I Spent More Than TWICE AS MUCH! Once-a-Month Grocery Haul (February 2024) 

I also love how all your children help out around the homestead, hunting, butchering (!), gardening, canning, freezing, dehydrating, cleaning the home, and helping prepare meals and snacks! Your children have so many self-sufficient skills. What a blessing they will each be to their future spouses!!!!!

It is NOT an expiration date on the cereal...it is a 'Best By' date...all that means is that the flavor is slightly diminished...you can ADD 8 months to that date

At my local grocery store after using coupons and store reward dollars I spent .56 cents total on a big bag of cat litter, a bag of cat food and a bag of chips. I was so proud!

Wow! GREAT haul with lots of fun items. OH that sweet little Rebekah. She is SO pretty, has the cutest smile, and wonderful personality. Just a ray of sunshine like her mama and siblings. Always such a treat to see you all. Blessings...

Have you ever made a video tour of your root cellar, pantry, freezers, and garage food storage areas? I would love to see how you stock those. Would also like to hear how you decide how much of an item to put in storage. For example, you bought one box of taco shells - how many do you keep in your rotation? How many freezers do you have and how big are they? Obviously, I understand you are cutting back on videos for a while during your adjustment with dietary changes... Have you ever thought of just doing a Q and A session? We could submit our questions (like mine above) beforehand, and you could answer them in a livestream. I just love your good old-fashioned sense, financial-wise, homeschooling, homesteading, and just your overall sweet/kind disposition. Your channel is a blessing in my life (even though I am a single, 65-year-old, retired person). Your channel just brings so much peace and joy to my life. Also allows me to reminisce about the days when my family did many of the things you are doing now (only difference was I had three boys - BIG eaters - so went through a lot of food!) Will be interested to hear more about how your food hauls change to accommodate your family member's diet restrictions. Blessings!

Well Done Momma. My husband loves Sauerbraten. I spent $63 at Kroger this week after coupons and deals. There are only 3 of us but we will eat for almost 2 weeks. I am used to budgeting. We were a family of 7. They are grown now but I still use the same habits.

I shop like you Janice, I plan my menu around sale purchases and not by making a menu then purchasing

The good thing about grits is they can be sweet or savory. We like ours with butter, cheese, butter and sugar... and a NC classic... Shrimp and grits! HUgs~ Lea

I have always shopped like you. We always ate what was on sale. That’s why I love your videos.

Great hauls!! You have taught me so much about feeding my family of 7 on a tight budget

We have 6 people to feed in our family (4 teens). We live in the Arkansas Ozarks. I spend around $600-700/month. I have found that the little Mennonite stores that sell discounted healthy food plus bulk items are worth the drive of an hour and twenty minutes for me. God bless!

I don’t make a meal plan except in my head, but I only buy sales and then cook from that.

Purex Sheets.. Interesting. I use Breeze I believe it's called they work great I was given them free but I know they are pricey. I am glad to hear Walmart will be carrying Purex in these I didn't like the idea of having to order the Breeze brand honestly I try to be as Green as I can plus these are great for not taking up a lot of space so much better for the environment. Anna In Ohio

It’s the BEST way to begin my day by seeing sweet Janice doing a grocery haul, however, I don’t know if this was after the live chat about the special announcement about someone in the family now on strident dietary restrictions and I believe unfortunately it’s going to blow your budget into the stratosphere. However, my dearest family, I’m praying unceasingly for y’all during this time of transition, mourning and rearranging your budget. With all the pieces of my heart ❤️❤️❤️❤️Mary Ann

For our large family, I buy Country Save laundry powder from Azure in the 40 lb bag. I use half a scoop per large load, breaking down to 9.1cents/large load. I just did all the math 😊, and these sheets are 6 cents each but they recommend 2 sheets for a large load. I almost bought some, but crunching the numbers is important. I really like the country save, and the paper bag it comes in recycles easily

As a child growing up poor, Mom would make a hot cereal/portage out of regular corn meal. Started With pinch salt and sometimes butter in boiling water, mix cornmeal into a watery paste and pour into boiling water. It was a Maltomeal/ Cream of wheat consistency. Added syrup, honey or sugar. Was Great, very cheap

I’m in California and couple months ago Albertsons had their macaroni and cheese for .25 a box. You could buy 20. I bought 20 and donated them. What a great price.

