These Libby's brand canned green beans were on sale for 2 for $1.00, so I picked up 6 cans of those.
I like Petite Diced Tomatoes and was happy to see them in the Dollar General Brand, Clover Valley. I made a pot of Chili Saturday afternoon and they were great! They are 67 cents a can.
The Clover Valley brand of parboiled rice was $3.75 for a 5 pound bag. I thought this was an extremely good deal, because this is the same as the Uncle Ben's brand, which is always really expensive. Confession time: I thought this was brown rice until just now when I looked closer! I do prefer brown rice for its health benefits and the fact that it is a slower burning carb. But, we will use this rice.
I like to cook brown rice in chicken broth and then freeze it in individual serving size freezer bags. I take one for my lunch at work and add either home cooked frozen chicken or a small can of chicken. Makes a good lunch.
At this particular store, they have an entire section that has only dollar items. There are some great finds there. Of course everything there is not a good deal. I bought these bottles of Salon Selectives Shampoo and conditioner and the Purpose Farmstead Apple foaming hand soap for a dollar each. These are bonus size bottles and are safe for colored hair.
Every time you visit Dollar General you get a $5.00 of $25.00 coupon that can be used the following Saturday. I try to wait to shop there until the following Saturday so I can make use of that coupon. If you know what you need that is a good price there, this is a great way to save some money. Its even better if you have manufacturer's coupons to stack with the $5.00 coupon.
Using K Cups is not the most frugal way to drink coffee. In fact its pretty expensive. However, Hubby and I love our Keurig and so I am always on the lookout both in stores and on Amazon for the best price on them. I bought the machine for him for Christmas a couple of years ago without realizing that the K Cups are expensive. So far the Dollar General (Clover Valley) K Cups are the best price I have found. They are $4.75 for 12. If I use my $5.00 coupon on a Saturday and buy 5 boxes, they end up being $3.75. Of course I would have to buy some small filler items, like a couple of cans of tomatoes to reach the $25.00 amount.
There are wall stickers also in the dollar section. I love this one.
This is what you see when you come in our back door. The stickers are removable and don't damage the wall. So I figured for a dollar, it would be cute and if I decide to take it down, there would be no problems.
Sunday morning when I left church, I ran into the Food Lion and briefly compared a few prices from my scribbled notes and the verdict is that Dollar General's prices are a little lower. For instance, a dozen eggs at Dollar General are $1.55. At Food Lion they are $1.89. That's not an earth shattering savings, but if I 'm already in the store, why not pick up the items that are cheaper?
My next mission is to do a detailed list of prices for items at Food Lion and get the lists from both stores organized so I can tell when a sale is really a sale. It irritates me when the sale paper for Food Lion says "Hot Deal", and its NOT!
My top three stores to shop at are Food Lion, Dollar General and CVS. I rarely go to Walmart, but occasionally I do. I never buy anything at CVS that isn't on sale, combined with a coupon! I also buy a lot of things through Subscribe and Save on Amazon.
What stores do you shop at the most?
3 comments:
I used to shop at many stores to get their sale items stacked with coupons, but this took a lot of my time and gas. Now I am super blessed that a new Aldi's opened up near me, and I can get most of what I need there and just fill in with what I have to get at Walmart.
Do you know about the Dollar General app with coupons? People get really good deals with it.
I haven't tried shopping with it but I do have it on my phone.
Good Morning, Debbie! I love love love Dollar General too! I haven't seen the wall decals, but will look. I really like yours over the chicken pictures. You are smart to keep a price list. Daddy and I noticed that Piggly Wiggly was advertising Beanie Weenies for 4/$5.00. At 1.25 a can, that's not a good buy. So yes, we have to pay attention. My daddy tries to buy the cheapest everything, even if he has to spend $10 in gas to do it.... lol. Example: yesterday he ran to DG to buy a loaf of bread for our tomato sandwiches. (they have the best white bread!) He came home and noticed his dish washing detergent (some off brand) was low. He then said, "I need to run to Aldi's to get some more detergent." I said "well daddy, they sell it a DG!" He said " I know, but it's cheaper at Aldi's...lol." Now, about that parboiled rice... I don't think I've ever heard of parboiled. Does that mean it's instant rice? Enjoyed your post!
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