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October 2019 Grocery Review

25 Monday Nov 2019

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The big news this month was that Walden Local launched a new service whereby one could order a la carte and they would deliver once a week.  It’s great!  It’s advertised as a pilot program, but I hope it continues.  My major feedback would be that since everything arrives frozen, they don’t need to deliver every week.  I’d be fine with placing a monthly order so long as I could order exactly what I wanted.

It’s a short week, with a tremendous amount of groceries to be purchased.  So, let’s get right to the October totals.

October TOTAL: $1,707.84

  • Stop & Shop: $252.86
  • Wegman’s: $533.48
  • BJs: $501.13
  • Local: $376.45
    • Farmers to You: $231.56
    • Other Local: $144.89
  • Other:  $43.92
    • Star Market/Shaw’s: $43.92
    • Target: $0
    • Other: $0

Wow!  That was a biggie.  I guess we weren’t done restocking for winter.  I can’t imagine November or December being small either with all the holiday meals, but I guess we shall see.

September 2019 Grocery Review

18 Monday Nov 2019

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Well, clearly things have been busy.  Sorry for the gap.  I fell behind and then the catch up project just got bigger so I waited for a chance to do it justice.  That said, I’m going to zoom through October and November over the next two weeks rather than going week by week to just catch us all up to real time.  I generally prefer to write posts in real time, but if things gt busy gaps happen.

Since there was only one week left of September, we’ll go ahead with that in detail.

On Monday, I stopped at both Shaw’s ($36.12) and Wegman’s ($56.07).  Yes, it feels a bit silly to visit two grocery stores on the same day, but they’re in somewhat the same direction and Shaw’s is an infrequent visit for specific items: pizza dough and oatmeal.

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Wednesday was the nursery school apple picking field trip.  While there I bought strawberries (hands down best in our area) for $6.99 from their farm stand.

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On Thursday, I returned to Wegman’s where I spent $171.89.

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I also spent $44.10 on our Farmer’s to You box.

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That brought the monthly totals to:

September TOTAL: $1,429.85

  • Stop & Shop: $236.94
  • Wegman’s: $579.47
  • BJs: $330.03
  • Local: $247.29
    • Farmers to You: $176.10
    • Other Local: $71.19
  • Other:  $36.12
    • Star Market/Shaw’s: $36.12
    • Target: $0
    • Other: $0

August was artificially low with vacations and it just being easier to shop after the kids headed back to school.  And, September was high, but not so high that it wiped out the deficit from August.

 

Grocery Update – Week 36, 2019

24 Tuesday Sep 2019

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We finally have a small week, both for number of stops and dollars.

On Monday, I picked up a dozen bagels and two tubs of cream cheese for $14.69.

Wednesday was the big shop of the week.  I spent $96.70 at Stop & Shop.

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Finally, I picked up our Farmer’s to You box for $50.95 on Thursday.

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That brought the total for the week to $162.34.  That should balance out this month a bit.

 

Grocery Update – Week 35, 2019

23 Monday Sep 2019

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This was a big week, though mostly because I went to BJ’s for the first time since July.

My first stop was Stop & Shop on Tuesday where I spent $59.69.  Apologies for the dark picture.  The M&M item in the bottom center was my free item of the week, a single serve cake mix.  We’ll see how that is.

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I picked up our Farmer’s to You box on Thursday for $41.95.

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Friday was the big trip to BJ’s – $330.03!  Actually, after so much time off that’s not terrible, just a bit higher than it would usually be.

 

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Lastly, I made two stops I Saturday.  I went to the farm stand for a few local items (if I’d realized I’d be at the grocery store later I would have purchased the lemons there).  They cost $33.77.

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Finally, we had a request for sausages with our hot dogs so I went to Wegman’s.  That came to $82.45 but should carry us through the first half of the week.

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That brought the weekly total to a very large $547.89.

 

August 2019 Grocery Review

17 Tuesday Sep 2019

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I’m not sure how the numbers for the month will bear out since we spent a chunk of time on vacation (during which food goes in the vacation numbers).

First, the spending and eating from last week.  I had two trips to Wegman’s and our Farmer’s to You box.

The first trip to Wegman’s was a bit of a whopper at $201.88!  There were a lot of proteins, and not particularly inexpensive ones.

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On Thursday, I picked up our Farmer’s to You box for $39.10.

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Finally, on Sunday I made a more typical trip of $67.18 at Wegman’s.

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That brought the weekly total to $308.16.

Bonus: this week I remembered to write down what we ate!

Monday:
Meatball subs, tater tots, veggies

Tuesday:
Shepard’s pie, green & wax beans

Wednesday:
Early (3): Macaroni & cheese, spinach salad
Late (3): Tuna noodle casserole

Thursday:
In (6): Chicken nuggets, veggies
Out (2): Ballpark food

Friday:
Early (3): Take out pizza at an event
Late (5): Homemade pizza

Saturday:
Salmon in puff pastry, green beans, oatmeal bread

Sunday:
Pulled pork, veggies, deviled eggs

And now a look back at August.

