Preparing for Guests

We are planning to have several guests during the course of this month so one of the things we do to get ready for this is to shop loss leaders in order to have lots of food on hand without spending a lot of money.  We usually cook everyday when people are here and depending on what activities everyone wants to do, we will even pack them lunches to take with them.  This was our haul for today:

2 small watermelons, 2 ears of corn, 4 tomatoes, 4-12 packs of soda, 3 cans baked beans, 1 mayonnaise, a half pound of London Broil from the deli, 4 boxes of brownie mix, 2 pounds of bacon, 3-half pound packages of cheese, 3 packages of pork ribs, a gallon of almond milk, and a half dozen sandwich rolls.  The total price of these groceries would have been $132.10 but by buying loss leaders, sale items, and using the store's app, we only paid $54.89 for a savings of $77.21!

We have lots of food stored up in the freezer and in the pantry so this will just add to the stockpile and make it super easy to pull together a meal quickly and inexpensively (needless to say, taking a dozen people out to dinner every night would cost a fortune so this is one of the biggest ways we save money when we host visitors!).