Michelle at I Heart Publix has put up this week’s sneak peek for the sale that begins this Wednesday.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO IHEARTPUBLIX 7/22 SNEAK PEEK

Ginger at Frugal in Alabama has put together a list of states and their tax free weekend schedules. Plus, she has compiled a list of stores and their school supplies deals. I pulled several of the stores in my area and put them below. Check out Frugal in Alabama for the fill list!

Be sure to check out the list below, I will be announcing soon the next ESM event and the list below will help you participate!

Target Supplies

$.50 Cents Items

• Target kids’ scissors
• Sterilite pencil box

$.60 Cents Item

• Bic Cristal Ballpoint Pens (black, blue or red) 10pk
  • $1/2 Bic Stationery Products , exp. 9-30-10 (SS 8/9/09)
  • $1/2 Bic Stationery Items Target printable
  • = As low as FREE after stacked coupons

 $1.00 Item:

• NXT 1-subject notebook

$1.50 Item:

• Dixon Ticonderoga YellowP encils, 12pk
• Crayola Washable Watercolor Paints, 8pk

$2.00 Item:

• NXT 3-subject notebook

$2.50 Items

• 3+1-pk. Scotch Magic Tape Caddy Pack
  • $1.50/3 Scotch Magic Tape printable
  • = $2 each wyb 3 after coupon
• Embark Technicolor Backpack
• NXT 5-Subject Notebook

$3.50 Item

• Post-it 3×3 cube
  ** All other Post-It products also on sale 
  • $2/$10 Post-It Products Printable
  • $1/1 Post-It Cube printable
  • = As low as $2.50 each after coupon

$10.00 Item

• Case-It 3-Ring Nylon Binder, 2″
• LockerKit – Includes shelf, mirror, dry erase board, cup and more

Publix School Supplies

Crayola Crayons, 24 ct. -  $.24
Dixon No. 2 Wood Pencils, 10 ct. – $.34
Top Flight Standards Subject Notebook, 1 ct. – $.34
Bic Mechanical Pencils, 10 pk. – $1.00

• $1/2 Bic stationery items, printable  – Target.com
• = $.50

Paper Mate Flexgrip Elite Ball Point Pen 2 ct. -  $.50
Pilot Pens, 1 or 2 ct. – 50% off
Elmer’s School Glue, 3 ct. – $.34

• $.50/1 Elmer’s School Glue Stick, Upromise e-coupon
• = FREE

Paper Mate Write Bros. Ball Point Pen, 10 ct. – $.50

Duracell SD Flash Memory Card – $9.99

Sharpie Highlighters B1G1 – $2.99

• $1/2 Sharpie Highlights printable – Facebook.com
• = 99¢

Pilot Pens – 50% off

• $1 off Pilot Pens printable – notjustapen.com
• = FREE

Walgreens School Supplies

$.09 Items:

• Wooden Ruler
• 2 Pocket Folder
• Highlighter

$.19 Cents Item

• Pilot G2 Pens – (W/store coupon)

$.29 Items:

• Penway 1 subject Notebook, 60-70 sheet
• Penway Pink Erasers, 2-pk
• Corner Office Sheet Protectors, 10 pk

$.39 Cents Items:

• Corner Office 5 Tab Dividers
• Corner Office Car Shape Eraser
• Penway  Cap Erasers, 15 pk
• Poly or 3 Ring Binder (no view)

$.49 Items:

• Penway Glue Sticks 3 pk , 1 Jumbo Glue Stick or 4 oz Glue
• Splash Poly Portfolio
• School Box
• Bic Highlighters, 5 pk
  • Use $1/2 in 8/9 SS
    = FREE

$.59 Cents Item (with store coupon – Limit 6)

• Liquid Paper
• It’s Academic Clip-On Sharpener & Eraser
• Penway Dual Hole Sharpener

$.79 Cents Item

• Crayola Crayons, 24 pk (Limit 3)

$.99 Cents Item

• Penway Fabric Carry All Case
• Penway 10 pack Classic Markers
• Dixon 25 pack Variety Pencil Set

Pilot G2 pens – $1.19

• $1 from July coupon booklet
• $1 printable - notjustapen.com - coupon sent to email addy
• = FREE

$1.49 Item

• Penway  Wide or College Ruled, 280 sheets.  (Limit 3)

Printworks Multipurpose Paper, 400-sheet – $1.99 (w/ insert coupon)

$1.99 Item

• PrintWorks Multipurpose Paper, 400 sheets (Limit 2) – (W/store coupon)
• Penway 5 Subject -  Wide or College Ruled, 180 sheets.

