Save On Groceries with The Prairie Land Food Program

Hello Folks.

It's a rainy day here in Derby, KS. Yesterday was better for several reasons. First, it didn't storm and rain the whole day! LOL Second, it was delivery day for the Prairie Land Food Program grocery packs, called "prairie packs."

The April 2009 "Prairie Pak" consisted of:

All Beef Hot Dogs
1 LB Lean Boneless Pork Roast
1 1/2 LBSLean Ground Beef (85 /15)
1 LBDeli Turkey Breast
12 OZ Pulled Pork in BBQ Sauce
20 OZTurkey Breakfast Sausage
1 LB Broccoli
Celery
Potatoes
3 LBS Onions
2 LBS Granny Smith Apples
5 Valencia Oranges
5 Dole Fruit Parfaits (Peach & Apple) - 4 / ea 7 OZ)

All the above foods for $23.50 for the first prairie pack and $23.00 for each pack added after the initial purchase. We always buy two prairie packs and that leaves only bread, milk, eggs, etc to purchase from the grocery store during about a two to three week period and sometimes for the whole month. Of course, there are only two people in our household and we always buy some of the specials too, to keep us in meat for a month.

The "Specials" for April were:

Special #1: "RIB O' RAMA" - $13.00
3 Pounds - Lean Tender F/C Pork Ribs in BBQ Sauce by TYSON

Special #2: "THE GOURMET CHEF SPECIAL” - $16.00
An assortment of "8" Gourmet Entree's (each individually wrapped) (Suggested retail - $50.00)

Special #3: "THE PRIME RIB" - $18.00
A beautiful 5 to 6 LB. super lean / boneless USDA Prime Beef Ribeye Roast - Only $3.60 per lb. (Suggested retail - $9.99 a lb)

Although the specials change from month to month, some stay around for awhile. Like the #3 Ribeye Roast. We have purchased these in muliples in the past and still had one in the freezer for this month. SO, for April we purchased the #2. I thought these would made nice lunches for Russ and I was right. He had one today and loved it!

We do have to buy additional vegetables and fruits elsewhere but participating in the The Prairie Land Food Program saves us an enormous amount of money on our grocery bill each month.

Just a note to tout how much we appreciate the program AND the savings!