Tee hee…you know it is the little things in life that just make me smile!
I love all the comments and emails that you all have sent. It really means so much to know that the time I spend in front of this keyboard is helping you guys save money.
Tara let me know that Jen King (the author of the article I shared yesterday How To Save Money At Publix Supermarkets) published another article today and it is a spotlight on I Heart Publix!! This time Jen’s article is titled Saving Money with the Website “I Heart Publix”.
Eighteen months ago when I started this site I would have never dreamed that it would turn into this! I started this site as a way to share deals with a few friends and it seems that I have made just a few more friends 😉
I just wanted to take a minute to thank all of you who visit the site, post comments, take the time to send me deals, booklets and share your stories. I appreciate you all! For me this has become so much more than a blog and is now a huge community of friends that share a common interest and I am glad to be part of it 🙂
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Congrats! You deserve some fame for all the hard work you do for all of us!
Thanks for all the work you put into it. It is very much appreciated.
You need to be featured on the Today show. The family that has been on there the past two days about “How to cut your grocery bill in half”, would be blown out of the water by you.
I second this…. 🙂
You deserve it, lovely lady … We heart YOU, Michelle!!
I don’t think I would have gotten into couponing and truly saved so much money if it were not for your web site. My favorite thing is when I check out at Publix and the cashiers ask where I git my coupons and I tell them about your site. I’m surprised by how few really know about it, but once they check it out, they are hooked. Thank you for all that you do to help the rest of us!
You are great! I love coming to your site and figuring out what to get every week! It is funny to me that I found your site while Facebook Stalking a friend of a friend 🙂 Haha… life is funny!
One thing that I like about this site more than any of the others – and why I come her FIRST – is the cooperative spirit you have regarding Publix. Rather than the “hunter mentality” of trying to find a way to get around the rules to get a great deal, you encourage communication with your Publix stores and doing what is right all of the time.
I know it’s possible to get really great deals without trying to sneak things past the cashiers and your site is definitely proof of that.
If all couponers showed as much integrity as IHP, there would be far fewer suspicious cashiers out there scrutenizing our every move. I appreciate so much that I can feel proud to associate myself with the cream of the crop when it comes to saving money at the grocery store. I can get great deals and sleep peacefully at night knowing that I am doing things the RIGHT way!
Amen to this comment – the main reason I love this site is because Michelle helps us understand the ETHICAL couponing method and you can tell some have been discouraged at times from doing something unethical. But at the same time, the ones who truly just don’t understand get the answers and information of how to do the right thing!
For a new person it is really difficult to figure out what is really a good deal and what is just “wrong” to do. Nice to have that guidance!!!!
Well Said!!!! Thank You!!!
I have always shopped at Publix due to the cleanliness of stores, large variety of product, you know all the good stuff. This site has helped me to realize the terrific deals I was missing. I had never looked at the booklets in the kiosk or understood how to”stack” the coupons to my benefit. I am now able to help with my budget as well as my mom’s and anyone else who will listen and take heed. Many thanks to you Michelle as well a your generous readers for all that you share and contribute! Be Blessed
Thank you for your hard work. Congrats!!!
Yay Michelle who would have ever thunk it right. I found you a couple of months ago while on the whattoexpect website the penny pincher post where this person was talking about saving money and had old.iheartpublix.com there. I immediately came to your site to find out what it was about and immediately fell in love with the idea of possibly saving money using coupons. You see I have seen people on tv saying they saved so much money using coupons but I never could see exactly how they did it so I didnt really believe it until I saw all the posts here. Now 4 months later I see the potential even though I havent really gotten into it like I want to b/c I have almost no time I work full time and am rasiing a little boy, but I am going to start taking the time to really sit down and do exactly what you and others are doing by trying to save my family some major money while grocery shopping…Thanks for this site you really a supermarket ANGEL!
Congratulations! That is awesome! I think we can all admit that each time we grocery shop, we are saving money because of your hard work! Kudos to you!
