Saturday, August 27, 2011

Publix & Winn Dixie Savings


Today I started my shopping over at Publix and then did another quick trip over at Winn-Dixie.  Hopefully this week we will know for sure whether or not we are relocating to Kansas City. My husband was out of town last week for testing and an interview which all went really well.  Now we are just waiting on the outcome of his psychological and medical exam.  I am so proud of all the hard work he has put forth and am super excited to start a new beginning back in the Midwest :)  I will also be happy to shop normal again.  My freezer and fridge are completely bare because I do not want to waste anything.  I am also holding off on opening any new packages or bottles that need to be refrigerated after opening because I don't want to waste those either.  So explains why my shopping trips are so out character and sporadic now onto the savings! 

PUBLIX

4 - Publix Fruit Snacks 4/$5
$5.00 or $1.25 each

2 - General Mills Cereal Bars $1.99
2 - $0.50/1 GM Milk & Cereal Bars 7/10 SS Insert
$2.98 or $1.49 each

1 - Cinnamon Toast Crunch $4.99
1 - $2/1 General Mills Cereal Publix Coupon found in stores on display
1 - $0.50/1 Cinnamon Toast Crunch (print limit reached)
$2.49

2 - Kellogg's Rice Krispie Treats 2/$5
1 - $1/2 Kellogg's Rice Krispie Treats 8/7 RP Insert
$3 or $1.50 each

2 - Carpri Sun $1.79
$2.58 or $1.29 each

1 - Mott's for Tots Juice Boxes $2.79
1 - $1/1 Mott's for Tots Vocal Point Coupon
$1.79

1 - BIZ Powder $3.49
$1.49

12 - Buddy Fruit B3G1 $1 each
$7 or 58 cents each

2 - Nature's Own ButterBread BOGO $2.69
$2.69

1 - Cover Girl Eye Pencil $5.49
1 - $1/1 CoverGirl Products 7/31 P&G Insert
$4.49

1 - CoverGirl Eye Shaddow $2.99
1 - $1/1 CoverGirl Product 7/31 P&G Insert
$1.99

$5/$30 Winn-Dixie Coupon Enjoy the City Booklet

Total Spent:  $33.44
Total Saved:  $31.69

That is a 49% Savings this week @ Publix :)

Winn-Dixie

6.25 lbs Ground Beef @ $2.49/lb
$15.11

1.45 lbs New York Strip @ $7.99/lb
$11.59

1.54 lbs Mock Tender Steak @ $3.79/lb
$5.84

1 - Winn-Dixie Roast Chicken Breast Lunch Meat
$4.39

0.94 lbs Jumbo Sweet Onion @ $1/lb
94 cents

1 - Winn-Dixie Hot Dog Buns
$1.39

2 - Arnolds Mini Sandwich Thins BOGO $3.69
2 - $0.55/1 Arnold's Mini Sandwich Thins (print limit reached)
$2.59 or $1.30 each

1.21 lbs Bananas @ $0.69/lb
83 cents

1 - Valu-Time Milk
$3.65

6 - Skinny Cow Crisp Bars BOGO $1.09
1 - B1G1 free Skinny Cow Candy Bars 7/31 RP Insert
Free!

3 - Diet Pepsi 12-Packs 3/$11
1 - $0.75/1 Diet Pepsi 12-Pack 7/17 SS Insert
$10.25 or $3.42 each

$5/$30 Winn-Dixie Coupon Enjoy the City Booklet

Total Spent:  $52.36
Total Saved:  $37.29

That is a 42% savings at Winn-Dixie and I bought a lot of meat so I am happy!















Saturday, August 20, 2011

56% Savings @ Publix


I ventured off to Publix with the entire family after we did some furniture shopping.  Considering I had both kids and the husband I am extremely proud that there were only three impulse buys this trip.  We are set on pretty much everything for now and I am no longer stockpiling like I was until we know if we will be moving.  I just do not want to move a load of food half way across the country.  Hopefully, we will have the final answer on if we are moving and when within the next couple of weeks!

