Pegasus Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 DH and I ended up hitting 3 different grocery stores today. Best prices included: Bananas - $0.29/pound Eggs - $1.59/dozen Potatoes - $1.99 for 5 pound bag Fresh salmon - $4.99/pound How did you do? Oh, and not groceries but gasoline, $1.64/gallon. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieB Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I didn't see any prices like that! We must not live in the same area. The best prices I got were "personalized" club card deals, but they weren't spectacular, just not as $$ as the rest of the groceries. Is the salmon wild Pacific, or farm raised? Gas is more here too, $2.30 is the cheapest I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I just got back from the store. I now live in a town with a fairly strong grocery chain monopoly. Bananas: .49/lb. (.64/lb. organic) Eggs: $1.98/dozen for grade A eggs--least expensive brand; pasture raised/vegetarian fed eggs are $6.10/dozen Potatoes: $2.47 for 5# of russets, organic medley of baby potatoes was $4ish for 1.5# fresh salmon: $5.47/lb. My best deal was 2 pints of blueberries (conventional) for $5. I've been paying close to double that lately. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Gas is $1.54 here, probably a hair cheaper at Costco. I was excited to see eggs at $1.59 this week (Aldi). Same prices as above for potatoes and bananas. $0.99 for blueberries (one of those little flat containers, 8oz?). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Well I'll tell you a "worst" price. I wanted to buy cauliflower. $5.99 for one. *sigh* That's like a low carb staple!!! I'm very bummed. Gas was $2.10. Eggs were on sale $2.49 for 18 (that is about half price from a few weeks ago). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Jessica* Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 The only shopping I did this weekend was for the things on sale or that I can't buy at Aldi. Zevia was $3.33/6-pack Boneless-Skinless Chicken Breast was $1.77/lb Pork Roast was $1.39/lb Portobella Caps were $2.50/2-pack Jalapeños $2.99/pkg (Cauliflower was $3.99/head) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestavern Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 (edited) I walked out of the grocery store today $225 poorer. And I didn't buy any meats or cleaning products. Basically just veggies, fruit, some cheese, eggs, a bit of dark chocolate, peanuts, kimchi, coconut milk and some dried spices. This was at Stop and Shop not Whole Foods or anything. Eta I did buy 2 heads of cauliflower at $5 a head. Ugh. Store had no scallions for second week in a row, no baby spinach, Serrano chiles or tomatillos. Edited January 9, 2016 by whitestavern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 (edited) So this week I paid extra attention to the prices advertised..... Boneless skinless (Tyson) Chicken Tenders reg. $3.99 on sale $2.49 but advertised in case at $1.99- I let them know and they gave all 3 packages to me at the lower price. At a different store, (Birdseye?) Protein Blends (lunch for me) were under a sign for $1, so I got 5. They rang up as $1.87- Cashier was happy to change the price. Side Note-I'm always nice about it and never insist on the lower prices. Farm Eggs-Free from DH's co-worker who's trying to drum up business- $3.00 in future Bolthouse juices half price,because I really don't like to EAT fruit. Cauliflower $1.99 Ground Beef 1.99 per pound (I bought 12 lbs which will do us for the next 2 months) Sorry should have said I don't buy Salmon, white potatoes, or regular eggs (cage free brown are $3.48) and bananas were anywhere from .48-.53 per pound. I'm not very good at this game. Edited January 10, 2016 by foxbridgeacademy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 (edited) From my receipt yesterday: bananas $.48/lb potatoes $.38/lb (I think I saw the 5 lb bag for $.98 but I wanted to pick exactly what I needed for this week) dozen eggs $1.88 I don't buy salmon, so my 4th item will be deli Healthy Ones honey ham for $3.98/lb! Oh, and I noted cauliflower since that was brought up here this week--$3.98/lb. Have no idea what 1 head weighs--they looked smallish. Edited January 9, 2016 by Ali in OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 I glanced at the cauliflower -$4.99 for a sad little head of cauliflower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 We had a chain doing "super double coupons" this week. Coupons with a face value up to $2 were doubled. Between coupons and sales I saved 51% of my bill. Because I stock up on non-food items and some of the less perishable food items, such as cereal & pasta, I shop ahead. I don't think our grocery bill will be high for the rest of the month because we are currently eating out of our freezer (had some yummy beef stew tonight). We will have to buy milk and produce and maybe some fill in staples if we run out of something. The big deals for me were: Tropicana Orange Juice - $1 Silk Almond Milk - $1.50 Oral B toothbrushes - .49 each General Mills Cereal - 1.50 each (I shopped earlier in the week, today I could have gotten them for $.97 each because they have a special email price today & tomorrow. Oh, well) Old El Paso Stand & Stuff Taco Shells - FREE! Campbell's