Saturday, March 20, 2010

Publix - My Shopping Trip - Spent $35/Saved $416

This isn't percentage-wise the best I have ever done, but savings-wise it sure is! I spent about 8%.



PUBLIX:

20 - Prego sauces - (B1G1 2.29)
-$1 off Prego Heart Smart Italian Sauce, SS 2/7

2 - HillShire Farm lunch meat - (2/$6)
-$1/2 Hillshire Farm Deli Select Lunchmeat, RP 3/14 or printable

14 - Buddig lunch meat - ($2)
-$1 off Carl Buddig Meats “Healthy Meals Healthy Kids” (store coupon) (exp 3/20)
-$1 off Buddig meats printable

10 - Sure deodorant - (2.39)
-$1 off Sure Deodorant Green Advantage Buy Flyer (store coupon)
-$1.50 off Sure for Men Deodorant SS 1/24
OVERAGE - .11each

4 - V8 Fusion - (B1G1 3.99)
-.75/1 V8 V-Fusion, 46 oz, SS 3/14 or
-$1 off V8 V-Fusion printable or printable


6 - Welch's Grape - (B1G1 3.49)
-.75/1 Welch’s Refrigerated Juice or Juice Cocktail SS 3/14

4 - International Delight - (1.79)
$1/2 manufacturer coupon

5 - Johnson and Johnson 2x2 pads - (1.79)
$1.50/2 J&J Red Cross First Aid Items or (1) J&J First Aid Kit Green Advantage Buy Flyer (store coupon)
-$1 off Johnson & Johnson product RP 1/3, 3/14 or in store dispenser

10 - Sudafed - (3.99)
-$2 off Children’s Benadryl or Green Advantage Buy Flyer (store coupon)
-$2 off Sudafed OM RP 3/14
FREE

2 - Wishbone dressing - (B1G1 2.25)
-.75/2 Wish-Bone Salad Dressings “Multiply Your Meals” booklet (store coupon)
-.75/1
Wish-Bone Salad Dressing printable

2 - BlueBell Ice Cream - (3.99)
-$1 off Blue Bell Ice Cream printable

2 - Oreo Cakesters - (B1G1 3.39)
- Free Printable - no longer available?
- $1 manufacturer
OVERAGE $1

4 - Almond Joy/Reeses Pieces - (3.39)
- $1 Target printable
- $1 manufacturer coupon

4 - Starburst Jellybeans - (3/$5 or 1.67/1.67/1.66/1.67)
-$1/2 Starburst Jellybeans, 14oz RP 3/7

3 - Kashi Cereals - (2/$5)
-$1.50 off Kashi Heart to Heart printable or Vocal Point home mailer(if included)
Free Kashi Cereal wyb (2) Kashi Cereals, printable
Kashi Crackers - (3.39)
Free Kashi Crackers wyb (2) Kashi Cereals, printable

4 - All x2 Free and Clear - (B1G1 5.99)
-$2 off All Liquid Laundry Detergent, 50 oz+, RP 2/7 (regional)

2 - Pampers - (sale 8.99)
- $2 manufacturer coupon
- $1 Publix Future Friendly booklet

Reusable bag - .99
- Free wyb 2 from Publix Future Friendly booklet

2 - Sundown Folic Acid Vitamins - (3.79)
- $1 peelies
- $6/2 Sundown Vitamins Green Advantage Buy Flyer (store coupon)
OVERAGE .21each

Boost High Protein - (6.99)
$1.50 Manu peelie
$1 publix flier

Crisco Omega 3 Oil - (3.69)
- $1 hangtag

Publix Trashbags - (5.29)
2- Publix Decaf - (3.29)
Publix Olvie Oil - (4.99)
Chicken Breast - (3.04) (3.40) - split breast with skin :-( it was 1.69 lb (best I could find)
Bananas - (2.38 lb @ .69 = 1.64)
Celery - (.99)
Peroxide - (1.11)
Raw Sugar - (4.59)
Milk - (3.19)
Rootbeer - (.71)
2 - Gingerale - (.71)
NatIce - (2.69)
Salmon for dinner - :-) (9.17)

3 - $50 BP Gas Cards
$10 off $50 BP Gift Card with $25 grocery purchase Publix Flier

*Before all coupons
total - 459.23
savings - 147.95
equals - 606.25
(then we started the coupons)

USED:
5 - $5/$30 Publix mailer coupons
2 - $10/$50 Winn Dixie Catalina
1 - $5/30 Winn Dixie Baby Club Catalina

Store Coupon - $155.47
Vendor Coupon - $144.17
Special Price Savings - $116.95
Savings total - $416.59

Grand total - $158.51
but $120 is Gas Cards - (saved $30 or 20% on gas!) assume it is just like cash and I can subtract $150, forgetting the savings on gas and pretending it was savings on groceries.
*So I either spent $38.51 or 8.51 depending on how I look at the gas card
Grand Savings - $416.59





7 comments:

BeaDandelion said...

That is over a 92% savings!

Pamela said...

WOW! WTG!

Best I've seen in awhile!

Couponing in Central Florida! said...

This is AWESOME!! Im doing a post with a few readers pics and yours w/ your link. Thanks for sending.

It should be up today

BeaDandelion said...

Thanks Mary!!

Anonymous said...

I hope I can get that good someday, I'm finally starting to get hang of it. Great Job!!1

Anonymous said...

Wow! I am new to using coupons and need some input. Please explain all the coupon codes that you frequently use. Thanks!

BeaDandelion said...

Thanks for the suggestion of posting abbreviations! D'oh-moment!

I posted a link on the left hand side under coupon tips. It's from HotCouponWorld and it is the MOST comprehensive list I have found!

Hope this helps!