Publix Report

Friday I set out with my carefully clipped coupons and my carefully researched excel spreadsheet to see how well I could do for the week's groceries at Publix. I didn't take a picture of the goods, so I'll just cut to the chase.

Total: $78.94

Manufacturer's Coupons: $9.00

Store Coupons: $2.20

Sales: $21.12

Paid: $57.82

Pretty good for my first trip! Would like to get where I'm saving as much as I'm spending, but that will come with time, right? And can I just say, shopping at Publix IS a pleasure? Everyone is so friendly, helpful and the store is so clean and organized. I got a hearty "Good Morning!!" and a little Sweet Home Alabama when I stopped in for some BOGO Peanut Butter this morning.

Some of my best buys:

French's Mustard: BOGO - $1.00 - had a .50 coupon that doubled, so FREE

Coffee Mate creamer - on sale for $1.50, had a .50 coupon - .50

Chinet Dinner Napkins - BOGO -$1.08 - had a $1.00 coupon -.08 cents

BIC Lighters - BOGO- had two $1.00 off coupons- paid .75 per lighter. They are normally $3.50 each. (This is a great reason to get two papers. When an item is BOGO, Publix lets you use one coupon per item, so you are paying a small fraction of the normal price.)

Sour Cream - BOGO - had .55 coupon - paid .44


It's a little more work to make your list and get the coupons together, but I think its well worth it.

Here's a couple good deals I'm excited about this week:

Eight O’ Clock Coffee, Whole Bean or Ground, Assorted Varieties, 11 to 12 oz bag (excluding Decaf) BOGO $4.99 - Get a $2/2 coupon here makes each bag $1.50. Great deal on great coffee!

Skippy Peanut Butter, Assorted Varieties, 15 or 16.3 oz jar, BOGO $2.49 - who doesn't like PB?

Glass Plus Glass & Multi-Surface Cleaner, 32 oz bot, BOGO $2.49-$1/1 Glass Plus Cleaner. Makes each bottle .25 cents

Two coffees, one PB and one glass cleaner is normally $15, and with these deals you'll pay $4.50. It definitely pays to stock up at the grocery's lowest prices.

You get the idea. You can see the full ad with matchups at iheartpublix.com. She really does all the work for you.