April Groceries

March 28 Liuzzi $125.00    2 stuffed breads, meatballs, eggplant cutlets (no sauce or cheese, just eggplant) chicken cutlets, 2 foccaccia

March 30 Aldi $72.72    Organic arugula/spinach mix, boursin Garlic and Herb cheese, (2) organic apple juice, 2# bananas, 32 oz egg whites, quart vanilla yogurt, 4 oz feta, quart cottage cheese, quart plan yogurt, 6 pk oh snap pickles, # of roasted turkey lunch meat and ground pork, 1.5# beef stew meat, #broccoli, bag mini avocados, 24 oz tomato on vine and pound baby carrots.  

March 31 BJ's $69.66  Huge OJ, 2 Stok, 6 Gallon Water, 2 cases spring water, 3 different cuts of Parmesan, 6 CT plain bagels, 2#sour cream, bag mini Thomas' bagels, 2 cartons whipped cream cheese, 2 dozen Egglands best eggs, 

BJ's $115.51 Turkey sausage links, 3# butter, 2#turkey lunch meat, Huge OJ, 4 Stok, Jones turkey sausage, 2 dozen Egglands best eggs, 2# Kevins orange chicken 

April 4 Shoprite $41.32        4 gallons water, # zucchini, 1.33# broccoli crowns, 32 oz buttermilk, 2 each hood chive/cottage cheese and blueberry/cottage cheese.  2 cucumbers, bunch rainbow Chard, .75# Swiss chard, 1.5# Broccoli Rabe

April 14 Stop and Shop  $40.72 Bunch broccoli rabe, #broccoli crowns, 5#russet potatoes, 11# cooks bone in honey spiral sliced hickory smoked ham, 8# frozen Turkey Breast, #hood sour cream, 2 Thomas' English muffins, Levy's seeded rye, 

April 15 Aldi $32.98  large sliced sourdough, 1 apple juice, .5 gallon whole milk, #sour cream, #fresh salsa, 20 count potato hash browns, 1.75# pork loin, #strawberries, bunch cilantro and (2) 24 oz jars mild salsa. 

April 18 Liuzzi Italian Market $59.27 (2) Foccaccia, eggplant cutlets, meatballs and chicken cutlets.  Infusion day and Good Friday.  

April 22 Aldi 28.81     # Beefsteak tomatoes, 1.62# Broccoli Crowns, 2 Spreadable butter with olive oil and sea salt, 32 oz egg whites, Bag of frozen Asian stir fry vegetables, 1 cauliflower head, #Strawberries

April 23 BJ's 97.34      6 gallons water, 2 dozen assorted bagels, 2# loaf rye bread, 2 whipped cream cheese, 5 lb of potatoes, celery, 2#turkey lunch meat (freezer) pack of 14 CT zero net carb tortillas, jar of Matteo Salsa, 1.5# colossal shrimp, 24 oz whole mushrooms, large package bakery chocolate chip cookies (froze more than half) and a bakery package of crispy small chocolate chip cookies.  

April 26 Stop and Shop $39.95 (2) 64 oz Apple juice, 3 Noosa lemon yogurt, 3 Panera soup (buy 2 get 1 free) 16 oz ground turkey, bag baby carrots, 5# potatoes, 3 chopped salad kits. 

$723.48        WOW!  I spent alot.  I don't think I bought alot.  I'm still below the USDA March 2025 Thrifty food plan.  I did 1 week for DD plus full month for 4 adults by age.  According to this report numbers we should have spent $1057.80.  That is just crazy.  

Places I can cut.  Coffee (use what we have in house for month of May) Bake instead of buy cookies, Apple juice cutback.  Only go to Liuzzi on infusion day.  A lot of the meats and cheeses are in freezer for future meals, though I do not think I bought an excessive amount of meat.  Once farm share kicks in, and garden starts producing I won't be buying as much produce.  I could start baking more bread again.  

I don't think I'm buying anything crazy.    I will limit Liuzzi/Produce Market (owned by shared families) to just once every 5 weeks (infusion)    For May I will try to pull back on shopping.  Pops definitely goes through a lot of juice (DS also bought 2 bottles this month) 

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