Gonna have to start taking a calculator shopping!

marinemomtatt · #41 07/11/11, 12:43 PM

ghmerrill...we did the same thing in Idaho a few years back...~lol~... gas attendant/cashier too lame to come out to see what was up.

Ravenlost · #42 07/11/11, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by soulsurvivor

DH does all the grocery shopping and that's usually buying at Kroger once a week. All the meat comes from the butcher. He doesn't like shopping at the dollar stores so everything paper/cleaning has to come from Kroger. I used to shop at the dollar store and get all the paper supplies like toilet paper and paper towels.

DH has the Kroger card and is signed up for the 10% off Rewards Club that's available to senior citizens on every Wednesday. He also uses the coupons that Kroger sends in the mail. He tries to understand the buy 10 deals, but that's always a big question mark on how the register's computer calculates that. DH spends a lot of time at the help desk trying to resolve questions about those charges. He also buys all gas at Kroger.

His goal is to leave the store with our usual amount of groceries and keep the total under a hundred. I think the closest he's been is $126. We do buy some junk food, but our biggest cost items are non-food.

We stock food to feed 2 adults and a cat and sometimes 4 grandkids ages 2 to 13.

He could get that total under $100 if he used manufacturer coupons. There are always coupons available for paper products and cleaning supplies. Also, is he aware of the digital coupons at www.kroger.com that you can load onto your reward card? It's very easy to do.

ghmerrill · #43 07/11/11, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by cayenne47

Hey GH,
We just moved from the Holland Loop area up to Rainier ,Or. which is about as northwest in oregon as CJ is southwest lol.

Southern Oregon wine country! we love that area... when we were looking for property, we were hoping for something out there, but it didn't pan out, and we landed in kerby, 1/2 mile from where we were renting!