Sharpie Pens, 2-pk – $3.99

• $1 from July Coupon Booklet
• = $2.99

Expo Washable Markers 6 pk – $5.99

• $3 from July Coupon Booklet
• $1 printable – expowashable.com
• = $1.99

Plus Walgreens has some new Printable Back to School Coupons on their website! There is a slider bar below the coupons to reveal more coupons than you see. Be sure to print them off as well before you shop.

• 5/$1 Penway Composition or Memo Book
• $1.99 Splash Liquid Highlighters 5pk
• $.99 It’s Academic Stretch Book cover
• $.99 INC ClickClip Retractable Pen
• $.99 Z International Labels 25 to 306pk
• $.99 W Transparent Tape .75×1300 or Invisible .5×1300 or .75×900

Staples Supplies

$2.00 Items:

• Expo Dry Erase Board Cleaner – reg $2.79
• Expo Dry Erase Markers, Fine, Assorted (4pk) – reg $3.49
• Expo 8.9″x11.8″ Double-Sided Writing and Math Practice Dry Erase Board – reg $4.49
• RoseArt Washable Markers (30pk) – reg $5.99

$1.00 Items:

HammerMill CopyPlus Copy Paper, 500 sheet – $5.99

• $1.00 instant Savings
• $3.99 Easy Rebate
• = $1.00 (limit 2)

Wescott 5″ Microban Scissors – reg. $1.99

RoseArt Washable Markers, 10 pk – reg. $1.99

$.25 items – Each item has a limit of 2!!!

• Bic Matic Grip Asst. Mechanical Pencils, 5 pk – reg $3.49
• Slider Pencil Case  – reg. $.99
• Staples 3″x5″ White Ruled Index Cards, 100 ct – reg – $.50
• Staples Photo Plus Paper, 4″ x6″  reg. $9.99 – $9.74 Easy Rebate

ONE CENT Item:

Staples Washable School Glue – $.01 (Limit – 2)

CVS Supplies

• Expo Dry Erase Markers – $1.99
• Filler Paper -$.66
• Free Caliber Composition Books -  B1G1
• Paper Mate Pens, 8 ct -$.33

Free Scotch Tape (Magic, Transparent, Double Sided) – B1G1

• $1/1 Scotch Double Sided Tape printable – Eversave.com
  
• $1.50/3 Scotch Magic Tape printable – 3m.com
  
• = price varies WYB 2 after coupons

Elmer’s or Krazy Glue – B1G1 50% – $1.89

• $.50/1 Elmer’s School Glue Stick via Upromise Deposit
• $.50/1 Instant Krazy Glue via Upromise Deposit
• = price varies wyb 2 after coupons

Walmart School Supplies

• Plastic Pencil Box
• Zippered Pencil Case
• Bic Ballpoint Pens, $1
• Paper Mate Mechanical Pencils
• Crayola Colored Pencils
• Crayola Markers
• Sharpie Markers
• Post It Notes (Singles)
• Scotch Tape (Single Rolls)
• Fiskars Safety Scissors

Office Depot School Supplies

$10 off $25 coupon for Office Depot

FREE After Rebate

• Expo Dry Erase Markers Fine (4 pk.) – $5.29 (Limit 1)
• Purell Instant Hand Sanitizer Pump – $4.99 (Limit 5)
• PaperPro Nano Mini Stapler – $4.99 (Limit 3)
• Office Depot Filing/Stacking Crates – $6.99 (Limit 3)

More Deals

• 2-Pocket Paper Portfolios – $.05
• Office Depot Value Notebook Filler Paper – $.25
• Fashion Portfolios and Notebooks -$.99
• Wilson Jones Fashion Binders – $.99
• Post-It Removable Label Pads -$.99 (FREE after coupon!)
• Office Depot Premium Multipurpose Paper – $3.00

B2G1 Deals

• Plastic Storage Boxes -  $.99 – $21.99
• Elmers School Glue Stick -$1.99
• Fiskars Kids 5″ Scissors -$1.99
• Pencil Pouches & Book Covers -$2.49 – $4.99
• Neon Binder Clips (36 pk.) – $2.99
• 3-Hole Punch – $3.99
• Office Depot Hole Punch – $3.99
• Office Depot Clipboard – $4.99
• Bankers Box Corrugate Storage -$9.99 – $21.99

You are invited to the Fairhope Publix’s 1 Year Celebration from 10AM to 5PM Thursday, July 1st! They will have cake & refreshments, plus lots of other fun things. Stop by and congratulate them on a wonderful first year of saving us all tons of money!