No, THANK YOU! You making shopping easy and exciting. Wed. I spent $6.97 and saved $197.30 at Publix. Thanks for all the wonderful leads. Your amazing.
Debbie
Actually, I would like to THANK YOU for making my shopping fun and exciting. Each week it’s like a treasure hunt to find the various coupons and booklets. Who would have thought, the greatest present I could receive is a coupon book or loose coupons! Keep the deals coming. 🙂
“I Heart Publix” is no longer my little secret…
Congrats and Humongous thanks!
Wow…Kudos to you Michelle…just read Jen’s article it is so great. As you are and all the other posters here…a great community for sure!
I would like to echo the fact of previous posters than I am new to your site and couponing and for the most part love it! I definitely love your site though. Now, if all couponers would be ethical we would have a easier time couponing.
If anyone know a coupon friendly Publix in the Palm Beach area, PLEASE let me know! 🙂 I have been shopping/couponing at the Villages for about a year, but NO MORE…long story. And, they are making a HUGE/horrible, imo, coupon change…meeting this week…from corporate. I have another call into Ms. Chase now.
Thanks so much for all you do Michelle and any help from anyone on where to shop will be greatly appreciated too. Have a wonderful day everyone…looks like the rain is stopping now. 🙂
Vickie,
I shop at the Publix on Gateway and I-95. The staff is amazing and coupon friendly
Thanks…going to google to see where this is…I moved to Palm Beach from Vero recently and don’t know the area. ANYTHING will be better than the Villages…thanks so much for your help…your ? has me a bit concerned…LOL 🙂 Have a good one.
Your site truly is a blessing to my family! I get excited checking it everyday because I know if there’s a good deal to be found (you know about) or one of the many wonderful contributors post about it! Thanks again for all your hard work and dedication:)
ITA with what everyone is saying.. You have helped me save A TON cash! I am so thankful to you for all that you do!! CONGRATS, You deserve this!
Your site is #1. I am so thankful for it and for YOU!! Thank you for doing this faithfully. In a sense, my marriage has been strengthened by it because my husband loves to see me SAVE, SAVE, SAVE and I usually get a big kiss after our shopping trips. 🙂
Much deserved recognition!! You do an awesome job and I am so thrilled to see you getting noticed for it. I never go shopping anymore without checking out your site first!
You do know that anyone can write an article for Associated Content, right?
Sounds like, at least, 10 minutes of Fame to me! Congrats! I’ll check out both articles! (I read Associated Content a lot.)
Congratulations, Michelle!
Michelle – You Rock!!!
But who would pay that much for toothpaste???? I don’t think Jen really uses old.iheartpublix.com- ha!
“For example, let’s say Colgate Toothpaste is BOGO this week. Pretend the price is $2.99 for one tube, but with the buy one get one free, two tubes of Colgate are now $2.99. Then, you have a manufacturer’s coupon for $0.75 off two tubes plus a Publix store coupon for $0.50 off one tube. You can use both the Publix store coupon and the manufacturer’s coupon, along with the BOGO sale, making both tubes of Colgate toothpaste a grand total of about $1.75.”
Very well deserved, Michelle. I would agree with others who have posted that you should be recognized by a wider audience like the Today show too! I’ve shopped at Publix ever since I can remember (since I was a baby in my mother’s shopping cart!). But recently, after leaving a bad job in March and the grocery bill getting CRAZY RIDICULOUS, I looked for some guidance on the web and “bumped” into your blog. I’ve been faithful ever since and place great value on your work. I’ve managed to cut our grocery bill at least in 1/2, probably a little more if I crunched the numbers. Much of this effort thanks to your website. You are a blessing.
(STILL don’t know how all you ladies do it though…I only have ONE toddler to tend with and can’t seem to keep up! How do you blog all the time with the boys and normal day to day responsibilities?!?! 🙂