Photo Show & Tell: Free Organic Ground Beef, Cabot Cheese, Dentyne Gum and more

We’ve had a wonderful week! My brother came and stayed with us over the weekend. He wanted to surprise my mom for Mother’s Day. Isn’t that sweet? Don’t ask how I managed to ruin the surprise. But I did. I don’t know what it is about my life but I have become so unlike the old me. I used to be on top of everything and totally organized and would never ruin surprises. Now I’m just barely getting by each day and crashing in bed exhausted every night. But life is good. And despite my ruining his surprise, we had a wonderful time together. My son LOVES his uncle and it is so fun for me to watch them play together!

My shopping trip was short and sweet today. And despite that, pricey. I was excited about getting free organic ground beef because I bought 3 boxes of Hamburger Helper. (The Hamburger Helper is on sale BOGO and I used coupons on the four boxes I purchased.) Everything else on my list was pretty much necessities that I had run out of. I needed more produce, more milk and more almond milk.

You might remember that I started off this year living off our overflowing stockpile. We are still doing that. Although it hasn’t been as easy as I would have predicted. When I originally posted that, I didn’t know that come March 1st, I was going off of all sugar – including staples like pasta, rice and quinoa. So, we aren’t going through our stockpile very quickly and we are also spending more money at the grocery store than I would have predicted (because we are buying so much fresh food). But it is still nice to not need many pantry staples as I shop. So we are “living off our stockpile” but just not as quickly and inexpensively as I would have predicted.

Please remember that you do not see any chicken or ground beef purchased because we have stocked up on boneless, skinless chicken breasts and ground beef with Zaycon Foods.  **Right now Zaycon Foods is taking reservations for their upcoming  $1.69/lb Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts event! If you buy chicken, do not miss this deal!

• To see this week’s Publix Weekly Ad, go HERE.
• To see the best Publix Deals this week, go HERE

What I Bought at Publix & the Coupons I Used:

4 Betty Crocker Hamburger Helper,BOGO $1.89 for two
Publix Greenwise Ground Chuck, $6.85
Receive FREE Ground Beef wyb (3) Hamburger Helpers – Mail in Rebate; Maximum Value $8.06; (exp 06/30/15)
Minus one $0.50/1 Betty Crocker Helper or Ultimate Helper Skillet Dish
Minus one $0.75/3 Betty Crocker Helper or Ultimate Skillet Dishes – 5-3-15 SS (exp 06/27/15)
Total Due (when factoring in free ground beef from MIR): $2.53 or $0.63 per box (plus free ground beef)
2 Fresh Express Salads, Assorted Varieties, 5 to 11 oz, BOGO $3.99 for two
Total Due: $3.99 or $1.99 each
Juicy Juice Juice Blend Juice Boxes, 8 pk, 6.75 oz, BOGO $3.15 for two
Minus two $0.75/1 Juicy Juice printable
Receive $0.50/1 Juicy Juice – Ibotta Rebate
Total Due (when factoring in cash back): $1.15 or $0.58 each
4 Dentyne Ice, BOGO $3.29 for two
Total Due: $6.58 or $1.65
2 Dannon Danimals Squeezables Lowfat Yogurt, BOGO $4.29 for two
Minus two $1.00/1 Danimals Squeezables Lowfat Yogurt 4 pack
Total Due: $2.29 or $1.15 each
1 Gallon Publix Greenwise Milk, reg price $6.49
Receive $0.30 Cash Back wyb any Gallon White Milk Ibotta Offer
Total Due (when factoring in cash back): $6.19
1 Silk Almond Milk reg price $3.45
Minus one $1.00/1 Silk Product; Includes 1/2 gal
Total Due: $2.45
2 Cabot Cheese Bar, Assorted Varieties, 6 or 8 oz, 2/$6
Minus one $1.00/2 Cabot Product (exp 06/03/15)
Total Due: $5.00 or $2.50 each
2 Avocados, reg price 2/$3.00
Receive $0.25 Cash Back wyb Avocados Checkout 51 Offer
Total Due (when factoring in cash back): $2.75 or $1.38 each
2 Lemons reg price 2/$1.49
Total Due: $1.49
1 Head Cabbage reg price $0.69/lb
Total Due: $1.26
Zucchini on sale $1.49/lb
Total Due: $2.58

Total Spent: $38.00  Total Saved: $40.08  Percentage Saved: 51.4%