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11-26-2012 Publix Shopping Trip

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on November 26, 2012 None comments

I got some great deals today at Publix! There were a couple of slight moneymakers and some other great deals.

Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt 3 OZ, on sale $0.75
Use $0.55/1 Diamond Crystal Salt Sense or Kosher Salt 3-13 oz Publix coupons, Yellow Advantage Flyer
and use $0.40/1 Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt printable manufacturer’s coupon PRINTABLE
Cost After Coupons- Free + $0.40 Overage
Note- These coupons also make the larger size a great deal but the smaller one is a moneymaker.

B1G1 Yakisoba Noodles $0.99 ($.49)
Used six $0.50/1 Yakisoba coupons, 10/14 SS newspaper insert
Cost After Coupons- Free

Buy 2 Vivarin $3.14 each
Use the $5/2 Vivarin Publix Q inside the Green Advantage Flyer
and Use $1/1 Vivarin PDF Printable MQ
Cost After Coupons- Free + $.72 Overage WYB 2

B1G1 Smart Balance Spread, 13-15 oz, 2 pk., 7.5 oz Tub or 8 oz Spray, at $3.59 ($1.79)
-$1/2 Smart Balance products printable
-.75/1 Smart Balance spreadable butter or Better Butter sticks, (zip 90210) PRINTABLE
-.50/1 Smart Balance spreadable butter or blended butter sticks, SS 11/18
Cost After Coupons- $1.04

B1G1 Campbell’s 100% Natural Soup, 18.6-18.8 oz, at $2.49 ($1.24)
-.50/2 Campbell’s 100% natural soups, SS 10/14
Cost After Coupons- 74¢

B1G1 Krusteaz Bakery Style Cookie Mix, 15.5-18 oz, at $2.39 ($1.19)
-$1 off Krusteaz bakery style cookie mix printable
Cost After Coupons- 19¢

Bailey’s Coffee Creamer, 16 oz, $1.50
-$1 off Baileys coffee creamer, SS 11/18 or blinkie
Cost After Coupons- 50¢ each

International Delight Coffee Creamer $1.66
– .55 off International Delight Coffee Creamer PRINTABLE
– $1.50 off 2 International Delight Coffee Creamers Target Coupon
Cost After Coupons- 36¢ each

Stuff I Got at The CVS Thanksgiving / Black Friday Sale

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on November 25, 2012 None comments

I ended up getting some more great free stuff at the extended CVS Thanksgiving / Black Friday sale. I didn’t make it until around 11pm on Saturday only an hour before it ended and they still had some of the items I wanted and I got rainchecks for some they didn’t. I bought the chocolate stick treats from the $1 food section as filler and I paid with my extracare bucks from my earlier shopping that week.

11-18-12 CVS Early Black Friday Shopping

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on November 19, 2012 None comments

I got a big surprise on Saturday night when I found out that CVS was starting most of their Black Friday Sale on Sunday instead of Thanksgiving night like last year(Click HERE to see my deals from last year). I was very excited with what I got! So excited, in fact, that I went to two stores.

HOW TO QUICKLY AND EASILY SET UP YOUR TRANSACTIONS TO SAVE THE MOST MONEY-

I’m not going to list out how I did my individual transactions, because it would take forever and it wouldn’t help you anyway. Each store will have slightly different items in stock so planning transactions ahead of time would just be a waste of time. There is however a quick and painless method for setting up your transactions in the store so that you save the most money.

1. Go through the store and collect all of the items you wish to purchase (most stores have many items gathered in the front so check there first so you don’t run through the store if you don’t have to)

2. Gather the items that you are getting free/almost free after coupons but will receive back a profit of ECBs (store dollars). For example, the command hooks are $1 and there is a $1 off coupon so the item will be free but you will still receive $1 ECBs. Starbucks Refreshers, Glade Plugins Scented Oil Warmer, and Children’s Advil all have deals where you will receive a nice profit in ECBs. This will be your first transaction. For this first transaction you will pay very little out of pocket and you will receive your profit in ECBs.

Note- If you don’t have coupons for any of the items just start by buying around $6 or $9 worth of items depending on how many transactions you want to do.

