Today was a great day of shopping for us at Publix! We loaded up on sports drinks plus got a ton of produce and didn’t spend that much at all! We took 30 of our bottles of Powerade with us. We are picking up the remaining 90 on Saturday via special order (SIX CASES WITH 15 BOTTLES EACH!) We paid for them today, but we didn’t want to deplete their stock of 700 drinks too much. My store had the B10G5 hangtags on some of the drinks, so they will surely go fast.
All of our remaining items are pictured to the right. We broke everything into three transactions today so we could earn a $10 gift card on the first transaction, which we rolled into the second transaction and earned another $10 gift card. We then used the second gift card on the third transaction, which was a smaller transaction that included a lot of produce.
Here is the full listing of what we purchased and the coupons used:
120 POWERADE 32 OZ. BOTTLES, BOGO $1.25
Used eight B10G5 (Buy 10, Get 5 Free) Powerade manufacturer coupon hangtag (exp 12/31/11)
NET PRICE FOR ALL: $25.00 (or $0.21 each!)
3 KIKKOMAN PANKO BREAD CRUMBS, $2.29 regular price
Used three $3/1 Kikkoman Panko or Lime Ponzu printable manufacturer coupon available here
NET PRICE FOR ALL: $2.13 MONEYMAKER!
1 KIKKOMAN LIME PONZU SAUCE, $2.49 regular price
Used one $3/1 Kikkoman Panko or Lime Ponzu printable manufacturer coupon available here
NET PRICE FOR ALL: $0.51 MONEYMAKER!
4 ZEPHYRHILLS SPARKLING WATER W/LEMON 1L BOTTLE, $0.99 regular price
Used four $1/1 Zephyrhills Sparkling Water 1L Bottle printable manufacturer coupon available here
NET PRICE FOR ALL: $0.04 MONEYMAKER!
2 PANTENE SHAMPOO/CONDITIONERS, $3.91 regular price
2 PANTENE STYLERS (GEL/MOUSSE), $3.99 regular price
Used two FREE Pantene Styler wyb Shampoo/Conditioner (excludes trial), Publix Store Coupon (Savings Are Stocking Up Home Mailer, exp 12/31/11)
and used two $3/2 Pantene Products manufacturer coupon, 11/27 P&G newspaper insert
NET PRICE FOR ALL: $1.82 (or $0.45 each!)
2 LOAVES MERITA BUTTERBREAD, BOGO $2.89
No coupons used
NET PRICE FOR ALL: $2.89
4 CANS MUIR GLEN TOMATO SAUCE, $0.89 regular price
Used four $0.75/1 Muir Glen product printable manufacturer coupon available here
NET PRICE FOR ALL: $0.56 (or $0.14 each!)
2 UGLY RIPE TOMATOES, $1.99/lb. on sale (bought 1.03 lbs.)
No coupons used
NET PRICE FOR ALL: $2.05 (saved $0.51 due to sales price)
1 HEAD ICEBERG LETTUCE, $1.29 on sale
No coupons used
NET PRICE FOR ALL: $1.29 (saved $0.40 due to sales price)
1 CUCUMBER, $0.75 regular price
No coupons used
NET PRICE FOR ALL: $0.75
2 PKGS. BLACKBERRIES, $3.99 regular price
No coupons used – roommate needed them for a recipe
NET PRICE FOR ALL: $7.98
1 BUNCH GREEN ONIONS, $0.60 regular price
No coupons used
NET PRICE FOR ALL: $0.60
1 PKG. YELLOW SQUASH, $1.52 on sale
No coupons used
NET PRICE FOR ALL: $1.52 (saved $1.54 due to sales price)
1 PKG. ZUCCHINI, $1.22 on sale
No coupons used
NET PRICE FOR ALL: $1.22 (saved $1.23 due to sales price)
Plus I used a $5/$30 competitor coupon on transactions one and two
Plus I used a Free $10 Publix Gift Card when you buy $50 mailer on transactions one and two
Plus I used a $5/$25 competitor coupon on transaction three
*** I used the $10 Gift Card earned on transaction one to diminish the out-of-pocket on transaction two. I used the $10 Gift Card on transaction two to diminish the out-of-pocket on transaction three. As you can see from the receipts pictured to the right (oops that didn’t save large enough), we had a total of $14.65 out-of-pocket for all three transactions, $6.65 of which was tax. Therefore our pre-tax total was $8.00.
*** Also, note that our savings on the receipts our overstated by $20, as they charge you for the gift card and then deduct $10 for your free gift card coupon. I have adjusted the coupon savings downward to reflect that in the list below, but then I deducted it in a new line item called “Less redemption of gift cards earned today.”
Regular retail price for all items: $207.55 + tax
Special price savings (sales & BOGOs): $81.57
Coupon savings: $97.98
Order subtotal: $28.00
Less redemption of gift cards earned today: $20.00
Real subtotal after adjustments: $8.00
Sales tax on orders: $6.65
GRAND TOTAL INCLUDING TAX: $14.65 (this was exactly our total out-of-pocket expense)
PERCENTAGE SAVED: 96.1% if not including tax; 93.2% if including tax in calculation.