Reader Trips - My Healthy Publix run (under budget!)

When you are stocked up on meat (Sam's Club) and all the dried food you need for months (including enough to donate) it is nice to just go for the few items for REALLY cheap and then the items you don't normally need.

This weekend we have Atlas' 2nd birthday party so we needed EXTRA fruit and soda (we dont normally drink)

6 - Duncan Hines Moist Cake Mix, 16.5-18.25 oz, BOGO at $1.31
-.35/1 Duncan Hines cake mixes, SS 2/05
 
14 - Mentos Pure Fresh Gum, 45-50 ct, BOGO at $3.29
-$1/2 Mentos bottles, 45 ct.+, SS 3/25
-.55/1 Mentos bottle, 15 ct. +, SS 2/05 (EXP 03/31)

3 - Chickpeas - 1.21 (Hummus for this weekend)

2 - Dry Coffee Mate - 3.13*
B1G1 Coffee-Mate Creamer, printable (limit reached)
-.55/1 Nestle Coffee-Mate liquid or powder, 15 oz +, excl Bliss printable
FREE Coffee Mate coupon (Free Coffee Friday)
Total - FREE


4 - Nestle Coffee Mate Creamer, 16 oz, $1.66*
B1G1 Coffee-Mate Creamer, printable (limit reached)
-.55/1 Nestle Coffee-Mate liquid or powder, 15 oz +, excl Bliss printable
FREE Coffee Mate coupon (Free Coffee Friday) 

Total - Money Maker 

*Publix has a new Q&A section to their coupon policy, it includes that you can no longer use a second manufacturer coupon with a BOGO coupon, but I checked and my store has not implemented this rule yet. It will likely start 4/1/12 

Baby Card - $1.99

4 Pepsi products - BOGO 1.45

Raisins - 3.43 (Ants on a log for this weekend)
2 - Celery - .99 (Ants on a log for this weekend)
 
2 - Breakstone Sour Cream - BOGO 1.65
-.75/1 Breakstone’s or Knudsen’s sour cream, 16 oz +, Kraft 20 Top Seasonal Recipes for 2012 booklet (I DO NOT HAVE)


4 - Sundown B-Complex 100-ct - 3.99
-$5/2 Sundown Naturals product, Osteo Bi-Flex product or Marvel Heroes gummy vitamins (Publix coupon), Green Advantage flyer
-$1 off Sundown Naturals vitamin or supplement, RP 2/12 or RP 3/18
-$1 off Sundown Naturals vitamin or supplement printable


Sweet potatoes - .49/lb - 1.52
Strawberries - 2/$5 (not on sale like recently... very sad)
Bananas - .69/lb - 2.55 (b/c having 8 in the house is NEVER enough)
Red Grapes - 1.69/lb - 3.65
Yellow Squash - 1.72

Used - $10 Olay rebate wyb $30 (had to be submitted by 12/31/12... received in the past month)

Vendor coupon - 30.38

Store coupon - 14.00

Special Price Savings - 35.67

TOTAL SAVINGS - 80.05

TOTAL SPENT - 38.88

My weekly budget is $50. FINALLY a good week! It's not been so good lately. I love it when I am stocked up on most of the thigns we use and only have to get the bare minimum!

Reader Trips - My Publix trip 3-1-12 (80%)

Sorry for the terrible picture.. I was about to take another when the kidlet fell head first into a wall. He has a goose egg now... Know what made him stop crying? My Mommy friends know ;-) It's sorta like magic.


I did 1 transaction without a single $/$$ coupon! There is over $300 in groceries there... and I spent just over $50. *You can not buy more than 10 "like" items... you can buy more than 10, but they must be different flavors or sizes.



12 - Philadelphia Indulgence Chocolate Cream Cheese Spread, 8 oz, $2
-.75/1 Kraft Philadelphia Indulgence spreads, 8 oz, SS 2/26
-$1.50/2 Kraft Fresh Take, Philadelphia Cooking Creme, Indulgence or Milkbite granola bars printable
STACK with
-$2/2 Philadelphia Cooking Creme, MilkBite, Philadelphia Indulgence, Fresh Take and Oscar Mayer Selects Beef Franks (includes Angus), 15-16 oz, (Publix coupon) Publix Yellow Advantage Buy Flyer
Total - $.25 each


