Publix, Kroger & Target Savings

I wasn’t able to take a picture of my loot from this week because I left my camera in the diaper bag in my sister’s car. We had people coming for the evening and I had to get everything quickly put away.

Publix:
2 2-roll Sparkle Paper Towels
4 Helava Dips
2 Friendship Sour Cream
2 Kraft Cheese Singles
1 Oscar Meyer Beef Franks
1 Ragu Pasta Sauce
2 Kraft Olive Oil Mayo
6 Betty Crocker Brownie Mixes
1 Success Brown Rice
1 Orville Redenbacher Popcorn
1 Snyders Pretzels

Total Value: 61.01
Sales & Coupons: 43.13
Total paid oop: 20.60 incl. tax

Kroger:
2 pkgs Tyson Chicken Breast
2 Cool Whip
2 Kashi Bars
1 Large Doz. Eggs
1 Hotdog Buns
3 Ready Pac Coleslaw
2 Old El Paso Taco Seasoning
4 Kraft BBQ Sauce
2 Weber Seasoning
4 Vitamin Water
2 Dial Handsoap
2 Scotch Brite Scrub Pads
1 Huggies Wipes (Large)
Popsicle Maker

Total Value: 64.29
Sales & Coupons: 30.23
Total paid oop: 38.11 incl. tax (not the greatest, but I needed stuff that wasn’t on sale for the holiday weekend)

Target:
4 Kraft Shredded 2% Cheese (on clearance 1.31 each – coupons = 0.56 ea!!)
2 100 Calorie Snacks (0.14 ea)
1 Wheat Thins Family Size (1.16)
1 Triscuit Family Size (1.16)
5 Kashi Frozen Waffles (0.29 ea)

Total Value: 32.00
Sales & Coupons: 26.71
Total Paid oop: 6.86!!!! including tax

For the week:
Total Values: 159.30
Sales & Coupons: 100.07
Grand Total paid oop: 65.57 incl. tax

*Note: My Target experience was worse than frustrating. My cashier was totally clueless about the Target coupon policy (stacking one manuf. coupon with a store coupon for the same item.) She gave me a HUGE problem…people were stacking up behind me because she was being SO slow and argumentative. Finally she gave in to my kind but firm insistence that this was the corporate policy! Then I went to customer service and the girl (highschooler with lip pierced clueless look) said, “Oh no. We don’t do that and you can’t do that anywhere.” I must have looked stunned at her obvious state of misinformation. I said, “Oh yes you can…Publix does it all the time.” Then I told her “Thank you.” And I left before they could stop me for following their own policy. Argh! Can’t they get someone to work at Customer Service who actually knows what’s going on? Anyway, I called Target Guest Services and what I did was confirmed as correct. I also called my local store to let the manager know that they really need to educate their cashiers of the correct policy. Even though I was almost at my boiling point inside, I was SO very nice and kind, but firm to everyone I dealt with! 🙂