One Example of How Coupons Rock!

If you are wondering how useful coupons really are, especially when you realize how much time it can take to clip and organize them, I hope this example will help convince you of their usefulness.

Publix is one of the best grocery stores in the area. Their everyday prices can be a little high, but their sales are excellent. They do Buy One Get One Free (BOGO) deals on many items every week. Combine a BOGO with coupons and, all of a sudden, you have saved yourself quite a bit of money. Here is my most recent BOGO deal that left me smiling from ear-to-ear.

I love Campbell's Select Harvest soups, but they are expensive -- $2.39 a can at Publix. This week, they have had the Select Harvest soups as a BOGO deal, meaning that each can is technically $1.19/$1.20 a can. A few Sundays ago, there were Buy 2, Get 50 cents off coupons in the Sunday inserts. I clipped a few plus traded for more. I went into Publix today with SIX 50 cents off 2 cans coupons plus a 75 cents off coupon from Target (Publix takes competitor coupons).

So...I bought 12 cans @ 1.20 a piece = $14.40 (before tax). Double the six 50 cents off 2 coupons, which Publix doubles everything up to 50 cents, and now I have 6 $1 off 2 coupons and that 75 cents off coupon from Target, making my coupon total $6.75.

$14.40 (12 cans of soup @ $1.20 a can)
- 6.75 (coupons)
= 7.65 (final cost for 12 cans)

That makes each can about 64 cents a piece. With the BOGO deal plus the coupons, I saved $1.75 a can or $21! Amazing!

Honestly, I still would have bought the soup even if I had not had the coupons, but saving myself almost $7 with the coupons means that I have $7 in my pocket to get toward other items and I have stocked up until the next sale on these soups.

I hope you can find a deal like this one that excites you as much as this one did me!