Thanks to everyone for emailing me this as well as taking the time to take pictures and forwarding them to me!  I’m using the pictures of a coupon policy from Sarasota, FL Publix.  The Sarasota store was giving out this policy to people coming into the store.  From the pictures of the policies others of you have emailed me, it looks like the policy is going to be the same from store to store.  I’ll dissect the policy below.  Feel free to leave comments with any questions you might have.

Okay – so the above competitor policy is going to vary from store to store.  You can see that the Ringling Shopping Center will accept competitor coupons from the four stores mentioned.  Again – this will vary from store to store.

Okay so the Publix Coupon Policy with the black background above is the consistent policy that all of you are emailing me.  So, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that this is the new corporate policy.  I’m going to dissect this for you so that I can hopefully help you if you have questions.  The policy is in bold, black ink, my thoughts are in purple.

1)  Publix accepts manufacturer’s coupons (limit one per item)  This is nothing new.  None of us should be using more than one manufacturer coupon on one item Publix coupons (originals only-no copies), my only concern or question is for Publix coupons that are printable coupons because it is impossible to tell if they are original printables or copied printablesvalid Internet coupons, no problem here – none of us should be using coupons that are fraudulent Internet coupons and coupons from nearby competitors identified by each Publix store. (Competitor names are posted at each Publix store.) The competitor names will be posted much like the example above for the Sarasota store. 

3)  We will not accept percent-off-items or percent-off-total-order coupons. No problems from me.

4)  We will only accept coupons for identical merchandise we sell.  No problems from me – we should only use coupons on their exact items.  Otherwise, we are committing coupon fraud.  You all know that already though.  🙂

5)  Acceptance is subject to any restrictions on the coupon, and we reserve the right to limit quantities. For those of you, like myself, who have been able to use more than one of the same Publix store coupon in one transaction, I’m reading the policy to say that if the coupon limits one coupon per transaction, then we will no longer be able to use two or more coupons in one transaction.  Regarding limiting quantities, I will be interested to see how this is enforced and what the “allowable” number will be.

6)  Manager approval is needed for individual coupons above $5.00.  No problem.  This should help reduce the use of fraudulent internet coupons. 

7)  For a buy-one-get-one free (BOGO) offer, each item is considered a separate sale. If each item is considered a separate sale, we should be able to use two coupons on the two items.

8 )  We will accept a manufacturer’s coupon and either a Publix or a competitor coupon on the same item. No problem.  I’ve never been able to use a Publix store and a competitor coupon on one item.  This will be an adjustment for some of you.  

9)  Dollars-off-total-order coupons will be limited to one Publix and one competitor coupon per order.  I’m actually very impressed with this.  So, this is saying you could use a $5/$30 Publix coupon and a $5/$30 competitor coupon in one transaction.

10)  The order total must be equal to or greater than the total purchase requirements indicated on the coupon(s) presented.  No problem.  This is saying that if you use a $5/$30 Publix coupon you need to purchase $30 of groceries in order to use it.

What are your thoughts? Truthfully, the policy above is exactly how my store has run things except that my store has allowed me to use more than one of the same Publix store coupon in one transaction – regardless of the coupon verbiage.  This is beyond fair and will still allow us to get amazing deals!  Would love to hear your thoughts/concerns/complaints/compliments/etc!

I know so many of you have emailed me and left comments on Addicted to Saving regarding your local Publix changing their coupon policies.  I haven’t posted about your emails (or the comments you have lefted) for one main reason – each Publix location has their own coupon policy.  So, if I write about a Publix located on Hwy 19 in Palm Harbor, Florida, that doesn’t mean that the other Publix locations in Palm Harbor will follow the same changes.  I don’t want to type and post about Publix’s policy changes unless it is an “across the board” policy.  Does that make sense?  I do forsee that Publix will create a coupon policy in writing soon and if/once they do, I promise I will post about it.  🙂

In the meantime, if you all want to discuss the changes that are going on at your local Publix locations, feel free to leave a comment on this post with your store’s location and the changes you are experiencing.  That way, everyone will stay in the loop and we can all decide which Publix locations are the most coupon friendly to shop at. 

**If you are new to shopping or couponing at Publix, go HERE to read “Intro to Publix.”