Deals!

I love Whole Foods and even more I love their One Day Sales on Wednesdays and occasionally on Fridays. This is a great way to save a bundle of money on some great items.

This week they had gourmet Bratwursts on Wednesday for $2.99/pkg. They had 3 or 4 different varieties that we got to choose from, they all look great!

And this was a special week that they had a Friday one day sale as well:
Organic Blueberries for $1.99/pint!

They also had (probably still do :) Back to Nature crackers on sale for 3 for $4.00. I combined that with a $1off coupon in the Whole Deal flyer and got them for .33/cents a box!! We got 11 boxes for 3.66 total before tax.  I'd say that's a great deal!

11 boxes of Back to Nature crackers, 3 Organic Lemonade, 6 packages of organic Blueberries = $22.17

3 packages of Continental Sausages for 2.99/each

I really do find buying Organic or more "Natural" doesn't have to cost more then buying conventional food, watching sales and only buying sales items can cost just the same or even less in some cases.  Hy-vee has conventional Blueberries on sale this week for $2.88/pint -I got Organic for $1.99/pint.
If you get items on sale, use a Whole Food's "Whole Deals" coupon plus a manufacturer's coupon it adds up to some great savings!

If you sign up for Whole Food's Newsletter they send out an email the day before advertising the One Day Sale, I look forward to it every Tuesday and sometimes on Thursday's.

Hy-vee normally has good sale prices on organic produce that is cheaper than Whole Food's most the time. I also can find Earthbound Organics (they carry a lot of their stuff) coupons pretty regularly that help cut the costs. Another tip with Hy-vee is their Priced Right Guarantee, if a price doesn't ring up right (excluding weighted items) then the item is free - BUT it is YOUR job to catch it. I always watch every item as the cashier rings it up. Make sure all your groceries are on the counter before the cashier starts ringing items up, so you can focus on watching the screen. I walk away with many things for free because of this program.

Happy shopping!