I.needed to comment to tell u guys I just love your channel u guys are growing & I know you guys will get really big I love your whole family & I think this is the best family channel ever because of the way your family is so if u get bad comments about anything even being sent gifts just ignore them u guys are the most wholesome family on RU-vid because u guys aren't like other RU-vidrs many RU-vidrs now days exploit there kids on RU-vid for money & I think that is totally wrong u guys do not do that u guys share just enough & not to much & that is what parents should do & be like your kids are very well behaved & I can for sure see grateful for everything they get even if it is only a used shirt 👕 & that says something about you & your husband that u are doing right & are great parents good job & keep the great.videos coming

We have faith that you will find great sales this month and remain within budget!!

Good morning,family,it was great to see this post from u,I enjoy watching very much, especially your cooking,canning, gardening and recipes,I have been watching just about every video u have made,pretty much since the beginning,I luv u all,your such a special,wonderful,kind,caring,God loving family,have a great day, God bless you all.

She is so precious. I went to Sams today and got quite a few good deals. 6 pack of Romaine lettuce $4.45.. 90 large black trash bags $17.98 which equals out to 20 cents each and enough for me to last at least 3 months if I take trash out daily which normally I don't. 3 pounds of tomatoes $5.38, 44 count fish sticks with a discount $11.98. They had a huge bag of clemintines $5.98..4 pounds of frozen mixed berries $10.88 or $2.72 per pound. I was at Dollar Tree today too the cashier told me their valentines day cards were 1 cents. 3 Count of Hellmans Mayonaise ( I know you all make your own but for those who don't) discounted to $11.88 for all 3. I was at Office Max today too and they had some huge markdowns.. I got the American flags that you wave larger ones 19 cents each I put them on my wrought iron porch at the holidays, face mask 3 in a pack for 3 cents then saw a pack of like 60 for 84 cents but I was checking out already. Office Max I needed those school folders that you put your papers inside online they were 35 cents each thankfully I snapshotted the picture on my phone with the price when I got to the store they were $1.29 each they honored my snapshot price I bought about 50 I think? I use them to store important documents in in my file cabinet I mark on the side and top whatever it is inside.. they don't slide out of the folders and easier for me to quickly find what I am looking for. Off topic but Medicare is refusing to pay my husbands hospital bills so I am having to dispute every charge ( he passed away last summer). So as I get responses in I have a folder for each Claim # so if I have to get my lawyer involved I have it all readily available to hand over to him. On price differences between online and store I've had this happen several times Petco also honored online prices that were cheaper than in store. Every penny counts especially in todays world. Oh I almost forgot Sams had 3 pounds of bananas for $1.28 total they were still green but they'll ripen up. Anna In Ohio

Was able to get them the laundry sheets going to give them a try I did notice for extra dirty or big loads you are supposed to use two so I guess we will see how they work

Sarah, That olive green dress looks lovely on you.

Hi Ozark Family❤ I was wondering when you will next be doing a "What we eat in a week" video? I really love the different varieties of meals you make. Love your video's & family❤

thks janice...I bought 2 boxes of the laundry sheets...iv been wanting to try them but too $!!!!

Thanks Janice. I just purchased 2 different scents of the laundry sheets to split with my mom. I'll be curious about what you think of them, as your family gets dirtier clothes working on a homestead. I know when we lived on a farm, the laundry wasn't always easy.

Good grocery haul thank you for the prices. Have a great weekend.....

Azure has 20 pounds of pears on a massive sale this month, add that to your order

Thanks for the info on the laundry sheets, just placed my order for two boxes.

