It seemed like the evil forces lined up and conspired to make us spend money today. I had no coupons left for any of the good moneymakers, plus we needed a few items that we had to buy without coupons (milk, bread, cat litter.) I don’t understand how this managed to happen, but the cats are brand-loyal on the litter. (At least it was on sale!)
The roommate is off her diet this week, so she saw the sale ad and wanted to make lasagna. I saw the sale ad and wanted to make fried eggplant sandwiches. So we both got our way. She did one transaction and used a $5/$25 Save-a-Lot coupon and a $2/$2+ Publix coupon. I did two transactions. My first transaction used a Publix $5/$30; my second transaction used a $2/$2+ Publix coupon. My second transaction consisted of two loaves of bread and nothing else.
Here is what we bought, along with the coupons used:
ONE GALLON MILK, $3.65 regular price
No coupons used
NET PRICE: $3.65
ONE FRESH STEP CAT LITTER 20 LB., on sale $6.99 (regular price $9.49)
No coupons used
NET PRICE: $6.99
TWO LOAVES OF ARNOLD ITALIAN BREAD, on sale BOGO $2.79
No coupons used
NET PRICE FOR ALL: $2.79 (or $1.39 each!)
TWO EGGPLANT, on sale $1.29/lb. (regular price $1.99/lb.) = $3.26 TOTAL
No coupons used
NET PRICE FOR ALL: $3.26 (or $1.63 each!)
ONE TUB OF PUBLIX SOUR CREAM, $1.15 regular price
No coupons used
NET PRICE: $1.15
FOUR BLOCKS OF KRAFT CHEESE 8 OZ., on sale BOGO $3.49
Used two $1/2 Kraft Cheese Items, Target printable store coupon (no longer available)
and used two $1/1 Any Brand Cheese manufacturer coupon (FL-only)
NET PRICE FOR ALL: $2.98 (or $0.74 each!)
ONE SORRENTO RICOTTA CHEESE 32 OZ., on sale $3.50 (regular price $4.59)
Used one $1/1 Sorrento Ricotta Cheese, 2/12 SS newspaper insert
NET PRICE: $2.50
TWO MT. OLIVE RELISH, on sale BOGO $2.39
Used two $0.55/1 Mt. Olive Product hangtag
NET PRICE FOR ALL: $1.29 (or $0.64 each!)
FOUR WISH BONE SALAD DRESSING, on sale BOGO $2.65
Used two $1.50/2 Wish Bone Salad Dressing, Target printable store coupon
and used two $0.65/2 Wish Bone or Western Dressings, 1/29 RP newspaper insert
NET PRICE FOR ALL: $1.00 (or $0.25 each!)
TWO MENTOS UP2U GUM, $1.49 regular price
Used two $0.55/1 Mentos Gum, Target printable store coupon
and used two $1/1 Mentos UP2U Gum, 2/5 SS newspaper insert
NET PRICE FOR ALL: $0.12 OVERAGE!
TEN HUNT’S TOMATO SAUCE, on sale BOGO $1.99
ONE HUNT’S CRUSHED TOMATOES, on sale BOGO $1.99
ONE HUNT’S DICED TOMATOES, on sale BOGO $1.99
Used two B5G1 Hunt’s Tomatoes Publix printable store coupon (deducted $1.49 per coupon – max value)
and used two $1/5 Hunt’s Tomato Sauce or Paste Publix printable store coupon
*** I think I may have made a mistake here. If the B5G1 was “tomatoes” only and not including tomato sauce, I probably should not have used the B5G1.
NET PRICE FOR ALL: $6.96 (or $0.58 each!)
TWO PROGRESSO BREAD CRUMBS, on sale BOGO $1.97
TWO PROGRESSO WHITE KIDNEY BEANS, on sale $0.67 each
Used one $1/4 Any Progresso Products, Publix printable store coupon
NET PRICE FOR ALL: $2.31 (or $0.58 per item!)
FOUR BERTOLLI PASTA SAUCE, on sale BOGO $2.99
Used two $1.50/2 Bertolli Pasta Sauce, Target printable store coupon
NET PRICE FOR ALL: $2.98 (or $0.74 each!)
SIX MUELLER’S PASTA, on sale BOGO $1.39
Used six $0.55/1 Mueller’s Pasta printable manufacturer coupon
NET PRICE FOR ALL: $0.87 (or $0.14 each!)
TOTAL RETAIL VALUE OF ALL MERCHANDISE: $112.39
SPECIAL PRICE SAVINGS (SALES/BOGOs): $48.00
COUPON SAVINGS (STORE/MANUFACTURER): $39.78
TOTAL PRICE PAID: $24.61 (plus 70 cents sales tax)
PERCENTAGE SAVED (EXCLUDING TAX): 78.1%
PERCENTAGE SAVED (INCLUDING TAX): 77.6%
In case you’re wondering, there’s no picture of this haul because we lost the original image while moving the site to a new server some time ago.