3. See how many ECBs you now have. For Example you may now have $9 in ECBs so put your items into groups of $9 and then pay for each transaction with the ECBs from the previous transaction. This is called rolling ECBs. It will keep your out of pocket costs as low as possible. Some of my transactions today were free, most were paid with coin change.

4. Buy the higher priced items first until you are left with all of the dollar items. These are the easiest to break into transactions.

Store One-
Spent- $7.47
Saved- $49.17
ECBs (CVS store dollars) left over- $9.50
That’s Like getting paid $2 to buy all of this stuff!
# of Transactions- 5

Store Two-
Spent- $2.45
Saved- $49.68
ECBs (CVS store dollars) left over- $7
That’s Like getting paid $4.50 to buy all of this stuff!
# of Transactions- 6

The Carmex, Somnapure and Command items all came with additional coupons so take a look because you might be able to use these.

If you didn’t make it in time to score a deal you really wanted don’t worry. Unlike last year, CVS is issuing rain checks for items they are out of. Remember these never expire so if there is something you think you might use it can’t hurt to ask. They know people are going to ask for these so in some cases they have them pre-written.

If you would like to see the coupon match ups for these deals and other Southernsavers.com and Couponaholic.net both did a great job of putting lists together.

11-9-12 Publix Shopping Trip- Spent $2.61 and Saved $68.73

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on November 8, 2012 None comments

I made a quick trip to Publix today to drop off a prescription and I decided to take advantage of a $5 off of a $25 purchase coupon that is expiring soon and pick up a few items from this weeks sale.

6 Nature Made Vitamins– Various Kinds – $3.99 each (the cheapest price at my store but may be cheaper at yours)
-$2 off Nature Made product printable (This is a PDF coupon, you can print it multiple times)
-$2 off Nature Made vitamins, SS 10/14
-$6/2 Nature Made vitamins or supplements (Publix coupon), Green Advantage flyer exp. 11/16/12
Cost After Coupons- Free + $ 1 Overage for each bottle purchased

2 Duncan Hines Moist Cake Mix, 16-18.25 oz, B1G1 at $2.09 ($1.04)
-$1/2 Duncan Hines products printable
Cost After Coupons- 54¢ each

2 General Mills Cereals, 15.6-20.25 oz, B1G1 at $5.19 ($2.59)
Original, Honey Nut or Multigrain Cheerios, or Cinnamon Toast Crunch
-.50/1 General Mills Honey Nut Cheerios cereal printable
Cost After Coupons- $2.10 each

4 Suave Lotion, 18 oz, B1G1 at $2.93 ($1.46)
-$2 off Suave body lotion, 18 oz+, RP 10/14 (EXP 11/11)
-$2/2 Suave body lotion, 18 oz+, RP 10/14 (EXP 11/11)
Cost After Coupons- 46¢ each

2 Milk Bone Dog Treats, 5-5.6 oz, B1G1 at $3.19 ($1.59)
-$1 off Milk-Bone trail mix dog snacks printable
-$1.50/2 Milk-Bone dog snacks, RP 10/07
Cost After Coupons- 59¢ each

6 Beech Nut Stage 2 Baby Food, 4 oz, 40¢
-$1/3 Beech-Nut items printable
Cost After Coupons- 7¢ each

1 Angel Soft Bathroom Tissue, 8-24 ct., $5
-.25/1 Angel Soft bath tissue printable
-$1 off Angel Soft double roll bath tissue, 12 pk. + Target coupon Printable
Cost After Coupons- $3.75

2 Tetra Goldfish Food $1.99
Use the $2/1 coupon found HERE (Note- I don’t know if this is still available)
Cost After Coupons- Free

I also used one $5 off of $25 purchase Save-A-Lot Coupon

Cost After Coupons-$2.61 including tax
Saved- $68.73

11-5-12 Publix Shopping Trip – 89% Savings!