Thank you for the work you do for your family, it's such a help for me to

Bye❤ So surprised have never seen you buy so much breakfast cereal before and also packaged Mac n cheese full of preservatives wow !🌼Very easy to make cauliflower rice and do you grow your own broccoli and freeze? 🥦🥦🥦 Make your own peanut butter very easy you can order your peanuts from Azure What about polenta for brekky Hava great week🐝🌺🌼🇦🇺 I can only make easy things lol

Good grocery shopping haul Becca is so sweet 😊❤God Bless You all

I love you and your family 🙏 Always look forward to your families videos 😊 Yo'all welcome us as family 💖

❤ Love your content Janice, but there’s so many ads!!! Rebecca is so precious.

Finding good deals is one of your talents! 💜 I feel like boxed cereals are rarely worth buying, because they are not filling enough for meals, but I can see how they would be a nice sweet snack. Great job.

I love Aldi chocolate. I use the chocuer semi-sweet bars for marshmallow creme fudge, the best fudge ever.

A lot of things you could grow on that farm. green beans and carrots potatoes

I loved it thank you and God bless you and your family ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Great haul! I have faith you can finish the month under budget. TFS ❤️

The Maths ‘per ounce’ is Terrific! Is this a way You have The Kids practice Life Skills with maths in Home Schooling? Perfect application

I love all your videos. The children help with all tasks which is so important when running a homestead. You are teaching your children valuable home skills and budgeting. Thumbs up! Please keep the videos coming!

Janice, thanks for the heads up on the laundry sheets. I'm getting them from Amazon for $8.99/160 sheets. Just got 80/20 ground beef last week for $1.99 lb. Maybe the sale will reach you soon.

I found laundry sheets last year. I love them. If your clothes are extra dirty use 2-3 sheets per load. They are environmentally friendly and weigh next to nothing and save space. Great video. Hope things go well.

I really appreciate these videos. I like how you show the sales and break down the costs. I see deals that I want to take advantage of that normally I wouldn't know of. Thanks for sharing🥰

Thanks for another shopping video! Hid bless!

Janice having phone problems if the phone closes down please understand do not be mad. Will watch video as soon as phone or internet is fixed. This has been happening a lot with the internet and phone. I love the specials the ones that i can see.

I am a new subscriber and have enjoyed your videos! I heard you say that you weren’t super close to Sam’s Club, but here in our neck of northwest Missouri, I buy a 2 lb block of cheddar for $4.97. I use it in many things and usually buy 2-3 blocks per trip, then I shred a block for ease! I hate the anti-caking powder on pre-shredded cheese and it’s so delicious that way! There’s only 3 of us at home now, but I still love to shop for bargains and see what I can save every month! Thanks for all your inspiration! Good bless!

The frugal fit woman uses the washer sheets I think she has a code I don’t know how well they work either but she is amazing as well ❤️🙏

Oh those are my favorite chocolate bars !!!!!! They are so good !!!!!

Hello Ozark Family Homestead, love your videos. I see Sarah had her new dress on looked very nice from what we could see. ❤ Liz, Adelaide, S.A. Australia.

Yeah❤❤ it's great for you to share your hard work budgeting sale ads!

I freeze a lot of pesto as well. To add to your recipe, I'll do the chicken breast, sliced tomatoes, pesto and then melt some mozzarella on top for a yummy, quick dinner.

Thanks for the information on the laundry sheets being on sale, I stocked up too!

I use the earth breeze and Freddie's brand laundry sheets. I love them.

Yay-you posted ❤😊

Oooo, girl! I took advantage of those laundry detergent sheets. I'm telling everyone, and they are stocking up too! Thanks a million!!! After telling a friend, she went to Amazon and they are 8.99 per 160 loads. I canceled my Walmart order.

excited to see the pesto video..thanks for posting it. i made the taco seasoning with as much as the items i had on hand and when i was cooking my daughter walked un the kitchen and said "Mmmmm, what smells so good?" 😁👍

You put in the work to get the best bang for your buck. I am confident that you will do just fine with the budget. If you go over and your family is cared for, win win. Beautiful video. Love your content

Azure has almond flour to replace regular flour.

