I’m really excited to get my grocery budget in check with going organic. One of the most common reasons I hear about why people don’t coupon, is that there are not enough deals on organic products. While I do buy a number of organic food items each week, I do not buy them exclusively. Why? Because they cost more. It’s true.
That doesn’t mean we can’t fit organic in our budget. It just means it’s going to take a little more work and research in the beginning and that’s what I’m setting out to do! I’m challenging myself to buy all organic for 4 weeks and keep my purchases within a budget. This is one of my goals of 2013 and one that I’m really excited about.
I’ll be sharing coupons, products, stores that I shop and my full shopping trips to help inspire you to buy what you need for your family within a budget!
Here’s the Rules:
*I must buy only organic products for 4 full weeks.
*I can use products I’ve purchased in the past in my meals at home even if they are not organic. (There’s no point in wasting food.)
*I must stay within my budget.
What is my budget?
My budget is to spend no more than $75 per week for our family of 4. That’s a total of $300 for 4 weeks. This is a bit more than my typical budget, but organic does cost more and so therefore I want to be realistic in my approach.
Where will I shop?
I’m really excited to hear that Aldi has a new line of organic products! In making this as realistic as possible for all of us, I plan to shop there and like I usually do by picking only one or two stores each week based on their deals.
How will I know what a good price is?
I don’t right now. I admit that I’m not as well researched in the organic department. I can tell you a rock bottom price on almost anything in the grocery store, except organic. I hope that this series and the research I do beforehand will help all of us get in tune with buying organic products and saving money.
And that’s where my research comes in. Before I start buying, I want to step into each of the stores I typically shop at and figure out what their regular prices are on organic products we use quite often. All my research will be shared here before I start my 4 week challenge. I hope it will help you lead you in saving as well!
Organic Product Grocery Price-Match
Let’s start NOW!
Tonight I’m heading to Buehler’s, Kroger, Meijer and Aldi. (I’ll be heading to Whole Foods, Giant Eagle, Wal-mart and Trader Joes later this week) I plan to check out their prices on the major items we buy each week. Since these will be a large part of our budget, and I don’t plan on cutting back on our milk and eggs, I need to know who has the best price.
Milk
Eggs
Bread
Cheese
Chicken
And I need your help! Please leave a comment below and add to the list of items you want me to research and price match!
I’m really excited about this series, an I hope you are too! I’ll share my price-match results soon!
More In This Series:
- Go Organic On A Budget : 5 Tips to Save on Organic
- Go Organic On A Budget : My Thoughts On Going All Organic
- Go Organic On A Budget : Shopping Organic Week 4
- Go Organic On A Budget : Shopping Organic Week 3
- Go Organic On A Budget : My Favorite New Products (So Far….)
- Go Organic On A Budget : Shopping Organic Week 2
- Go Organic On A Budget : Your Questions Answered
- Go Organic On A Budget : Shopping Organic Week 1
- Go Organic On A Budget : Grocery Price Match Day 1
- Go Organic On A Budget : The Rules
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We buy our “clean” meat from the Anderson’s. The freezer packs and packages run us a little over $200 but lasts our family of 3 about a month and a half. I find Earth Fare is reasonably priced for everything else in the organic field we use. However Iam just starting to notice the Simply line at Kroger and will be watching those prices as well.
Hey Lynette! Thank you for doing this. I too am very excited to see how this works out. Our family tries to consume as many organic products that we can, but with general food prices rising so much latley, it has been a bit frustrating. We shop at Meijer and our big ticket items are milk, eggs, meat (they don’t carry organic usually, but have a Meijer brand of “natural”), sometimes I can find Laura’s lean, oatmeal, yogurt, sour cream, cheese, butter, bacon, fruits, veggies (can be frozen), cereal, tomato products and bread. Thank you!
Hi Lynette,
Thank you for posting great deals every day!
I enjoy your site.
I buy lots of organic foods as I have two small children.
I usually shop at Meijer since they have many organic veggies.
Every week, I print out Earthbound farm organic coupons from their website.
I can print 2 $0.75 coupons every week and Meijer doubles coupons up to 0.99,
so some organic veggies become free or almost free.
I wish I knew there was a way to buy organic milk and meats at low price..
Good luck with your challenge!
I just want to say good luck, and I’ll be watching to see how your budget unfolds with great curiousity. I want to start buying more organic items as well, so great idea! Good luck…price matching and shopping!
Thanks Kristen! I’m excited about this challenge – it’s like I’m starting over in my couponing adventure. So much to learn!
Fruits, veggies and gras fed organic beef by the pound. Thanks : )
Hey Audra, thanks for the input! I will check out the beef products in store as well. I take for granted that we have a cow in our freezer. If you’ve ever wondered how much it costs to buy a 1/2 cow and what the price is per lb, I wrote about it here —> http://www.cleverlysimple.com/my-cleverly-simple-small-town-saturday-the-cow-in-our-freezer/