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on November 5, 2012 None comments

I am SUPER excited about my shopping trip at Publix today! I got some really great deals and was really lucky to have a great, patient, careful cashier 🙂

Spent- $20.36 including tax
Saved- $164.92 or 89%

These are the deals I did-

Ben & Jerry’s or Starbucks Ice Cream, pint, at $3.99 ($1.99)
-$1 off Ben & Jerry’s ice cream or frozen yogurt, 1 pint (Winn Dixie coupon), Hot Deals on Cool Foods booklet (Note- I forgot to get these coupons)
-$1/2 Ben & Jerry’s greek frozen yogurt printable
Cost After Coupons- $1.49 each

Green Giant Seasoned Steamers, 11.8 oz, $2
-.50/1 Green Giant Seasoned Steamers printable
-.75/1 Green Giant Seasoned Steamers printable
-.75/1 Green Giant Seasoned Steamers, SS 10/07
-$1 off Green Giant Seasoned Steamers printable
Cost After Coupons- $1.50 each

12 Sundown Natural Vit A and Vit B, $3.29
-$1.60 off Sundown Naturals product printable
-$1 off Sundown Naturals vitamin or supplement RP 10/21
-$1 off Sundown Naturals vitamin or supplement PRINTABLE
-$2 off Sundown Naturals vitamin or supplement RP 11/4
-$5/2 Sundown Naturals vitamins or supplements Publix coupon Green Advantage flyer
Cost After Coupons- Free + $ 8 Overage

10 Nature Made Vitamins– Various Kinds – $3.99 each
-$1 off Nature Made product, (sign in) printable
-$2 off Nature Made product printable (This is a PDF coupon, you can print it multiple times)
-$2 off Nature Made vitamins, SS 10/14
-$6/2 Nature Made vitamins or supplements (Publix coupon), Green Advantage flyer
Cost After Coupons- Free + $10 Overage

2 Dreamfields Pasta, 13.5 oz, $1.66
-$1 off Dreamfields Pasta, (register) printable
-$1 off Dreamfields pasta, (sign up) printable
-.55/1 Dreamfields pasta, SS 9/09
-$1 off Dreamfields pasta, SS 9/09
Cost After Coupons- 66¢ each

4 Kibbles n’ Bits B1G1 Free $4.99
Used four $1/1 Kibbles ‘n Bits Publix printable store coupon
and used four $1/1 Kibbles ‘n Bits manufacturer coupons, 10/7 RP newspaper insert
Cost After Coupons- .49 cents each

2 Covergirl Eyeshadow- Unmarked Sale $1.99
See more details HERE
– Used 2 $2 off CoverGirl product (Publix coupon), Savings Are Stocking Up home mailer
and used 2 $1 off Covergirl product, excl trial size, PG 10/28
Cost After Coupons- Free + $2 Overage

4 Sambazon Organic Juice or Smoothie 10.5 oz on sale $2
– $2/1 Sambazon Organic Juice or Smoothie 10.5 oz printable coupon (zip 06607)
Cost After Coupons- Free

1 Knorr Chicken Stock – 2/$3.99
-$1.35/1 Printable (watch video to increase value to $1.35) (Page 6 of coupons on my computer)
– $0.75/1 Target Printable Coupon
Cost After Coupons- Free + Overage

I also bought without coupons-

– 1 lb ground meat $5.15
– 1 Gallon of Milk $3.75
– 2 loaves of bread B1G1 Free $3.99
– 1 Publix Pizza $3.99
– 2 Bags of Spinach B1G1 Free $3.99
– 1 lb Publix Boarshead Lunch Meat $8.69
– 1 lb Publix Deli Cheese $6.69

I also used one $5 off of $25 purchase Save-A-Lot Coupon

10-28-12 – CVS Shopping Trip

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on October 28, 2012 None comments

CVS Gold Emblem Potato Chips $1
– $1 off of CVS Gold Emblem Potato Chips CVS coupon from the coupon machine
Cost After Coupons- Free

$7 ECB WYB (2) Revlon Cosmetics or Beauty Tools, limit 6
Revlon Nail Clippers, $2.99 or Nail File $3.29
-No Coupons Available
Cost After Coupons and ECBs- Free+

$2 ECB WYB Listerine Advanced, Total Care, UltraClean 500ml or Reach Floss 30-50 yards, $3.99, limit 2
-$1 off Reach Total Care floss item, RP 7/29 (EXP 10/31)
-$1/2 Reach floss items printable
-.50/1 Listerine Antiseptic, Ultraclean, Zero, Total Care or Fluoride Defense, 500 mL or Whitening, 16 oz+, SS 10/28
– $2 off Reach Floss Manufacture Catalina Coupon from Target
Cost After Coupons and ECBs- Free

