MOM Shopping Trip: Feeding the Freezer

Thanks to trades, trains, and RAOKs, I have a pretty thick stack of $1/1 Cascadian Farm coupons that expire on 11/15 and so I've been trying to stock up on their products when I can. One of the local natural foods markets (My Organic Market, for those who live in Maryland) has the 10 ounce Cascadian Farm frozen vegetables on sale for $1.79, so only 79 cents after the coupon. Normally these go for $1.99-$2.99 in my area. This is a store I shop at regularly, and they also had good prices this month on some other the other things I buy, so I spent some of the weekly budget on those items also.

Here's what I bought:
2 bags Cascadian Farm broccoli
2 bags Cascadian Farm peas
1 bag Cascadian Farm sweet corn
1 bag Cascadian Farm edamame
2 jars Cascadian Farm apricot jam
3 cartons Imagine organic chicken stock
1 bag Bob's Red Mill 5-grain hot cereal mix
organic Adzuki beans from the bulk bins
2 cans Muir Glen diced tomatoes
2 large cans Muir Glen chunky tomato sauce
1 large bunch red chard
1 carton Organic Valley fat free milk

Coupons used:
8 $1/1 any Cascadian Farm product
3 $1/1 any Imagine soup or stock
4 $1/1 Muir Glen tomatoes
1 $1/1 Organic Valley item
1 $0.20 reusable bag discount

Total saved just using coupons: $15.20
(additional money was saved because of store specials, but not calculated here)
Total spent: $27.15

I will make at least one more trip before the coupons expire. If you have a chest freezer, or an extra freezer, this is definitely the kind of sale where you'd want to buy as many bags as you have coupons for and can reasonably store. I just have a regular sized freezer, so realistically I can't stock up on too much more than what I've bought already. The great thing is that these go on sale every few months so I can always count on more coupons and more stock-up prices. Not to mention, the sale runs until the end of November, and there are Cascadian Farm coupons with longer expiration dates so as we use some of the vegetables I'll be able to replace them for the same price. The same goes for the Muir Glen tomatoes. These go on sale often, there are almost always coupons available, and if you have the room they're a great stockpile item. Canned tomato products can be used in everything from soups, stews, and chili, to pasta dishes, casseroles, and if you're so inclined, grown-up beverages like the Bloody Mary. (Not that we need to be stockpiling tomato products for that particular use, lol!)

A trip to the farmer's market for some additional produce, a stop for a few servings of organic meat (on sale), and I'll basically be set for meals for the next week and I will have also added products to my (small) stockpile.