Couponing 101 from the coupon QUEEN!

Ok, the breakdown of this Publix trip with coupons).

* 18 cans of beef and chicken broth (32-36 cents a piece)

*10 Land'O Lakes butter (1.50 a box)

* 9 Wheat Thins & Artisian crackers

* 6 Duncan Hines Cake Mix

* 2 bags of Lays Chips

* 2lbs ground beef

*6 Real Mayos (1.90 stock up for summer)

* 3 sour cream

*4 Miracle Whip

* 2 Velveeta macaroni shells

*4 Tropicana 50 OJ

* Coffee

* 5lb bag potatoes

* 5 kraft Salad dressings (.04 cents each)

* 5lb Sugar

* Poptart box

* 2 bag of marshmallows

* 1 gallon milk ~~~~~~~~~~

Walgreens : 5 Playtex tampons, 2 colgate toothpaste

4-palmolive dish soap

total- 8.00

So after getting free toothpaste, soap, shampoo & conditioner. I cannot imagine paying full price ever again. Tampons are 5.99, yet you can wait for a sale and stack coupons to get them 1.99. Then stock up at that price! Sale patterns can go 4,8 or 12 weeks before you see rock bottom prices again.

Coupons are like free money when you walk in the door to the grocery store. Publix accepts competitor coupons. Food Lion, WholeFoods, WinnDixie, Albertsons, CVS, Walgreens. They want you to shop with them...

Mike ran to get some last minute deals today and asked the store manager about pickle relish and if it was buy one get one. It was not, but the manager gave him the deal anyway! All of this by just asking. Mike bought 4 boxes General Mills cereal, 3 philadelphia cream cheese, 4 kraft shredded cheese, 2 kraft block cheese, 1 head of cabbage, 2 jars of pickle relish, 2- birds eye frozen peas, 1-bacon, 2- onions, 1 green pepper, the total was 21.00 after 20 dollars in coupons. That is a 50% savings.

Ok, so now how do you do this??? Read this whole page on coupon 101 & the coupon binder

Then check my side bar for updates from the sites that matchup the weekly deals. There is a 2-3 week learning curve, but when you start cutting your grocery bill in half. It's worth it. Now I do get my eggs, and vegetables from local growers and my garden.

Fiddledeedee does have organic Friday matchups, and Food Lion often puts out meat, and produce coupons that Publix accepts.