Publix had some good sales this week! Can I tell you home mch I love the BOGO sale? It is the best thing ever! I can get items that I normal use for almost nothing! I love it. Today I saved 52.01%, I spent (including tax) $123.28, I SAVED $120.64, all on products I would normally buy some point during the month. I would like to remind you, when we lived in milan, we were goingto the grocery store3-4 times a week and on average spending about $300-$400 every two weeks (this was not our budgeted amount that has not changed), part of this was convience as walmart was 1.3 miles straight line from the house, 5% about was other JUNK that we "needed" but we honestly just bought whatever. Now we did look at best price per unit, but as I am finding out, that is not always the cheepest way, and we were ALWAYS scrounging to get to the next pay period so that we could go back to the grocery and buy more crap.
Let me show you what todays shopping trip consisted of:
This does Not include the $12.00 pack of beers that I bought for my hubby, but it was included in the cost of products. (He is silly and didn't want to be picked on by his daughter and mom, they tell him it is nasty! but are just picking at him, and I saved so much money everywhere else I could afford to splurge for something special for him, after all he deserves it for taking such good care of us!!!)
So this is how I did it!
(My publix doubles anything under $.50, and you can stack a store coupon, competitor coupon, and manufacturer coupon)
(2) gallons of milk 5.58
(5) boxes of special k red berries BOGO FREE (1.64 each for bogo)
(2) boxes special k original**** FREE (1.64 each for bogo)
(3) boxes special k oats and honey**** FREE(1.64 each for bogo)
I used (5) Buy one get one coupons to get all of them for free
(3) boxes 100 calorie snack packs 9.57
(3)boxes 100 calorie snack packs BOGO free (6 for the price of 3)
Used (3) $1/2 coupons makes them $1.10 each
(2) Jala Frozen yogurt bars BOGO 3.99 (2 for price of 1)
Used (2) $1/1 coupons makes them $.99 each
(1) Publix 4.88lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts 9.78
Used (1) $1.00publix coupon for fresh meat (baby club)
(2) pillbury ready to bake cookies 5.00
Used (1) $1.25 blinkie coupon makes them 1.88 each (SPECIAL ITEM)
(2) Hebrew national hot dog packs 5.00
(4) Yoplait smoothie packs BOGO 6.38
Used (4) $1.00 coupons makes them $.60 each
(2)Organic Batter Blaster BOGO 3.99
Used (2) $1.00 coupons makes them $.99 each
(2) seaside edamame (wish this had a coupon) 7.98
(8) Adam and Eve fruitable juices 2/$4 16.00
Used (4) $1/2 coupons makes them $1.50 each
(2) Crest toothpaste 2/$3 3.00
Used (1)$.50 which they double to make ($1.00)
Used (1)$.75 coupon make them $.62 each
(2)Covergirl mascara on sale $2.00 off 11.98
Used (1) 2.50/2 coupons makes them 4.74 each (still pricy but 3.25 cheaper than normal each so ill take it!)
(6)jars of Peter Pan Peanut butter BOGO 6.99
Used (6) $.50/1 coupon which is doubled to make them $.17 each
(1) Pepperidge farm deli flats BOGO 1.50
Cashier missed coupon for $.40/1 which would of doubled to $.80 off oh well. not worth it!
(1) bunch of NANAs 1.81
(1) bag of golden delicious apples 3.69
(3) 12 packs of Diet pepsi 3/10 10.00
(1) 12 pack yeungling 11.49
(4) packs of kraft american cheese 2/6 12.00
used (4) $.75 coupons makes them $2.25 (I dont see alot of sales on these/ or havent yet)
Cost off Shelf (with no sale/retail price) I would have spent $243.92
With BOGO specials I saved (and stocked up on these items) $78.45
With these BOGO Prices coupons STACKED WITH THEM $36.70
I also stacked STORE coupons with them to get an additional $5.49
makes my total $123.28
Now I know of atleast 2 coupons that I handed over that did not get counted, one for $.75 and 1 for $.40 (which would have doubled to $.80. Normally I would have said something, but with the amount of people in the store and the fact that the employee rang up my whole cart AND coupons for me in the u scan line, It was not worth the fight for it.
So all in all I paid full price for the edamame, pepsi, beer,produce, and milk. I got Cereal for 100% free 10 boxes, (I'm hoping that will hold my daughter over another month or so, she LOVES LOVES LOVES special K with red berries!) I also got a free reusable bag (this came with the pepsi that I am addicted to, I don't drink coffee, this stuff is what is in my veins!!!!!)
I know this doesn't look like a well rounded list, but I stock up on thing I normally use when they go on sale, when frozen veggies go on sale you better believe that I am stocking up on every bag that I can for an extremely cheap price.
Items that I stock up on
We have a huge deep freezer so I have all that space too!
-Meat can be frozen for up to 6 months.
-Cheese can be frozen aswell, only issue is that it will crumble so if you are trying to shredd a block it may start to crumble. (I love this texture but if its not for you, you it in your cooking!)
-veggies (these last maybe a month for us, luckily they go on sale pretty often)
-Butter
-some bisquits
-bread
In my pantry I stock up on
-pastas/sauces
-broths/soups
-cold and hot cereal
-crackers/muffins/brownies/cake mix
-rice/beans
-canned veggies (mostly tomatoes i try not to use canned beans/ veggies there are some eceptions of course)
-peanut butter
-kids juice
-soda
-breakfast/granola bars
I also keep atleast 1 unopened pack of the following
- laundry detergent
-dish detergent
- toilet paper
-paper towels
-shampoo/conditioner
-deoderant
-toothpaste
This sounds like a bunch of junk, but purchasing this way has already helped us tremendously. The whole month after my surgery (with the thanks of my church who brought us meals twice a week) we only had to buy milk and eggs! I am VERY VERY serious. This took one less stress off of Brad, and me not having to shop or worry about what we were having for meals, we had plenty of food for us to eat 3 meals a day and not have to eat out more than one meal in 2 weeks.
On average a spend $100 for 4 people and our pantry every week on groceries, this week (not changing our budgeted amount that we have had for about a year) I actually have$23 left over. I'm hoping to be able to get us to a point where I can get our weekly spending down to about $50 a week half what it is now! Over all I am pretty happy with my trip, and am well on the way to my goal of being able to donate to our local food pantry!
Please let me know if I can help any of you with saving. Remember you don't have to stock up on items to save like this! I just have the space, so I can purchase for the next couple months as the cycle for sales is usually about 3 months! Happy Couponing!
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