Publix Shopping Stop

Publix is currently my favorite grocery store for shopping sales and stocking up on deals. Each week I go through the sales flyer online, concentrating mainly on the buy one, get one free offers and also looking for other sale items for which I might have a coupon.

I make my list, get out my coupon organizer and match up the coupons to the sales. Since our Publix doubles coupons with a face value up to $.50, I can get some really great buys when coupons match up to the buy one, get one free sales. Also, at least at this particular Publix, I don't have to buy two of the B1G1 free item; I can just buy one and get it at half price.

Finally, I go to Fiddledeedee's site and check her Publix coupon matchups to see if there's anything I've missed. Often she will show online printable coupons that I hadn't known about and those can add to my savings.

All this to say that I made a quick stop in Publix yesterday morning to pick up a few things for the weekend and get some of the best sale items. Pictured are the items I got. I spent $13.90 and saved $12.92. (I love how they put your savings at the bottom of the receipt. Obviously it's best when the savings exceed the spending, but I only hit that goal once in a while.)

My best deals were the Betty Crocker brownies [on sale for B1G1; bought one at $1.20, had a $.50 coupon that doubled, making the brownie mix $.20] and the Mueller pasta [on sale for B1G1; bought two at $1.29, had a $.55 off two coupon, making the pasta $.37 a box].

If you're wondering about the ice cream......no it wasn't a great sale item, but one of the girls wants to make an apple pie this weekend and you can't have apple pie without ice cream!

I'm going to do a bigger shopping trip on Monday to stock up on a few more things, including more grapes ($.99/lb) and some ground chuck ($1.99/lb).

See how others are saving money at Money Saving Mom's Super Savings Saturday and The Thrifty Mama's Shopping Superstars.