Georgia Publix visit.

My husband knows the drill now.

It goes like this

Me: Honey, don't forget that your cousin's wedding is this weekend

Him: What are the plans? {he doesn't make plans. I make plans}

Me: We'll play it by ear but plan on programming the GPS for Publix and Target

Him: Ok, sounds good. Wait, what?

Me: You know. I need to find that Chef Michael's dog food, and I want to cruise for coupon books at Publix.

Him: *sigh*

So we went to a few Publix and Target stores. 5 or 6 of each. LOL. I only found 4 bags of the dog food, which was a bummer. I am going to have to really hope that the Target here will agree to special order 40 bags for me.

At any rate, I did score the Put Clean in Your Cart booklet. ! Woohoo! Not a wasted trip since that was the one I was hoping to find. (A booklet of Publix P&G coupons) At that same store I also found out they have an awesome coupon policy which I relayed to my cousin, and she was thrilled. (I was showing her the Publix coupon-ropes)

Free Trail Mix- now a moneymaker

Wait until next week to use your Planters FLip! Trail Mix will be bogo at Publix, which should mean $1 overage per bag!

Free Planters Trail Mix at Food Lion

So the Flips this week weren't that great, but the $2 Planters Flip is good on any nuts or trail mix. The bags of trail mix are on adv buy for $1.99!

I bought a bag of trail mix and a banana for about $.20.

Another item to go on my list

If you're running out of stockpile on ketchup, or if you're brand loyal to Heinz, check out this deal on ketchup/fries

Buy
1 Heinz Ketchup 40 oz (on sale) 2/$4
2 Ore-Ida Extra Crispy Easy Fries $1.09/ea
Total $4.18
Use $3 Publix coupon from Toss for Cash- $3/wyb 1 Heinz and 2 Ore-ida

Total oop: $1.18

More charcoal?

A few people have mentioned the new FLip for charcoal and wondered about it. If your plan is to get more charcoal this week, you may be looking at the new Food Lion printable for $3 off a Kingsford Charcoal and scratching your head. Is it a manufacturer coupon or a store coupon? It says store coupon on it, so it's a store coupon right? It has a scannable barcode so it must be a manufacturer coupon right?

Well, people make mistakes and I believe that the "store coupon" wording is a mistake. This coupon has a barcode beginning with a "5" that will be able to be scanned at any store. This is clue #1 that this is a manufacturer coupon. Clue #2 is that if you read the fine print, it has retailer information that allows for reimbursement by the manufacturer. That is a big red flag that this is a manufacturer coupon.

If you'd like to use this coupon as a competitor coupon at Publix, I would stop by and ask the CS Manager for their opinion before you shop. If they ok it as a competitor coupon, then go for it. I won't be using it as such though b/c I think it's pretty obvious this was a manuq that should have had "manufacturer coupon" on it instead of "store coupon".
(Like the Silk coupon in the Greenwise that was obviously a Publix coupon- it had an LU#, but had "manufacturer coupon" in the top. It obviously wasn't a mq, since it couldn't be scanned and didn't have retailer info and a mailing addy on it- that was just a typo)

My $.02

Upcoming Publix deals I am looking forward to; week of 9/2

This is a pretty slow week at Publix (thank goodness!! I need a slow week), but the few really good deals, are REALLY good deals!

Here's what I am looking at this week...

Kraft American Cheese Singles BOGO $2.69 (we're on our last pack from the last sale a few months ago!)
Use the $1/2 mq from 8/9 RP
=$1.69/2

Mrs Paul's Fish or Clams BOGO $4.49
Use $1/1 Publixq from Toss For Cash Booklet and $1.50 printable
= -$.25
or Use $1/1 Publixq from Toss For Cash Booklet and $3.00 printable
= -$1.75

Kraft Dressing BOGO $2.69
Use $1.50/1 mq printable (from CookingWithKraft.com, no longer available)
= -$.15

Ragu Pasta Sauce $1.29
Use $.75/2 Target coupon and $.50/1 mq from KMart's "Total Savings $62" booklet (doubled)
= -$.17/ea

Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Cake Mix BOGO $1.65
Use $1/2 Toss For Cash Booklet
= $.65/2


and, of course, Charcoal is on sale again! LOL! (no current FLip unfortunately although I still have one raincheck left from the last sale)

Some Freebies

(Thanks Southernsavers)

Bear Naked Granola: Get a free granola bar or Granola sample HERE

Free Scrubbing Bubbles Fall Clean-up kit for the first 10,000 (if you have won a Right At Home pack in the last 6 months you are not eligible) HERE

Free tester pack of Exederm Intensive Moisture Cream for treatment of Eczema plus coupons and guidebook HERE

Free Quaker Granola Bars HERE