1 - Publix Honey Nut Oats Cereal
$1.49

1 - Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal $4.99
1 - $2/1 General Mills Cereal Publix Coupon
1 - $0.50/1 Cinnamon Toast Crunch
$2.49

2 - Heinz Ketchup $1.99
2 - $0.50/1 Heinz Ketchup (received from manufacturer by e-mailing company)
$2.98 or $1.49

4 - Hunt's Snack Pack $1
1 - B3G1 Hunt's Snack Pack Pudding (print limit reached??)
2 - $0.55/2 Hunt's Snack Pack Pudding publix coupon College Care Package coupon sheet
$1.90 or 48 cents each!

8 - Chef Boyardee $0.89
2 - B3G1 Chef Boyardee (print limit reached???)
2 - $1/3 Chef Boyardee Publix Coupon College Care Package coupon sheet
$3.34 or 42 cents each!

1 - Publix Plates
$4.69

4 - Publix Fruit Snacks 3/$3
$4

1 - White Wine Vinegar $3.29
1 - $0.55/1 White Wine Vinegar product peelie
$2.74

2 - Emerald Peanuts BOGO $3.59
1 - $1.50/2 Emerald Nuts
$2.09 or $1.05 each

2 - Peter Pan Peanut Butter BOGO $5.75
2 - $0.50/1 Peter Pan Peanut Butter, enter code 63829897
2 - $1/1 Peter Pan Peanut Butter publix coupon College Care Booklet
$2.75 or $1.38 each!  Great price for these large jars!

1 - Snicker's Ice Cream Bar 2/$6
$3

1 - Publix Premium Ice Cream 2/$7
$3.50

1 - Pantene Conditioner $3.99
1 - Free Pantene Conditioner or Shampoo mailed from manufacturer
Free

1 - Mattell Hot Wheels
$1.09

2 - Hallmark Expressions Cards ($2.79 and $3.69)
1 - Get a free Hallmark card wyb 1 Hallmark Expressions card (product display coupon)
$3.69 for both cards

1 - $5/$30 Winn Dixie Coupon from Enjoy the City Booklet

Total Spent:  $35.91
Total Saved:  $45.49

That is a total savings of 56%!  Not bad for all the goodies we bought :)  Also I am able to receive a Publix or Amazon.com $10 gift card since I purchased $30 worth of groceries from Publix and $15 spent on qualifying ConAgra foods. If you do not have the College Care Package sheet and can not find it at your Publix make sure you ask at the customer service desk so you can get the form to enter for the gift card.  All purchases must be on one order and made by 8/26.




Saturday, August 13, 2011

66% Savings @ Publix


I finally finished up my day of shopping by heading back to Publix so I could pick up my cold items and head home.  I again bought a gas card, but did not include it in my savings because gas is in a separate budget.    















2 – Diet Pepsi 8-pack 12-oz bottles 3/$10 (didn’t have these the first trip so I grabbed some)
$6.67 or $3.33 each

2 – FAB Laundry Detergent BOGO $3.99
$3.99 or $2 each

1 – V8 Fusion 6 pack 2/$6
$2

2 – Progresso Chicken Broth BOGO $2.59
$2.59 or $1.30 each

1 – Publix Milk
$3.89 (The price just keeps rising, up another 4 cents this week)

1 – V8 Original 6 pack 2/$6
$2

1 – Smuckers Strawberry Jam $3.39
1 - $0.75/1 Smuckers Jam, Jelly, or Presserves Publix Yellow Flier
$2.64

2 – Sundown Calcium Vitamins $4.23 (marked down to $3.51, but I missed they rung up wrong until now)
1 - $6/2 Sundown Vitamins Publix Green Flier
1 - $3/2 Sundown Vitamins (emailed to me from Sundown)
54 cent Money Maker (Would have made me $1.98 if I paid attention)

1 – Smuckers Crustables $6.99
1 - $2/1 Smuckers Crustables 10 pack Publix Yellow Flier
$4.99

2 – Hillshire Farm Lunch Meat $4.19
1 - $1/2 Hillshire Farm Lunch Meat Publix Yellow Flier
1 - $0.75/2 Hillshire Farm Lunch Meat (7/10 RP Insert)
$6.63 or $3.32 each

1.06 lbs Beefsteak Tomatoes
$2.64

1 – Publix Shredded Cheese $5.49
$4.49

1 – Kraft Shredded Mozzarella 2/$6
1 – Kraft Singles 2/$6
1 - $1/2 Kraft cheese items Target (print limit reached)
$5 or $2.5 each

2 – Toufayan Pita Bread BOGO $1.29
$1.29 or 65 cents each

1 - $5/$30 Winn Dixie Enjoy the City
1 - $20 Publix gift card from former promotion

Total Spent:  $23.92
Total Saved:  $45.83

That is a total of 66% savings this trip!

