I got bacon at Costco in the 4-lb pack for about $2.89 /lb.
Milk -- Rainbow had a special at $1.69 / gallon with coupon; Kwik-Trip has milk in half gallon bags for $1.19 or $1.29 -- but last fall they were as low as $0.89.
The Cub Foods in Plymouth had a manager's special on 93% lean ground beef for $2.49 /lb in 1-lb. chubs (it is normally $4.39 or $4.69) so I bought 16 lbs and froze all but 3 lbs.
Shop around; use coupons; match coupons to store specials. Check out the sites http://www.couponmom.com/printable-coupons-242 and http://www.livefabuless.com/ (on the latter site scroll down the right-of-center frame headed by "Coupon matchups" and click on a store to find details on store-by-store specials which can be matched to recent and current manufacturer's coupons.
Rainbow will double manufacturers' coupons (up to $1 face value unless prohibited on the coupon) -- up to five coupons on Wednesdays year-round and up to ten coupons on Saturdays through June 11.
I had a shopping trip a couple of weeks ago at Rainbow where I bought ~ $600 worth of food and goodies and paid about $320.
Cheers!
Just yesterday I picked up a gallon of milk for...FREE. Also last Autumn they had $2 coupons for ANY SIZE of Lactaid milk. Soooo...I got them in the quart sizes. Quarts were only $2.19 each which meant only 76 cents per gallon. I stocked up as much as my refrigerator (and freezer) could hold.
Oh how I wish I was still able to shop at Cub and Rainbow. I live in a very small town with a very small and expensive grocery store.
My disabled, elderly mom came to live with us a couple of months ago. Now I’m unable to leave the house for not much more than an hour at a time unless we hire a caregiver.
My husband works near the Plymouth Rainbow, but he’s the type whose eyes glaze over the moment he enters a grocery store. :)