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My Publix Trip - only a 66% savings

Not the BEST trip... but GREAT for cereal stockpiling, plus had to get some other things.

Milk - 3.29
Bread - 1.69
Bananas - 1.52
2 Pretzels - 2/$5
Burritos - 1.79

Talapia - 5.45 and 5.24
$5 peelie from Killians wyb $10 seafood (I bought the Killians yesterday, I called and brought back my receipt)


7 Cinnamon Cheerios - 4.35 (coupons make them 1.65ea)

4 Multigrain Cheerios - 3.85 (coupons make them 1.30ea)

11 - $2/1 Publix coupons from Great Deals on Great Meals flyer or printable
7 - $.70 off Cinnamon
4 - $.55 off Multigrain printables



8 Raisin Bran - BOGO 3.65

10 Fiber Plus - BOGO 3.65
-$1/3 Kellogg’s cereals (Target coupon) printable
-$1 off Fresh Fruit WYB (2) Kellogg’s cereals 10 oz +, Kellogg’s $5 in Breakfast Savings in product booklet
-$1 off Kellogg’s FiberPlus Cereal, 11.5 oz. + printable 
-$1/2 Kellogg’s adult cereal printable
-$1/2 Kellogg’s Crispix cereal, 12 oz +, on product
-$1/2 Kellogg’s FiberPlus cereal, 11.5 oz + printable or printable
-$1/2 Kellogg’s FiberPlus cereal, chewy bars or waffles printable
-$1/2 Kellogg’s Frosted Mini-Wheats or Raisin Bran cereals, 14 oz +, RP 5/15
-$1/2 Kellogg’s Raisin Bran reg, Crunch, or Extra cereals printable
-$1/3 Kellogg’s cereal, 10 oz +, RP 4/17 (EXP 05/29)
-$1/3 Kellogg’s cereals, 8.7 oz +, RP 5/15 or printable
-.70/1 Kellogg’s FiberPlus cereal, 11.5 oz +, RP 4/17 (EXP 05/29)
-.70/1 Kellogg’s Raisin Bran cereal printable or printable


4 Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ Sauce, 18 oz, BOGO at $2.19 ($1.09)
-$1/2, $1/3 or $1/1 Sweet Baby Rays BBQ Sauce, 18 oz, SS 5/22 

8 Kraft Dressing 14-16 oz, BOGO at $2.07 ($1.46)
4-$1.50/2 Kraft dressing, 14 oz +, RP 5/15
-$1/2 Kraft dressing, 14 oz. +, RP 5/15

8-$1/1 Target coupon
OVERAGE 


6 Kozy Shack Pudding 22 oz or 6 pk, 4 oz, BOGO at $3.19 ($1.59)
Rice, Tapioca, or Chocolate or Rice Tapioca
-$1/2 Kozy Shack product, SS 1/23 (EXP 05/31)
-.40/1 Kozy Shack pudding, SS 3/06

4 Crystal Light Drink Mix, 10-12 qt, BOGO at $3.99
-$1/3 Crystal Light drink mix On-the-Go 7-10 ct or canisters 8 qt (Target coupon) (EXP 05/28) printable
-.50/1 Crystal Light drink mix (Target coupon), Target home mailer
-$1 off Crystal Light drink mix (Facebook) printable (limit reached)
-.55/1 Crystal Light drink mix, Kroger home mailer
-B2G1 Crystal Light drink mix, max $3.69, SS 4/03 (EXP 05/31)

*I bought 4 and used 2 Facebook $1/1 and 1 B2G1 from the 4/03 SS 

**It is like buying 2 and getting 2 free... Getting $2 off the remaining 2 PLUS getting one of those free (-3.99) Total spent on these would be $.50 each!


4 International Delight Coffee Creamer 32 oz - 2/$5

$1 peelies on the bottle - yay!!!


