THIS IS THE KIM TENNILL SHOW....

After looking through the 15-20 B1G1 deals for the week, picking out which ones interest me and doing a quick search for possible coupon match ups I have spent about 30 minutes. I now wait and check back on Monday evening or Tuesday morning. By this time Hot Coupon World has placed the coupons that match up with each item. This includes manufacturer coupons and which week they were in the newspaper, printable coupons and their links and any competitor coupons that match up. It will look like this:

Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts, 8 ct, at $2.39
-.75/1 Pop-Tarts printable (Target)
-.55/1 Pop-Tarts printable (makes it .64¢ ea)
-$1/2 Pop-Tarts RP 8/02
(if you store accepts Target coupons stack with manf. makes it FREE)
Qualifies for Fuel for School Rebate

At this point I would start to gather my coupons, oorganize my shopping trip and create a list. My list usually contains anywhere from 2-15 items depending on the deals for the week however, I will only use 1 or 2 items in this example as a starting point.

Continuing with the Publix example, I found 20 $.55/1 pop tart coupons on Ebay for $3.50 w/shipping. I purchased them and then printed 20 $.75/1 Pop tart coupons from Target for free. Publix allows a customer to not only use 1 manufacturer coupon per product but also 1 competitor coupon per product at the same time.

My transaction at Publix looks like this:
20 Pop Tarts $23.39
-20 $.55/1 Pop Tart = $11
-20 $.75/1 Pop Tart =$15
= $2.61 left over

Left over means that my coupons exceed the cost of the product. I can buy something else and get it for free because my coupons total more than my final total.

In this case I added the items below to the transaction:

20 Pop Tarts $23.39

-20 $.55/1 Pop Tart = $11

-20 $.75/1 Pop Tart =$15

1 Gallon Milk $2.25

2 dozen eggs $1.39

3 Chips Ahoy individual packs $1.50

2 Jello $1.00

1 Degree Deodorant $2.00

- $.75/1 Deodorant

-$5/$25 purchase

Total $1.01 w/tax included

My total cost out of pocket for 20 boxes of pop tarts, 1 gallon of milk, 2 dozen eggs, 3 small packs Chips Ahoy, 1 deodorant and 2 boxes of jello including the cost of the coupons was $4.51 YOU CAN'T BEAT THAT!

Lets take a quick reflect on the $5/$25 coupon that I threw in there. As I said before some grocery stores accept competitor grocery store coupons. The $5/$25 coupon is a printable coupon that Rite Aid put on the internet to "lure" customers into buying items at their store. To counter their "luring" techniques Publix has decided to accept their coupon to help retain their customers. This works in my favor tremendously, particularly in the transaction that we are using as the example!

Last side note: I also was able to qualify for the Kellogg's Fuel For School Rebate, which is mentioned under the product and it's coupon match ups. I purchased more than 10 Kellogg products in 1 purchase and now qualify to receive a $10 rebate. Not only did I pay very little for A LOT of groceries but now I also get a $10 check back! How great is that!!

Whoo... a lotta information!! However, re-read both part 1 and 2 a few times and then look back over my previous shopping experiences that I have posted... the "example" that I used here was part 3 of my Publix shop last week and I really did get everything in the picture below for $6.51

(I did buy the donuts, hostess muffins and bread for $4.30 at the outlet store, but everything else was only $4.51)