This is for all you ESMer’s in WAR EAGLE territory! Our Publix guru in Montgomery/Auburn, who just happens to be one of my best friends, has given us an exclusive look at the new Auburn, AL store’s coupon policy.

The Publix Grand Opening in Auburn, Alabama is tomorrow, June 2nd at 7 a.m. The address for the new store is 2417 Moores Mill Road and their phone number, if you have any questions, is (334) 502-8667.

 
Here is the Auburn, Alabama Publix Coupon Policy
 
They WILL allow stacking: One Publix coupon and one Manufacturer coupon per item or one Manufacturer coupon and one Competitors coupon per item.
 
They WILL accept Competitor coupons. The one’s they WILL accept are Winn Dixie, Kroger, Piggly Wiggly, and any store that is 60% groceries or more. They WILL NOT accept Rite Aid, Walgreens, or Target. They will accept the Winn Dixie dollars off catalina coupons.
 
They WILL carry the Publix Penny item every week. The customer MUST clip the coupon for it in the Wednesday newspaper to get the deal. The new Manager said “No coupon no deal”
 
They WILL NOT accept overrage.
 
Their BOGO’s ring up half price for each item, not true BOGO.
 
They WILL double coupons up to .50 (manfufacturer coupons only)
 
And, of course, they will give out rain checks for BOGO items out of stock.

A BIG thanks to Sybil at Thrifty Montgomery {coming soon} for this ESM exclusive sneak peek!

Also, check out Christie from Birmingham Bargain Mom’s Publix Grand Opening Events calendar link HERE. It has TONS of fun things going on in the store to celebrate the grand opening all month long!

I found a great site last night while searching for Blockbuster Kiosk codes to rent a movie, it is call BlockbusterKiosk.com. It is user based and they submit codes to the site that are working for them to getr FREE rentals at the Blockbuster Express movie box.

The code that is working for a FREE movie this weekend is: GL14A

The nearest Blockbuster Express Kiosk is in Publix in Fairhope for me but you can check HERE to find one near you! Also, you can reserve the movies online like Redbox, so they are waiting for you when you get to the store. The good thing about Blockbuster is you can use the promo codes even when reserving them online, Redbix will not allow you to do that.

Shannon & I got a phone call today from the Fairhope Publix to clarify the charcoal deal and what coupons the will accept. Here is the post that Shannon created to help you guys out on “qualifiers” and what items you can buy using what coupons.

UPDATE:  I want to elaborate a little more on qualifiers. What is a qualifier? It is the item you must buy to get another item free/or dollar amount off of another product. While this can sometimes be a grey area of couponing the Fairhope Publix location is making it very clear.  For each WYB coupon you wish to use, you MUST have an additional qualifier.

So let’s say I want to use the FREE Glad product WYB Kingsford coupon and the $2/1 ribs WYB Kingsford coupon. I would need to purchase 2 bags of charcoal(qualifiers) to use those 2 coupons.  I also have a $2/1 Kingsford coupon.

My Plan:
Buy one bag of Kingsford ($6.99) and ribs.
Use $2/1 Kingsford ($4.99). 
Use $2 off ribs WYB Kingsford.

Do you plan to buy charcoal this week at Publix? Kingsford is on sale for $6.99 which is a good price–even better when you look at all the coupon possibilities!

Kingsford Charcoal, $6.99
Coupons available:
$3 off fresh meat WYB Kingsford (Summer Savings booklet)
$2/1 Pork Ribs WYB Kingsford coupon. zip 30306
3 FREE product coupons WYB Kingsford.
$2/1 Kingsford Competition Briquets (Home Depot Mailer) *Some locations will accept these. Our local stores will not.

The charcoal is the qualifier. Each WYB coupon above is tied to a qualifier.

