Troy and I stopped at the grocery store on the way home tonight. Yesterday I made up my January menu, made a grocery list, printed out coupons and scoped out the best deals between Rainbow and Cub. Rainbow won out this week, except for a few items I need to run to Cub for. So for the most part I have groceries for the month! For those of you who don't know my meal planning strategy here it is. I go through the cupboard, pantry, fridge and freezers to figure out what I have. I then sit down with a blank calendar and plan meals with what I have on hand. Then I fill in the rest of the month with other meal ideas. I try not to repeat anything throughout the month and I try to find at least one new recipe that we've never had. Once I have my month filled in I make a grocery list. If your an iphone user my favorite grocery app is by Ontomni (http://www.ontomni.com). It tracks prices for me, I can add coupons and sale prices and if I really wanted to I could break my list down by aisle number! Once I have my list made I go to my favorite online coupon and manufacture sites and find coupons for as many of my items I need to by. I find by doing it this way I am not clipping coupons just because, "Oh that product looks good and there's a 50 cent coupon for it!" I am only clipping coupons for the items I am buying. Then it's off to Cub.com and Rainbow.com to see who has what on sale. Oh yea! Did I mention that I can separate my grocery list with my app by store?! Then off to the store(s) I go! Today's savings was $40.99!
Monday, January 3, 2011
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Troy and I stopped at the grocery store on the way home tonight. Yesterday I made up my January menu, made a grocery list, printed out coupons and scoped out the best deals between Rainbow and Cub. Rainbow won out this week, except for a few items I need to run to Cub for. So for the most part I have groceries for the month! For those of you who don't know my meal planning strategy here it is. I go through the cupboard, pantry, fridge and freezers to figure out what I have. I then sit down with a blank calendar and plan meals with what I have on hand. Then I fill in the rest of the month with other meal ideas. I try not to repeat anything throughout the month and I try to find at least one new recipe that we've never had. Once I have my month filled in I make a grocery list. If your an iphone user my favorite grocery app is by Ontomni (http://www.ontomni.com). It tracks prices for me, I can add coupons and sale prices and if I really wanted to I could break my list down by aisle number! Once I have my list made I go to my favorite online coupon and manufacture sites and find coupons for as many of my items I need to by. I find by doing it this way I am not clipping coupons just because, "Oh that product looks good and there's a 50 cent coupon for it!" I am only clipping coupons for the items I am buying. Then it's off to Cub.com and Rainbow.com to see who has what on sale. Oh yea! Did I mention that I can separate my grocery list with my app by store?! Then off to the store(s) I go! Today's savings was $40.99!
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Oh my God you have this down to a science! I'm going to just hire you out to do my grocery shopping for me. I see a personal assistant job in your future. LOL
ReplyDeletePS - by the way, I'm really enjoying your blog entries!
Thanks Steph! I'm glad someone is reading my posts! I could see myself as a personal assistant!
ReplyDeleteI am no good at the coupon hunting thing. I tried really hard last year and made it happen only a couple of times. I am just doomed to spend full price for my groceries I guess. lol
ReplyDeleteAmy! You can do it! I know you can! Or you need to give me your grocery list and I'll do it for you!
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