I’m going to put this article up today, and try to enjoy what little sun we’ve been getting for the Memorial Day weekend tomorrow. I wanted to let you know about my great shopping trip at Publix, and also give you a heads up on free breakfast tomorrow at IKEA.
That’s right, free breakfast at IKEA. They want you to shop there tomorrow morning, before the parades, picnics, and festivities. So they will feed you breakfast. It’s a $2 value.
OK, now on to bragging. With the weather being so crummy here, we have guests who are indoors and hungry. So off to Publix for us. With the current Buy 1 Get 1 Free Sales going on, you can save really big. It just so happens that many of the items on sale are Kraft and Hunt’s brand, and so there have been LOADS of high value printable coupons. At Publix, you can use your coupons on both the “purchased” item and the store freebie. It’s like doubling coupons, only better.
My total at Publix, which included the discounts for the Buy 1 Get 1 free savings,and free milk was 96.40. (total value without B1G1F would have been 121.17.) Then, with my coupons, the total was $56.00 even, including tax.
Here are some of the great deals, and they’re still available:
Rice Krispies: 4 for 7.96 minus $4 coupons – total 4 for $3.96. Got
free Publix milk with that deal and more tokens for Star Trek Tees.
Publix B1G1F sales
Orville Redenbacher Popcorn: 2 for $4.89 minus $1 coupon on 2 = 2 for $3.89.
Nabisco Triscuit: 2 for $3.59 (bought 4), so 4 for 7.18 minus 4 $1 coupons = 4 for $3.18.
Nabisco Wheat Thins: Same as the Triscuits.
Kraft BBq sauce: 2 for $1.75 minus 2 $1 coupons = 25 cent profit.
Hunts pudding: $1.00 each. Used my $1 off 3 coupon from a mailer.
Used $5 in Publix coupons from their sponsorship of a local race.
I also cashed in some freebies – Hunts Ketchup, Coke 12 pack, Dasani Essence bottles, and a B1G1F coupon for Vitamin Water.
Then it was on to CVS, where I bought 2 boxes of Kashi Cereal for $5, 4 bags of David’s Sunflower Seeds for $5, and 2 boxes of Orville Redenbacher popcorn (small) for $5. I used the mailer $1 off 2 David’s coupon, a $1 off Orville Redenbacher coupon, a $1.50 off two Kashi coupon, and $9 ECBs. I paid $2.50 for $15 worth of items at CVS, and came out with $5 more in Extra Care Bucks.
Then on to one of the local dollar stores for some shampoo for my friend. She paid pennies for a bottle of Suave after coupons. As for me, I used my high value coupons and shopped the clearance aisle. That’s what I frequently do, to stockpile non perishables. I came home with about a 60% savings off my items, many of which were already discounted below anything you find at other stores.
Adding it all up, that’s about $148 worth of groceries for under $64, including tax. Here’s the picture – not as good as I would have liked, but you get the idea:
This was just a spur of the moment thing. Imagine what you can do with real planning. 