2 Breakstone’s Sour Cream 16 oz, $1.50
-$1/2 Breakstone’s sour cream, 16 oz +, SS 4/10 (EXP 05/31)
-$1 off Breakstone’s Zesty Blends sour cream (Facebook) printable

3 Sundown Folic Acid - 3.79

1 Sundown B-12 - 3.99

-$6/2 Sundown Naturals Vitamins or Osteo Bi-Flex, Mix or Match (Publix Coupon) Green Adv. Buy Flyer
-$1 off Sundown Naturals vitamin or supplement printable
-$1 off Sundown vitamin or supplement, RP 4/17
-$1 off Sundown vitamins or supplements, RP 5/15
-$2 off Sundown Naturals product, Get More From Your Pharmacy booklet
OVERAGE

Vendor Coupon - 65.54

Store Coupon - 56.00

Special Price Savings - 58.47

TOTAL SAVINGS - 180.01

Total OOP - 52.87

Savings of 66%

(Just over my $50 week budget, but I have had plenty of other weeks where we only spent $30-something)


Someone asked if we will really go through all that cereal. The answer: YES. We actually will. Which is why I buy so much of it! If I can buy it NOW for just over $1, I DO!!! I don't want to be running out on a Tuesday at 4:30pm for a $4 box of cereal. I feel the same way with salad dressing and BBQ sauce, and those things have a ridiculously long shelf life.


Also, we donate to our church. Currently they have more groceries than people picking them up, but when the food pantry gets low we literally fill it back up.

My Publix Trip - Saved 97.5%

Bananas - 1.45
Squash - 2.10
onions - .99
mushrooms - 2.69
lettuce - 1.29
Publix Saltines

2 Scott tp - 3.89

2 - $1.50 printables

Not a great price.. but we were O.U.T.!!

6 International Delight Coffee Creamers - 3/$5

6 - $.55 off BzzAgent coupons

2 Yo Plus - 2/$4

1 -$2/2 Yoplait Yogurt YoPlus or Fiber One 4 pk/4 oz (Publix Coupon) Yellow Adv. Buy Flyer
2 -$1 off Yoplait Yoplus printable
FREE

2 Buddig Lunch meat - 2/$5 (with $1/1 coupons inside)

2 - $1/1 coupons from previous packages

3 Sundown Folic Acid - 3.79
1 Sundown B6 - 3.59

2 -$6/2 Sundown Naturals Vitamins or Osteo Bi-Flex, Mix or Match (Publix Coupon) Green Adv. Buy Flyer
4 -$1 off Sundown vitamin or supplement, RP 4/17 or RP 5/15
(makes it FREE+OVERAGE)

6 Pedigree Dentastix - BOGO 3.59

6 -$1 off Pedigree Dentabone, Jumbone snacks, Dentastix or Super Chew treat (Publix coupon), 3-21.12 oz or 1.49 lb, Green Who Loves You booklet
6 -$1 off Pedigree Dentastix dog treats, RP 5/01, printable , or printable
(makes it FREE+OVERAGE)

24 Wishbone Dressing - BOGO 1.97

24 - $1 off Wish-Bone dressing (Publix coupon), 16 oz +, Great Deals on Great Meals flyer or printable
(makes it FREE+OVERAGE)

4 Tostito Salsa - BOGO 2.89
4 -$1 off Tostitos Tortilla chips 9 oz + or dip 15 oz +, Moments to Save insert 5/01 (EXP 05/21)
(I didnt use these)-> Free Pepsi Max 2 L WYB Tostitos chips 9 oz or larger AND dip 15 oz, Moments to Save insert 5/01 (EXP 05/21)

Store Coupons - $59.00

Vendor Coupons - $29.70

Special Price Savings - $46.99 (Sales and BOGOs)

TOTAL SAVINGS - $135.69

Used $9.01 from a BoxTop For Education $10 Gift Card

TOTAL OOP - $3.63
soooo $148.33 was total worth of groceries, spent $3.63 OOP... that is a 97.55% savings!

Publix - New Coupon Policy - Picture

Publix accepts maufacturer’s coupons (limit one per item), Publix coupons (originals only-no copies), valid Internet coupons, and coupons from nearby competitors identified by each Publix store. (Competitor names are posted at each Publix store.) We will accept coupons from competing pharmacies for prescriptions only. We will not accept percent-off-items or percent-off-total-order coupons. We will only accept coupons for identical merchandise we sell. Acceptance is subject to any restrictions on the coupon, and we reserve the right to limit quantities. Manager approval is needed for individual coupons above $5.00. For a buy-one-get-one free (BOGO) offer, each item is considered a separate sale. We will accept a manufacturer’s coupon and either a Publix or a competitor coupon on the same item. Dollars-off-total-order coupons will be limited to one Publix and one competitor coupon per order. The order total must be equal to or greater than the total purchase requirements indicated on the coupon(s) presented.

