It was another great week for stockpiling at Publix! Today may have been my least eventful shopping excursion ever, so I apologize for the boring post. I had to gather a lot of coupons this morning, but amazingly enough, it only took me about an hour & a half to get my list ready and coupons clipped. The girls stayed relatively entertained watching the Wiggles (thanks again Brittany!) while I prepped. (Trouble did manage to tear all the wipes out of the container, fall out of the computer chair, and press every button on both the computer and the printer about a billion times, but really that was pretty mild compared to her normal brand of terror.)
Our outing to the store also went unusually smooth–the girls stayed in the cart the entire time with no yelling, hair pulling, or throwing food–and we were in and out in less than an hour. Of course when I got home I realized I hadn’t taken advantage of any of the great Kimberly Clark deals, so I may have to pop in on Sunday when they are also having the 50% off all Kellogg’s cereal sale.
Here is what I got:
At Publix I spent $27.56 for $170.50 worth of groceries, a savings of 84%.
Coupons used:
(2) $1.00 off Fresh Express Salad (printable here)
(6) $0.50 off 2 Ragu Pasta Sauce (Target coupon, printable here)
(2) $0.75 off 3 Hunt’s Tomatoes (Publix coupon, Smart Source 1/9)
(1) $1.00 off 3 Hunt’s Tomatoes (January All You Magazine)
(1) FREE can Hunt’s Tomatoes (Blissdom Swag Box-received in mail)
(6) $1 off Kraft Homestyle Mac & Cheese (Smart Source 1/16)
(2) $0.55 off Crisco Oil (Smart Source 11/7)
(2) Free Bird’s Eye Steamfresh wyb Mrs. Paul’s (printable here and February All You Magazine)
(2) Free Bird’s Eye Steamfresh wyb Mrs. Paul’s (Publix Yellow Advantage Flyer)
(7) $1 off 2 Campbell’s Select Harvest Soup (Smart Source 1/02 or printable here)
(5) $1.50 off DayQuil product (Proctor & Gamble 1/16) (made it FREE + overage)
(2) $1 off Yoplait YoPlus Yogurt (printable here) (made it FREE)
(4) $0.50 off Yoplait YoPlus Yogurt (Smart Source 1/2)
(4) $0.55 off Halls Cough Drops (in-store blinkie dispenser)
(3) $6 off 2 Sundown Vitamins (Publix Green Advantage Flyer)
(6) $1 off Sundown Vitamins (printable here) (along with Store Q, made it FREE + overage)
(1) FREE Freschetta Pizza (Blissdom Swag Box)
(1) FREE Marie Callendar Meal (Blissdom Swag Box)
Combined with my Sunday totals, this week I spent $34.86 for $508.63 worth of groceries and drugstore merchandise, an average savings of 93% for the week.
Now it’s your turn to share! If you have a blog, please link up your shopping post below, or simply leave a comment to share your shopping experience. As always, please feel free to post any questions below as well, and I will answer them as best I can!
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Sandy H January 21, 2011 at 1:58 am
I am just not getting it. I am seeing the coupons you used but I am a more visual learner, need the prices less coupons to see the savings.
Publix will accept any other stores coupons (Target as well as others) as well as the stacking of their monthly booklets, right?
And what is the Blissdom swag?
thanks and I do appreciate all your sharing–still trying to learn it
Ruth January 21, 2011 at 2:34 am
Blissdom is a blogging conference in Nashville that I will be attending next week. The conference sponsors mailed out a package this past week to all the attendees that was full of goodies and coupons. (Lucky me!)
I can definitely appreciate needing to all see the prices . I don’t normally post all of that because it takes me so long just to list the coupons that I don’t have time for anything else, but since you asked and my girls are finally asleep, here is the list of what I bought that corresponds to the Qs listed above:
(2) Fresh Express: BOGO @ $3.69 = $1.85 ea – Qs = $0.85 ea
(6) Hunts Tomatoes: BOGO @ $1.35 = $0.68 -Qs = $0.03 ea
(12) Ragu Sauce: BOGO @ $2.53 = $1.27 -Qs = $1.02 ea
(6) Yoplait YoPlus: BOGO @ $2.00 = $1.00 – Qs = $0.33 ea
(14) HealthyRequest Soup: BOGO @ $2.39 = $1.20 – Qs = $0.70 ea
(6) Homestyle Mac & Cheese: BOGO @ $2.59 = $1.30 – Qs = $0.30 ea
(4) Hall’s Cough Drops: BOGO @ $1.65 = $0.83 – Qs = $0.28 ea
(2) Crisco Vegetable Oil: BOGO @ $3.42 = $1.71- Qs = $1.16 ea
(2) Mrs. Paul’s Fishsticks: BOGO @ $4.49 = $2.25 ea
(4) Steamfresh Vegetables: Free after Qs = $0.00 ea
(1) Freschetta Pizza: Free after Qs = $0.00 ea
(1) Marie Callendars: Free after Qs = $0.00 ea
(5) DayQuil Travel Size: $1.29 ea – Qs = ($0.21) (moneymaker)
(3) Sundown Vitamin A: $3.29 ea -Qs = ($0.71) moneymaker)
(3) Sundown Vitamin B6: $3.59 -Qs = ($0.41) (moneymaker)
And finally yes, Publix will accept other competitor grocery store coupons. Some Publix stores accept Target as a competitor while others do not. They do allow stacking (using a store coupon with a manufacturer’s coupon) as well.
I hope that helps make it more clear for you!
Sandy January 21, 2011 at 1:14 pm
Thank you so much for taking the time to do that! I’ve been trying to do all of these things at Publix, went on Wed and wasn’t as successful but also didn’t buy anything that was not on my list. Had the coupons for the oatmel $1′s for the b1g1, did a bag of Hall’s so didn’t do too bad.
I’ll have to lay in a supply of ink for all the great coupons that are just now coming out.
Debi @Bluegrass Savers January 21, 2011 at 10:56 pm
Thanks for the Linky! Awesome shopping trip, looks like the time spent organizing paid off really well.
Crystal L. (Crafting & Rambling) January 22, 2011 at 1:19 am
Girl, you never cease to amaze me!
That is only ONE of the reasons I’m here to present you with an award!
Please please follow the link to my blog to be awarded! 
http://crystalscraftingandrambling.blogspot.com/2011/01/award-randomness.html
Ruth January 23, 2011 at 2:53 am
Thank you so much Crystal, I’m honored!
Jennifer January 22, 2011 at 2:55 am
You did wonderful!!! Your child sounds like my oldest boy!! lol! Some days I wonder I how I make it! I found sea shells in the fridge this week!
Holly January 22, 2011 at 4:04 pm
Wow….you did awesome!