Thanks Liza! I should have gone to Customer Service. I was just overwhelmed by looking through all the toothpastes and toothbrushes to get the deals. The toothbrushes weren’t even marked in my store to know which were on sale and had to get a price scan on those to make sure. In the end, I still did well, but just not free on the toothpaste.

Kathy – it will be up to your store’s disgression as to whether they will accept the $1/1 coupon on the paste. My store said that since I purchased the Baking Soda & Peroxide with Whitening and since the coupon did not exclude that particular type of paste, I was fine to use it. Ask customer service prior to purchasing and they will let you know whether you can do the transaction or not.

Thanks so much. I’m going to give it a try sometime next week since I just bought two Enjoy the City mags from a fundraiser and they have a couple of those $/$$ Qs.

Liza, I did use the $1/1 mfg. coupon (from P&G) and stacked with the $1/1 Publix store coupon. I guess I wasn’t clear on that. But it was that $1/1 mfg that stated it excluded the Crest with baking soda, tartar and also the Crest Cavity (which I think is the plain white paste). The ones that were the Crest Whitening from what I saw also had baking soda or tartar control in it. This is why I thought I couldn’t use this $1/1 mfg. coupon with those and purchased the Crest Complete instead.

Did I interpret the coupon wrong? Or maybe I missed that there was Crest with whitening that didn’t have the baking soda or Tartar control. I’m not sure but there were some empty shelves, too. I just was spending too much time trying to get the correct toothpaste that I decided it was better to go with the Crest Complete.

I wasn’t clear…but I used the $1/1 mfg coupons from the P&G insert as you stated in your Show and Tell. and I used the Publix $1/1 store coupon as you did. It was the $1/1 mfg. coupon from P&G that I’m referring to (that you used and I used) that didn’t match up to the Crest on sale for $2. Well, at least in my store. The $1/1 mfg coupon from P&G stated it excluded the baking soda, Crest Cavity and Tarter toothpastes. Even though some of the Crest said “whitening”, they were either the Tarter (with whitening) or baking soda with whitening. So, I assumed the $1/1 mfg. coupon was not valid for it. I even went over the coupon with a sales clerk while I was looking at the different toothpastes. Maybe I missed another Crest that was on sale for $2 that wasn’t on the shelve. There was some empty spaces.

Wow… awesome!

Hi Kathy! I bought the Crest with whitening. You are correct – the $2.00/1 Crest coupon DOES NOT cover the toothpaste on sale. That is why I used the $1.00/1 manufacturer coupon and the $1.00/1 store coupon. My Photo Show and Tell shows the coupons I used 🙂 Let me know if you have further questions!

Can you tell me which Crest toothpaste you bought? I cannot make it out in the pic.

I did work out the Oral B toothbrushes and got 5 of the toothbrushes for free! Yay!

Hi Lisa! When I give my $/$$ coupons, I always put them on the top of my stack of coupons – and then I tell the cashier I am using a $/$$ coupon so that they know to make sure I reach the amount required before using my other coupons. If you see that cashiers are using other coupons first, I would probably say something like, “you might want to make sure I reach $30.00 (or whatever) before using my other coupons since I’m using a $/$$ coupon”… Let me know if that helps!

Great question Melissa! Most stores will make you purchase $60 (before coupons are added in) to be able to use both $x/xx coupons.

Hi Clare! I have tried Caribou! My husband and I went to college in a suburb of Chicago and Caribou coffee shops were almost as prevalent (spelling?) as Starbucks. 🙂 In my opinion, Caribou is stronger than Dunkin Donuts coffee and yet not as strong as Publix. Give it a try and let me know what you think!

Hi Gery! Great to hear from you 🙂 Sorry about that – the linkup was live last night but disappeared today so thank you for the head’s up! It is back now!