Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Grocery cost breakdown for this week

Since some of you expressed an interest in seeing a breakdown of my food expenses for the week, I saved my receipt. When I got back from grocery shopping Monday night, it was raining, it was dark, and I had both children (who needed to go to bed) and groceries to deal with--so I hope you'll excuse my lack of a photo. :)

Dairy
(2) half gallon bottles of non-homogenized, hormone/antibiotic-free milk ~ $2.99 each, plus $2 deposit for each glass bottle
(1) pint organic half and half ~ $1.69
(2) 24oz. bricks of Kroger cheese ~ $4.99 each
(1) pound organic butter ~ $4.79
(1) 16oz. container natural sour cream ~ $1.57

Produce
(1) seedless watermelon ~ $4.99
(1) 12oz. bag pre-cut organic broccoli and cauliflower ~ $1.99
(1) package of three Romaine hearts ~ $2.99
(1) package of six kiwi ~ $1.67
(5.9) pounds organic bananas ~ $0.69/lb
(1.67) pounds organic peaches ~ $1.29/lb (they were supposed to be $2.49/lb, but she rang them up as conventional instead of organic)
(1) 4lb. bag organic oranges ~ $4.99
(2) 3lb. bags organic Russet potatoes ~ $2.99 each
(2) jalapeno peppers ~ $0.13
(1.29) pounds ripe organic bananas, $0.39/lb

Meat
(1) 5.7 lb. hormone and antibiotic-free whole chicken (reduced for quick sale) ~ $5.73 (had a $1 coupon)

Cleaning supplies/paper products
(1) bottle Palmolive 'natural' dish soap ~ $2.77

Dry goods
(1) box Kroger brand gluten-free rice cereal for Ben ~ $2.19
(1) 8oz. box gluten-free pasta ~ $2.00
(2) bags Kettle Sea Salt potato chips ~ $3.00/bag
(1) 2lb. bag gluten-free rolled oats ~ $5.79
(1) gallon drinking water ~ $0.97
(1) 1.5 lb. container organic palm shortening ~ $5.79

Frozen
(1) 1.5 quart box of all-natural chocolate ice cream


Total: $93.43

Ben made another run to the store for 2 dozen eggs and a box of Rice Chex. The total that trip was $9.60.

Total for the week: $103.03

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for sharing! I see some similar things on our list, we shop at Kroger mostly, too :-)

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