I think I am officially finished shopping for the week so I thought I would post the weekly totals a bit earlier than usual.
I had my day all planned…I was going to drop off my car to get an oil change and get my lift gate fixed. I have been working like crazy to get a bunch of things done here at home as I knew we would not be back until late this evening after t-ball practice. I had scheduled my car maintenance online and it wasn’t until my husband called to confirm the that he would meet us that I thought that the dealership had not called to confirm my appointment??! So…back online I go to find the telephone number! Ummm–yeah I scheduled the appointment at a dealership in Louisiana 🙂 Ooops!! So….my afternoon has opened up a bit!!
I had a great shopping week.! Although my list seems short I really brought home a ton of things to add to my pantry (even a bunch of free Snickers that I will stick in the freezer so they don’t tempt me as much 😉 ) This week I learned (once again) why I love Publix so very much!! I had a bunch of Fresh Cod coupons that I wanted to use and since I had to go to Kroger to get all my free Kraft cheese I chose to get it there as it was on sale!! So… I asked the seafood guy at Kroger if it would be possible to have each of the four large fish individually packaged & priced so that I ended up with eight packaged fillets. Well based on his attitude I knew that he was not thrilled by my request. There were no other customers waiting…when I walked up he was cutting up with another employee!! Seriously– all he had to do was cut four big fish down the middle, weigh them, wrap them and place a sticker on the package. I actually starting giggling a little at the display he put on –he stomped around and gave dramatic sighs as he cut the fish and slung it down. I thought I was going to crack up so I had to walk away! I went back to get the fish and he hands me five packages of fish and says–“That’s the best I can do!” OK–so I know I was asking him to go a little above and beyond the call of duty but seriously… was my request that difficult?? One package had one tiny piece of fish, the next one had five big pieces of fish, the next had two… Really??? The best he could do??? I would have preferred him just be honest and tell me that he didn’t want to cut the fish for me!! I just don’t understand why it was neccessary to create s0 much drama over a request that should have taken less than 3 minutes of his time?? Just another reminder why I HEART Publix 😀
This week I managed to get around $154 worth of groceries for $32.04. That means I saved 80% this week!! I have plenty of cabbage for the next couple of weeks and added to my cheese stockpile so I should be set for the next few months! Here is what I purchased for $32.04:
| Item | quantity | price | Q amt | TOTAL | Q details | |
| fruit chillers | 4 | 1.66 | 6.64 | 4 | 2.64 | four $1/1 IP |
| cabbage | 1 | 1.45 | 1.45 | 3 | -1.55 | three $1 off produce |
| bananas | 1 | 1.74 | 1.74 | 1.74 | ||
| barilla lasagna | 2 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2 | -0.6 | 2 $1/1 Winetags |
| arnold sand thins | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.5 | $1/1 home mailer |
| honey maid grahams | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | $1/1 insert |
| land o lakes spread | 2 | 0.95 | 1.9 | 2 | -0.1 | two $.50/1 insert |
| 8 o clock coffee | 2 | 2.5 | 5 | 1.5 | 3.5 | $1.50/2 insert |
| milk | 1 | 2.28 | 2.28 | 2.28 | ||
| giarussa gnocchi | 2 | 2.49 | 4.98 | 3.49 | 1.49 | BOGO + $1/1 WT |
| tax | 1 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 0.58 | ||
| kraft cheese | 14 | 0.99 | 13.86 | 14 | -0.14 | seven $2/2 blinkies |
| Oscar Mayer hot dogs | 2 | 1.99 | 3.98 | 2 | 1.98 | OYNO cat |
| gorton’s popcorn shrimp | 2 | 3.5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | two $.50/1 IP |
| snickers | 16 | 0.5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | eight .50/2 |
| cod (5 pkgs) | 1 | 15.93 | 15.93 | 5 | 10.93 | five $1/1 IP |
| grapes | 1 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.22 | ||
| apples | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||
| tax | 1 | 1.07 | 1.07 | 1.07 | ||
| 32.04 |
Yesterday when I logged in to Facebook to update the I Heart Publix page I just happened to notice that a friend from college had posted what a great trip she had at Publix in her status…so I commented that she should check out my site. What a small world–Shawna had been visiting the site for months and just never made the connection that we knew each other!! So–Shawna and all you other great shoppers leave a comment or link up to your weekly totals!
