I had a great day at Publix today! I shopped at a different Publix today so I was a bit uneasy as to how they are accepting coupons. But, they were great. I had a couple of questions couponwise and they answered all of them. The Publix I shopped at today accepts Target and Winn Dixie coupons so I was able to maximize a lot of the coupons and sales by using both a manufacturer coupon along with either a Publix store or a Target store coupon. As a reminder, you should always find out what stores your Publix accepts as competitors. I had a great day though! Was able to get a bit of produce (we are going to be away for a couple of days traveling for my upcoming Addicted to Saving 101 class so I didn’t need much/anything for this weekend) and I started stocking up on canned vegetables and condensed soup. *Tip* think ahead to the upcoming holidays. If you make casseroles over the holidays, buy the ingredients when they are on sale and you have a coupon to match with it. That way you don’t have to pay full price!
I have two disclaimers to make (what else is new? ;)). First of all, I bought four Air Wick Ribbon Scents Candle. I wasn’t sure if this type of candle is covered under the Publix store coupon so I asked customer service and they allowed it. That said, your store may treat this differently so ask before purchasing. And secondly, I bought four Covergirl Blush and used two $8/2 Covergirl Face Products coupon. Some stores may give you a problem on this. However, if you go to Covergirl’s website, you will see that under their Face Products category, blush is included. I am telling you this so that if your store gives you a hard time, you can kindly (yes, kindly) tell them (or print out and show them) that blush is included under Face Products on their website.
Please leave a comment and let me know how you did this week! Would love to hear if you did better than I did!
2 Wanchai Ferry on sale BOGO $8.49 for two
Minus two $1.50/1 Wanchai Ferry Frozen Entree
Total Due: $5.50 or $2.25 each (this was actually a lot to spend on two frozen dinners.. in retrospect, I probably shouldn’t have bought this especially since I’m not a fan of this kind of thing..)
1 Bag Green Beans, on sale $1.49/lb
Total Due: $3.02
3 Plum Tomatoes on sale $1.49/lb
Total Due: $1.16
1 Bag Red Seedless Grapes, on sale $1.69/lb
Total Due: $3.35
2 Nathan’s Beef Franks, on sale BOGO $5.29 for two
Minus two $1/1 Nathan’s Meats
Total Due: $3.29 or $1.65 each
2 Birds Eye Chef’s Variety on sale 50% off
Minus two $0.50/1 Birds Eye Chef’s Favorites Variety (IE) Printable (FF) or $0.50/1 Birdseye Steamfresh Chef’s Favorites Variety 9/25/2011 SS Insert (exp 11/11/2011)
Total Due: $0.98 or $0.49 each
4 Athenos Feta Cheese on sale BOGO $2.59 for two
Minus four $0.75/1 Athenos Feta Cheese Blinkies
Total Due: $2.18 or $0.55 each
2 Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Bread on sale BOGO $3.29 for two
Minus two $0.60/1 Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Sandwich Bread 8/21/2011 SS Insert (exp 10/30/2011)
Total Due: $2.09 or $1.05 each
8 Muellers Pasta on sale BOGO $1.39 for two
Minus four $1.00/2 Muellers Pasta Blinkie
Total Due: $1.56 or $0.20 each
2 Cheetos on sale 2/$5.00
Minus one $1/2 Cheetos or Frito Snacks 10/2/2011 Pepsi Moments to Save Insert (exp 10/22/2011)
Total Due: $4.00 or $2.00 each
1 Pepsi Max reg price $1.89
Minus one B2G1 Buy Cheetos Snacks Get Pepsi Max
Total Due: FREE
8 Green Giant Canned Vegetables, on sale BOGO $1.25 for two
Minus four $0.50/2 Green Giant Canned Vegetables (print limit reached – check your binders/folders)
Total Due: $3.00 or $0.38 each
5 Campbell’s Condensed Soups on sale 5/$5.00
Minus one $1/5 Campbell’s® Condensed Great for Cooking Soup
Minus one $1.00/5 Campbell’s Condensed Soups Publix Store In-Ad Coupon
Total Due: $3.00 or $0.60 each
4 Progresso Soup on sale 4/$5.00
Minus one $1/4 Progresso Can Soups 10/2/2011 GM Insert (exp 11/26/2011) or $1/4 Progresso Soups
Minus one $1.00/4 Progresso Can Soups Publix Store In-Ad Coupon
Total Due: $3.00 or $0.60 each
2 Olay Regenerist Daily Cleanser on sale $3.00 off (makes price $3.99 each)
Minus one $2/2 CoverGirl or Olay Regenerist Products Target Store Coupon 9/25/2011 RP Insert (exp 11/26/2011)
Minus two $3/1 Olay Regenerist Facial Moisturizer or Cleanser 10/2/2011 P&G Insert (exp 10/31/2011)
Total Due: FREE
4 Air Wick Candles on sale $3.99 each
Minus two $5/2 Air Wick Scented Candles Publix One Stop. One Store Booklet (exp 10/17/2011)
Minus four $2/1 Air Wick Candle 9/18/2011 SS Insert (exp 10/30/2011)
Total Due: FREE plus $2.04 overage
4 Covergirl Blush reg price $3.59 each
Minus two $8/2 CoverGirl Face Products 10/2/2011 P&G Insert (exp 10/31/2011)
Total Due: FREE plus $1.64 overage
Minus one $5/30 Publix Coupon from the Take Your Budget by the Horns Booklet
Minus one $5.00 off $30.00 Winn Dixie Enjoy the City Coupon
Total Spent: $20.81 (including tax) Total Saved: $141.90 Percentage Saved: 87.3%
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Also –Attention Bloggers –at the bottom of this post is a place for you to show your own brag worthy purchases! I ask that you make sure this is a direct link to your deals post – I will remove links that go directly to your home page. Also – your titles below should not promote specific cities or regions of the county. I will pull city or region specific links. If you don’t have a blog, feel free to leave a comment on this post letting us know how you did shopping this week!
