See this?
I purchased all of this at Publix for $7.15+ tax.
To give you a feel for the value, that is the price of just the two Wholly Guacamole packages. So, effectively, I got 2.5 lbs of ground round, 2 packages of King Hawaiian Sandwich Buns, and 2 packages of granola bars for free. And the only thing that was really on sale were the granola bars. Everything else was regular price (notwithstanding a 50 cent per pound markdown on the meat).
Here's a look at the receipt to get an idea of it all, and I can break it down for you to give you an idea of how I swung this. Even the cashier was impressed today. :)
Bummer, I think it's too small to read. But either way, I'll break it down for ya.
The Hawaiian King Rolls were 2.99 each. I had 2 Publix coupons, A.K.A. PQs for short, (which can be used in addition to manufacturer's coupons) for $1/1. I addition to this, I had a $1/1 Manufacturer's coupon, MQ for short, that I got from a magazine I subscribe to, and a $2/1 MQ that I got for signing up for email newsletters from Hawaiian King. That made for a total of $5 off of $6 worth of bread.
Next came the Wholly Guacamole packets which were $3.59 each. I had 2 MQs for $1.50/1 that I received for "liking" Wholly Guacamole on facebook. This brought my price down to $2.09 each. I would consider this to still be pretty expensive, but in this case, I needed to purchase the guacamole and the bread in order to be able to use my coupons on the meat.
For the ground round, I had 2 coupons which I got out of the Sunday news paper from my mother-in-law who brought all her coupon inserts with her from Texas when she came to stay for a month when Brighton was born. The coupon is an MQ for a FREE pound of ground beef with the purchase of Hawaiian King Rolls and Wholly Guacamole. I knew that if there was a good sale on either of these products or high value coupons were to arise, that it would make for a great deal. So I kept my eye out for coupons or sales. So, purchasing the bread and the dip earned me $4.91 and $4.99 off my meat. I realized after the fact this was an error on the cashier's part...I couldn't find packages that were exactly 1 lb., so I got the next smallest sizes... 1.23 lbs, and 1.25 lbs. He accidentally took off the full price of both packs instead of $3.99 per package (the cost of 1 lb.). This ended up being an error of almost $2 in my favor. Very rarely does that happen, but occasionally it does.
And last but not least, I had a $1/2 MQ for the Quaker granola bars that I found on a couponing website and printed off. The regular price of these granola bars is $2.99 per box. They were on sale BOGO, which in GA means half off (i.e. you don't have to buy two to get the sale price), making them $1.49. Thus with the coupon they were .99 each.
All in all, between my coupons and the store sale prices, I saved 23.11. That means I got a whopping $30.26 worth of groceries for $7.15, which is a savings of just over 75%.
And my favorite thing of all...it's on yummy, high quality foods my family will love to eat. Often, I think coupons get a bad wrap because people think that you can only get junk food with coupons. And it's true -- you can get a lot of junk with coupons. But you don't have to choose to buy that junk! We sure don't! In fact, we consistently eat higher quality, even organic foods that I wouldn't have probably ever tried or even noticed in the grocery store because of coupons! Did I mention I LOVE COUPONS! :)
I'd love to give any tips, or answer any questions about couponing if anyone has any. It's really not as hard as it looks, I promise! And it has done a lot for our family's wallet and health. Cheers!
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