Photo Show & Tell: Feta Cheese, Heinz Ketchup, Bush’s Beans, Fruttare Bars and MORE

Today was a great day to go shopping at Publix! There are lots of fun sales that I was excited to take advantage of (including a rare stockpile deal on Heinz Ketchup)!  I’m not going to lie, my favorite deal of the day was taking advantage of the Sabra Hummus & Guacamole BOGO sales.  My two favorite extravagant purchases were the bag of Smartfood Popcorn and the loaf of fresh Publix Bakery Bread.  Ever since I was in Ethiopia the first time (in June), I have been eating gluten.  I know I need to go off of it as I don’t feel as healthy and energetic eating gluten as when I was g-free… BUT… I have been craving fresh bread. In fact, I tried to make two loafs on Wednesday with my breadmaker.  The first loaf I butchered as unbeknownst to me, the recipe I was following required the incorrect amount of water.  The second loaf I butchered because I was tired, frustrated about wasting the ingredients on the first loaf and had a crying baby on my hands.  SO, all that to say, the $2.99 loaf of Publix bakery bread makes me very happy.

I was also excited to be able to continue to save on baby products!  I was able to get two MAM bottles for $0.79 each and I was able to get another 50 pack of Playtex dropins for just $1.29!  When I factor that in with the three packs of Huggies Diapers I got at CVS for around $1.15 per pack (when factoring in the $10 ECBs I earned), I’m on a roll!  I have about 30 jars of Earth’s Best Baby Food in my pantry that I purchased on Amazon clipping the online 10% off coupon and also signing up for Subscribe & Save.  While I love the convenience of jarred baby food, I’m also experimenting with making my own food as a way to control cost and the ingredients.  Thus far I’ve made mashed butternut squash (that is the one squash I don’t like but Asher LOVED it), mashed peas and a mashed fruit medley with apples, plums and peaches.  The baby food I made (minus the mashed peas) involved the fruits and veggies from our veggie coop which has been great.  This week we got a bag of green beans and I think I’m going to try mashing some of them to see if Asher likes them. Everything has been a hit thus far as our boy loves to eat!

Today was also a great day to shop at Publix because I went with hubby and for the first time we brought Asher! I went to a “supermarket” twice in Ethiopia with Asher.  The supermarkets in Ethiopia are a complete 360 from what they are here in the states.  Asher is too young to acknowledge noticing the differences, but I wondered if the bright lights of the store and all of the colors of groceries on the shelves perhaps looked a bit strange to him.  He will get used to it quickly though as we are in our local Publix at least once (if not more) each week!

If you shop at a Publix that accepts Winn Dixie coupons, you might notice that every week I use a $5.00 off $30.00 Winn Dixie Enjoy the City coupon while grocery shopping. Right now Enjoy the City coupon books are on sale for as low as $1.33 each! (Each book has FOUR $5/$30 Winn Dixie coupons!) When I factor the cost of the coupon book with the $20.00 worth of coupons in it, each book is an $18.76 MONEYMAKER! Go HERE to see the Enjoy the City deal.

Below is what I bought and the coupons I used – we did two transactions so that hubby and I could each use one $5/$30 Winn Dixie coupon. I combined the transactions into one for convenience:

