Saturday, August 8, 2009

Publix Round Two

I still have Charcoal coupons so off I went to Publix this morning!


2 Glad Flex Straws, .69
-(2) .75/1 IP Q printable
Final Price: Free plus .06 overage ea

2 Matchlight 13.5 lbs, 7.99
-(2) $3/1 MF Qs
-(2) $3/1 FLIPS
Final Price: 1.99 ea

2 Kraft Shredded Cheese, 1.67
-(2) $1/1 IP Qs
Final Price: .67 ea

2 Hidden Valley Ranch Packets, 1.49
-2 $1/1 MF Q
Final Price: .49

2 Fake Crab sticks, 3.49
-(2) $3/1 MF Qs Buy Hidden Valley and Glad product get $3 off Fish (from eBay)
Final Price: .49 ea

Ground Pork, 1.90
Publix Pork Sausage, 2.33
Ground Beef Patties, 2.01
Ground Beef Patties, 2.01
-(2) $6/1 Pork WYB Charcoal and one other listed product
-(2) $2/1 Meat WYB Charcoal and KC Masterpiece BBQ Sauce (from eBay)
Final Price: Free plus overage

2 KC Masterpiece BBQ Sauces
-2 Free IP Qs printable WYB Charcoal
Final Price: Free

11 Fiber One Toaster Pastry, 2.29 BOGO
-(11) .50/1 MF Qs, doubled
Final Price: .15 ea

4 Coffeemate Creamers, 2.50
-(4) .50/1 MF Qs , doubled
Final Price: 1.50 ea

6 Lipton Teas, 1.09
-(6) .50/1 MF Qs, doubled
Final Price: .09 ea

Publix Quick Oats, 1.39
-$1/1 Food Lion Q
Final Price: .39

Publix Sour Cream, .89 (I can't believe that I did not have a sour cream coupon!)

4 Sundown Vitamins, 3.79 & 3.99
-(2) $6/2 Publix Qs
-(2) $3/2 IP Qs
Final Price: Free plus .61 overage

2 Fresh Express Spinach, 2 for $4
-$1/2 IP Q
-(2) $1/1 Food Lion IP Qs
Final Price: .50 ea

2 Lays Potato Chips, 3.99 BOGO
-$1/2 MF Q
Final Price: 1.50 ea

2 Mushrooms, 2 for $3

Publix Large Eggs, 1.39
-Free Coupon from HG Hill
Final Price: Free

Publix Bread, 1.79
-Free Coupon from HG Hill
Final Price: Free

Glade Plug In, 1.99
-Free Catalina from Kroger
Final Price: Free

Publix Milk, 2.25
-Free IP Q when you purchase $100 in groceries (rang up $4 off)
Final Price: Free plus 1.75 overage

Chocolate Milk, 1/2 Gallon, 2.49
-Free IP Q when you purchase gallon of white milk (rank up as 3.75 off)
Final Price: Free plus 1.26 overage

Total before sales/coupons: 168.76
Coupons: 106.40
Sales: 37.95
OOP: 24.51 (includes 7.91 tax, Saved 85%)

The total would have been even better had Publix taken my HG Hill $5/$50 today. The new cashier held it until the end when the total was well below $50. I still can't complain! Some days you have awesome cashiers, some not so much.

7 comments:

starbucksgirl said...

Dr. Mom, I just read your post. I have a suggestion. I NEVER hand my coupons over to the cashier. I always hand them to the cashier section by section. I always give them the $5/50 one first.

Even if the cashier wants the coupons I say "no." I tell them that I would prefer to hand them over a section at a time because I don't want to have any of them missed (which has happened to me several times). There is a guy at the Franklin store that doesn't like this very much but he can't argue because I am the customer.

They should have still taken your $5/50 coupon.

starbucksgirl said...

PS - Great tip on the Glad straws!

Andria said...

Hmmm, I feel like a dufus for asking, but what is the FLIP coupon you're referring to with the charcoal? I must be having a blond moment!

Elsbit said...

I am really quite surprised that they let you use TWO $6.00 off the pork coupons when you are not buying $12 worth of meat. I kind of feel like that is cheating the system. I always worry that stuff like that is eventually going to make couponing harder for the rest of us....

starbucksgirl said...

Liz, it is perfectly acceptable to use the coupon that way. The language of the coupon does not indicate that you have to buy $6 of pork. It indicates "$6 off of pork." Language is everything in couponing.

If it had said "WYB $6 of pork" then you would have to purchase $6 of pork.

You shouldn't worry that things are going to get harder for everyone because of the way someone uses a coupon. I always see naysayers out there that say things like that and it just isn't true.

Publix made $300.8 million in profits last quarter (a 1.7% increase from last year). They are very thankful that they have lots of couponers in their stores right now (especially in this economy). My store told me that they have seen a 50% increase in the usage of coupons this year and they are thrilled that people are coming and using theif coupons there.

They couldn't be happier with our coupon usage.

Dr. Mom said...

Andria, you can find the FLIPs on Southern Saver's site. I have a direct link under my section for store sites.

Liz, I understand your concern. However, I agree with LA girl concerning its usage. This coupon has been out since the beginning of the year. If the producer did not like its usage they could have withdrawn it or publicly denounced it. The coupon is meant for consumers to try their charcoal, which I do and pay for. If I choose to cook a cheaper cut of meat on their charcoal, I don't think they would care. Publix could also stop allowing overage at any time. I think they do not because they want us in their stores and promoting them online.

LA girl, thanks for your tip. I will certainly do it like that from now on! Publix has never given me a problem with this coupon, and I was really surprised this happened.

Sarah Eliza @ devastateboredom said...

Yeah, I always get the widest range of reactions from clerks... totally depends on the individual's personality. But yeah, great job as always!

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