Between the three trips I spent $83.51 on groceries and saved a total of $133.99 for a total savings of 62%!  Pretty good for a day J

Target saved 46%


Next I went to Target and picked up a bit more than I anticipated, but they have lots of good clearance items in grocery.  The main thing I was looking for today were shoes for my daughter.  She is 9 and now wearing a size 8 women’s WOW!  They had athletic shoes buy 1 get 1 50% off and this weekend is tax free so I went to check them out.  Overall I think I did good with both my grocery savings and apparel.  Below is my grocery savings and my apparel savings which are in a different budget which is why I broke the order up.















9 – Kool Aid Packets 22 cents each (I thought I only bought 8, but 1 more snuck in)
$1.98

2 – State Fair Corn Dogs $3
2 - $1/1 State Fair Corn Dogs (watch video to print coupon)
$4 or $2 each

1 – Iceburg Lettuce
$1.39

1 – JIF to-go 8 pack $2.19
1 – Free JIF to-go 8 pack (mailed from Target Promotion)
Free

2 – Chi-Chi’s Taco Seasoning Clearance 42 cents
84 cents

2 – Ortego Diced Green Chili’s Clearance $1.01
$2.02

1 – Chi-Chi’s Sweet Corn Bread Mix Clearance $1.26
$1.26

2 – Flour Tortilla’s $1.54
$3.08

1 – Herdez Salsa Verde Clearance $1.46
$1.46

2 – Market Pantry Salsa Clearance 88 cents
$1.76

2 – Market Pantry Enchilada Sauce 99 cents
$1.98

3 lb bag Fuji Apples
$3.99

0.73 lbs Sweet Yellow Onion
$1.09

1 – Cucumber
79 cents

5 lb bag Market Pantry Sugar
$3.09

1.94 lbs Bananas
$1.09

1 – Alexia Waffle Fries $2.99
1 - $1.50/1 Alexia Product (Print limit reached???)
$1.49

1 – Alexia Onion Rings $2.63
1 - $1.50/1 Alexia Product (print limit reached???)
$1.13

1 – Pencil Sharpener
94 cents

1 – Suave Conditioner
$1.39

2 – Reynolds Slow Cooker Liners $1.81
$1.62 or 81 cents each

Total Spent:  $33.78
Total Saved:  $29.22

That is a total of 46% savings on my grocery items with barely any coupons! 

I then bought two pairs of shoes for my daughter both were on sale (forgive me because I do not remember regular price…whoops!) one pair was $19.99 and the second was $14.99.  I immediately saved $7.50 from the second pair and ended up only paying $27.48 for two pairs of shoes tax free!

Publix 70% Savings


I did three shopping trips today.  Two of my trips were at Publix and one was at Target.  I purposely didn’t buy any cold items from my first Publix trip so I could head to Target and then hit Publix again on my way home.  The reason I split my trips were for two reasons.  First, I wanted to use two $5/$30 Winn Dixie coupons from the Enjoy the City booklets I have and to be able to purchase two $50 gas cards using the $10 off coupons that are in the Publix ad this week.  The reason the gas cards are not listed in my savings is because gas comes from a separate area in my budget.  Below are the items I bought on my first trip:


4 – Nabisco cookies BOGO $3.69
$3.69 or 93 cents each

3 – Minute Maid Juice Pouches 3/$5
$5 or $1.67 each

2 – Diet Dr Pepper and 1 Mt Dew 8-pack 12 oz bottles 3/$10
$10 or $3.34 each

2 – Cinnamon Toast Crunch BOGO $4.99
$3.99 or $1.99 each

4 – Cheez-it Crackers BOGO $4.19
$6.38 or $1.60 each

2 – Sweet Baby Rays BOGO $2.49
$2.49 or $1.25 each

2 – Sundown Vitamin D $2.99
1 - $3/2 Sundown Vitamins (emailed to me from Sundown)
1 - $6/2 Sundown Vitamins Publix Green Flier Coupon
$3.02 Money Maker!