16 - Kraft Fresh Take Cheese and Breadcrumb Mixes, 6 oz, $2
-.75/1 Kraft Fresh Take Cheese & Breadcrumb Mix printable
-$1 off Kraft Fresh Take cheese and bread crumb mix printable
-$1 off Kraft Fresh Take cheese & breadcrumb mix, SS 2/26
-$1.50/2 Kraft Fresh Take, Philadelphia Cooking Creme, Indulgence or Milkbite granola bars printable
STACK with
-$2/2 Philadelphia Cooking Creme, MilkBite, Philadelphia Indulgence, Fresh Take and Oscar Mayer Selects Beef Franks (includes Angus), 15-16 oz, (Publix coupon) Publix Yellow Advantage Buy Flyer
Total - FREE

2 - Truvia Nature’s Calorie-Free Sweetener, 4.9 oz, BOGO at $3.99
-$1 off Truvia natural sweetener any size, Publix Greenwise Winter 2012 magazine (EXP 4/15) (I didn't have)

STACK with
-$1 off Truvia natural sweetener, March All You magazine
-.75/1 Truvia natural sweetener, RP 1/08
-$1 off Truvia natural sweetener, RP 1/08
-.75/1 Truvia natural sweetener printable

Total - FREE

2 - Sundown Melatonin - 120 ct - $3.99

-$3 off Sundown Naturals Vitamins 120 ct. +, Green Adv. Flyer

STACK with
-$2 off Sundown Naturals product, 120 ct. +, RP 1/22 (EXP 03/06)
-$1 off Sundown Naturals vitamin or supplement printable
-$1 off Sundown Naturals vitamin or supplement printable
-$1 off Sundown Naturals vitamin or supplement, RP 2/12

Total - $1 OVERAGE

4 - Birds Eye Voila! Entrees or Meals, 21-23 oz, BOGO at $4.17
-$1 off Birds Eye product WYB Mrs. Paul’s or Van de Kamp’s ParchmentBake, March All You magazine
-$1.85 off Birds Eye Voila product printable

Total - $.23 each! 

39 - Voskos Greek Yogurt, 4.6 or 5.3 oz, $1
-$1/3 Voskos Greek yogurt 5.3 oz or Voskos Crunch 4.6 oz (Publix coupon), Yellow Advantage flyer

STACK with
-$1/3 Voskos Greek yogurt printable
-$1/3 Voskos Greek yogurt, 5.3 oz or + Crunch, 4.6 oz Fall Publix Greenwise magazine (EXP 02/29)
-$1/3 Voskos yogurt, RP 2/19

Total - $.33 each ($12.87)

10 - Philadelphia Cooking Cream, 10 oz, $2
-.55/1 Kraft Philadelphia cooking creme, SS 2/26
-$1.50/2 Kraft Fresh Take, Philadelphia Cooking Creme, Indulgence or Milkbite granola bars printable

STACK with
-$2/2 Philadelphia Cooking Creme, MilkBite, Philadelphia Indulgence, Fresh Take and Oscar Mayer Selects Beef Franks (includes Angus), 15-16 oz, (Publix coupon) Publix Yellow Advantage Buy Flyer

Total - $.25 each ($2.50)

14 - Dannon Light & Fit, 4 pk., $2.19
-$2/2 off Dannon Light & Fit, 4 pk., Publix Yellow Advantage Buy Flyer

STACK with
-.25/1 Dannon Light & Fit yogurt, 4 pk., (zip 84121) printable
-.40/6 Dannon Light & Fit single serve or (1) 4 pk., SS 1/29

Total - $.79 each ($11.06)

Publix Milk - $3.65

Free (up to $4) coupon wyb 3 breakfast items (which could be about anything)

 

2 - Coffee Mate Creamer 32oz - $2.50

-.55/1 Nestle Coffee-Mate liquid or powder, 15 oz +, excl Bliss printable
-$1.85/3 Nestle Coffee-Mate liquid creamer, 16 oz + printable

2 - Kraft Singles - $2.50

$1.00/2 Target coupon - NLA?

2 - Hunt's Ketchup - BOGO - $2.45

4 - Mission Tortillas - BOGO $2.09 (unadvertised deal)

2 - Fuji Apples - $1.52

Zucchini - $1.47

Mushrooms - $1.99

Red Grapes - $2.88

2 - Strawberries - $3.29

8 - Bananas - $1.67

Publix Paprika - $1.69

Publix Sour Cream - $1.55

Vendor coupon - $79.00

Store Coupon - $74.50

Special Price Savings - $86.96

Total Saved - $244.96

Total Spent - $56.19

Saved 80%... We really needed yogurt though and some of it is going for donation