Hey Guys… it’s Gwen. I live in Florida and down here we eat a lot of corn grits… usually we make a savory dish with cheese and bacon with our grits, the dish is super easy and delicious. Plus sometimes we put sausage gravy and butter on the grits too. My children also enjoy making a scrambled egg bowl with the cheese grits. Hugs💕💓🤗

Our Kroger fuel program has a limit of 35 Gallons and up to $1.00 off per gallon per month. So even if you have thousands of points, you can only use 1,000 points for $1.00 off. The time to buy gift cards is when your groceries don't get you the full $1.00 off.

I’ve been going to Aldis since I started watching your videos. Don’t even go into Walmart . Wish we had a Tenbox. Our Aldi’s is abt 45-50 miles away. The last two times I’ve been in there haven’t found a paper add. I find u don’t want to be there after 5pm…. Crazy! Thank you.

Hi Janice First off I have heard from all my family members but one after Ohio's Tornadoes 🌪 this morning(2-28-24) There's a chemical pesticide(chlormequat)in cheerios and Quaker Oatmeal products.Lyatt Sandee from Ohio. 💜💜🙏🤟😊

Janice thank you for your informative mind. I was thinking I was eating the right foods to help me health. It turns out it is what I don't need. Fish, eggs, nuts and garlic is something I notice I can't eat. I also have a liver disease and fluid is noticed after eating those foods. I hope I don't need fluid removed. My new doctor will be seen in April. So, when you have a prayer list, include me. I am having chicken, bananas, prune juice, elderberry/ blueberry juice and dates. I have anemia.

Janice, I saw that you have grits and I just wanted to tell you I was raised on grits. I actually have never had them with sugar or sweetener on them. Being from North Carolina we cook them with salt and butter and sprinkle them with black pepper when they are served. We eat them wit eggs on the side. This is a staple for breakfast where I am from.

Hi JaniceI don't know about the purex laundry sheets but I use Purex liquid laundry detergent in Lillies &Linen scent. I've used the purex free& clear unscented it's great too!!Lyatt Sandee from Ohio.💜💜🙏🤟😊

I use Earth Breeze laundry sheets. I find they work really well and no more messy big jugs of laundry soap in my laundry cabinet. However, I'm sure your Walmart brand is much cheaper! Anxious to hear how you like them!

Another great video! I am in awe of the deals you can get on Honeycrisp apples, which are, hands down, our favorites also. A few months ago, our Safeway had boneless skinless chicken breast for $1.34 per pound, my best deal to date yet, so we bought 20 lbs and portioned it out in freezer bags and are still eating on those. Prayers to your family as you navigate the new dietary restrictions. It makes my heart happy that my homeland’s dishes made it into your rotation, if you didn’t have this RU-vid channel, our paths would have never crossed and this never would have happened. We call it the ‘God winks’ around here!

Hey Sunday is a great laundry sheet brand. They work really well and come fragrance free. Mail order only though. BOGO package.

The natural peanut butters that you need to stir--walmart brand is alright but i prefer smuckers-- are peanuts and salt. No added sugar or palm oil. So just an observation that you can find low to no sugar alternatives that are not necessarily marketed as such.

The multi tuna steaks are also far better quality than Walmarts. They are sushi quality, which means you can use them raw and make poke bowls. For far cheaper than you would if you went to a restaurant.

Awesome haul great shopping

Grits GRITS!! I live in South Louisiana & this was my breakfast food growing up (with eggs, sausage & such). Never oatmeal! Serve with Daisy butter & some black pepper :) Is it liked??

Yikes, big recall on dole salad kits. My heart sank when you said you were eating it for lunch. Hope these were not on the list.

Jif is a better ingredient peanut butter check labels

Thank you for answering my question about the laundry detergent on your last live video. Also thank you for telling your subscribers about great deal on laundry sheets. However I attempted to order but when I got to final online check out a notice appeared saying the laundry sheets are not available for shipping, or deliveries, or in store for my zip code of 98823.

