- 1- 18oz bag of Romaine hearts = $1.50
- 2 - Lemons @ (3/$1.00) = $.67
- 1- Perdue Oven roaster @ $.79 a lb = $4.31
- 1- bag of sugar = $2.15
- 1- package of Perdue Chicken leg quarters @ $.59lb = $2.04
***I'm new at buying different cuts of chicken and I'm trying to establish my price book. What do you typically pay per pound for your different cuts? Did I get a good deal? I'd love to know!
Total budget left for the month: $71.98
8 gave me some sugar:
LOL...I tell people to "give me some sugar" when I'm going to give them a hug...too cute ;)
.79 is pretty good for whole chicken! .59 for leg quarters is good...I've seen less...like .29-.49/lb, but it usually requires you to buy a 10-lb. bg.
I love the new look. Dh got some sugar for that I hope.
Meat is one area I struggle in. If it is reasonable it seems to be in a huge package still costing too much.
I think $.79 is decent. Not overpaying at all. Our Kroger had whole chicken $.69 a lb this week but not cut up already like that.
Michelle, I do the same thing! It was something I said to my husband when we first met so it's a little bit of an inside joke. :)
Mindolla, thanks!!!
To both of you: thanks for the tips on chicken!! I agree they tend to have the cheaper prices in the larger bags/quanities. I don't mind slitting them up in baggies but typically I do try to find the smallest bag! Now let's see how I do cooking a whole chicken for the first time!!! haha :)
We consume one whole chicken per week. Add to that an extra ten pounds of it that are fed to the pets...well, it's a lot of chicken. Probably adds about ten bucks or so per week.
I don't like to spend more than $1.29 per pound, regardless of what it is (I pay that for a large tray of split breasts).
This week, I grabbed five birds because they were use today or freeze -- .59 cents per pound.
I buy backs and gizzards for the dog. Backs are .70 per pound, gizzards, $1.59. I buy the split breasts when on sale so I can cut the bones out and use them (ground up) for calcium in the cat food I make, then I make "people food" with the meat.
We make stock from all bones, then take the mushy mess and grind it up to freeze in ice cube trays as a treat for our pup. I skim the fat off of refrigerated stock and use it for cooking and as a spread on dark hearty breads.
We eat A LOT of chicken -- because it is the most affordable thing in the poulty/butcher's section.
Sorry to be so long -- but you can get more bang from your buck out of chicken as compared to anything else!
Where is this mysterious favorite local discount store!? I've been wondering where I could find one of those near work... :)
Ok..this is the 3rd time I've tried to leave a comment (user error!) and I don't think it's working. Did you get any from me, before I write it again? :o)
Sue
Hi Sue! Yes your comment posted (if it's the one above!) Price Rite is my discount grocer. :)
Sorry for the crazy comments. :) Thanks! I'll have to check it out someday on the way home from work!
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