CVS Toothbrush $1.39
-$1/1 CVS dental care item printable coupon
-25% off Purchase (CVS store coupon) sent via email
Cost After Coupons- Almost Free

The Below Deal is from SouthernSavers.com HERE and is for 4 Cheap Packs of Razors that will also qualify you for 2 FREE Fandango Movie Tickets-
(4) Schick ST2 Razors, 12 ct.,specially marked with free movie ticket offer, $8.99
Use:
-25% off Purchase (CVS store coupon) sent via email
(2) B1G1 Schick Disposable Razors, SS 10/07
-$6/2 Schick Disposable Razors printable
Total Due: $2.99 + tax
Note- This did not end up being the price at my CVS store, the 25% off coupon only works after the other coupons have been taken off I watched the % off lower as other coupons were applied I had an $8.98 Total

10-28-12 – Publix Shopping Trip- Lots of Free and Cheap

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on October 28, 2012 1 comments

Cover Girl Eyeshadow $1.99 each (Special Price) Regularly $2.99
– Use 2 $1 off Covergirl Publix Coupon from the Publix Green Advantage Flyer
– And 1 $3 off of 2 Covergirl Items Coupons PG 9/30
– Or 1 $4 off of 2 Covergirl Eye Item from a magazine
Cost After Coupons- Free + Overage

MAM Anti-Colic Baby Bottles $5.59
– Used $5 off of one MAM Anti-Colic Baby Bottle PRINTABLE
Cost After Coupons- .49 cents

Beechnut stage 4 Fruities $0.99
Use – $1/1 ANY Beechnut Stage 4 product Printable (reset)
Cost After Coupons- Free

Silver Floss Sauerkraut 8 OZ, on sale $0.69 (regular price $0.81)
Use $0.75/1 Silver Floss Sauerkraut printable(This is a PDF coupon, you can print it multiple times)
Cost After Coupons- Free + Overage

Nivea Lip Care- 2 for $4
Use – $3/2 Nivea Lip Care 10/21/2012 RP Insert (exp 11/04/2012)
Cost After Coupons- .50 cents

Caribou Ground Coffee, 12 oz, at $9.99 ($4.99)
-$2 off Caribou bag of coffee, 12 oz, SS 9/16 (EXP 10/28)
Cost After Coupons- $3 Each

Welch’s Essentials Juice Cocktail Blend, 64 oz, at $3.19 ($1.59)
-$1/2 Welch’s Essentials juice cocktail blends printable
-$1/2 Welch’s Essentials juice cocktail blends PRINTABLE
Cost After Coupons- $1.09 each

Stride Single Pack Gum, 14 ct., at $1.49 (74¢)
-B1G1 Stride ID gum, max $1.79 SS 9/16
-B1G1 Stride gum PRINTABLE
Cost After Coupons- Free

International Delight Coffee Creamer, 32 oz, $2.50
-.55/1 International Delight coffee creamer printable
-.75/1 International Delights coffee creamer Target coupon printable limit reached
– $1 off of 2 blinkie coupon found a long time ago
Cost After Coupons- $2.00 each

Sundown Natural Vit A and Vit B, $3.29
-$1.60 off Sundown Naturals product printable
-$1 off Sundown Naturals vitamin or supplement RP 9/30 (EXP 10/30) or RP 10/21
-$1 off Sundown Naturals vitamin or supplement PRINTABLE
-$5/2 Sundown Naturals vitamins or supplements Publix coupon Green Advantage flyer
Cost After Coupons- Free +

Nature Made Vitamins– Check the prices
-$1 off Nature Made product, (sign in) printable
-$2 off Nature Made product printable (This is a PDF coupon, you can print it multiple times)
-$2 off Nature Made vitamins, SS 10/14
-$6/2 Nature Made vitamins or supplements (Publix coupon), Green Advantage flyer
Cost After Coupons- Free +

Two Publix Yogurt – 2 for $1
– Used $1 off of 2 Yogurts Winn-Dixie Catalina Coupon
Cost After Coupons- Free

10-22-12 Great Deals at Publix

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on October 22, 2012 7 comments

I was very happy with my Publix shopping trip today. I haven’t been real grocery shopping in a while and I needed a lot of items I didn’t have coupons for. I spent about $60 and saved over $110. I got A LOT of stuff but I only photographed the best deals and I’ll share those deals below. Note the prices at your store may be slightly different depending on where you live.

