Using the Walgreen's $10/$40 at Publix

I'm sure by now most of you have seen the Walgreen's $10/$40 coupon, but how many of you have thought about using it at Publix? Several locations have been honoring the Walgreen's coupons as a competitor's coupon.

The only catch is that unlike many of the $/$ coupons, your AFTER coupon total has to be over $40. So unfortunately your scenario can't have the help of free filler items to get your total up to $40. If you don't usually use coupons, are new to couponing and haven't established a nice supply of food, or have been wanting to get items that are not usually on sale this is a good opportunity to easily save some money.

Keep in mind if you are planning on spending $30 or more, go ahead and get a few more items to reach your $40 total. If you are already spending $30 it is like getting the final $10 of items for free!

But what about the rest of us? This is especially rough because Publix doesn't have a super ad week this week for bargain hunters. My best suggestion is to combine the best of the weekly deals with a high dollar value rebate.

The 50% off BirdsEye Vegetables could be a better deal than I originally expected if you combine the $1/3 Manufacturer's Coupon with the $1/2 Publix Pyramid Coupon.

I am unsure of the price of the Centrum Cardio Vitamins, but the $3 coupon (9/7 RP) combined with the $10 Rebate (9/7 RP) could make this a money maker item, but even if you just break even it would definately help to bump up your total. Remember to only do one rebate per receipt because most rebates require the original receipt.

For those of us with children in diapers this would be a good way to get approximately $2.50 off a pack ($10 prorated based on a shelf price of $10) and the Huggies jumbo packs would also qualify for the Caregivers Rebate OR the Publix/Kimberly Clark Rebate. However, I'm unsure of Publix's shelf price per pack to determine if this would be a good deal. If you don't have any of the Huggies $1.50 or $2 off coupons, Food Lion also has the $1.50/pack printable coupon (limit one per transaction and the print cycle can only be initiated once per computer) that can be used as a competitor coupon.

Another option that came to mind is stocking up on some of the ground chuck that is on sale or other meat that has been marked down.

My one last thought is that you can use the Free Kraft Products When You Buy 3 coupons from the August All You Magazine. I know that you are thinking that the free product will not boost your total, but the qualifying items will. I am still undecided about the use of these coupons with the small Kool-Aid packets so I have been using Kraft items that have been on sale and that I would have been buying anyway instead. Which, since I was planning on buying them anyway and I don't use Kool-Aid it comes out cheaper for me.

Please leave a comment or a link to your blog post with your scenario. I'm still looking for good ideas to decide if I want to make the trip or just wait for Monday's Penny Item.