Best Grocery Deals October: Stock up on Spices, Extracts, and Sugar!

This week holds so much potential for stocking up!  I'm excited to see what I can score with my $50 budget for the week.  Now is the time for stocking up on spices, extracts, herbs, and seasonings at Winn-Dixie.  Here's the why and the how.

Why stock up on these items?
First, any family that wishes to cut back on take out and drive-thru needs to have spices and seasonings on hand to make recipes from scratch.  These hold the key to the flavor and Wow! factor of homemade meals.

What items are worthy of stocking up?
A quick search on Bing says that these are the most frequently used seasonings:

• Basil leaves
• Bay leaves
• Cilantro
• Cinnamon (use this for making homemade ornament dough)
• Cloves- ground and whole
• cream of tartar (use this for homemade play dough recipes)
• cumin
• curry powder
• garlic powder
• garlic salt
• ginger
• ground mustard
• nutmeg
• minced onions
• onion powder
• oregeno
• paprika
• parsley flakes
• pumpin pie spice
• apple pie spice
• rosemary
• sage
• black pepper
• salt (use for salt dough ornaments)
• Thyme
• Tarragon
• Tumeric 
• Pure vanilla extract
• almond extract
• lemon extract
• mint extract  

This week Winn-Dixie has almost all of these BOGO plus they are part of the Quarterback promotion where for each WD brand item you buy you get a coupon for $.25 off your next order.  You must buy 4 items at a minimum but there is no limit to the $$ you can get back.  Winn-Dixie brand sugar is BOGO for $2.79 and part of the promotion.  After the promo that makes the sugar just $.22 per pound.  SWEET DEAL!!

The best idea is to buy the lowest cost WD brand items in one transaction and then use the $$ off your next order coupon on a second transaction of higher priced WD items.  I will be posting a pic of how I do this promotion this weekend!  Trust me when I say it is going to be an awesome week at Winn-Dixie!!!

Here's your link to the weekly shopping spreadsheet!