Grocery Haul...who knew?

I’ve been wasting so much money shopping at the higher end stores. They have there place and while I still love the bulk items I can get at Costco, you can get a lot for your money at bargain stores.

So this week I went to Grocery Outlet (The Bargain Market) and got a few groceries. I was mainly wanting snack/quick foods since Dustin has been working at the plant more and can’t come home for lunch. I needed options I could put in his lunch. I also wanted it to be healthy whatever I got, which is hard with snack food. 

I found KIND bars which are my favorite, they are a lot more healthy than other granola bars and super yummy! Typically one box is around $5.50 at Walmart. I got one box for $1.40 OMG! And it’s not like they were bad or anything! They also had KIND breakfast bars which I thought would be fun to try, I didn’t see how much they were but figured they’d be a similar price so grabbed one when I got to check out I noticed they were 2 for 1 box! (50 cents a box) 

I was like WHAAAAT, that is SO CHEAP, so I went back and got the rest of them! (Hey they don’t go bad...) 

So I saved a total of $50 alone just on the KIND breakfast bars m, I spent $6 for ten boxes. (6$ would be the price of just one box at WALMART) 

Saved about a total of $150 dollars atleast when compared to other stores

Here’s a few rules I follow when shopping at these places however, especially when buying snack foods.

1. Check the dates 

2. Don’t buy lunch meat, just don’t do it

3. If it’s a really good deal on produce but it seems like it isn’t going to last very long (on its way to going over ripe) remember you can FREEZE. Save some money and time 

Here’s my rules I follow when buying snack or pre-processed foods

1. I don’t buy things with artificial diet sweeteners, I feel they are worse than real sugar...I also don’t buy things with ingredients like xantham gum, I don’t buy things with huge lists of ingredients, I like to be able to recognize the ingredients in my food 

2. No high fructose corn syrup, try my hardest to avoid corn syrup all together 

3. Less than 10g of sugar per serving (that is pretty generous but a lot of snack foods have more than that and I just say no to them)

Here’s my haul (THIS COSTED ONLY $50)

Milk

10 boxes kind bars 

10 boxes kind breakfast bars

Bag of kind popcorn 

2 bags veggies chips

Bag of apples 

Bag of sweet potatoes 

Bananas 

Bag of Avocados 

2 boxes organic graham crackers

1 large block pepper jack cheese

Large bag of pre-peeled sunflower seeds

2 boxes Girl Scout cookie cupcake mix (SAMOA CUPCAKES? It’s all about  balance people) 

1 large Costco sized bag of sweet peppers ($2.99 at Costco it is like $7.49)

Box of gallon size ziplocks 

2 boxes sandwhich size ziplocks 

12 boxes or pre-made oatmeal (quick breakfast on the go, also pretty healthy ingredients) 

Conclusion: save your money! As you follow a few simple rules you can shop at these bargain stores and half your grocery bill.