I can't figure out why you had to go to Dollar General for crackers after going to the 3 other stores. Aldi has great cracker prices.

They don't have the variety of crackers that my boys like. Family dollar has them all for $1 a box.

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My husband and I went to Aldis on Monday, and spent $217 on groceries our goal is to make this last for more than a couple months, we were fortunate to have some food I've been buying when on sale through the summer. But I think it can be done. I like a challenge. There are 4 in our household.

I shop at Walmart mostly, sometimes I go into aldi for things , but DH likes the brand nane and yes he can tell the difference, I have tried other cheeper brands. But with how hard he works (14hour days) He deserves the stuff he likes.. I spend about $40.00 at walmart with coupons.

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Way to go!
Thanks for the inspiration.

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there is one over by the Lunds on Penn.

I am lucky. the farthest place I go is sams and it is buy the bread outlet. we only go once a month even if we run out. otherwise aldi's is the farthest and they are 15 min drive.
allgirls

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I'm trying to shop only 1x every two weeks, but have already been to the grocery store 1 time this week to stock up on milk, yogurt & ice cream... not sure how i spent $20 though! I try to stick to $200 for 2 weeks, thats for 6 of us. My husband got a new job, and gets paid every other week, i hope this new plan works out for us.

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This is fantastic! I am totally inspired again by reading everyones posts on how they are saving so much!

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My 3lynns~ Ashlynn-8, Brooklyn-4 and Kaylin-3

I hear you. On the average of every two weeks, I frequent: A high end grocery for stuff I can't get anywhere else; Aldi's; Marcs (deep discount for brand name foods/fruits/vegetables; Trader Joes, Costco, Nature's Bin (natural and organic food store); and I fill it all in with trips to Panera for their baguettes, a bakery for their frozen balls of pizza dough, um, I think that's it. Whew. I'm exhausted just typing all that.

Great job though!! I don't do Aldi's as much as I used to, because it seems all their cookies, crackers and baked things have partially hydrogenated oils in them and I don't buy those anymore.

What I want to know is...how do you shop with all the kiddos? I forget to hand the cashier my coupons, can't do the math to see if I'm getting a good deal, my list gets eaten...my little ones are so distracting. This may seem like a parenting issue, but it's costing me Money, too! I want to know your secrets!