 Michelle says each store will list who their competitors are in the front of the store.

Reader Trips - I saved 96% at Publix!

Would you believe me if I told you I spent $12 for all of this? You should.

Huggies big pack - 19.99
-$5 off Huggies Diapers and Baby Refill Wipes w/ in-ad coupon
-$3.50 off Huggies diapers, 60 ct + printable
Huggies wipes - 6.99

-.50/1 Huggies baby wipes, 64 ct +, SS 4/17

2 Coffeemate - 2.39

- $1 blinkies

2 Bailey's creamer - 2.19
- $1 coupons

2 Kikkoman soy sauce - 2.09
2 Kikkoman Ponzu - 1.99
B2 soy G2 Ponzu

2 Power of Fruit frozen fruit juice bars - BOGO 3.00
-$1 off Power of Fruit (Publix Coupon) Spring Greenwise Magazine
-$1 off Power of Fruit Frozen Fruit Bars printable
*Overage 

10 Kellogg's Crunchy Nut - BOGO 3.99

-$1/2 Kellogg’s Crunch Nut cereals, 10.8 oz +, on product 

-$1/2 Kellogg’s Rice or Cocoa Krispies cereal, 12 oz +, RP 4/17
-$1/2 Kellogg’s Rice or Cocoa Krispies cereal printable 

-$1/2 Kellogg’s Rice or Cocoa Krispies, Crispix, or Corn Flakes cereals, 10 oz +, Kellogg’s $5 in Breakfast Savings on product booklet
-$1/3 Kellogg’s cereal, 10 oz +, RP 4/17 or printable
-.70/1 Kellogg’s Crunchy nut cereal, RP 3/27 (EXP 05/08)

8 8'o clock coffee - BOGO 4.99

4 - $2/2 Eight O’Clock Coffee printable or printable

8 Milano cookies - 3.49

8- free wyb 8'o clock coffee

*$1.50 per coffee and free cookies

4 Birds Eye Frozen Vegetables 7.5-32 oz, 50% off 1.19
2-$1/2 Birds Eye Vegetables (Publix Coupon) Spring Greenwise Magazine
4-Free Birds Eye Steamfresh family size vegetables WYB Viola family size, 24 oz, SS 4/10
4 Birds Eye family sized Viola BOGO 3.85

2 - $2/2 printable - no longer available

*$2 for all 6 items

Yoplait yogurt - $.50

Free yogurt coupon

2 - Knorr - 1.03
- $1/2 old coupon

10 John Frieda - 5.49

10 -$2 off John Frieda Shampoo, Conditioner, or Styling Products (Publix Coupon) Green Adv. Flyer
6 -$2 off John Frieda Full Repair stylant, SS 3/06

4 -$3 off John Frieda product, SS 3/06 or SS 5/01
*Total $.49-$1.49 each

12 Crystal Light - BOGO 2.99

4 - B2G1 Crystal Light drink mix, max $3.69, SS 4/03

*Pay for 2 get 10 free!

2 Publix BBQ - 1.29
2 Buddig Lunch meat - 3.49
Yellow Onions - .99
Bananas - 1.43
2 Mushrooms - 2/$3
Lettuce - 1.29
2 Green Onions - 2/$.79 (did you know that you can set these in a tablespoon of water and they will double in size daily! I can use these for WEEKS! Change the water, they will rot and smell like skunk!)
Bread - 1.69

Publix eggs - 1.59
Pork Chops - 6.04
2 Hess - $50 gift cards

$10 off $50 Gas Card purchase WYB $25 worth of Groceries

3 Amex - $50 gift cards

$10 off $50 American Express Gift Card
$4.95 Activation Fee
(makes it $44.95)

USED
- $50 Amex from last week
4 - $5/$30 Publix mailer

Store coupon - 112.00
Vendor coupon - 128.68
Special price savings - 80.61

Total Savings - 321.29

Total OOP - 12.20 not including gift cards!
*WITH giftcards Total OOP = $262.20

*NOT inluding gift cards I saved 96%