Safeway bargains are a lifesaver!

Ahhh, back from a lovely family vacation and time to jump into savings mode again.  Our brief pause from paying off debt was very much needed after working extremely hard on our goal for SOO many years.

Safeway Bargains

Use that Just 4 U program on the Safeway site...  it is fantastic if you are trying to cut your grocery budget.  Supplementing with free, and nearly free, food this month has allowed us to save SO MUCH toward our goal.  I plan to keep this up as much as possible all summer!

$3.50

This bunch was $3.50, the ice-cream was a splurge of course, my family loves treats and at just over a dollar i could justify it!  I actually used one 'real' paper coupon here, making the hot dogs free...  not something i would normally buy, but will make fun summer lunches for the kiddos.

$1.97

This group contains a few free coupons so i only paid for the bread and cereal.  $1.97 total!

$2.67

More cheap bread, and these flavorless eggs will only be used for baking (my hens are not laying enough for all our needs right now) and this trip cost me $2.67!

I have saved SO much this month it is unbelievable.  While I did sacrifice quality on a lot of my shopping trips I do supplement with a lot of home-grown organic greens and as much 'health food' as possible, pantry is stocked with organic oats, brown rice, etc!

Scratches, dings and dents...

My $20 shopping trip.  Saving money IS what I do.

deals a plenty at Safeway

Always great deals to be found here.  Always.  Staying on budget is REALLY important to securing my job as a stay-at-home mom.  I shop around and i always shop at Safeway!

A couple bargains i got today were these meat packs, natural ground turkey and some bison!  we LOVE bison in this house, a natural, lean meat, 50% is the only way i can squeeze it into my budget!

Grapefruit are still 33 cents each through tomorrow, that is a bargain for sure!!!

five dollar friday

Ahhh,  $5 Friday is quickly becoming a regular for me.  

We didn't need much on the grocery end of life BUT my daughters FAVORITE cereal was on sale so I pretty much HAD to grab it!  She asked sweetly on the way home if she could have some 'pop cheerios' and giggled with glee when i told her yes.  We don't eat a lot of cereal in our house and I just recently discovered that she believes the word 'cheerios' mean cereal, and these make a popping sound....  making them 'Pop Cheerios'.  Goodness gracious I love her.

oh how i love Safeway!

Made my shopping list last night as I viewed the ad (which i did indeed post yesterday).  I printed out ONE coupon, brought my grocery cash envelope, a snack for the little girl and went to it!

I maximized the sales, scoured the 50% off sections and stuck to my list.  If it wasn't on my list I had to be certain I had a use for it.  Being naturally thrifty I am not one to make impulse buys anyway...  I did let me little girl pick a fun chocolate-cherry yogurt from the 50% off bin, which she ate so it is not in the pic!

Grand total before club-card, before my one coupon is $113.75.

That is probably a fair price, I got a LOT of food!  That bag of organic kale is HUGE and I got a lot of almond milk, pantry staples and that HUGE box of 'designer' wine which equals 4 total bottles!!  (wow- can't wait to give that a try!!!)

After my single coupon, my Club Card AND my ibotta rebates (todays rebates are $1.50, don't belong to ibotta? sign for this free service here and use my referral code: xaofggi) my grand total is $59.11.  Thats a huge savings!!!

I would say that is pretty dang good since I purchased fairly healthy food, didn't spend time clipping coupons and focused on food that we will actually be eating (no purchases 'just because its a bargain'= no food waste).

Safeway!

Some Friday-Only bargains at Safeway!!!

Get the Classico Pasta Sauce for $1.67 each, when you buy 4 and use THIS COUPON for $1.50 off four so you only pay $1.26 each after coupon!!!

I will be taking advantage of the raisin bran (a favorite of my oldest child and hubby- yes,

2 different people ;) ) and the wheat thins will be perfect for preschool class snacks!  

While Im there i will scan the clearance dairy and meat bins too- I find the best stuff in there. 

Looks like the Blackbox wine is 30% off and Ibotta has a $1 rebate...  I may give this a shot! Ive always wanted to try it! 

What deals will you be getting at Safeway?