Click HERE for the Winn Dixie Ad

Click HERE for the Publix Ad

(Chicken)

Chicken Thigh or Drumstick $.99/ lb. (Winn Dixie)

Chicken Breast (Split) $1.99/ lb. (Winn Dixie)

Chicken Breast Fillets or Tenderloins (Tyson) $6.99/ bag (Winn Dixie)

Chicken Kabobs with Vegetables $4.99 (Publix)

(Meat)

Spareribs $1.99/ lb. ( Winn Dixie)

Baby back ribs B1G1 $6.99 (Winn Dixie)

Chuck Tender Roast or Steaks (Boneless) $3.69/ lb. (Winn Dixie)

Shoulder Roast $3.49/ lb. (Publix)

Top Sirloin Steaks (Boneless) $4.99/ lb. (Winn Dixie)

Top Sirloin Steaks (Boneless) $4.19/ lb. (Publix)

Top Sirloin Filets $4.79/ lb. (Publix)

Ribeye Steaks (Bone In) $5.99/ lb. (Winn Dixie)

Ribeye Steaks (Boneless) $6.99/ lb. (Winn Dixie)

Ribeye Steaks (Boneless) $7.19/ lb. (Publix)

TBone Steaks $8.99/ lb. (Winn Dixie)

TBone or Porterhouse Steaks $6.59/ lb. (Publix)

New York Strip Steak $7.19/ lb. (Publix)

Tenderloin Steak $9.99/ lb. (Winn Dixie)

Tenderloin Steak $10.19/ lb. (Publix)

Ground Chuck $2.99/ lb. (Publix)

Beef Patties (Winn Dixie) Make-A-Meal Deal (Winn Dixie)

(Pork)

Boston Butt Pork Roast $1.69/ lb. (Winn Dixie)

Pork Loin (Hormel) B1G1 $9.99 (Winn Dixie)

Pork Tenderloin B1G1 $5.99 (Winn Dixie)

Pork Chops (Boneless) $3.69/ lb. (Publix)

Half Spiral Sliced Ham $1.79/ lb. (Winn Dixie)

Pork Steaks or Country Style Ribs $1.99/ lb. (Winn Dixie)

Country Ribs (Boneless) $2.99/ lb. (Publix)

Pork Spareribs $1.99/ lb. (Publix)

Pork Loin Back Ribs $4.49/ lb. (Publix)

Hormel Bacon 2/$6 (Winn Dixie)

(Hot Dogs & Sausage)

Oscar Mayer Beef Franks 2/$5 (Winn Dixie)

Hebrew National Hot Dogs B1G1 $5.29 (Winn Dixie)

Hillshire Farm Smoked Sausage 2/$5 (Winn Dixie) (Publix)

Johnsonville Sausage 2/$7 (Publix)

Premio Sausage B1G1 $4.59 (Winn Dixie)

Publix Smoked Sausage $3.49 (Publix)

Winn Dixie Smoked Sausage 2/$6 (Winn Dixie)

(Sandwich Meats)

Hillshire Farms Deli Select Sandwich Meats 2/$6 (Winn Dixie)

Oscar Mayer Lunchmeat 2/$5 (Winn Dixie) (Publix)

** I will update the post later today with the Brunos & Food World prices **

Click HERE for the Winn Dixie Ad

Click HERE for the Publix Ad

Click HERE for the Brunos Ad

Click HERE for the Food World Ad

(Chicken)

Chicken Breast (Boneless, Frozen) $5.49/ bag (Winn Dixie)

Chicken Breast (Split) $1.99/ lb. (Winn Dixie)

Chicken Breast (Boneless) $4.49/ lb. (Brunos)

Chicken Breast Nuggest (Purdue, Breaded) 2/$5 (Publix)

Whole Chicken $.74/ lb. (Winn Dixie)

Whole Chicken $.99/ lb. (Publix)

Whole Chicken B1G1 $.64/ lb. (Food World)

(Beef)

Stew Beef (Boneless, Lean) $3.69/ lb. (Winn Dixie)

Angus Beef Bone-In Ribeye Steak $6.99/ lb. (Brunos)

Angus Beef Extra Lean Boneless Cube Steak $2.99/ lb. (Food World)

Round Steak (Boneless) $3.49/ lb. (Winn Dixie)

Cubed Steak (Boneless) $2.49/ lb. (Winn Dixie)

