Friday 6/1/12 Shopped at Winn Dixie & Publix

First off, there was an awesome meat sale at WD....I ended up buying quite a bit of meat, which is why my bill is so high...as we know, there are NO coupons for meat!  However, WD had several bogos that I took advantage of in the meat department.   Round Steak was bogo, I ended up buying 4 packages for a total of about 10 pounds of round steak...why so much?  I ground it and mixed it with Sanderson Farms Chicken breast which was also bogo, I bought 2 equaling 4 pounds, ground it to mix with my ground round.  It makes nice lean burgers and also good for anything else you use burger for.  I love lean ground beef.  They also had Sanderson Farms thinly sliced chicken breast bogo, which I bought for Chicken Parmigiana.  I also bought 2 London Broils that were bogo, cut those in half to use for 4 X shish kaboobs.  I bought $115.55 in meat alone (that's what it would have cost me last week without the bogo sale).  Today,  it cost me $57.77!  Not too bad.   Even if I flubbed up the rest of the shop, that was worth it in itself.  I bought the Chef Boyardee that were $1 each, had a coup for $1 off 4, making those .75 each.  Bought cat food, elephant garlic, kraft singles were $2.50 each, when you bought 2 you got a .5 fuel perk, bought 2 cake mixes...smooth talker, Betty Crocker, if you bought 2, you got a .5 fuel perk, all in all, I spent $111.25 for $176.58 in goods!  I also received .55 per gallon off my next fill up!  Not a stellar shop, but I sure loved stocking up my freezer with all that meat!

On to Publix...Not a great week at Publix either, but sometimes you have to just grit your teeth and cowgirl up, bite the proverbial bullet and go for it!  Digiorno grated cheese was bogo again, we love it, no coup but bogo.  Welches Chillers Juice drinks were bogo, had coupons for .55 off 2 (RP 5/6) made those .97 each.  Milk bone dog snacks were bogo at $3.19, had $1.50 off 2 (RP 5/13), making those .84 each.  KC Masterpiece Marinade...there was a Publix coupon in the yellow advantage flyer for FREE Kc Masterpiece Barbque sauce when you buy a marinade.  Also had coupons for $1 off 2, used 4 of those, got 4 marinades and 4 Barbque sauces for .99 each.  I love stuff that's under $1, don't you?  They had Filippo Berio Olive Oil for $3.99, had a coup (printed off coupons.com) for $1 off, made it $2.99 which is pretty darn cheap for olive oil!  Bought 4 Organic Valley 1/2 gallons of milk, had coups for $1.50 off 2, I won't tell you what those cost.  Organic milk is pricey, but it does not spoil nearly as fast as regular milk.  Check the dates on the regular milk and on the organic milk.  I hardly ever throw milk away any more and it is sooooo much better for you!  Here was a good little deal...in the green advantage flyer, there was a Publix coupon for $3 off 2 Aquafresh Extreme Clean toothpaste, there were mfg coups for $1 off each one(RP 5/6), making those .59 each.  I'll  buy toothpaste all day for .59!  Again not a stellar performance, spent $107.67 for $182.63 in groceries.  Not too awful bad.

Anyway, hopefully we'll see some better sales again soon!

God Bless......Rhonda Goff