Shabby spent $26.67 and saved $69.59. Not as spectacular as everyone else’s, but I’m getting there. Seriously, can you just come hang out with me for a couple of weeks?! 🙂 I live 20 minutes from the BEACH! And the girls at work want to know if you do seminars?! 🙂
Shab I will totally have to come visit you!! I desparately need a vaction 🙂 Our boys would have a blast playing…we may have to work on getting it planned…maybe a little Berry reunion 😀
BTW–I think you did great on your weekly totals!!
I shopped both Publix and Kroger this week. Just couldn’t pass up the cheese and tuna deal, plus a few others! 🙂
Publix: I spent $25.62 for $131.41 worth, saved $105.79 = 81%
Kroger: I spent $6.92 for $73.60 worth, saved $66.68 = 91%
You can visit anytime! Bring all the other Berrys with you. 🙂
I loved it the fish story!
This week I spent a total of $87.87 at Target, Kroger and Publix. I got a total value of $326.00, a savings of 73%!
getter better every week, spent 65.15 saved 101.65, I think thats about a 60% savings. Thanks for all you do. This site is the best.
I saved 60% but I only bought 12.76 in groceries and had 19.17 in coupons and my publix was out of the mccormick. Hopefully they get it tomorrow so I can use my coupons.
I shopped at Publix and spent $43.24 and saved $178.71. I then got the $50 BP card for $40. I was able to send 30 boxes of macaroni/spaghetti noodles to church for our food pantry! I owe it all to you, Michelle! What you do with this website is such a blessing to so many! Keep up the good work.
Blakely
I am confused how did you get the snickers for free??? Thanks!
Hi, I have a question about the Snickers. You said you bought 16 at $0.50 each, $8 total, and used eight $0.50 / 2 coupons, but in the Q amt you have $8 to make the snickers $0. Eight times $0.50 is $4. Am I misunderstanding your spreadsheet?
Sorry guys I always forget not everyone’s store doubles coupons…Here in Atlanta coupons .50 and under double. So my Snickers coupons doubled to $1/2 🙂
Oh, awesome, I understand. Thank you!
Oh thats what I was thinking!! GREAT JOB!!!
My neighbor used to work in the meat department at Kroger. He said anytime they didn’t want to special cut the customer’s meat, they would tell them the slicer was broken.
Michelle,
The fish coupons you used were they the Alaska cod coupons? If so can you use them on fresh cod? I was unsure about this so I didn’t use my q’s yet. I was thinking that Alaska cod was a specific brand perhaps in the frozen section but I couldn’t find it. Thanks for all your help.
Hey Katie
Yes that was the coupon…it is not a brand just the org promoting the fish from Alaska http://www.alaskaseafood.org/retailers
you can also get a bricks coupon here: http://www.alaskaseafood.org/tmp/coupon.html –It even says ask for it at your seafood counter 🙂
We are having fish for dinner tonight 😀
I went late last night to make sure I used the PQ’s expiring on 3/20. I spent $12.16 on $90.32 worth of groceries, saving 87%!
Hey Michelle! 🙂
I guess I missed the cheese deal, but I really didn’t see anything exciting regarding the Kraft cheese (???) What did I miss? BTW my total this week was $24.39 and saved $106.39!!! Thanks for all you do for people like me!! My family and I LOVE you!!! 🙂
This week was my first time shopping since I started couponing. I’m a senior in college, and still figuring out how to do all of this. I spent $21.74 and saved $22.85. I was hoping to do better, but I had to buy some produce as well. The nearest Publix is about 50 minutes away and the produce at Wal-Mart here is terrible, so I definitely took advantage of being able to buy some fresh produce. I hope to do better next time!
I discovered your website just last week 1 day before going to the grocery store. Since I did not have any time to read all the posts and get a grasp on how all of this works, I was only able to save $55 on my $176 grocery bill, so I paid $122 out of pocket (saved 31%). All week I have been reading up on how all of this works, and I have been trying to start my coupon collection from scratch. My goal for this week’s trip is to try and save atleast 50%, we’ll see if I can do it! But I just wanted to say THANK YOU for all the work you put into this, it is very helpful and I am so thankful I found this site!