SHOPPING AND SAVING AT WALMART - FACT OR FICTION?

How many of you (me included) thought that when we went to Walmart every week to do our weekly grocery shopping we were getting the best bang for our buck? I was reading an article recently from a well-known and respected "coupon queen" and she said the same thing I have been saying for years. If your shopping option is an everyday low price supermarket (aka Walmart), you may not enjoy many deals where you take products home free or cheap after coupons. Some people may find that hard to believe because they have been brainwashed to think walmart has the lowest prices around! Prices at Walmart typically do not dip low enough to match the dollar amounts of high-value coupons paired with a supermarket sale. PERIOD.

So attention all you Walmart shoppers!!! Don't be deceived thinking you are getting the most out of your hard-earned dollar at Walmart!!! When I have time, I will take some of my Publix shopping trips and compare it to a Walmart shopping trip. I have done this many times and am still amazed when I see the difference!

If you were like me and shopped at Walmart and now find your deals are better at Publix, PLEASE LEAVE ME A COMMENT OR SEND ME AN E-MAIL. I would like to show everyone else that they are missing the boat and could actually save more money! I will post the comments so newbies or people who may be considering jumping on this coupon wagon can actually see it from others who are doing it!

Thanks!

PUBLIX -VS- WALMART

My husband and I had to make the dreaded trip to Walmart because we needed some things that you can only find at walmart. It had been so long since I was in there that I needed to look for the bananas because they moved them!! I knew I was going to Publix on Sunday, but decided to pick up these items, using only 1 coupon for rice. Everything else was the shelf price on both walmart and publix. The first price will be walmart and the second Publix

Peaches $2.00 $2.00
Plums 1.35 1.78
Gr onions 1.18 1.19
celery 1.48 1.49
gr. pepper 1.96 1.30
bananas .78 1.16
gr. chilis 1.44 2.70 (bought Great Value brand, Publix didn't have store brand)
spicy ranch dressing 1.26 1.49
good seasons 3.28 4.09
2 jello pudding 1.68 2.18
oregano 1.62 2.39
11 cans asst. beans 9.48 10.89
gal vinegar 2.28 2.69
Pantene Hair Gel 3.97 3.99
Pantene Detangler 3.97 3.99
rice 3.28 3.49
Gr. Turkey 6.24 6.24
Gr. Turkey 6.24 6.24

The total for Walmart after my $.75 coupon was $52.74
The total for Publix after the same $.75 coupon and competitor coupons was $48.55

That was only a savings of $4.19 because I was not shopping the BOGO sales and buying specific items we needed to make Pilau and Taco Soup for the freezer. Had I purchased the items in the last post (cereal, juice, kleenex, etc) you really would have seen the difference in the amount paid!! I don't have the time nor do I want to go back to Walmart to do a price comparison on those items!! I did notice the cereal was a little cheaper but they NEVER put them on BOGO!! You will never beat a grocery store sale with Walmart's "everyday prices"!