$.03 Grocery Trip

I had my best shopping trip yet this past Monday at Publix where I saved $78.04 and spent a whopping $.03. As you can see from the picture, I bought a huge amount of stuff including a gallon of milk, two containers of mayo, three bags of frozen chicken, and two quarts of ice cream. The trick? Well, there are plenty, but this time competitor coupons and overage were my best friends. Publix takes coupons from several local grocery stores and will combine their store coupons with other manufacturer coupons. This fact alone can result in some major overage. For example, the Kraft salad dressing was buy one get one free, saving 2.99 on two. So each bottle was about 1.50. I had a coupon for 1.50 off one and a Target store coupon for $1 off Kraft dressing so for each bottle I bought, I was basically paid $1.
However, this kind of thing doesn't happen often. You can't often find that many good deals in one trip. But I don't do too bad normally either, always saving at least 75% with sales and coupons. It makes me happy to save money yet be able to keep the cupboards chock full of food!