Grocery shopping for a family of 7

I should mention here that we bought a 1/4 side of beef and a 1/2 of hog with our state tax refund. This has been a tremendous blessing and savings as we paid 2.25/lb for the beef wichi included lots of premium cuts that we would othrwise have never bought. Turns out steak is a great thing if cooked right and in this house that means well done or dead as I like to call it. But I digress, this is not about juicy steaks but about the rest of the shopping.

Here is the Original order to get most of the basics and a few stock-up items (item/qty/subtotal):

1. HUGGIES wipes 1 $14.86
2. POM toilet paper 1 $17.88
3. VERYFINE fruitpunch 1 $2.42
4. SWEET ONIONS 5lbs 1 $4.88
5. CANTALOUPE 1 $1.88
6. SLICED MUSHROOMS 2 $4.94
7. POLARWARE (cooking spoons) 1 $4.76
8. PURINA puppychow 1 $18.28
9. SUNNY HILL OJ 3 $10.86
10. STRINGLESS SNAP PEAS 1 $5.48
11. STOUFFERS Lasagna 2 $19.64
12. BAKERS CHEFS Straws 1 $10.46
13. STATE FAIR Corn dogs 1 $8.83
14. BANANAS @ 3lbs each 2 $2.64
15. SEEDLESS RED GRAPES 1 $5.87
16. COLD CUPS - plastic 1 $9.28
17. HOT POCKETS 1 $12.83
18. ROMA TOMATOES 1 $5.10
19. MEMBERS MARK Pull ups 1 $21.88
20. WELCHS Grape jelly 1 $3.12
21. CLIP TOP CARROTS 1 $2.46
22. NAVEL ORANGE 1 $7.84
23. MEMBERS MARK Apple juice 1 $4.52
24. KELLOGGS Waffles 1 $8.02
25. CELERY HEARTS 1 $2.27
26. MRS BUTTERWORTH Syrup 1 $6.34

This brings us to a whopping total of $217.34 for 2 weeks. This was our first trial run at this type of ordering, the follow up orders have been modified. Here is a look at this weeks order whih includes items that we run out of this week, like ketchup.

1. VERYFINE
2. SWEET ONIONS
3. MEMBERS MARK Trash bags
4. SLICED MUSHROOMS
5. STOUFFERS
6. STATE FAIR
7. SEEDLESS RED GRAPES
8. HEINZ Ketchup
9. HOT POCKETS
10. ROMA TOMATOES
11. WELCHS Grape Jelly
12. NAVEL ORANGE
13. MEMBERSMARK Apple juice
14. KELLOGGS Waffles
15. RAINBOW Hamburger buns

The total for the above item was $177.91. Orange Juice was purchased a Dillons this week as it was on special @ $2.99 a gallon and potatoes were also on sale. This weeks was tweeked from last weeks which was tweeked from the week before or the first week shown above.