2 Delimex Taquitos on sale BOGO $5.99 for two
Minus one $3/2 Delimex Taquitos, exp. 9/13/13 (Publix Grilling Flyer)
Submit $1.50 Delimex Corn Taquitos 25 ct + Ibotta Offer
Total Due: $2.99, receive $1.50 Ibotta deposit, makes them $0.75 each
3 Bush Grillin Beans on sale 3/$5.00
Minus one $1/3 Bush’s Grillin’ Beans
Total Due: $4.00 or $1.33 each
4 Sabra Guacamole on sale BOGO $3.99 for two
Minus four $1.50/1 Sabra Guacamole Printable coupons (print limit reached – check your binders/folders)
Total Due: $1.98 or $0.49 each
2 Sabra Hummus on sale BOGO $3.99 for two
Minus two $1.25/1 Sabra Hummus Printable coupons (print limit reached – check your binders/folders)
Total Due: $1.49 or $0.75 each
2 Thomas English Muffins on sale BOGO $4.19 for two
Minus two $0.50/1 Any Thomas’ Product printable **this is an extremely RARE coupon!!
Total Due: $3.19 or $1.60 each
2 I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter Spread on sale BOGO $2.75 for two
Minus one $1/2 I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! Spreads printable
Minus two $1/1 I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! Spread Publix printable or RP 08/18/13 
Total Due: FREE plus $0.25 overage
4 President Low FAt Feta Cheese on sale BOGO $5.39 for two
Minus two $3/2 President Feta Cheese Printable
Total Due: $4.78 or $1.20 each
2 Fruitare Fruit Bars on sale BOGO $4.49 for two
Minus two $1.25/1 Fruttare Product Publix printable
Minus two $1/1 Fruttare Fruit Bars blinkie
Total Due: FREE
1 GreenWise Milk, $3.99
Total Due: $3.99
1 Egglands Best Cage Free Dozen Eggs, reg price $3.99
Total Due: $3.99
2 Friendship Cottage Cheese on sale BOGO $2.50 for two
Minus two $0.55/1 Friendship Dairy Product printable
Total Due: $1.40 or $0.70 each
1 Sargento Sliced Cheese on sale 2/$5.00
Minus one $0.50/1 Sargento Natural Blends Slices/Snacks, exp. 11/15/13 (ALL YOU Sept ’13)
Minus one $0.55/1 Sargento Natural Sliced Cheese Target printable
Total Due: $1.45
1 Smartfood Popcorn, $3.99
Minus one $1/1 Frito Lay Simply Chips or Smartfood Popcorn, exp. 9/13/13 (Publix Grilling Flyer)
Total Due: $2.99
6 Uncle Ben’s Rice on sale BOGO $1.49 for two
Minus two $1/3 Uncle Ben’s Products printable
Total Due: $2.47 or $0.41 each
3 Heinz Ketchup on sale 2/$4.00
Minus one B2G1 Heinz Ketchup, exp. 9/13/13 (Publix Grilling Flyer)
Minus one $0.55/1 Heinz Ketchup printable (print limit reached – check your binders/folders)
Minus one $1.05/2 Heinz Ketchup printable (print limit reached – check your binders/folders)
Total Due: $2.40 or $0.80 each **if you don’t have the printables that I used, there are also coupons in the 8/25 RP Insert
2 French’s Mustard on sale BOGO $1.77 for two
Minus two $0.30/1 French Mustard, exp. 12/31/13 (SS 08/11/13 R)
Total Due: $1.17 or $0.59 each
1 loaf Bakery Italian Bread, $2.99
Total Due: $2.99
2 Dove Deodorant on sale BOGO $2.55 for two
Minus one $2/2 Dove Personal Care Items Target Store Coupon
Total Due: $0.55 or $0.23 each
2 Dixie Paper Plates on sale BOGO $2.53 for two
Minus one $1/2 Dixie or Dixie Ultra Plates or Bowls Target printable
Minus one $1/2 Dixie Products printable (sign up for and coupon will be emailed)
Total Due: $0.53 or $0.27 each
1 Brita Kids Bottle on clearance, $4.49
Minus one $4/1 Brita Kids Bottle Coupon
Total Due: $0.49
1 Playtex Dropins 50 ct, $4.29
Minus one $2/1 Playtex Infant or Toddler Feeding Item, exp. 8/30/13 (Publix Personal Care Flyer)
Minus one $1/1 Playtex Infant Product printable
Total Due: $1.29
2 MAM Anti-Colic Bottle 8 oz, $5.79 each
Minus two $5.00/1 MAM Anti-Colic Bottle **thanks My Sweet Savings!
Total Due: $1.58 or $0.79 each
2 Reynold Foil on sale BOGO $6.19 for two
Minus one $1/2 Select Reynolds Items Target printable
Minus two $1/1 Reynolds Foil printables (print limit reached)
Total Due: $3.19 or $1.60 each
2 Spot Shot on sale BOGO $5.19 for two
Minus two $1/1 Spot Shot Carpet Cleaner
Total Due: $3.19 or $1.60 each

Minus two $5/$30 Winn Dixie Coupons

Total Spent: $41.96  Total Saved: $145.18  Percentage Saved: 78%

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Go HERE to see this week’s Publix Weekly Ad & Coupon Matchups

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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. 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!