I have received many comments and questions from you all regarding the penny item changes. So I thought that I would pass on the info that I have been told. Please understand that I cannot guarantee this information–if was given to me be a reliable source but we all know that Publix has a tendency to vary region to region and store to store–so please check with your store for specific information!!
It appears that the penny item will correlate with your ad start date. So if your ad begins on Wednesday your penny item will be available Wednesday. My ad begins Thursday so I will be able to pick up the penny item on Thursday.
The penny item coupon will be in your newspaper on the day that your penny item promo occurs. In my area I was told that the penny item will be in the large metro paper (Atlanta Journal & Constitution) as well as the local county papers. I am not sure if that will be the case everywhere but I would guess it might be likely.
Please feel free to comment if you have received different information. The changes are supposed to go into effect this coming week…so I guess we will find out for sure very soon 🙂
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Thanks Michelle. I only hope that the penny item coupon will continue to come out in the Sunday AJC. I don’t get the paper except on Sundays! 🙁
The manager at a Publix in Columbia Co, GA told me that the penny item coupon would no longer appear in the AD and on no specific day. The coupon could be found in any part of the Augusta Chronicle and any day from Wednesday to Wednesday. The coupon will only be good for that one day and no one will know what it will be until that day.
There was a sign on my Publix announcing the change to Wed only. I don’t know about the coupon though- we haven’t been required to produce it in the past so I hope that continues as I never would think to get a Wed paper.
Do the Publix in Atlanta still have the AJC double thing? We are headed to see my parents and should be coming up through the Atl area on Sunday. If so, does anyone know of the easiest publix to get to off of 75 or 20? lol
Publix Management,
I know many that are and I am still very disappointed in this change! I hope you reconsider!
Liz- yes, you can still get a double bundle of the Sunday AJC at Publix for $2.50. I’ve also seen the double bundles at my CVS too. I live near 75 on the south side of the city and there are a couple Publix’s near 75.. will you be on the south side or north side of the city?
We will be coming from the south, northbound on 75. Thank you so much for your help! 🙂
So just one day now? Not Wed and Thu or Thu and Fri?
Did you here mention if they will include FL this year?
does anyone know of the easiest publix to get too in columbia, sc from I 26? i will be driving up there this weekend and plan to get papers up there, but also would like to stop at the publix and scan for coupon booklets :)! i am coming from charleston sc. any help or thoughts are much appreciated!! 🙂
Jess, the closest to the exit is probably the one on Harbison Blvd, which is at the same time most likely the busiest 😉
The Publix on Hwy 81 in Anderson, SC is going to Wednesdays and you have to have the coupon now for the penny item. They put out fliers telling about the changes. Apparently, they need the coupons for accounting purposes.
I think it stinks, it would be nice if they would still put the ad in the Sunday paper. Now we will be required to buy an additional newspapaper other than the AJC on Sunday in order to get the coupon.
@marlene: thanks!!
I get the Marietta Daily Journal and they never include the Publix ad on Thursdays. (only on Sundays) Something’s gotta give here!
No Publixs ad in todays AJC!!!!!!!!!
I was very surprized that there wasn’t an ad…..you would think that based purely from a retail advertizing stand you would publish an ad on the biggest paper day of the week!! STRANGE!!
No Publix ad in Macon today either. Very disappointed! I’m not really sure it will be worth purchasing a paper during the week just to get the ad =-(
We went about 15 miles past our exit trying to find an ATL publix, and ended up in Marietta. There was a super nice guy at a gas station that directed us to the nearest Publix. They were out of doubles, but I went across the street to Walgreens and got 10 papers with RR’s. I didn’t get the good price, b ut the AJC was sooo worth it. We had fun sightseeing with the kids, too! Now we need to get the AJC in all areas of GA again. xD
Oh and the Sunday papers are the only ones we buy. We won’t be purchasing a paper to get a penny item. I just don’t see the point. It would work out to about the cost of the item and I would have to go get and recycle one more paper. No, ty.
I agree that it would be really nice if they continued honoring the Penny Item without the coupon since the cost of the paper doesn’t always balance the cost of the item. We’ll have to see what Coweta/Fayette papers will carry the ad to see if that’s going to be worth it.
So Michelle, are you getting your penny item coupon from the local county paper that shows up on your driveway or do you have to go somewhere to get it?
I, too, am disappointed in the penny item change. For me, I will have to buy a paper ($1), then pay a penny to get an item. And that in addition to buying the Sunday paper as well. For me, the numbers just aren’t adding up. I most likely will skip the penny item because it will end up costing me more money. I have also checked my paper that gets tossed in our driveway every week, and there is no penny item in it. If you are in the Atlanta area, the only place to find it is in the AJC (or the Marietta Journal). In the AJC, it will be in the living section. The manager at my Publix (Brookstone in Acworth) said that the penny coupon would no longer be in the Publix ad but only in the Living Section on Thursdays.