Kroger Shopping

Had a money saving streak in Kroger a couple of times earlier, when I discovered the clearance bin at the back. Ever since, I head straight toward them as soon as I enter the place and check for anything worth stocking up on. I had gotten pretty decent deals like this..

I have summarized a few here from what I remember -

8 boxes of cascadian cereal @$1.25 each regular above $5.00
St. Ives, intensive nourishment @$2.50 regular about $10.00
Neutragena Sun Block @$3.00 regular at about $14.00
Packet of nuts and dried fruits @$1.50 regular at about $5.00
Eye shadow @$1.50 regular at about $8.00.


Anyway, I had never tried coupon savings in Kroger before, nor had I figured out any 'kroger strategy' so far. So today I wanted to try out a scenario with almost nothing out of pocket (OOP). It didnt quite turnout as I expected, but was a pretty good shopping run...

Trip : Oct. 10
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8 healthy choice entree : $2.27 x 8 : $18.16
2 healthy choice entree : $1.96 x 2 : $ 3.92
1 chicken leg quarters @ 99c/lb : $3.42
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9 healthy choice MQ : -$2.00 x 9 : -$18
Kroger discount : -$5.00
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Total : $25.50
Savings : $23.00
OOP : $2.50
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Note to self: Kroger will not permit overage.

That is why they didnot take my 10th healthy choice coupon. The overage would have paid for my chicken leaving me with an OOP of only $.50! Now that would have been a..w..e..s..o..m..e!