PUBLIX VS WALMART

While I was in Walmart yesterday (you will read that post next), I decided to price-check a few items there vs Publix with their sale.

First I will post the Walmart price and then the Publix price with the sale. I will include any coupon (provided they scan at Walmart) on both items. Each line item is a quantity of two except the Smart Balance Milk and Land O Lakes Butter which is one.

2 Nestle Chocolate Chips $2.56/$.65 or $1.15 depending on which q's you have
2 Recee's Puffs/Lucky Charms $4.00/$1.99
2 Pompeian Olive Oil $8.56/$3.99
1 Land O Lakes Butter $3.48/$2.50 This is for one pkg.
2 Smart Balance Spread $3.96/$.59
1 Smart Balance Milk $1.79/$1.00

OK folks...here is the final total. I could keep going but you could see by the figures that the Publix total is considerably lower than the Walmart total. The totals are...drumroll please...

WALMART $24.35
PUBLIX $10.72
You just saved 56% by shopping at Publix

As you know, when you buy the items that are on sale each week at their lowest price, you will save 50% and more on your grocery total. So when I can get Nestle Chocolate Chips at this time of year for $.32 a pkg (they don't expire until June 2013), I try to buy as many as I can to get me through the next sale. I have already bought 6 and will buy 2 more before the current ad is over. I'll throw them in my freezer and when I want to make chocolate chip cookies, I will have them!

Like Angela said in the next post, Walmart is not just an adventure, it is a nightmare!

PUBLIX VS WALMART

I found this today on a blog somewhere and I thought it was interesting. She bought the items pictured and listed below. The part I liked was she saved about $12 if she would have bought the same items at Walmart. Yes, cereal is cheaper at Walmart. But you will never beat a grocery store sale with Walmart's everyday low price. This is proof!

6 Kellogg's Rice Krispies cereal @ BOGO $3.99 = $11.97
- 3 $1/2 Rice Krispies coupons from the 4/17 RedPlum insert
= $8.97 for six, or $1.50 each

6 Kellogg's Crunchy Nut cereal @ BOGO $3.99 = $11.97\
- 6 70¢ off Crunchy Nut coupons from the 3/27 RedPlum insert
= $7.77 for six, or $1.30 each

2 Kraft mayo @ BOGO $5.18
- $1/2 Kraft mayo coupon from the 4/10 Smartsource insert
= $4.18 for two, or $2.09 each

2 Tidy Cat litter @ BOGO $2.49 (for the pet rabbit)
- 2 $1 off Tidy Cat coupons from the 5/1 SmartSource insert
= 49¢ for two, or 25¢ each

1 newspaper @ 75¢ (bought last Wednesday but included here as a couponing expense)

$5 off $30 Publix coupon from the Spring Cleaning Sale booklet (found in newspaper)

Total before coupons: $32.26
Total after coupons: $17.16
Total savings based on full-priced items at Publix: $56.81
Real savings: (what I saved compared to buying these items at an everyday low prices store like ALDI or Walmart) approximately $12