Laurie says
I have been trying to get to publix all week to get some of these deals… hopefully i’ll get there before the next sale. Great job!
Diana says
Where do I get this “take your budget by the horns” booklet? I alsi wish my Publixs took Winn Dixie coupons.
Kathy says
There are $1/1 Athenos Feta coupons if you received an email from “Kraft Food for Thought” on Wednesday. The subject of the email was “Special savings from Yiayia on ATHENOS Greek Yogurt & Feta” I was only able to print out 2 of these even if I used a different computer. I’m glad I have the $.75 blinkies too!
Debbie says
Lisa, How did you use 2 $5.00 coupons for the Air Wick candles, since it is a Publix coupon, I thought you could only use one Publix per transaction? Great job on your total, I wish I could get that % of savings, trying but haven’t got there yet!!
Morgan says
Debbie, my Publix lets me use as many Publix coupons as needed for products. For instance, I had a rain check on the Whiskas dry cat food from a couple weeks ago (BOGO $4.49) and was able to buy 8, using 8 $1 Publix coupons and 8 $2 manufacture coupons. Free cat food plus a moneymaker! I think each store is different, but I’ve never had a problem buying multiple items with multiple coupons.
Debbie says
Thanks for the information Morgan, I will ask at my Publix 🙂
Addicted to Saving says
Hi Debbie! Since the specific Publix coupon you are talking about does not state “limit one coupon per transaction” OR “limit one coupon per customer”, I was able to use two coupons in one transaction. This may vary per store as I wrote in my post. Good luck!
Cindy says
Just got back from publix where i bought the Olay you have pictured. They were on sale for $3 OFF. Not $3 like you found. So, reg price was 8.99, with sale $3 OFF was $5.99. So my deal looked like this…
2 Olay Regenerist Daily Cleanser on sale for 5.99 each
Minus one $2/2 CoverGirl or Olay Regenerist Products Target Store Coupon 9/25/2011 RP Insert (exp 11/26/2011)
Minus two $3/1 Olay Regenerist Facial Moisturizer or Cleanser 10/2/2011 P&G Insert (exp 10/31/2011)
Total Due: 3.98$ or 1.99 each. Not FREE but not bad either.
Kathy says
I think she meant they were $3 OFF (I believe it was a typo) because I wondered too. I found the same Olay Regenerist Cleanser that were $3.99 after the $3 off. Used both coupons and got them free.
Addicted to Saving says
Yup! Typo. Sorry!
Christine @ Saved By The Sale says
Great trip to Publix! Mine was out of Airwick Candles so I got a raincheck!! Thanks so much for the link up!!
Kristin says
Very slow week for me in my area. No publix around. I had a very small shopping trip to festival but added to my stockpile nonetheless!
Steve says
The $2/1 manufacturer coupons you used on the 6.35 oz ribbon candles were only suppose to be used on the 5.29 oz candles. The $5/2 store coupons were good on ANY air wick candles.
Kathy says
This was in response to Kristin’s post above….thought I hit reply under it.
Kathy says
Oops…meant Cindy
Rhonda Goff says
Hi, I was able to do the Covergirl blusher deal at Walmart….I bought 12 and got $3.12 in overage. Also, for the airwick candles at Publix, I bought 3, had a buy 2 get one free coupon, then my $5 off Publix coupon and then they took my $1 off each one coupon, I made 2 cents and got the 3 candles for free. I did not try the ribbons one, I did the one pictured. RG
Lily says
I think Olay is in that P&G rebate, so dont forget about that! (Although its a bit more difficult now what with the UPC thing lol)
Kiley says
where can I get the “One Stop One Store” booklet? I’d really love to get some free candles 🙂
Tessie says
I found the one stop booklets today at the Publix at Waters and Hanley.