Larger-than-Average Family Shopping List

Jenny/ June 28, 2019/ Thrifty Homeschool Mama Tips & Tricks

 

 

Hi, all!  My last post was 2 weeks into our new grocery budget. We had been shopping 2 times on our modified shopping list. We’ve now officially made it to our third shopping trip and here’s the update…

 

Grocery Budget Update…

Last shopping trip we made no extra grocery runs!! Woohoo!  We did grab one extra dozen of eggs at the gas station simply because I had accidentally left them off the list..oops!

So, today when my husband went shopping we were really in need of groceries!  Now, we still had food, but snacks and fresh fruit were completely gone, as we’re eggs.

This trip we spent right at $319 which was slightly higher than planned ($300) however, we got 10 pounds of fresh ground beef for $2.19/pound and fresh pineapple for $0.99 each so we bought just a little more!  

Are you curious what a grocery shopping list looks like for us?  Here goes:

Shopping List:

Sam’s Club:

1. Frozen blueberries (8 pounds)

2. Frozen strawberries (12 pounds)

3. Chicken breast (6 pounds)

4. Sliced cheddar cheese (2 pounds)

5. Shredded cheddar cheese (5 pounds)

6. Block cheddar cheese (2 pounds)

7. Watermelon

8. 8 pounds apples

9. 4 cans pink salmon

10. 20 whole wheat low carb tortilla wraps

11. 3 dozen eggs

12. Maple syrup

13. Natural Peanut butter

14. Truvia, natural sweetener

15. Honey

16. Coffee beans

Walmart:

1. Salsa

2. 2 lg.boxes old-fashioned oats

3. Decaf tea bags

4. 2 pounds brown rice

5. Cheezit

6. Graham crackers

7. Chocolate chips

8. Ketchup

9. 5 cream cheese

10. 2 buttermilk

11. 3 almond milk

12. 7 pounds bananas

13. 4 bags tortilla chips

14. 10 pounds potatoes

15. Fresh tomatoes

16. 8 pounds clementines

17. Strawberries

18. Whole wheat bread

19. Bulk corn on cob (8)

20. Splurge..spare ribs…ouch those were expensive!

Town & Country:

1. 10 pounds ground beef

2. 4 fresh pineapple

Whew!  That’s a HUGE shopping list, isn’t it?

That’s alot of food!  I also had to purchase paper towels, toilet paper and diapers but that isn’t coming from the grocery budget. I buy all these in bulk and only order every 2-3 months.

How’s your grocery budget doing?  What do you think I should do differently?

Check out my other posts in Grocery Budget Series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3!