I spent $82 at Costco and made 80 school lunches for my kids

A 66 variety pack of Smiths Chips was just $21.99... in THIS economy. 😲

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A thrifty mum-of-three has taken to Facebook to share her epic Costco grocery shop, which saw her make 80 school lunches for her kids for just $82.

Posting to the Mums on a Budget page, Keryn detailed exactly how she scored impressive bargains and the strategies she uses to stretch the shop as much as possible.

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79 lunches and a whole heap of spares to last the month

"Went to Costco today to buy our kids lunch snacks - we have three at school," she began her post. 

She then explains that she spent, "$82 on the kid's snack food and put them into sandwich zip-lock bags which made 79 lunches plus leaving a whole heap of spares that will last us the month."

Attached to her post is a photo of all her bulk buys at the checkout, including diced mango cups, fruit snacks, variety packets of chips, Tiny Teddies, Shapes and cookies. 

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She then shared a photo of the receipt with some of the prices, for example, the 80-pack of Sunkist fruit snacks came to just $18.99, 66 packets of chips were just $21.99 and 24 mango cups came to $21.99. 

Keryn then posted a photo of a cardboard box full of individually zip-locked snack packs, which included an assortment of the different items. 

"I still need to add their fruit and sandwiches," Keryn wrote.

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"Yesss Mama, love it!"

Fellow group members were in awe of her price-cutting tips, with one person even calling her a "lifesaver."

"Such a good time-saving hack as well, already in bags," someone pointed out.

"Yesss Mama, love it! Good idea," wrote another.

"Love your post, thanks for sharing," said a third.

And then this woman added, "OOO my daughter starts kindy next year, will definitely be stocking up for school snacks."

Then this mum asked: "Why are they in plastic bags when they all come in wrappers?"

Keryn replied: "So my kids can grab them and put them in their lunch boxes. Otherwise, they’ll just grab whatever. They can bring the zip-lock bags back too."

Nice one!

Originally published as I spent $82 at Costco and made 80 school lunches for my kids