Sarah’s Kroger Trip: Saved 80% {Rare Michigan Doubles to $1.00 Store Trip & Mega Sale}

Guest Post from Sarah!

Let me start off by saying that I’m super excited about the trip I made to Kroger today. I’ve lived in West Michigan my entire life and very rarely get near a store that has double coupons. The closest Kroger is over an hour from my house and the small mom and pop stores that do double that I get near are higher in price than the other grocery chains.

I was taking a trip over to an area north of Detroit today and going via the highway that goes through Flint… where there’s a very rare pocket of Kroger stores that not only double, but double up to $1.00! So, I printed off my coupons, put my cooler in the trunk and went that way to see what kind of deals I could score. I’ve never shopped a Kroger Mega Sale before, but have loved seeing all the savings Tiffany posts.

Here’s what I did:

 Transaction #1

1 Cinnamon Toast Crunch
2 Honey Nut Cheerios
3 Belvita Blueberry
2 Van De Kamps Fish Sticks
2 Farm Rich Mozzarella
1 Green Giant Veggie Chips
2 Skippy Peanut Butter
2 Minute Maid Juice Boxes 10ct
2 Hormel Lunch Makers
4 Glade Melts
2 Kraft Homestyle Micro Bowls
2 Velveeta Skillet Meals
–All above were on Mega Sale–
–All below on sale or reg price–
4 Hormel Deli Slice Pepperoni
10 Yoplait Cups
2 Old El Paso Hard & Soft Shell Kits
2 Oreo
3 Chips Ahoy
2 Pillsbury RTB Cookie Dough

Coupons Used (ALL DOUBLED, or doubled up to the amount that made the item free)
(1) $1.00/1 Cinnamon Toast Crunch printable
(2) $1.00/1 Honey Nut Cheerios printable
(3) $1.00/1 Belvita Blueberry coupon (from a Nabisco back to school coupon book)
(2) $1.00/1 Van De Kamps printable
(2) $1.00/1 Farm Rich printable
(1) $0.75/1 Green Giant Veggie Chips printable
(2) $0.55/1 Skippy Peanut Butter printable
(2) $1.00/1 Minute Maid printable 
(2) $1.00/1 Hormel Sandwich Makers printable
(2) $1.00/2 Glade Melts printable
(2) $0.75/1 Kraft Homestyle Micro Bowls printable
(2) $1.00/1 Velveeta Skillets printable
(2) $1.00/2 Hormel Pepperoni printable
(1) $1.00/8 Yoplait Cups printable
(2) $0.50/1 Old El Paso printable (zip 77477)
(2) $1.00/1 Oreo coupon (from a Nabisco back to school coupon book)
(3) $1.00/1 Chips Ahoy coupon (from a Nabisco back to school coupon book)
(2) $1.00/1 Pillsbury RTB printable 

Total: $27.96
Savings: $118.64 (81%!!)
Received: (2) $1.00 Catalina, (2) $2.00 Catalina

Transaction #2

1 Family Pack Chicken Tenders
1 Family Pack Steaks
2 Armour Lunchmakers
4 Trident Gum

Coupons Used
(2) $1.00 Catalina – DOUBLED!
(2) $2.00 Catalina

Paid: $9.24
Saved: $12.62 (58%)

Total Value: $168.46
Total Saved:  $131.26 (80%)