Here’s our Big Family Grocery Spending for February, 2025 post!
Big Family Grocery Spending for February, 2025
Curious how much we spent during the month of February and what groceries we bought? Here’s the breakdown!
1. Sam’s
I hadn’t done much serious grocery shopping since mid-January so we were out of a lot of staples. Auggie and I went to Sam’s on February 4 and got milk, sour cream, shredded cheese, bacon, eggs, chicken legs, grass-fed hamburger meat, beef roast that had been marked down, coffee, coffee creamer, bananas, pineapple, apples, pears, Caesar salad kits, spinach, mixed greens, lunch meat, sliced cheese, honey, peanut butter, yogurt, white queso, avocado cups, spaghetti sauce, condiments, applesauce and yogurt pouches, applesauce cups, peach cups, graham crackers, minced onion, meat sticks, peanut butter cracker packs, a case of tomato soup, and beef sausage. I ran out of cart space, otherwise I might have picked up even more!
Total at Sam’s: $473.81
2. Runza
We enjoyed a special service project with several families from church on February 8. Afterward, those who wished to join could meet at Runza for dinner together. We almost never eat out and decided that this was a great opportunity to hang out with friends and give our kids a restaurant experience since we knew we’d have lots of adult help there.
Instead of ordering meals, I just ordered several packs of 4-piece chicken strips and some large fries for everyone to share. It didn’t get everyone completely full, but it was enough to have fun and get us by (plus I’d fed everyone some quesadillas a couple hours prior so they wouldn’t be starving at the restaurant).
Kids meals come with a free ice cream cone coupon, and when my niece moved away from Nebraska a few months ago, she gave me an envelope full of them! So we pulled those out and had free ice cream to finish filling our bellies!
Total at Runza: $31.77
3. Wal-Mart
On February 10, we were almost out of milk and there was a possible snow storm on its way. So we ran to Wal-Mart to grab milk, plus I picked up tortillas, apples, and coffee creamer.
Total for food/drink at Wal-Mart: $39.36
4. Aldi
On February 13, we ran to Aldi to get some basics, especially chicken and cream. I was happy to find that boneless chicken thighs were on sale for $2.49/pound so I got four big packages. I also picked up grass fed stew meat on sale, salad kits (x2), bag of apples (x2), granola (x3), whole milk yogurt tubs (x2), whole milk yogurt cups (x5), pear cups in 100% juice (x4), chicken broth (x4), beef broth, sausage (x2), sliced cheese (x5), salami for lunches, frozen fries (x2), frozen tots, frozen onion rings (x2), lasagna noodles (x2), half & half, heavy whipping cream (x2), fruit/veggie pouches for Auggie (x20), salsa (x4), pasta sauce (x2), butter (x2), instant oatmeal (x2), and baby carrots (x2).
Total at Aldi: $229.21
5. Hy-Vee
To save time and effort, I ordered all of our kids’ WIC items through Hy-Vee Pick-Up this month. Malorie went and got it for me which was super helpful. I added three gallons of milk to the order that weren’t covered (we like whole milk and WIC only gives us 1% or skim now), plus I went over the produce limit they offered so I paid a small amount out of pocket for all of this. Such a blessing!
Total out of pocket: $18.56
6. Mall French Fries
We packed a picnic to eat at the Mall Food Court on February 16. Matt bought an order of fries for everyone to enjoy a tiny treat after our meal.
Total for Fries: $3.59
7. Amazon Subscribe and Save
I’m terrible about remembering to take pictures when my S&S boxes come. But as always, I got a few cases of applesauce and yogurt squeeze pouches, plus some Annie’s mac and cheese.
Total from Amazon: $53.41
8. Costco
On February 21, I over-filled a Costco cart to stock up on many needed groceries: potatoes, grapes, pears, blueberries, blackberries, bananas, onions, spinach, spring mix, carrots, hamburger meat, shredded cheese, peanuts, frozen pizza, flour, sugar, milk, cream, half and half, Havarti sliced cheese, frozen mini corn dogs, frozen fish sticks, hot dogs, guacamole, avocado cups, cream cheese, tortilla chips, potato chips, and chicken stock.
Total for food at Costco: $516.61
9. BBQ Restaurant
Matt and our adult sons had the opportunity to go to Kansas City and watch Messi play in a soccer game on February 19. They got BBQ before the game (because you don’t go to KC and not get BBQ)!
Matt’s meal: $14.74
10. Wal-Mart
On February 27, Matt went to Wal-Mart to pick up a car battery. He picked up three gallons of milk and two big tubs of cottage cheese for us while he was there.
Total for milk and cottage cheese: $18.46
Total for groceries in February, 2025: $1,459
Running Totals for 2025
You can read here to learn our 2025 Grocery Budget plus look over ways I’m able to keep our budget at this level.
January spending: $679
February spending: $1,459
You do such an incredible job and I love seeing everything you feed your family! I wonder if you’d get decent use of the WIC-supplied lowfat and skim milk if you supplemented it with some heavy whipping cream! Just an idea to maybe get more use from it – not sure how practical it would be for you all.
Can’t wait to see your next post! God bless your family!
I’ve thought about that and I’m not sure why I haven’t done it?! It would work well for puddings and Warm Soothers I think!
I believe it would! (And your soothers recipes are our favorite!)
I love seeing your grocery hauls! Do you have a Menard’s in your area? I was just there yesterday, and I happened to wander into their grocery section, and I was surprised to see how inexpensive a lot of the items were, like milk and cheese.