Took this cutie with me on my trip this morning to Food Lion!

I am doing more shopping than normal the last couple of weeks and will continue for at least two more due to my favorite yearly sale at Food Lion. To learn more about how I plan for these trips check out this post. I have been very pleasantly surprised during both my trips that the cashiers have been very nice and supported even with 3 different transactions. Remember I always use my $10 reward from transactions 1 and 2 in the next transaction.

I have actually made two separate trips to Food Lion this week, the reason sale on Diet Cokes.  My first trip on Wednesday was very planned.  This week, frozen vegetable are on sale for $1 a bag, pasta sauce is $1 a jar. I also stocked up on yogurt and bought pasta to go with the jarred sauce.

Transaction #1
10 bags frozen corn         $10
5 bags frozen Broccoli     $5
6 jars of Alfred sauce       $6
4 jars of Spaghetti sauce $4
10 containers of yogurt    $5
4 boxes of pasta              $3.56
2L of Ginger Ale               $0.84  with a 20 cent off coupon that printed.
Total Spent          $34.91

Transaction #2
4 containers of sour cream    $5.16
6 containers of mustard         $4.14
30 containers of yogurt          $15.00
Total Spent       $14.59

Transaction #3
10 Diet Coke    $0.99 each
Total Spent $0.49

Total Spent $49.99
Total Saved $36.06   This is the store calculation and does not include how much cheaper store brands are usually. So this is sale items only.

We, Kendall and I headed back to Food Lion this morning. I did not have a list but just knew I wanted to purchase 10 more Diet Cokes. I decided to walk around and see what items I could find that I could put in our pantry. I did need the butter which is the most expensive item I purchased.

Transaction #1
10 packets of brown gravy       $5
10 cans of tomato paste           $5
20 containers of yogurt            $10
Total Spent    $20.44

Transaction #2
5 bags frozen peas and carrots   $5
5 bags frozen broccoli                  $5
5 bags shredded cheese              $10
4 cans of black beans                  $2.72
2 cans of chill beans                    $1.36
5 packs of pasta                           $3.95
4 jars spaghetti sauce                  $4.00
4 2L soda                                     $4.20
Total Spent 32.66

Transaction #3  I used this to gain some ibotta cash. These are all things we use so I did not mind adding
10 Diet Coke                             $10
2 Apples                                    $2.24
2 Oranges                                 $1.38
4 Bananas                                 $0.92
Package of Bologna                 $0.99
Total Spent $6.03

Total Spent $59.09
Total saved $36.69

I am trying to keep each trip around $50. I did receive an additional $4 off $50 that I will use next Saturday. My saving percentages are only in the 40% range but I know this is savings I would not get otherwise so worth the effort for me.