2 – Publix Purified Water 69 cents
$1.38

$5/$30 Winn Dixie Coupon Enjoy the City

Total Spent:  $25.81
Total Saved:  $58.94

70% Total Savings for this trip!

Monday, August 8, 2011

Coupon Round-Up


Coupon Round-Up


$1.50/1 Hormel Canadian Bacon
$1 off 1 lb cheese FL residents
$1/2 Welch’s Juice
$0.75/1 Land O’ Lakes Eggs
$0.50/1 Cinnamon Toast Crunch
$1/3 Big G Cereals
$0.40/6 Yoplait
$0.75/1 Philly Cooking Cream
$0.50/1 Pillsbury Ready Bake Cookies
$0.50/2 Pillsbury Crescent Rolls
$0.30/2 Pillsbury Grands!
$0.40/2 Tostino’s Pizza Rolls
$1/1 Listerine
$1/4 Tostino’s Party Pizza
$0.50/2 Pillsbury Sweet Rolls
$0.75/1 Cocoa Puffs
$0.50/1 Bisquick
$0.50/2 Pillsbury Toaster Strudels, Scrambles, or Pancakes
$0.40/2 Pillsbury Italian Bread
$0.75/2 Yoplait Products
$0.50/1 Nature Valley Granola Thins
$0.50/2 Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks
$0.75/2 Nature Valley Granola Bars
$0.80/4 Hamburger Helper
$1/1 Pillsbury Sweet Moments
$1/1 WhoNu? Nutrition Rich Cookies
$1/1 Romano Macaroni Grill Frozen Entrée
$0.40/3 Kleenex On-the-Go
$0.50/2 Yoplait Greek Yogurt
$0.55/1 Bagel-Fuls


$1/1 Pillsbury Egg Scrambles and Biscuit Sandwiches
$1/8 Stonyfield Oikos
$1/4 Idahoan Flavored Potatoes
$0.75/1 Chex Cereal
$0.75/1 Yoplait Frozen Smoothie
$0.50/1 Big G Cereal Bars
$1.25/1 Marie’s Dressing


$1/5 Campbell’s Great for Cooking Soups
$1/5 Campbell’s Condensed Soup
$0.50/2  Chunky Soup
$1/3 Chunky Soup
$1.50/4 Chunky Soup
$2/5 Chunky Soup
$1/3 Swanson Chicken
$1.50/2 Emerald Nuts
$1.50/3 Select Harvest Soup
$1/2 Pop Secret
$1/2 Emerald 100 calorie packs
$1/2 V8 Juice
$1/1 V8 Multi-Packs
$1/2 V8 V-Fusion
$1/1 V9 V-Fusion + Tea
$1/1 V8 V-Fusion 6-pack
$1/2 V8 Splash
$2/3 V8 Juice
$0.55/1 Pepperidge Farm cookies
$0.35/1 Goldfish Grahams

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Saved 63% @ Publix



I went to Publix to pick up a few items which we were either super low or extremely out of.  I still plan on keeping my shopping trips to a minimum.  This means my trips will mainly be items I can box up and move across the country with :)

2 - Merita Butter Bread BOGO $2.89
$2.89

4 - Diet Pepsi 4/$5
$5.00

20 - Assorted Campbell's Soups 10/$10
2 - $1/5 Campbell's Soups (excluding Great for Cooking)
2 - $1/5 Campbell's Great for Cooking Soups
$16.00 or 80 cents each

4 - Skippy Peanut Butter BOGO $2.95
2 - $1/2 Skippy Peanut Butter (print limit reached)
$3.90 or 98 cents each!

4 - Nabisco Much Packs BOGO $5.99
1 - B3G1 Nabisco Cookies or Crackers (Target Coupon)
$5.99 or $1.50 each

1 - Publix Nail Polish Remover
$1.19

1 - $5/$30 Winn Dixie Coupon (Enjoy the City - Broward Book)

Total Spent: $30.35
Total Saved:  $51.54
That leaves me with a 63% savings this trip!