Online Price Book

Chateau St. Michelle Riesling (hubby's favorite)

2013-11-13T08:27:00.002-08:00

11-11-13, Sam's Club, $6.98

Produce: Onions

2013-10-22T17:30:00.003-07:00

10-22-13, Aldi for $0.89 for 3- lb bag = 1 lb for $0.30

Sad Day

2013-10-14T10:33:00.001-07:00

My fellow Americans,

I just noticed that the Kroger near my office no longer doubles coupons. Boo! Sad!
Now I must investigate to see if the Kroger near my house no longer doubles. What is the world coming to?

By the way, this is the Kroger on West 86th St. in Indianapolis. They may have dropped double coupons a while back but I just noticed today. I'll let you know if my Brownsburg, IN Kroger has followed suit.

Produce: Peaches

2013-08-16T17:56:00.001-07:00

8-16-13, Kroger, 1 lb for $0.99

One Dozen Eggs

2013-08-16T17:34:00.002-07:00

8-16-13, Kroger, Large = $0.99

Truvia

2013-07-11T11:00:00.002-07:00

I have several $1 off coupons I want to use up. I use the Truvia baking in my morning muffin recipe and the Truvia scoop-able kind - not the packets - in my morning coffee. Truvia is more expensive than the generic brands but I've tried other brands and like Truvia best.
Prices below (and in all posts) are pre-coupons. I'm trying to find the best price to leverage those coupons.

BAKING (24 oz bag)
7/11/13 Walmart 24 oz for $5.98 = $0.249 per oz
7/13/13 Kroger 24 oz for $6.49 = $.270 per oz

CANNISTER/JAR Style (9.8 oz)
11/24/13 Kroger - 9.8 oz for $5.84
7/18/13 Kroger - still on sale for $5.89 - hopefully this means this sale price will last all through the next weekly cycle. Whoot, whoot!
7/13/13 Kroger 9.8 oz for $5.89 = $0.601 per oz
7/11/13 Walmart 9.8 oz for $5.98 = $0.610 per oz
11/19/13 Peapod 9.8 oz for $7.49 = $0.764 per oz
11/19/19 Amazon, 3 pack of 9.8 oz jars for $24 = $8 = $0.816 per oz

Frozen Fruit

2013-02-12T09:44:00.002-08:00

STRAWBERRIES - Frozen
2/12/13 Aldi 16 oz for $1.99 = $0.124 per oz

BLUEBERRIES - Frozen
2/12/13 Aldi 12 oz for $2.49 = $0.208 per oz

Dates

2012-12-21T06:44:00.003-08:00

MEDJOOL DATES
3 pack of 16oz Medjool Dates, Amazon Prime for $26.22 = $0.546 per oz

Is Amazon Prime worth it?

2012-12-18T07:07:00.002-08:00

After maybe the hundreth trip to the vending machine at work during a very stressful week, I'd had enough. I decided to order in as many healthy snacks as possible through Amazon's subscribe & save. I wasn't really comparing prices as much as just looking for veggie-based snacks. Wasabi peas anyone? (I'm open to suggestions. Best, easy, veggie-based snacks - go!) My office now has earned the nickname "the bodega."

Recently, a friend of mine was raving about Amazon Mom. I'm past the diapers phase (thank you, thank you, thank you) so I wasn't sure if it was for me but I signed up anyway. In the process, I accidently signed up for Amazon Prime at the cost of $79 for a year. I thought about canceling but then decided this is my chance to experiment. I fear I may become addicted to the Amazon coupon page. *sigh*

But it's OK if I do it in the name of research, right? So for the next year, I'm going to track my Amazon Prime purchases and to the extent possible, see if I can price compare the items elsewhere. I'm hoping to see if it's worth the $79 by the end of the year.

I know, I know, I'll have gads more impulse buys so this isn't really frugal - comparing prices for stuff I probably never would have bought anyway if I weren't goofing off online. But it comes right to my door and it's so easy. So I'm doing it for a year and you're invited.

PURCHASE 1
12-17-2012
Amazon Prime $79

PURCHASE 2
12-17-2012
Larabar Carrot Cake bars, pack of 16 1.6-oz bars for $11.50 with online coupon = 72 cents per bar
Best other price I could find was $23.34 with shipping
Saved $11.84

RUNNING TOTAL: -$67.16

PURCHASE 3
12-18-2012
Barbra Annino's Tiger's Eye on Kindle for free through the lending library (one free Kindle book a month when you subscribe to Prime). Technically I saved the $4.99 it would have cost me to buy the Kindle book but this is a new author for me. Usually I wouldn't have bought, I would have check it out from my library. But I enjoy the convenience, so I'll give this purchase a randomly assigned value of $0.99.
Saved $0.99

RUNNING TOTAL: -$66.17

PURCHASE 4
12-19-2012
Cottonelle double roll 32 count with coupon and the 5% subscribe & save discount for $15.92, which equals $0.498 per roll. This beats my best price at Kroger with a coupon by .001 per roll for a grand savings of about 3 cents plus the convenience of delivery. I'll check the price to see if I need to cancel the subscription going forward.

RUNNING TOTAL: -$66.14

PURCHASE 5
12-20-2012
Cottonelle double roll 48 count with coupon for $20.94, which equals $0.436 per roll, beating my Kroger best price by .063 per roll for a savings of about $3.02 plus we are going to be swimming in toilet paper for the new year = dream come true.