$30.55/ person/ week perfectly healthy food budget especially when you add in what you raise, hunt, and gather . Good for you guys 😊

Janice I wanted to share with you that at our Sams club the dishwasher pod members mark are 105 for $12.98 or 12 cents each which beats my walmart price.

Are you having to buy special items, for allergies now? How will it affect your budget?😊😊😊

Do you Fetch your store receipts?

Walmart is so expensive everywhere. I do not go ,but I love Aldi and Market Basket.

😅I've used those washer sheets . Never any problems with them

New to your channel.... thank you !!! ❤🎉

Whoa!!! What a great buy on pasta - especially whole wheat! We try to get whole grain, but it is scarce in our area, and it always has a “fancy” price!!!! Eggs keep going up and down, so that’s hit and miss at all our grocery stores. We are still getting oranges from our tree, and we’re convinced this is why we haven’t had too much trouble with winter colds. Hurrah for frozen fish coming in! Yep, it’s Lent for us, so we appreciate getting fish at a pretty good price. Our son used to go fishing in Alaska, and he would ship us salmon he caught. But he no longer has time to do that, and boy, have we been missing that! Janice, you did amazing! I bet the washing sheets are pretty good, because we keep seeing them coming in to several stores, and we if they didn’t sell, they wouldn’t keep sticking them!

Your sausage seasoning is the best I've ever eaten! I love it. My family loves it and I buy 4 to 8 pounds of ground sausage. And I put your seasoning plans in it. Mix it up thoroughly and then break it back down to 1-pound packages and freeze it. And then when we go to use it in our sausage and. Hamburgerspaghetti or Lasagna, is delightful or just to have it as ground sausage. Patties or ground sausage on the side of our breakfast. Yum, yum, yum, yum yum thank you so much for that recipe! We changed nothing to your recipe for our use .. I x it by 20 to get a large batch to have on hand

Cost compare Azure the frozen fruits and vegetables, in our area they are cheaper

I wish we had 10 box in St.Louis Mo. Such great deals. I love watching your grocery hauls.

Like this week Schnucks had their pick 3 or more pay 5 bucks per item(must buy 3 minimum) so I picked up hot dogs (nathans) and 2 pork tenderloins for 5 bucks each and only those 3 items It's helpful hitting great sales

Jazz apples are the best I've eaten. They sell them at Wal Mart.

You did know dollar tree has that shaking cheese for spaghetti 1.25 better deal

Cute picture of Rebekah at the end! I must feel nice for you to have everything stocked up and ready to go for the month. I sent you some of the laundry sheets to stock you up even further! I am sure you do a ton of laundry and go through a lot of laundry detergent!

Janice I feel hurt my arm. ❤️ the hall.

On your gift cards maybe you can do a video on how when you’re just down to a few dollars on the gift card, how do you use up the hundred percent of the card when you were a grocery or general shopping trip? do they cashiers become confused or become a hindrance thank you

I use laundry sheets and love them!

We also have a warehouse from HABITAT for humanity here in California 🌴 it’s a great place to go and see what they have 👍 Janice do you have a lemon 🍋 tree ? Make a wish have us a lemon tree with a placard of our sons name ❤️ and we get so many lemons that I squeeze and FREEZE so when I need it I don’t have to buy it 👍I grew up on a farm and I could NEVER butcher any animal 🦓 but sara is that person that can do it

Always enjoy the shopping videos! Food prices are outrageous these days! Hope y'all like the grits! We love cheesy grits, shrimp & grits, and breakfast grits but I'm a southern girl!😂 Love & prayers!

Looking forward to also seeing more what u all eat in a week videos,and also when you make those dishes from different countries,like you made the recipes from Germany.

❤I love the Ahi tuna steaks from Aldi❤

I made the pizza dip. everyone loved it

We use Bluewater laundry sheets. We love them!