Ribeye Steak (Boneless) $9.99/ lb. (Winn Dixie)

Ground Beef $2.49/ lb. (Winn Dixie)

Ground Beef (80% Lean) $2.99/ lb. (Brunos)

Ground Beef (75% Lean) $1.79/ lb. (Food World)

Ground Beef Patties $2.62/ lb. (Winn Dixie)

Ground Chuck Patties $3.14/ lb. (Winn Dixie)

Ground Round Patties $3.44/ lb. (Winn Dixie)

Ground Sirloin Patties $3.74/ lb. (Winn Dixie)

Ground Sirloin (Black Angus) $2.99/ lb. (Brunos)

Sirloin Tip Roast or Steaks (Boneless) $3.69/ lb. (Winn Dixie)

Angus Beef Boneless Tip Roast $3.49/ lb. (Food World)

Chuck Roast (7 Bone) $2.99/ lb. (Publix)

Eye Round Roast $3.49/ lb. (Publix)

(Pork)

Bacon (Oscar Mayer) 2/$6 (Publix)

Bacon (Hormel, Black Label) B1G1 $4.99 (Brunos & Food World)

Boston Butt $1.69/ lb. (Winn Dixie)

Ground Pork $2.49/ lb. (Winn Dixie)

Pork Tenderloin $3.99/ lb. (Food World)

Pork Loin Back Ribs $3.49/ lb. (Winn Dixie)

Pork Loin Chops (Boneless) $3.69/ lb. (Publix)

Pork Loin Chops (Bone in, Center cut) B1G1 $2.35/ lb. (Brunos & Food World)

Pork Siloin Chops $2.19/ lb. (Food World)

Pork Chops (Assorted) B1G1 $1.59/ lb. (Brunos & Food World)

Pork Cube Steaks (Boneless) $2.49/ lb. (Food World)

Semi-Boneless Pork Sirloin Country Style Strips $1.54/ lb. (Brunos & Food World)

Virginia Baked or Honey Ham $4.99/ lb. (Winn Dixie)

Publix takes their customer service seriously. I guess I never really knew what GREAT customer service was until I shopped that store. Now I hold everyone to those high standards. (Not good for every store out there.)

As you can probably guess, I know a lot of the people at Publix from the produce department employees to upper management. They all seem to have a personal interest in the customers and making sure that your Publix experience is all that it is suppose to be–a PLEASURE. They truly WANT to know what you think of Publix. They WANT to hear your suggestions.

This Thursday night(4 p.m.-7 p.m.) Publix is inviting you to meet their managers. I encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity.  PLUS, they will be giving away some FREE product coupons(for good stuff).

Confirm times at your locations as each area may be different. Thursday night, 4 p.m.-7 p.m. is for the Publix stores in Fairhope, Gulf Shores and Orange Beach. I did confirm those locations.

Want more information about couponing at Publix? Visit the Publix Couponing 101 Page. Check out the ESM Coupon Help Page for assistance with the wording and the layout of the matchups.

Here are a few tips:

• Always grab a paper ad from the front of the store to have while you shop. This is to make sure you are grabbing the correct product (and weight of the product) to ensure your total will be correct.

• While your grabbing the ad, look for the Green Advantage & Yellow Advantage flyers at the front of the store by the ads for more GREAT savings. These are full of Publix and Manufacturer coupons. Use the links above to see exactly which coupons are in the most recent booklets.

• Ask your store manager the coupon policy. Every store is different because the store manager dictates their own policy for their individual store.

• Be sure to check out The Bargain Buggy’s updated list of $DOLLAR$ OFF COUPONS you can use to lower your final total. Don’t forget, the new policy only allows one dollar off coupon per visit at the Fairhope location. Be sure to check with your store to see if they accept these coupons. Learn how to use these coupons at the Publix Couponing 101 Page.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THIS WEEKS PUBLIX AD DEALS FROM MICHELLE AT I HEART PUBLIX

Typically I have my own matchups posted here on the site, however with the one year anniversary going on I ran out of time this week. Michelle at IHeartPublix is a good friend of mine and matches up TONS of great deals, in fact I use her matchups to highlight my own! Enjoy!

How do you plan your Publix trips?

Shannon at The Bargain Buggy has put together a three part series that I give 2 THUMBS UP!

Step One

Step Two

Step Three