Kroger Sales Starting 7/27/16

Yellow or zucchini squash $0.98/lb
Grapes $1.28/lb
Sweet corn 6 for $2
Gatorades $0.89/lb (this is my price point for Gatorade)

Kroger Suncare products are on sale and can be paired with a coupon on their app for $1 off a Kroger Suncare item.

What I'd buy at Kroger this week

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Bakery
□ Kroger Buns -- 10 for $10

Beverages
□ Coca-Cola, Pepsi or Canada Dry  -- 4 for $11 (this is my price point for name brand soda)
□ Gatorade or G2 32 fl oz or Propel, 24 fl oz -- $0.69 each when you buy 10

□ Big K 2 Liter -- $0.69 each + ibotta

Meat & Seafood
□ Hormel Pork Tenderloin or Loin Filet -- BOGO free *
□ Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs -- 10 for $10
□ Perdue Split Chicken Breasts or Drumsticks, Thighs or Whole Fryer -- $0.99/lb **
□ Snow Crab Clusters -- $5.99/lb ***

Produce
□ Blackberries or Raspberries -- 2 for $5
□ Blueberries -- $2.99 each
□ Cucumbers or Green Bell Peppers -- 2 for $0.98
□ Kroger Vegetables 10-12 oz -- 10 for $10
□ Mangos -- $0.69 each
□ Organic Strawberries or Raspberries -- $2.99 each
□ Southern Yellow Peaches -- $0.99/lb
□ Strawberries -- 3 for $5 ****
□ Sweet Corn -- 3 for $0.99
□ Whole Seedless Watermelons -- $2.99 each
□ Yellow or Zucchini Squash $0.98/lb

* Only buy the pork deal if it gets you the loins for $1.89/lb or under. 

** If you have the time to do a little bit of work, buy these chicken breasts in bulk. Debone and de-skin them and freeze. This is the ideal price for chicken breasts. (Note: I would not pay this price for thighs.)

*** I prefer to pay $4.99/lb, but this is a decent price as well

**** this is a STEAL for strawberries

IBOTTA matchups:

-- $0.25 back on any brand of cola 2-liter. This gets you soda for $0.44 cents for a 2L. 

Kroger Ibotta deals for generic items:

-- $0.25 back for any brand of: bananas, diapers, baby food, frozen pizza, ice cream, orange juice, ginger beer, chips, granola bars, jelly, shredded cheese, laundry detergent

Other Ways I Earn: Receipt Hog

Receipt Hog is another app to which you upload receipts and get rewards. This is my slowest-earning app because the reward for each receipt (payed out in "coins") is small. However, this app also accepts almost all kinds of receipts, and it does not matter what you purchased (as opposed to Find&Save and Ibotta). For this reason, I continue to use Receipt Hog.

I have earned $30 in Amazon credit from the app (you can also earn PayPal dollars) and am about to earn a second $30. I wait until I earn $30 worth because it is a better "deal". You can cash out faster if you need the money, but it takes more coins to equal a dollar if you cash out at $10 or $20 than it does if you cash out at $30 (the maximum).

Something that helps me earn faster is uploading receipts from other people. My mother-in-law saves her receipts for me, which earns me rewards much faster.

This post contains referral links.

What I'd buy at Publix this week

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What I'd buy at Kroger this week

I was not impressed with really any meat specials this week, but summer always wins in the produce department! Ibotta (referral link) match-ups are good this week, also.

Cucumbers 2 for $0.98
Green bell peppers 2 for $0.98*
Vidalia sweet onions $0.98/lb*
Mangos $0.69 each
Zucchini or yellow squash $0.98/lb* (ideas to use zucchini here)
Broccoli crowns $1.58/lb**
Blueberries 2 for $3.00
Cantaloupes $1.99 each
Personal size watermelons $1.99 each
Sweet corn 3 for $0.99*

*Ibotta (referral link) rebates match-up:
Green bell peppers $0.25
Onions $0.25
Corn $0.25
Zucchini $0.25

Aldi haul 6/16/2016

I got up the energy to finally get to Aldi (because Athens has so spoiled me that a store 10 minutes away is just. so. far.), and I'm so glad I did! They not only had their typical excellent produce deals (bananas for $0.29/lb?!), but also had grass-fed ground beef for $2.89/lb! That is by far the best deal I've ever seen on grass-fed beef, and it's even less than you can usually get the cheapest ground beef at any store.

Here's what I got for $50.54:

6 lbs of grass-fed ground beef
Bag of spinach
2 lbs of strawberries
1 pint of blueberries
12 oz of blackberries
1 mango
1 avocado
5 bananas
3 lbs of sweet potatoes
2 lbs of Vidalia onions
4 cans of cut green beans
4 cans of very small young peas
2 boxes corn muffin mix
6 lunch-sized applesauce cups
6 bagels
16 oz heavy whipping cream
1 lb butter
1 package of gallon freezer bags

Please ignore the mess behind the loot! At least one of everything I bought is pictured.

Recipe Ideas for Kroger Deals

Pork tenderloin: http://laurenkellynutrition.com/garlic-balsamic-crusted-pork-tenderloin/

Zucchini: http://www.jocooks.com/main-courses/pork-main-courses/stuffed-zucchini/

Salmon: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/114490015505694612/

Shrimp: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/114490015498337299/