Lots of great sales this week at the grocery store #Publix, so I scrounged through my coupons and came up with a good shop, spending $1.49 and saving $192. Here's the plan I made and it was a little off due to produce prices. I don't usually do such big shops but I had a lot of stacking that required I use my salad fixings for fillers. I always try to follow my rule to keep the count of items over or equal to the count of coupons to avoid manager override - it just avoids unnecessary intervention and explanations. Our favorite cashier was working so she just whipped through my pile of 86 coupons. Is this extreme? Like the tv show? Probably, a bit - but I didn't clear the shelves at the store, and we will be giving away most of the cereal, trail mix, peanut butter and pasta.
Actually, we were out motorcycling last weekend and noticed the homeless guy under the bridge on Highway 301, sitting right on the guardrail in his usual spot. We decided to give him a bag of food, so we loaded up a Publix bag of crackers, PB, trail mix, peanuts, gatorade, a flashlight and some BBQ pork. DH brought it to him and asked his name, which is Bill. Well, Bill has been living on the streets for a number of years and hangs in the same spot because thats where people know to find him. He was very appreciative and friendly. So, we're planning on contributing regularly to Bill the man on the street - so tomorrow he'll get another bag of food.
I checked our tracking log for last year and we did one shop better than this last year where we saved $197, so this is the second best we've ever done.
| 6-Jan | 86 | 203.95 | 80.06 | 124.10 | tax | 1.49 | 86 | -99.27% | |
| Product | qty | price | subtl | -B1G1 | -Q | total | Q# | Q details | |
| bread | 1 | 1.45 | 1.45 | 1.45 | |||||
| banana | 2 | 0.31 | 0.62 | 0.62 | |||||
| serrano pepper | 1 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | |||||
| lettuce | 1 | 1.69 | 1.69 | 1.69 | |||||
| mushrooms | 1 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | |||||
| garlic clove | 1 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | |||||
| romaine | 1 | 1.89 | 1.89 | 1.89 | |||||
| eat smart veggies | 1 | 1.67 | 1.67 | 1.67 | |||||
| cucumber | 1 | 0.89 | 0.89 | 0.89 | |||||
| ramen noodles | 3 | 0.22 | 0.66 | 0.66 | |||||
| organic carrots | 1 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.99 | |||||
| Batter Blaster BOGO | 2 | 3.99 | 7.98 | 3.99 | 4.00 | -0.01 | 4 | $1/1 WHFDS+$1/1 MQ print | |
| Planters Trail Mix 6 oz BOGO | 8 | 1.99 | 15.92 | 7.96 | 8.00 | -0.04 | 4 | $2/2 TQ | |
| crest prohealth toothpaste 4.2 oz | 1 | 3.45 | 3.45 | 3.45 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 1 | free | |
| Dayquil + Nyquil | 4 | 1.29 | 5.16 | 6.00 | 0.36 | -0.48 | 2 | $3/1 12-26pg | |
| Ronzoni Garden delight Pasta BOGO | 14 | 1.71 | 23.94 | 11.97 | 14.00 | -2.03 | 14 | $1/1 10-3ss | |
| Special K cereal 11.4-14 oz BOGO | 8 | 4.09 | 32.72 | 16.36 | 22.36 | -6.00 | 10 | (2)BOGO print+$1/2 MQ 1-2ss+(2)$1/2 TQ | |
| Al Fresco Chckn Sasg RAINCK BOGO | 6 | 5.49 | 32.94 | 16.47 | 12.00 | 4.47 | 6 | $2/1 print | |
| Egg Beaters BOGO | 6 | 2.79 | 16.74 | 8.37 | 3.30 | 5.07 | 6 | $0.55/1 peelie | |
| Peter Pan PB BOGO | 10 | 1.99 | 19.90 | 9.95 | 15.00 | -5.05 | 20 | $1/1 PQ 12-12rp+$0.50/1 MQ1-2ss | |
| Green Giant Veg | 4 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 4 | $0.50/1 print | ||
| reusable publix bag | 1 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.00 | 1 | free bag wyb tostitos $10 worth | ||
| Scott TP | 3 | 3.89 | 11.67 | 9.00 | 0.82 | 3.49 | 6 | $2/1 TQ x1/8+ $1/1 MQ print | |
| Ziploc snack bags | 2 | 2.00 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 0.28 | 3.28 | 1 | $1/2 print | |
| Tostitos chips BOGO | 2 | 4.99 | 9.98 | 4.99 | 1.00 | 3.99 | 1 | $1/2 peelie | |
| Tostitos salsa | 1 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 2 | $1 dip wyb chips peelie + $1/1 TQ dip wyb 2 chips | ||
| $/$$ Publix coupon | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 | -15.00 | 3 | $5/$50 PQ x1/18, $5off$30 | |||
| $/$$ coupon | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 | -5.00 | 1 | $5/$25 competitor x1/08 |