This Month's 2026 Grocery Spending – April

 

My plan going into April was to make sure I am fully stocked up.  I was able to top up both deep freezers, add to the pantry and restock my LTFS.  Several canning projects took care of filling all the gaps on my shelves and a Butcher Box order took care of the gaps in the deep freezer.  I am feeling really good as far as groceries are concerned.

 

A trip to Costco for beef stew meat and boneless skinless chicken was high on the priority list so I could get that canned and on the shelf.  While I was there I grabbed two more loaves of low carb bread as well as some organic salad mix.

 

My next shop was to Winco to restock some of my favorite spice packets.  I prefer the Winco brand of taco seasoning and their au jus so I picked up four of each plus and extra taco seasoning to use to can carne asada.  I picked put the beef strips, one of which was on markdown, and a couple bell peppers there too.  I added a large well priced chuck roast to my cart as well.

 

Fred Meyer provided me with a ham priced at 75¢ per pound!  I processed it into meal size portions, vacuum sealed and stashed it  in the deep freezer for future meals.  I also added four pounds of good quality bulk pork sausage at $2.99 each, restocked the butter at $2.49 a pound and picked up a few other items on sale to stock in the pantry.

At Albertson’s I picked up two jars of my favorite blue cheese salad dressing on a special offer.  I was also able to restock the emergency/camping/donation shelf in my LTFS with Knorr rice and pasta packets at $1 each.  A few bananas too which made for a nice treat, especially while I waited for my bus to arrive.

 

Before

After! 😁

My Butcher Box order arrived and I was able to fill up the deep freezer in the garage.  A really good sale on organic grass fed lean ground beef added another ten pounds of ground beef in addition to my regular order.  I am thrilled to be blessed with all of this wonderful, healthy and very delicious meat.

 

My nonfood items this month consisted of restocking the canning lids I had used this month, some toiletry items and cleaning supplies.  My total spent on nonfood items was $39.81.

 

My food spend was a bit higher than I was originally planning, however with reports of rising prices in the coming months I decided to fill some gaps, add a few more things to my LTFS and get my canning projects completed.  I was pleased with the prices I did pay and I am happy to have everything stocked and completed.  Total spent on food this month came in at $182.19, not including the Butcher Box order which was $232.00 and included ten extra packages of organic, grass fed, lean ground beef in addition to my regular two month order.  How do you think I did?