This post is a bit late considering I went shopping yesterday (Thursday) around 9 a.m.! That is an example of my life right now – a bit crazy! Publix has an amazing deal on TombStone pizzas and as you can see, I stocked up! I actually spent THE MOST money on one purchase since starting this website. I’m not quite sure what happened besides the fact that I bought juice, Miracle Whip and a few veggies? The Fresh Express salad is on sale B1G1 and I didn’t have a coupon for them *gasp*. So, I did spend a lot out of pocket on the salad.. Oh well! I’m still pleased! I ended up saving 84.8% which I am thrilled about considering the amount I spent out of pocket 😉
The items I purchased today coincide with this week’s Publix Weekly ad. To see this week’s ad & coupon matchups, go HERE.
If you are new to saving money at Publix, read my Intro to Publix post!
Here’s the rundown and how to do what I did for today’s Publix stop:
2 Fresh Express Hearts of Romaine on sale B1G1 $3.69 for two Minus zero coupons. Total Due: $3.69 or $1.84 each 4 Smart Balance Milk on sale 2/$5.00 Minus four $2.00/1 Smart Balance Milk printables (print limit reached) Total Due: $2.00 or $0.50 each 0.53 lbs Yellow Onions priced at $1.49/lb Total Due: $0.79 2 Ocean Spray Blueberry Juice on sale 2/$4.00 Minus two $1.00/1 Ocean Spray Blueberry Juice printables Total Due: $2.00 or $1.00 each 1 Pint Blueberries, on sale 2/$5.00 Minus one Buy 2 Ocean Spray Blueberry Juice 64 oz, Get 1 Fresh Blueberries Pint Free (up to $2.99 value) Yellow Advantage Flyer Total Due: $0.50 (for some reason the coupon only took off $2.00) 8 Chef Boyardee on sale B1G1 $1.49 for two **This is a great item to donate to food pantries Minus two $1.50/4 Chef Boyardee printable Total Due: $3.00 or $0.37 each 6 Tombstone Pizzas on sale B1G1 $5.49 for two Minus six $2.00/1 printables (print limit may be reached) Total Due: $4.47 or $0.75 each 8 Crest Toothpaste on sale 10/$10 Minus eight $.75/1 Crest Toothpaste 4 oz+ 6/27/10 RP Insert, 7/4/2010 P&G Insert Total Due: $2.00 or $0.25 each 2 Kraft Miracle Whip on sale B1G1 $3.99 for two Minus two $1.00/1 Miracle Whip printables Total Due: $1.99 or $0.99 eachMinus $5.00 off when you spend $30.00 Winn Dixie Recycle Bank Coupon
Total Due including Tax: $16.25 Total Saved: $90.38 Percentage Saved: 84.8%
Thanks for coming to Addicted to Saving! Here’s a little bit about me so you can know who’s behind all these posts!
My name is Liza and I began my money-saving journey in the Spring of 2009 as a way to stretch a limited household income. I had lost my job and my hubby was self-employed. I launched Addicted to Saving in November of 2009 and it has grown by leaps and bounds. Since then, my hubby and I have struggled with the ups and downs of two failed adoptions and are now LOVING being parents to our little man Asher who we brought home from Ethiopia in August of 2013. I feel incredibly blessed to be able to help you save money. My goal is that you will have FUN and become empowered to save more and more money each week..
my 4 yr old grand daughter just saw this picture and said Liza bought the same stuff as us today!!! LOL. She knows your name from watching the videos! to cute 🙂
HI Liza, I noticed on some of my Crest coupons it says (excludes, cavity, tartar and baking soda protection). I have about 3 (.75) coupons which stated that. Therefore, I did not use them, was I correct for not using those coupons.
I still do not know how you spend so little.. I wish I could come home with paying the OOP and that much savings. I have done it once but it had to be luck!!! You did awesome and should be very proud!! way to go!
Hi Marie – I used the $0.75/1 Crest Toothpaste coupon from 7/4/10 PG. Check that coupon and see what the verbiage says on that one? I have used all mine but I think it said any Crest Toothpaste 4oz+?
Marie & Liza,
It seems there are two versions of the Crest coupon as I have both! They are each for .75/1 Crest paste 4.0 oz or larger however one states ‘excludes Cavity, Baking Sada & Tartar Protection) while the other has something in Spanish written below instead. Also, they both expire on 7/31/10.
Stupid question… do you have to buy 10 toothpastes to get the 10/$10 deal or are they $1 each regardless if you buys less than 10?
Hi Karen! Not a stupid question at all! You do not have to buy 10. If you live in FL, the only time you have to buy a certain amount of items is during B1G1 sales. $10/10 deals or 2/$5.00 deals are totally different. You only have to buy one item in those deals.
There were $1/1 peelies on some of the crest toothpaste. I only took four. I didn’t clear the shelf! 🙂
Liza thanks for the posting, I wanted to let everyone know that the fat free ravioli are included in the sale ( good to have during hurricane season ).
I got also 4 free Oral B toothbrushes stacking 2 of the $2/2 coupon and 4 of the $.50/1 target coupon.4 ..(as it was listed in one of the postings). I also bought 4 boxes of special k and 2 of kellogs lowfat granola. On the cereal I paid $.25 each box using 2 target coupons $1.50/3 special K cereals(previously printed from the Target site, 2 – $1/2 on kellogs cereal and 2- $1 kellogs lowfat granola.
Thanks for all you,
Millie
You didnt get your 12 free bottles of Mountain Dew? The coupons on a tearpad for a free bottle of Mountain dew with purchase of Tombstone and Doritos and Doritos had a tearpad for a free bottle of mountain dew with the purchase of 2 doritos and the Mountain Dew was b2g1 this week…….
Go here to get a $1.00 off coupon for Fresh Express salad. http://www.freshexpressartisans.com/ It is a ODF so you can print as many as you need.
oops… meant PDF
Hi Liza,
I wanted to share this great coupon for Honest Kids juice pouches,I buy @ Publix. My daughter loves them and they have much less sugar than Capri Sun. They are not on sale, I just thought I would share the site:
http://printablecouponspot.com/2010/05/honest-kids-organic-drink-pouches-any-carton-0-751/