Tobins' Tastes: Weekly Totals Link Up: Saved 73% at Publix- Including Almost 25 Pounds Of Meat

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Weekly Totals Link Up: Saved 73% at Publix- Including Almost 25 Pounds Of Meat

Spent $42 for $160 worth including two 12 pound turkeys!

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The holiday sales are back! As you can probably tell from my photo, we are starting to see lots of great sales starting up for the holiday season. I was extremely happy about today's trip since I was able to get everything you see here including 25 pounds of meat for close to $40. I also hit up our local farmers' market last Saturday and grabbed some fresh OJ, local honey, fresh bread and a few fresh veggies for about $15 total. That brings my weekly total in right on budget around $55 total. 

This is my second holiday season couponing and I learned from last year's sales what to stock up and how much to buy. I am planning to buy all my flour, sugar, turkey and ham for the year during the next few months. Based on what I bought last year (and how quickly we went through it all), I now know that I won't see alot of these sales/prices again all year and I am going to make sure our stockpile/freezer is full so I don't get stuck paying full price. 

This week's trip was much more time consuming than my trips have been lately since I used tons of coupons and broke my trip down into three transactions to use three $5/$30 Winn Dixie coupons and since I had a few coupons that limit my number per transaction.  It took about an hour to prepare for which is much more than I have been spending prepping for my trips lately but to save over $100 I think it's worth it.

I was able to get tons of things for $1 and under. I also had two coupons for FREE products from a Facebook promo and from a sponsored blog post I have coming up.

One of my two turkeys.
I was also thrilled to find tons of blinkie coupons and in store coupons for items I was purchasing so it was nice to save more than I had originally expected. The frozen young turkey was advertised at .69 cents a pound  but it was priced .59 cents a pound in my store so I was able to get two almost 12 pound turkeys for under $14. We usually will roast one in our counter top roaster in the beginning of the week and then eat from it all week making soups and sandwiches with it too.


Breakdown of today's Publix trip:
Total retail value: $158.80
Total spent: $42.92
Total saved: $115.88
Percent saved: 73%

Breakdown of what I got with sale/coupon match ups:
  • 1 bag of Ghiradelli Chocolate Squares, retails for $4.99
    • Used a coupon from a Facebook promo for a FREE product
    • Made it FREE
  •  1 loaf of 100% Whole Grain Nature's Pride Sandwich Bread, retails for $3.99
    • Used a man. coupon for a sponsored blog post for a FREE product
    • Stacked with a Target catalina for .55 cents off brand loaf of sandwich bread
    • Made it FREE plus a .55 cents money maker!
  •  2 Sambozan Protein Smoothies, retails for $2.99 each, on sale for $2.00 each
    • Used two $2 off printables from Coupons.com (zip code 02205)
    • Made them both FREE
  •  6 bags of Halls Cough Drops, retails for $1.67 each, on sale BOGO (.83 cents each)
    • Used six .55 cents off in store blinkie coupons or you could use this $1/2 one
    • Made them .28 cents a bag
  •  4 one pound boxes of Domino Brown Sugar/Powdered Sugar, retails for $1.29 each, on sale for .99 cents each
    • Used two .50/2 coupons, one from the 9/16 and 11/4 Red Plums (due to limits)
    • Made them .74 cents each
  •  2 bags of Fressh Express Baby Spinach, retails for $4.09 each, on sale BOGO made them $2.05 each bag
  • 2 cans of Eagle Brand Condensed Milk, retails for $2.19 each, on sale for $2.00
  •  2 cartons of Progresso Reduced Sodium Chicken Broth, retails for $2.59, on sale BOGO made it $1.29 each
  • 1 bag of matchstick carrots, retails for $1.89, on sale for $1.69
  • 2 canisters of Morton's Sea Salt, retails for $2.39
    • Used two .50 cents off Facebook coupons
    • Stacked with two .75 cents off Publix Yellow Ad. Flyer coupons
    • Made them $1.14 each
  •  1 box of Frozen New York Cibatta Rolls, retails for $3.65, on sale for $1.83
    • Used a .50 cents off coupon from All You magazine
    • Made it $1.33 for the box
  •  2 packages of Nestle's Ultimate Cookie Dough, retails for $3.59, on sale for $2.50
    • Used two $1.50 off Facebook coupons
    • Made them $1 a package
  •  4 boxes of Stovetop Stuffing (plan on donating to school food drive), retails for $1.75 each, on sale BOGO (.87 cents each)
  •   2 boxes of Duncan Hines Cake Mix, retails for $2.09 each, on sale BOGO ($1.05 each)
  •  1 dozen Publix large eggs, retails for $1.89, on sale for $1.67
    • Used a .50 cents off Target catalina for any brand, dozen eggs
    • Made them $1.27 
  •  2 bags of Nestle Morsels, retails for $3.15 a bag, on sale BOGO ($1.57 each)
    • Used a .75/2 off coupon from the 11/4 SS
    • Made them $1.20 a bag
  •  2 bags of Luden's Throat Drops, retails for $1.59 a bag, on sale for .99 cents a bag
    • Used a $1/2 coupon from the 10/21 SS or HERE
    • Made them .45 cents a bag
  •  2 pouches of Betty Crocker Cookie Mix, retails for $2.49, on sale BOGO ($1.25 each)
  •  1 pound of Smithfield Bacon, retails for $6.19, on sale for $3.34
    • Used a $1 off coupon from the 10/7 SS
    • Made it $2.34 for the pound
  •  2 bags of Green Giant Seasoned Steamers Frozen Veggies, retails for $2.99 each, on sale for $1.49 each
    • Use two .75 cents off coupons from the 10/7 General Mills insert
    • Made them .74 cents a bag
  • 1 half gallon of Silk Almond Milk, retails for $3.49, on sale for $2.50
    • Used a $2 coupon from the man. website (no longer available)
    • Made it .50 cents
  •  Two almost 12 pound young, frozen turkeys, retails for $34.62 total, on sale for .59 cents a pound
    • Made them $6.91 and $6.80 each
  •  6 Dannon Okios Greek Yogurts, retails for $1.25 each
  •  2 Smart Balance Spreads, retails for $2.50 each, on sale for $1.50 each
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