oops)

1 can Kroger green beans
1 can Kroger peas
One package Tyson Chicken

Total Due $6.89
Total Paid $3.06

Total Due for all purchases: $152.14
Total Paid: $29.38
Savings: $122.76

***The total amount due is reflective of prices with the Kroger plus card.

Stock Up at Kroger this week girls!

I get the flyer for Kroger's a little earlier than most people and I am super SUPER excited! They are having a 10 Item Mega event!
For every 10 participating items that you purchase, you will receive $5 off your order and you can have three of these 3 rewards per transaction. So, you can buy 30 items and receive a total of $15 off your order. I haven't checked my coupon stash yet but this looks to be really good!

Some highlights:

Final Cost $0.50 (with $5 off)

Gold fish crackers
French's mustard
Betty Crocker Cake mixes
Lipton Sides (rice, noodles)
Excedrin
Hormel Chili
Haagen Dazs Icecream

Final Cost $1.00 (with $5 off)

Cheetos
Fritos
Scott Paper Towels
Betty Crocker Pouch Cookies
Peter Pan Peanut Butter
Philadelphia Cream Cheese
Keebler Fudge Shoppe Cookies
Cheez-it crackers

Final Cost $1.50 (with $5 off)

Hot Pockets
Dole Fruit (in jars and cups)
Shout
Kraft Cheese & Slices
Clorox Wipes

Final Cost $2.00 (with $5 off)

Domino Sugar
Chips Ahoy Cookies
Nabisco 100 Calorie Packs
Welch's Grape Juice
Crisco Oil
Dawn Dish detergent
Breyers Ice Cream

So, you can purchase 10 of any of these items, in combination, and receive them at the price mentioned and you can get 3 rewards per transaction. Now is the time to search your coupons!

Also, Kroger has their Tyson Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast on sale for $1.88 a pound

I saved $136.15 at Kroger! ***

***I ran into my dear friend Sherri during my trip at Kroger. We were one aisle apart when I heard her excitement over the soap that was on clearance and we hung out together for the rest of our trip. We probably spent an extra hour just looking for deals and chit-chatting but it was a ton of fun!

This was a great stock-up and save week for me! This was a WOO-HOO week! I actually made two trips so this is them both combined. The totals shown include card/coupons/discontinued discounts.

12 boxes of cereal (8.40 total for all boxes)
*Total normal price $31.90. I paid an average of 70 cents per box- savings $23.50

Dawn foaming pump & refill (3.88 total for both)
*Total normal price $9.78-savings $5.90

15 Colgate toothpastes (2.00 for all boxes)
*Total normal price $28.35-savings $26.35

2 Colgate toothbrushes (50 cents for both)
*Total normal price $3.66-savings $3.16

8 2packs of soap (5.64 for all/70 cents per box average)
*Total normal price $20.32-savings $14.68

9 packs of chicken breasts (25.83 for all packs/$2.87 package average)
*Total normal price $71.27-saving $45.44

I purchased some other things too, some on special and some not. I had some really great coupons, including some given to me by a stranger. I also found some wonderful closeouts!

Total before Kroger card and coupons: $203.87
Total card discounts: $90.76
Total coupons: $45.39

Total paid for 62 items: $67.72
Total savings: $136.15

Sunny day shopping

Today was a beautiful day and we headed out to Kroger for some much needed yogurt, Qtips, and cat food.
This is what I got:

5 packs yoplait kids yogurt
12 yoplait whips
Qtips
7 bags of cat food
2 boxes fruit roll ups
Total before Plus card: $41.54
Total after coupons and plus card: $19.78
Total savings: 54%

The cat food was free! I had 7 coupons for $1 off and it was on special for $1 bag!
I also had a free coupon for any yoplait kids yogurt so one pack was free!

Rainy Day Shopping

CVS

Today I ventured to CVS not quite sure what I was going to buy and how to use the ECB's to my advantage. I appreciate all of the bloggers who share their *deal* ideas but none of them suited me this week.
I don't feel a sense of accomplishment this week, even though I did pretty well. I guess I spent a little more than I thought I would.

1st Purchase:
2 swiffer wet refills ($5.99 each)
- $2 ECB
-$1/2 coupon swiffer refills
Total: $9.48
Earned $5 ECB

2nd Purchase
2 Downy fabric softeners (3.50 each)
1 Dawn Ultra ( 99 cents)
1 Razor ($9.99)
-$4.00 razor coupon
-$5 ECB
-$.5o dawn coupon
Total: $9.11
Earned $8 ECB

3rd Purchase
2 Tide Liquid detergents (4.99 each)
1 bag orange slices (for my little ones who were losing patience but still behaving so well)
-$6 ECB
-$2 ECB
Total: $2.09
Earned $0

So, I spent $20.68 but saved $54.50.

Then to Kroger...

I only bought a couple of roasts because I am really trying to only get things I need, not just because a deal is great. I looked and looked at the Cheerios but just couldn't bring myself to buy them because I don't need them.

2 Roasts (1.99 pound) $5.93 & $7.10
1 (2 pack) of strip steaks $7.83

The roasts will be divided into two and frozen. This will provide two months worth of roast beef or BBQ beef. So, four meals for respectively $3.25 a piece.

Although the steaks weren't on sale, we save so much money by not going out to get steaks that it is a luxury that we splurge on every once in a while. Add a baked potato and sauted onion and that is a dinner for two for just under $10!

I then went to Walmart and finished my grocery list for $25