Apr 27, 2012

I'll Say It Again...I'm In Love

I know I've ranted about this before...but man oh man do I LOVE my Marketbasket grocery store.  T in greenville who pays $100 for an organic apple will probably shed a tear and my sister will want to ring my neck but I just HAVE to share!  This is not an opportunity for you to judge my grocery purchasing habits, but it's intended to make a true believer out of anyone doubting the Marketbasket Way!

Here's what I bought today (We're having people over to help clear land and feeding them a hearty, perhaps not so healthy, BBQ so I bought quite a few extra/processed/namebrand things that would not normally be on my list! I was a little worried I was going to blow the budget, but was pleasantly suprised!):

1pk english muffins
2 loaves bread (whole wheat, whole grain, no HFCS)
12 Hamburger buns
20 hot dog buns
12 deli bulky rolls

long grain wild rice
rice pilaf

3lb sweet potato
1 cucumber
1 bag carrots
1 onion
Sugar snap peas

4lbs apples
1 watermelon
1 cantaloup
1 1/2lbs red seedless grapes
2lbs bananas

Chicken (drumsticks)
1lb Organic ground beef
16 hotdogs
1lb honey roasted turkey breast (2.99/lb!!!)
1/2lb swiss cheese
1/2lb american cheese

5lb sugar
powdered sugar
chocolate chips

unsalted butter
2 4pks of pillsbury biscuits (we make cinnamon rolls out of these every saturday :)
two frozen pizza doughs
4c shredded mozzarella cheese
24pk cheese sticks
extra sharp block cheese
24oz cottage cheese
8 yogurts
1 gallon milk

2 big bags potato chips
Kettle corn microwave popcorn
2 boxes of graham crackers
3 boxes of cereal

Sunsweet prune juice
Dole Orange Pineapple Banana Juice
2 12pks namebrand soda
1 12pk geary's

Two half gallons of ice cream
1pkg 12ct. Edy's fruit popcicles
1pkg 12ct.  ice cream bars

Are you ready for the GRAND total!?
$142.47

Tell me that is not AMAZING!  I mean, I shop once a week and generally spend well under $100 each week if I'm doing our normal list.  I really don't know what I'd do if they ever went out of business!?  Or if I ever moved to a location where groceries weren't so cheap.  Our whole budget would be shot!  I'm couting my blessings for sure!

5 comments:

Esther said...

Jealous! Definitely would be way more here at Hannaford.

Anonymous said...

This is precisely why I do my grocery shopping at Walmart out here...shameful, I know, but I can get the same stuff as at the supermarket for much cheaper...and right now, that's exactly what I need. lol. Kinda wishing we had a marketbasket now... ;-p

~Maggie

Anonymous said...

SO much more at Hann. To give u an idea... Apples are .99/lb, the grapes were .99/lb, the bread was $2.00 a loaf...and it just goes on and on! Crazy.
Sarah

Cheryl said...

Wow, sounds like you're feeding an army! That is definitely a great price for all that food. I love the sugar snap peas, and thank you for telling me how much cheaper they are at Market Basket than I was paying for them at Walmart! =)

Jen said...

So Jealous! I dread grocery shopping at Hannaford.