This is also a great week for new couponers because there are a lot of deals available with only printable coupons and store flyer coupons (found in the front of the store).

Beechnut stage 4 Fruities $0.99
Use – $1/1 ANY Beechnut Stage 4 product Printable (reset)
Cost After Coupons- Free

B1G1 Free GE Reveal Light Bulbs, 4 ct., at $5.49 ($2.74)
Use 2-$1 off General Electric Reveal light bulbs printable
And Use 2-$2 off General Electric Energy Smart CFL, Halogen, Reveal or LED light bulb, (Target coupon) printable
Cost After Coupons- Free + Overage

Silver Floss Sauerkraut 8 OZ, on sale $0.69 (regular price $0.81)
Use $0.75/1 Silver Floss Sauerkraut printable coupons (This is a PDF coupon you can print it multiple times)
Cost After Coupons- Free + Overage

Nivea Lip Care- 2 for $4
Use – $3/2 Nivea Lip Care 10/21/2012 RP Insert (exp 11/04/2012)
Cost After Coupons- .50 cents

B1G1 Free Ragu Pasta Sauce, 45 oz, at $3.19 ($1.59)
Use 1 -$1/2 Ragu pasta sauces (No Longer Available)
And use 1 -$1.50/2 Ragu pasta sauce Pubix coupon, Best Meals Happen at Home email printable (You must already have signed up for this e-mail)
Or -$1.50/2 Ragu pasta sauce, 24 oz, RP 10/21
Cost After Coupons- .69 cents for 2

Advil Pain Reliever, 40-50 ct., $4.99
Use 2-$1 off Advil product, excl trial sizes printable
Note-If you are lucky you might find $2 off PEALIE coupons on the Advil to use instead
And Use 1-$5/2 Advil product 40 ct., PM 32 ct. +, Children’, Congestion Relief, Allergy Congestion Relief, Robitussin or or Dimetapp (Publix coupon), Green Advantage flyer
Cost After Coupons- $1.49 Each

Campbell’s Great for Cooking Soups, on sale $1 (regular prices $1.25-$1.75)
Used two $2/4 Campbell’s Condensed Soups Publix printable store coupons, Best Meals Happen at Home Email (You must already have signed up for this e-mail)
and used two $1/4 Campbell’s Great for Cooking Condensed Soups printable manufacturer coupons
Cost After Coupons- .25 cents each (Great Stock Up Price)

Robitussin Products 4 oz, regular price $5.69
Used one $5/2 Advil, Robitussin, etc Publix store coupon, Green Advantage Flyer
and used two $3/1 ANY Robitussin manufacturer coupons, 9/30 RP newspaper insert
Cost After Coupons- .19 cents each

B1G1 Free Peter Pan Peanut Butter $3.29 ($1.65 each)

B1G1 Free A1 Steak Sauce, 10 oz, at $3.91 ($1.95 each)

10% off at Dollar Tree on Oct. 7th and Sargento Cheese Deal

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on October 4, 2012 None comments

When I went to Dollar Tree yesterday I was given this flyer advertising 10% off of a $10 or more purchase on Oct. 7th. That will make everything in the store .90¢ but I’m sure they will be busy! With coupons this will be an even better deal. I might check it out.

I also was able to do this deal and get 4 small bags of cheese for $1.60.

Dollar Tree Sargento Cheese $1
$.60 off any 1 Sargento Cheese 9/23SS
Final Price $.40

10-01-12 Winn Dixie Shopping Trip

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on October 1, 2012 None comments

Today, I ran to Winn-Dixie because it is the closest grocery store to my house (even if it’s not the cheapest) but not before I checked the Ad to scope out the best deals.