August TOTAL: $493.37

  • Stop & Shop: $66.62
  • Wegman’s: $163.71
  • BJs: $0
  • Local: $89.24
    • Farmers to You: $82.65
    • Other Local: $6.59
  • Other:  $173.80
    • Star Market/Shaw’s: $56.32
    • Target: $30.90
    • Other: $86.58

Even with the understanding that it accounted for only half the month, that’s a nice low total.

Grocery Update – Week 33, 2019

10 Tuesday Sep 2019

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The restocking continued.  On the other hand, we were gone for some of Labor Day weekend and went to a BBQ for yet another meal.

Monday I bought peaches and an Athena melon at the farm stand.  I’m not usually a huge fan of cantaloupe, but this variety is quite good so I seek it out for the few weeks its available.  Same for local peaches.  Apparently I forgot to take a picture.  But, I spent $6.59.

On Tuesday, I went to Shaw’s primarily for pizza dough.  I spent a total of $56.32.

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I spent $30.90 at Target on Wednesday for juice and craisins.  Again, I failed to take a picture of this.

I picked up our Farmer’s to You box on Thursday at $40.80.

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Then I took a few days off from shopping before making two stops on Sunday.  I spent $15.74 at the farm stand and $80.55 at Stop & Shop.  (There were actually four boxes of lemonade, but one didn’t make it to the picture.)

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That brought my total for the week to $230.90.  This will get split between August and September when those numbers get calculated.

 

Grocery Update – Week 32, 2019

09 Monday Sep 2019

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Only one significant stop this week.  We were mostly on vacation and I count all groceries purchased on vacation towards the vacation budget.

Because we had been on vacation and because its turnover season to winter/school groceries, there was a fair amount of restocking to do.  This is only the start.

First thing when we got back, we purchased two gallons of milk for $11.96.  That is clearly not cost effective, but quick and close were the priority.

My one and only trip was to Wegman’s where I spent $163.71.

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I also harvest the garden first thing.  I had done this right before we left, but of course it was still going to grow.  I had put the water on a timer so I didn’t have to worry about rain.

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That’s 25 cucumbers!  And, three of them are three pounds – whoppers!  I had made as many pickles as I could before we left.  I also thought the green beans were done when we left, but they revived in our absence.  I’m still picking a couple of pounds per week.  I’ll get back to the garden updates the end of this week.

July 2019 Grocery Review

26 Monday Aug 2019

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Things finished on a bit of a whimper, but I doubt that meant a small month.

That starts to change in August.  Last week was smaller than normal.  This week is tiny.

On Tuesday, I spent $29.11 at Stop & Shop.

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On Thursday, I spent $37.51 at Stop & Shop.

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Inefficient yes.  Expensive no.  I had thought I’d make that second stop elsewhere, but this ended up being the best choice.  No Farmer’s to You this week because we have a bit of a fruit backlog.  So, the grand total was 66.62.

July TOTAL: $1,832.79

  • Stop & Shop: $160.95
  • Wegman’s: $779.45
  • BJs: $484.98
  • Local: $263.41
    • Farmers to You: $220.85
    • Other Local: $42.56
  • Other:  $144.00
    • Star Market/Shaw’s: $109.93
    • Target: $0
    • Other: $34.07

Not small.

Grocery Update – Week 31, 2019

19 Monday Aug 2019

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Let the small weeks begin!  Relatively, of course.

It seemed time to start eating down what we have.  We always transition from summer foods to winter ones.  Plus, the garden was producing enough to matter.

The big stop was to Wegman’s on Wednesday for $92.13.

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On Thursday we went blueberry picking.  We picked 7.12 lbs of blueberries plus four peaches for $35.70.

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That afternoon I picked up our Farmer’s to You box for $41.85.  I didn’t know we’d be going blueberry picking when I submitted my order.

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Finally, on Sunday we spent $38.92 at Costco.  Yes, this is new for us.  Yes, we’re trying it out.  I’ll let you know how it goes though I admit our initial impressions were not favorable.

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Plus, we still have plenty being harvested!

Grocery Update – Week 30, 2019

12 Monday Aug 2019

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I made a somewhat unexpected trip to BJ’s this week.  I had been hoping to put this off until the kids were back to school, but we were short charcoal which is better purchased there (especially in late summer).

So, on Wednesday I spent $179.90 there.

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Then, on Thursday, I spent $53.82 at Shaw’s and $39.50 with Farmer’s to You.

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I made a $114.73 stop at Wegman’s on Friday.  Somehow I only got a picture of the stuff that goes in the garage fridges; clearly there was more.

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Finally, on Sunday I spent $59.80 at Stop & Shop.

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This also was the height of garden produce.  Below is one day’s haul.  For the cucumbers, in particular, this was a daily affair.  We also still have plenty of carrots left.  This did represent the end of the lettuce though.

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Discounting the garden to free (This is not entirely true.  The lettuce, carrots, and beans were from seed but the cucumber plants were purchased.  There’s also the necessary watering.), the total came to $487.32.  That’s a big week, but a small one is to come.

 

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Welcome! I’m Nora. We have 5 boys and 1 girl. I write about the practical stuff that we call life – managing school, sports, and all things suburban. I get everyone where they need to be, with their stuff, when they need to be there and write about how that all gets done.

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