Publix 1/19-1/25

These are my favorite deals for the week of 1/19-1/25!

Quaker Instant Oatmeal or Instant Multigrain Hot Cereal, Assorted Varieties, 10.1 to 16.2 oz box, BOGO $2.98
-$1/1 Quaker Instant Oatmeal All You Feb 2011 (exp 3/31/2011)

-$1/1 Quaker Instant Oatmeal or Oats 1/2/2011 RP Insert (exp 4/30/2011)

.50 each with either coupon!

Kraft Homestyle Macaroni & Cheese Dinner, Hearty Four Cheese, American Cheddar or World Italian with Parmesan & Romano, 12.6 oz box, BOGO $2.59

-$0.50/1 Kraft Homestyle Macaroni & Cheese Dinner Rolling
-$1/1 Kraft Homestyle Mac & Cheese 1/16/2011 SS Insert (exp 2/16/2011)

.30 each with either coupon!

Taco Bell Home Originals Dinner! Assorted Varieties, 10.75 to 16.35 oz box, BOGO $2.69
-$1/1 Taco Bell Home Originals All You Feb 2011 (exp 4/30/2011)

.35 each after coupon!

Blue Diamond Almonds, Assorted Varieties, 6 oz can, BOGO $3.19
-$0.75/2 Blue Diamond Almonds 12/5/2010 SS Insert (exp 3/31/2011)
-$0.60/2 Blue Diamond Almonds 10/10/2010 SS Insert (exp 1/31/2011)

  -$0.50/1 Blue Diamond

As low as .60 with .50/1 coupon!

Yoplait YoPlus Yogurt, Assorted Varieties, 4 pack, 4 oz cup, BOGO $2
-$0.50/1 Yoplait YoPlus Yogurt (exp 2/2/2011)
-$0.50/1 Yoplait YoPlus Yogurt 1/2/2011 GM Insert (exp 2/26/2011)
-$0.50/1 Yoplait YoPlus Yogurt 1/16/2011 SS Insert
-$1/1 Yoplait YoPlus Yogurt Rolling
Free with any of these coupons!

Shedd’s Spread Country Crock, Regular or Churn Style, 15 oz tub, or twin pack, 2 pk, 7.5 oz tub, BOGO $1.89
-$0.40/1 Shedd’s Spread Country Crock Product (IE) (exp 2/1/2011) Printable (FF)

.15 each after coupon!

WholeFruit Sorbet, Assorted Varieties, 1-pt ctn, BOGO $2.89
-$0.50/1 Whole Fruit Sorbet 1/9/2011 RP Insert (exp 3/1/2011)
You pay 45¢ per pint

Colgate Toothpaste, Assorted Varieties, 8.2 oz tube, BOGO $2.75
-$0.50/1 Colgate Toothpaste 1/2/2011 SS Insert (exp 1/22/2011)
-$1/1 Colgate Toothpaste 1/2/2011 SS Insert (exp 1/22/2011)
As low as 38¢ 

Halls Cough Drops, Assorted Varieties, 30 ct bag (Excluding Halls Defense) BOGO $1.49
-$0.50/1 Halls Cough Drops All You Feb 2011 (exp 3/31/2011)
-$1/2 Halls Cough Drops 1/2/2011 SS Insert (exp 2/5/2011)
-$0.35/1 Halls Cough Drops 1/2/2011 SS Insert (exp 2/5/2011)
-$0.55/1 Halls Cough Drop Blinkie
-$1/2 Halls Cough Drops, 20 Ct. + Bag, Any (DND5) – All You, November 2010
-B1G1 Halls Cough Drops, Any Single Bags 20 Ct. Or Larger – valid up to $2.00 tearpad
As much as .25 overage!
 

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Publix

Ok, honestly, when I first went into Publix, my thought was this: "This is a rich, snobby person's store!" Fast forward about a year when someone actually explained to me how to shop at Publix, and now it rivals Kroger for my FAVORITE grocery store!!

Publix is wonderful. That's all I have to say! No, not really, but they are WONDERFUL! Their Customer Service is fantastic! I've even written into corporate for an extremely POSITIVE experience with a CSM - that's a first for me! Which, by the way, you should do. Employees will have a greater motivation to do nice and wonderful things for you when they know you appreciate it and especially when someone higher up gives them a pat on the back for a job well done!

Publix has a few rules, but they're rules I actually LIKE to follow! ;-)

1. Publix's big sales are BOGOs. They circle through a lot of top quality products and put them BOGO. In our local area, BOGOs are really 50% off (shhh don't tell them I told you so!). I know in FL the BOGOs are like they are at the drug stores (Buy one full price get one free).

2. You can stack a MQ with a Publix Q. No restrictions!

3. Publix doubles Qs up to .50 - EVEN IF THE ITEM IS LESS THAN THE AMOUNT DOUBLED!!

4. Publix accepts competitors Qs....Our local one only accepts Kroger, Piggly Wiggly, and Food Depot, but there are ones who will accept Target, Walgreens, Rite Aid, CVS, etc. One exception: If it is a x/x.xx of anything, they will not honor it. It has to be for a specific product.

5. Our Publix allows overage - when your coupon amount exceeds the amount of the item :-)

6. Coupon overage can be applied to tax.

7. When Publix doubles a coupon, their half takes off of the taxed amount. The same thing with store coupons.

8. Publix sales run from Wednesday - Tuesday locally.....some stores run Thursday - Wednesday.

I'll give some examples of Publix shopping trips and why they are SOOO amazing!

Bought:

10 Yakisoba noodles .79 = $7.90

1 Gallon milk 2.99 - $2.99

Total = $10.89

I used (10) .50/1 Yakisoba noddle MQs - they doubled to $1/1 which gave me overage of .21/1

My total after tax was $1.07 - less than if I had gone in to buy the milk alone which I desperately needed!

Before I have bough canned cat food on sale 3/$1 so the first rings up as .34 then .33

Buy 2 = .67

Use one BOGO MQ

They put it in as .33, so it automatically doubles up to .66

Total is .01 plus tax!

Right after Christmas I went in and bought 8 Clorox wipes 35 count @ 2/$4 (normally like $3ish) = $16

I used (4) Publix Store Coupons $2/2 (minus $8)

I also stacked with that 6 $1/1 (some from inserts, some IPs) (minus $6)

I also used (2) .75/1 IP (minus $1.50)

Total = .50 plus tax for 8 Clorox wipes cans!!! I have 3 little boys so VERY handy!

On this one, I did not know what was happening!:
Bought (2) Dove Deodorants on sale BOGO $2.49 = $2.49
Used (1) $3/2 Dove Coupon = -$3.00
After tax, my total came to -.33! The manager came over and GAVE ME .33 out of the register! How awesome is that?? Yes, they do get compensated for it, because they send that $3 MQ in and get $3 plus .08 handling fee for it :-)

Therefore, we can all thoroughly conclude that Mindy LOVES PUBLIX!!!!! You just have to work the sales, coupons, and policies all together :-)

BOGOs

I went back and changed the CVS post to include this info!

The stores that require you to purchase 2 of the items to get the special BOGO price (which is essentially 50% off) are the drug stores:
CVS
Walgreens
Rite Aid

However, the grocery stores (locally!) allow you to only purchase 1 item and get it for 50% off:
Kroger
Publix

I am not definite on Walgreens and Rite Aid, but I know that at CVS you can use a BOGO MQ with a BOGO sale and get both for free! I have gotten Kodak Photo Books, Cover Girl lipstick, and Sobe drinks in the past using this method :-)