What would YOU get?

[champagnium]

Here is a link to my local grocery store flyer for this week. I'm pretty sure it will work:

http://www.superstore.ca/east/thisWeeksFlyer.aspx

I'm looking to you frugal leaders to help me get the most for the cheapest
as we had to buy $800 new tires for the car AND pay $750 plane tickets this week :S so we only have a small amount for groceries....like, $50 and I'm trying to max it. Let me know!! I can't wait to see if what I think I'm going to get is what I should be getting!

Thanks in advance

[Lady_V]

psst... what store location... or are all the flyers the same?

[Dancing Lotus]

I tried to look for you but your link wants me to put in a providence and state? Also will you be using coupons?

[mom2matty]

I also tried to peek but it is asking for a center location.

[champagnium]

Oooh...sorry..I thought the info would stay in there when I posted...
it's Nova Scotia.. City is Dartmouth...store is Portland St. market.
And no, I have no coupons for anything this week *shakes head sadly*

[Lady_V]

whole chicken -- a few meals there
no name frozen veggies (unless fresh is cheaper)
honey tangerines (if you like them)

the Colgate toothpaste (I know you can't eat it... but, stockpile)

I didn't really see anything else that was worth the money. You can make a lot of it at home for much less.

[Dancing Lotus]

This is a lot harder then I though it would be because your prices and package sizes are very different then mine.

I don't know how good these prices really are for you, KWIM? But a few things did stand out.

yellow and orange bell peppers for 1.99 a lb. We pay up to 3.49 a pound.

Colgate toothpaste 3/.99, if you need and don't have coupons thats great because around here a sale price is .99 for one.

Larsen deli ham at .49 is great

The tangerines at .79 is pretty good and the Avocados at .99 aren't great I have gotten them cheaper but currently they are 1.49 a pound.


Also the Scott paper towels looked like a good price.

Do you pay taxes on food?

[joyofsix]

Whole chicken-chicken, chicken soup, chicken salad
pork shoulder-stirfry(onion&peppers on rice)
peppers
pasta&sauce
tangerines
maybe a cantaloupe or pears
otherwise I'd just plan my normal inexpensive foods

[champagnium]

Thanks ladies!!!

I was planning to go with:

2 whole chickens (because even mark down chickens aren't this cheap)

3-4 bags of various n/n frozen veggies
some tangerines

4 peppers

2 english cukes

$10 worth of the ham (will freeze for DFH's lunches)

2 bottles pasta sauce

2 boxes w/w pasta

1 bag potatoes

1 bag onions

4 tubes Colgate

+powdered milk (in case we don't hve milk for a while) so I can bake stuff from scratch..I already have lots of flour ect. at home

And no, we don't pay tax on food...we pay 13% on non-food items. DFH also gets a 10% discount on non-gov't regulated items...so trying to stretch it!

I'm happy to see that what I was planning was mostly sensible...and whatever I have leftover from the $50 I will put to next week. I'm sure this will get easier as time goes on

[Dancing Lotus]

Sounds like good list too me. Although I didn't say the chicken because I normally pay .79 a pound for it. But again that's my local prices not yours so if thats a good price for you then I would get it.

[champagnium]

Yepper, I checked with DFH that's the best he figures we'll get for the next while.