Brag of the Week: my Sprouts organic run

I haven't done a Brag of the Week in a lonnnnggg time, mostly because a) Pesach shopping (i.e. spending $350 on a week's worth of food) is nothing to brag about and b) we've been eating off our stockpile, which was growing a little unmanageably large before Pesach, and so I was doing very little non-Pesach shopping of late.

But this week, there were some specials at Sprouts that were too good to pass up, so off I went.  I'm especially proud of my Seventh Generation 20 oz. dishwashing liquid for $0.40 and my Muir Glen Organic 14.5 oz, cans of Fire Roasted Crushed Tomatoes for $0.15.  Not everything on this run was bought with a coupon, which is why the savings was a little less than 60%.  Sometimes, you just need bananas, you know?

So, before you scroll down, just take a look at the picture and take a guess at how much I spent. Almost everything I bought was organic.  Besides, the brag value, it's actually helpful for me to dissect my purchase this way; it makes me much more aware of what I'm buying and spending.

Now here's the breakdown.  Starting prices per item are in blue, coupons are in red, final prices are in green.  There isn't a single coupon or discount listed here that I didn't post about, so any reader could have shopped the same way and saved the same proportional amount. No magic discounts here.  I spent about 12 minutes planning this shopping trip in advance.

• Cascadian Farm Organic 13 oz. cereal (2):  $3.00 - $0.60 - $0.50 - $1.00 = $0.90 x 2 or $1.80
• Food Should Taste Good 5.5 oz. (2):  $2.00 - $0.60 - $0.75 = $0.65 x 2 or $1.30
• Diamond Nut-Thins (2): $2.49 - $.50 - $0.37 = $1.62 x 2 = $3.23
• Sprouts frozen dark cherries (2):  $2.99 - $1.50 (this 50% off coupon) = $1.49 x 2 or $2.98
• Sprout 5 oz. chunk light tuna (1): $1.49 - $0.50 = $0.99
• Beefsteak tomatoes: $0.88/lb. $1.94
• Almond Dream (1):  $1.99 - $2.00 = free
• Bananas: $0.59/lb. (I know, expensive, but we needed them) $0.72
• Muir Glen Organic Fire Roasted diced/crushed tomatoes 14.5 oz. can (6): $1.50 -$0.60 - $0.75 = $0.15 x 6 or $0.90
• Shiratake noodles (my husband loves these): $1.59 x 3 = $4.77
• Daiya vegan cheese (2):  $3.49 x 2 = $6.98 (on sale, usually over $5.00 at Whole Foods)
• Seventh Generation dish soap, 20 oz. (4): $3.79 - $1.90 - $1.50 = $0.39 x 4 = $1.58

TOTAL BEFORE COUPONS:  $63.01

TOTAL OOP:  $27.19

Saved about 57%

And that's my brag, folks.

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