Organic Soup Carton - .50 (food bank donation) Zone Perfect Bars - $2.99 Old El Paso Refried Beans - .25 each (food bank donation) Special K - .50 Progresso Soup - .60 each (food bank donation) Coke Products, 6 pk 20 oz bottles - $1.99 each (stocked up college boy) Lysol Wipes, 35 ct - .66 each 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairie~Phlox Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 I got eggs for $1.50/dozen & a rain check for 4 more, potatoes $1.50/5 lbs Chicken breasts for $1.47/lb. I got other sale stuff too, but those were some of my best finds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjffkj Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Well I'll tell you a "worst" price. I wanted to buy cauliflower. $5.99 for one. *sigh* That's like a low carb staple!!! I'm very bummed. Gas was $2.10. Eggs were on sale $2.49 for 18 (that is about half price from a few weeks ago). My grocery store hasn't even had cauliflower for the last few weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoutingmom Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 DH and I ended up hitting 3 different grocery stores today. Best prices included: Bananas - $0.29/pound Eggs - $1.59/dozen Potatoes - $1.99 for 5 pound bag Fresh salmon - $4.99/pound How did you do? Oh, and not groceries but gasoline, $1.64/gallon. Wow, prices are cheap there.... with Canadian dollar (so would be more in US dollars) Bananas are usually about $0.79 a pound Eggs were $2.89 a dozen Potatoes vary widely over the year, but around $6 for a 10 pound bag Gas has been cheap for a while, about $0.90 per litre (so close to $4.00 a gallon....) Sent from my SM-T530NU using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wabi Sabi Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 I usually shop the sales in any given week. Some of the things I picked up at the store the other day: Avocados 2/$1Grapefruit 5/$1Grassfed ground beef $3.99/lb. Pink Lady apples $0.99/lbOrganic chicken legs $1.79/lb. Breyer's ice cream $2.99/cartonSushi grade tuna (we eat lots of it!) $5.99/lbWhole pineapple $2Bustelo coffee $3/can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Girls' Mom Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Grocery store prices have felt almost cry-worthy around here lately. My girls wanted OJ the other day. A jug of OJ was $13 ($9 with the store card :glare:)! Unless I wanted to go with "orange drink", then I could get it down to $4.We have outrageous cauliflower here too. Oh, and I paid $14 for two half full bags of grapes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Grocery store prices have felt almost cry-worthy around here lately. My girls wanted OJ the other day. A jug of OJ was $13 ($9 with the store card :glare:)! Unless I wanted to go with "orange drink", then I could get it down to $4. We have outrageous cauliflower here too. Oh, and I paid $14 for two half full bags of grapes. My goodness! I know the orange industry is having some problems, but $13? What, are the jugs plated with gold!? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 We went grocery shopping Friday. Of things mentioned that we bought... Potatoes - $3.54 for 10 pounds Gas - It's expensive in the part of the city where we live. We pay $1.75 right now. I've seen it $1.69 a few miles away. It's always a few cents cheaper than the cheapest at Costco, but that's quite a ways away. The Costco by us doesn't have gas. Something about the aquifer and requirements for gas stations where I live. Cauliflower - $2.98 (I didn't buy it but I paid attention to the price because of that thread on here) B/S Chicken Breast - $1.79/lb (that might be the normal price now... it was $1.99 but it's been $1.79 a couple weeks now with no indication it's a sale price) Prices haven't changed all that much here over the last bit. None of those are sale or coupon prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 My grocery store hasn't even had cauliflower for the last few weeks Yeah I haven't seen it in my usual stores either for weeks. So that was a first in awhile. I did get one for $3.49 at Walmart. So sad.... I'm not willing to pay $6 for one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baseball mom Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 (edited) Going to the grocery can make me depressed. Eggs -- $3.08 for 18ct. Bananas -- .57 lb Avocados -- .98 each Granny Smith apples --3lb bag -- $5 Carrots -- 2lb bag -- .99 (sale) Potatoes -- 10lb bag -- small potatoes -- $2.68 (sale) Spaghetti sauce - 24oz can -- .88 (sale) Ketchup 24oz -- .88 (sale) Coffee -- 31.1oz -- 6.49 (sale) Ground beef -- $1.98lb (sale) Pork loin - whole -- $1.68lb (sale) Gas is $1.77 gallon Edited January 10, 2016 by Baseball mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Our grocery stores seem to only have alcohol, cold medicine, and diet products (shakes, bars, frozen dinners) on sale. Only four produce items in the ad- tomatoes, asparagus, grapefruit, and bagged lettuce. We live where it's cold in winter and it's always expensive to buy fresh food in winter but this year seems especially difficult- I wonder if all the rain in Florida has impacted prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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