I'm Saving an Additional 10% on my Groceries!

I know, I just got finished bragging about my low grocery bill for April. Well, I hope to take it down by an additional 10% this month. How? I shop at Kroger's and right now they are offering a 10% bonus on new gift cards purchased now through the end of July. Wow! (Many stores are offering similar deals, check out MoneySavingMethods for more information.)

OK, there are a few stipulations. You have to buy the gift cards new, no Kroger Neighborhood Reward cards, and they must be in either $300, $600, or $1200 increments. After I bought my $330 one for $300 I was informed I could get up to 4 $330 cards for $300 during this time frame. This means that in addition to the 40 to 50% I save on groceries right now, I will be saving an additional 10%. Yeah!

Oh, as an added benefit, I found a Kroger gas station on the way to a National Amusement Park that my family has season passes to, that we plan to visit weekly. This means I can use that 10% savings towards gas too. And all of those 10 cents off a gallon I have been wasting for years (no Kroger gas stations are close to my house) are going to be put to good use. Now, I know everyone would be excited to be saving money on gas.

So even though my family isn't going to use our stimulus check for anything but savings, we own both our cars and pay off credit cards every month so we only have a mortgage payment at a very low interest rate, we are reaping a great benefit.