I spent probably 2 days finding and printing coupons. I really hope this gets easier. I think it will once I get a good stock and narrow down my shopping. I tried to focus on the BOGO deals but needed lots of things for Thanksgiving too. This was my first year EVER actually cooking Thanksgiving dinner! :) After about 3 days of preparation I was ready...armed with a stack of coupons and a big highlighted grocery list!
I entered Publix at approximately 1:30 pm, Wendesday afternoon the day before Thanksgiving. I went to the customer service desk to ask one final question. Although most of the sites allowed you to print 2 of each coupon it appeared that the two I printed had the same bar code. I was worried this would void one of each of my coupons which would ruin the entire amazing publix shopping trip I was hoping for. I was assured that they would be accepted but also informed that they no longer accepted the CVS or Rite Aid coupons. Oh well.. no biggie. As long as all the other ones worked. I was off!
It took awhile to get into the groove of things but soon I was zipping through the aisles picking up everything I needed. It was easy enough withe the printable grocery list from http://www.publix.com/. It broke everything down into the sections of the store which was VERY helpful. If my coupons had been more organized it wouldn't have taken nearly as long.
I found little store blinkies along the way and made sure to pull those coupons and throw them in my purse. I saw peelies and hang tags but have no clue how people get these unless they buy those products are thieve them off of them which I was not about to do. The last thing I wanted was the Publix police coming down on me.
I finished my entire list and only had to ask for help fiding 2 items!! Not bad.
I made my way to the checkout.
I laughed and told the girl at the checkout about my situation and how I was new to all of this. Then I showed her all my coupons. She laughed and said "ALL of those?" "Yes..all of these" I said. She was very nice about it.
All the food rang up and then the coupons started! It was very exciting to watch actually! lol. Or maybe I'm just that much of a goob. I had a few that were expired that I hadn't noticed and one that said "Do not double or triple" that caused a little trouble. Also a Honeybaked Ham coupon for $10 off a 8 lb bone in ham that had to be ok'd by a manager. Which she did!! YAY. The Honeybaked Ham coupon did make one man pick his 3 items up and walk away but oh well. I just saved me $10!! I didn't feel too bad. And then we were done...ending at around 3:30 pm
My savings for my first time ever and buying Thanksgiving dinner....
Total Groceries 261.61
Store coupons 20.05
Vendor coupons 39.15
Ad SS 98.73
Adv BS 1.20
Total savings 159.13
GRAND TOTAL INC. TAX $110.27
I feel really good about that :)
I entered Publix at approximately 1:30 pm, Wendesday afternoon the day before Thanksgiving. I went to the customer service desk to ask one final question. Although most of the sites allowed you to print 2 of each coupon it appeared that the two I printed had the same bar code. I was worried this would void one of each of my coupons which would ruin the entire amazing publix shopping trip I was hoping for. I was assured that they would be accepted but also informed that they no longer accepted the CVS or Rite Aid coupons. Oh well.. no biggie. As long as all the other ones worked. I was off!
It took awhile to get into the groove of things but soon I was zipping through the aisles picking up everything I needed. It was easy enough withe the printable grocery list from http://www.publix.com/. It broke everything down into the sections of the store which was VERY helpful. If my coupons had been more organized it wouldn't have taken nearly as long.
I found little store blinkies along the way and made sure to pull those coupons and throw them in my purse. I saw peelies and hang tags but have no clue how people get these unless they buy those products are thieve them off of them which I was not about to do. The last thing I wanted was the Publix police coming down on me.
I finished my entire list and only had to ask for help fiding 2 items!! Not bad.
I made my way to the checkout.
I laughed and told the girl at the checkout about my situation and how I was new to all of this. Then I showed her all my coupons. She laughed and said "ALL of those?" "Yes..all of these" I said. She was very nice about it.
All the food rang up and then the coupons started! It was very exciting to watch actually! lol. Or maybe I'm just that much of a goob. I had a few that were expired that I hadn't noticed and one that said "Do not double or triple" that caused a little trouble. Also a Honeybaked Ham coupon for $10 off a 8 lb bone in ham that had to be ok'd by a manager. Which she did!! YAY. The Honeybaked Ham coupon did make one man pick his 3 items up and walk away but oh well. I just saved me $10!! I didn't feel too bad. And then we were done...ending at around 3:30 pm
My savings for my first time ever and buying Thanksgiving dinner....
Total Groceries 261.61
Store coupons 20.05
Vendor coupons 39.15
Ad SS 98.73
Adv BS 1.20
Total savings 159.13
GRAND TOTAL INC. TAX $110.27
I feel really good about that :)
WTG Jennie!!
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