RUNNING TOTAL: -$63.12

PURCHASE 6
12-21-2012
I recently finished reading "Eat to Live" and am anxious to try some of the "sweets" recipes, which all use medjool dates as the sweetener. They have some additional anti-cancer properties compared to other dates or something. Anywho, just got an Amazon giftcard from a friend for Christmas so I thought I'd give them a try. I might need to run to a health food store or the local Trader Joe's to compare the price on these, so more on that in the future.
Using Amazon Prime, I bought a 3 pack of 16oz. packages of Medjool dates for a grand total of 48 oz. for $26.22.

RUNNING TOTAL: I'll get back to you on that.

5/6/13 - I'd have to say that for my shopping style, this hasn't been worth it. Got what I think were some good prices on toilet paper but it's so hard to comparison shop TP. Some brands roll the rolls loosely, others are thicker but leave way too much 'lint' behind (I know, I know TMI). I give up trying to comparison shop this.
Prime does seem to have good deals on bulk quantities of whole grains, such as millet and quinoa. And I also got a good price on semolina flour.

Larabar Bars

2012-12-18T05:39:00.000-08:00

Carrot Cake, 16 X 1.6oz bars for 11.50 via Amazon Prime = 0.72 per bar or 0.45 per oz

Fish: Tilapia

2012-05-30T05:32:00.002-07:00

5/30/12, Meijer, 16oz for $3.50 = .219 per oz

Sunscreen - spray, waterproof

2012-05-25T11:24:00.001-07:00

5/25/12, Kroger, Coppertone sport, 8oz for 5.99 + $1 off coupon = $0.624 per oz

Produce: Blueberries

2012-05-25T11:22:00.004-07:00

BEST PRICE EVER: 8-16-13, Kroger, pint for $1.67

6-6-12, Aldi, pint for $1.89
5-31-12, Kroger, pint for $1.97
5-25-12, Kroger, pint for $2.00
5-29-12, Meijer, pint for $2.50

Produce: Raspberries

2012-05-25T11:22:00.001-07:00

6/8/12, Kroger, 6oz for $1.50
5/25/12, Kroger, 6oz for $2.00
5/29/12, Meijer, 6oz for $2.50

Pork Chops

2012-05-25T11:14:00.001-07:00

BONELESS, CENTER CUT
6/1/12, Marsh = $2.48 per lb
5/31/12, Kroger = $2.77 per lb
5/25/12, Kroger = $2.97 per lb

Produce: Tomatoes

2012-05-25T11:13:00.001-07:00

05-25-12 Kroger, Tomatoes on the vine per lb = $0.87
06-01-12 Marsh, Vine ripe or Roma per lb = $0.99
08-11-12 Kroger, tomatoes on the vine per lb = $1.28

Produce: Corn

2012-05-25T11:11:00.003-07:00

05-29-12 Meijer, $0.16 per ear
05-25-12 Kroger, $1 for 6 ears = $0.17 per ear
08-11-12 Kroger, $3 for 10 ears = $0.30 per ear

Popsicles

2012-05-24T10:07:00.001-07:00

BEST PRICE: $ 0.114 per oz

5/24/12, Aldi - sugar free, $1.99 for 17.5 oz = $0.114 per oz

Frozen single-serve meals

2012-05-24T10:00:00.000-07:00

BEST PRICE: $0.149 per oz

5/24/12 Aldi, $1.19 for 8oz = $0.149 per oz

Frozen Pizza

2011-12-29T13:19:00.001-08:00

10-12-12 Kroger, Tombstone or Jack's, 27.7 oz for $2.50
5-17-12 Kroger, Red Baron, 25.3 oz pizza for $2.50
10-12-12 Kroger, Red Baron, 22.6 oz pizza for $2.99
12-29-11 Kroger, Red Baron, 25.3 oz pizza for $3.33

Produce: Clementines

2011-12-09T05:42:00.000-08:00

11-9-11 Kroger, Cuties, 3 lbs for $3.88 plus double .45/1 coupon = .993 per pound

Pie Crusts

2011-12-09T05:39:00.000-08:00

11-9-11 Kroger, Kroger Brand 2 for $1.50

Italian Sausage

2011-11-10T09:00:00.000-08:00

11-10-11 Kroger, Kroger brand $3.49 for 18oz = $0.194 per oz
08-11-12 Kroger, Johnsonville $3.50 for 18 oz = $0.194 per oz

Beef

2011-11-10T08:58:00.001-08:00

Boneless Top Sirloin Steaks
10-12-12 Kroger, $4.99 per lb

Boneless Bottom Round
11-10-11 Kroger, $3.99 per lb
12-29-11 Kroger, $3.99 per lb

T-Bone Steak
5-25-12 Kroger, $5.97 per lb
9-28-12 Kroger, $6.97 per lb

Boneless Chuck Roast
11-4-11 Kroger, $2.88 per lb
10-10-12 Kroger, $2.97 per lb
12-14-11 Kroger, $2.99 per lb
12-14-11 Meijer, $3.49 per lb
6-1-12 Marsh, $3.99 per lb

Ground Beef
10-10-12, Peapod, 95% lean, $3.99 per lb.
5-31-12 Peapod, 92% lean, $3.99 per lb.

Ground Chuck
5-29-12 Meijer, $1.87 per lb
10-28-11 Kroger, $2.27 per lb
10-10-12 Kroger, $2.47 per lb

Ground Round
5-31-12 Kroger, $2.77 per lb
11-4-11 Kroger, $2.99 per lb

Boneless Eye of Round
10-13-11 Meijer, $2.99 per lb.
10-27-11 Meijer, $3.99 per lb.
11-4-11 Kroger, $3.99 per lb.

Produce: Potatoes

2011-11-10T08:50:00.001-08:00

11-10-11 Kroger, $1.99 for 5lbs Idaho = .398 per lb