Shopping Day, 30 March

I went over-budget a little bit this week, but I bought a lot of groceries.

IGA: $19.83
Aldi (1): $111.51
Woolworths: $86.21
Coles: $71.31
Reject Shop: $12.00
Aldi (2): $11.85

Total:  $312.71

Some of the bargains I bought:

• 2 kg of chicken breasts (spent $16, saved $4.20)
• 2 jars of kalamata olives (spent $10, saved $3.60)
• 19 cans of beans (spent $15, saved $8.90)
• 4 x 2L bottles of Coke (spent $10, saved $6)
• 2 jars of jam (spent $6, saved $3.15)
• 2 boxes of Kleenex (spent $5, saved $1)
• 10 x 500ml boxes of chicken, beef, and veggie stock (spent $10, saved $11)
• 7 x  family-size packet pasta (spent $7, saved $7)

All up I bought $389.88 worth of groceries for $312.71, for a savings of $77.16. Four hours of shopping works out to $19.29 an hour. 

Now the pantry's full, the extra shelves out in the garage are full, and I've got food groceries in the laundry cupboard, too. Now I need to work on a menu plan for next week that mostly uses what we've already got. Lots of beans. I think I'll make a big pot of chili.