transfered a prescription-got 25$ gift card to CVS-
racked in on all of the ECB deals (w/ coupons too)-
walked away with a ton of free stuff &
10 ECB for next time. A really really great trip-
plus I got the best cashier ever-which makes things even better.

HI! I am new to Southern Savers and just had my best savings at Publix Last night – I did the stacking for diapers and got 2 boxes for $17 each. My total savings was $55.07 with all my coupons & savings from the Publix b1g1. So for a family of three out of pocket I spent $114.00 but that included 2 boxes of diapers & meat for the week! I am hooked!

Thank you Jenny for this site! It’s so easy and I really appreciate your help.

I made $100 by at Rite Aid by transferring 4 generic prescriptions and then I purchased diapers in which I used coupons and got rebates. I love free stuff, especially diapers!

So far my best savings has been to completely stock my pantry with food that is all under a dollar and lots of free food such as cereal, etc. I came into this group back in March and have saved well over 4,000 dollars just from the deals I’ve seen on here. I often find the free stuff such as the blood meters and asprin, I get like 20 of them and bring them to the local senior center, you should have seen the faces on all those people!!! I was so excited just looking at their faces! You would have thought it was christmas for them! I love this site as it allows me to save a ton of money and help a lot of people at the same time. Thanks Jenny! I’m often asked how and where I got so much stuff, I tell them I’m a couponer and this was the free deals, I can’t use all of this so here it is… I then tell them to visit southernsavers.com and see for themselves how they can save so much more! I love this site and have actually thought of printing the website onto bus. cards so I can stop writing it for everyone! lol
Thanks again Jenny for all you do!

I got $140 dollars worth of stuff yesterday for $37 bucks. Funny thing is this happens every single week now. Its hard to pick out just one. The day before….$.08 cents on body wash at CVS…..LOVE IT. Thank you for all YOU do!!!!!!!!

I love love love your site!! The Huggies deal was my favorite. I did it twice and had some glade products thrown in there! My husband can’t beleive how much I come home with without breaking him! He is a much happier man! ha ha Last night with the Purex and Sobe deal was my next favorite. I can’t believe I got it totally free! Yeah! Thank you so much for your super hard work!

The most recent good deal that comes to mind is $38 worth at Bi-lo last week for $3.10. Also $152 worth at Pulix yesterday for $45. Working on rearranging my ‘pile’ so that I can better see what I have and not overbuy!

I’m pretty new to couponing but I think my favorite deal so far was the 3 packs of Huggies Diapers from Walgreens for 5 dollars just a few weeks ago. I am due with my 3rd child today so they will come in real handy!

Last week I did Bi-Lo, spent $10.78, saved $126!!!!!!!

There have been so many wonderful shopping trips I dont know if I can pick one? Your site has been a blessing to me and my family and we truly thank you! I never thought that tightening my budget even more than we already had would actually allow me to get more groceries to take care of my family but it is quite the norm now to buy over $100 worth of groceries and end up paying about $25-$30! Your site is a blessing and I am sure to tell everyone about it!! Keep doing what you do, God bless you and your family!

Gosh, too many to list! This week my total bill at Publix was $160 and i walked away paying $75. Got to love SouthernSavers, my kids and my husband are getting into now! Thanks for all you do Jenny and congrats on the milestone!

My best savings (at least that i can remember) was going from like 14 dollars to a total of 1.82 out of pocket in groceries at publix. I mean it was great to save, but the real prize was the cashier’s shock that my total was so low!

I love your site and keep up with it daily. My problem is finding out about so many deals that I get overwhelmed and feel like I have to act on them all, and that is impractical and impossible. If someone has advice for me, I need it!
As for deals, I used Jenny’s info to get loads of free stuff at Bi Lo last week. I spent a little over $6 and got about 15 items or so including sugar and feta cheese!
I am signed up to get the free wet vac from Proctor Gamble.
I am working on the free ham deal.
And… I have received 2 free full size tote bags from CVS/Glamour magazine that were full of full size products.

hello Jenny,
i am a new visitor, started about 2 months ago so maybe I’m the 1Mth visitor :). My first purchase ever just after I visited your site (that motivated me to continue) consisted of 2 boxes of cereals, a bottle of salsa and a box gelatin for 89 cents.
Very much thankful for your hard work!

I’ve joined the Fans of Southern Savers on Facebook.

I feel like I’m still “new” to the deals and grocery game. But one shopping trip that I remember being really excited about was getting a little over $100 worth of groceries for $45! That one made my husband smile! :D

I think the Purex detergent for free is the best yet. I have 10 bottles already!

My great deal this week was $40.16 worth of groceries for $7.08. I have been following your program since the beginning of March and increased my overall savings from 14.37% in February (when I thought I was doing so great using my coupons!) to 60.9% in March. It should be even better this month!

Thank you for all of your hard work on this site. You are helping so many people.

I chased a great deal yesterday. I got 2 bottles of purex laundry detergent and 2 bottles of sobe water at CVS for .92. I paid nothing but sales tax!

I have only been doing this for 6 weeks, and I already have saved sooo much. I usually save at least twice what I spend at Publix!!!! Thanks sooooo much! I usually tell at least 1 person about southernsavers.com while I am shopping!!

My best savings yet was 70 dollars worth of stuff for $1.32!

My recent favorite savings has to be the staples paper deal. We have five kids and all in school so the paper savings was great especially now that the school system is asking us to print assignments off their website.(where are our taxes going????) My 6 grader came home yesterday and told me she saw her gym teacher (male) with his coupon folder out while they were running laps- “just like yours” !!! love your site and tell everyone about it thanks.

I just recently started following your instructions for grocery shopping but so far I have easily saved 50% off my grocery bill and my best was spending $86 at Publix and saving $123!! it was amazing.

I love your site. Thank you for your time to keep it updated. My biggest savings was $60 at Harris Teeter once. I was so excited because I’d only spent $20. Stocking up on their Buy2Get3 deals is great!

Love the site, recently got $120 at Bi-lo for $49, thanks!

I’m still learning this coupon thing but your site has made it both addictive AND fun! In just my first 2-3 shopping trips to Kroger I’ve saved anywhere from 40%-60% on my tabs (I think best so far was $98 of groceries for only $40). On my last trip I handed the cashier my coupons and he rolled his eyes a bit… then said, “WHOA… that DID help!” after they knocked another $30 off my bill. Thank you!

I love Southern Savers! Every time I shop it’s like a game that I’m winning. I thought it would take to much time to make a plan each week but you make it so easy. Thank you!

Loved the huggies deal!! Also, just recently saved $97.97 @ Publix w/ coupons and in store deals. Thank you so much for your contributions!!

Oh I could definitely use an Amazon GC to buy books for school! I am new to saving so I think my best right now is CVS, I have about $200 worth of merchandise and my oop is around $25ish but I still have $19.97 in ecb! I think I have done really well!

My best deals have been all the FREE stuff I get at Wal-mart, Publix and Kroger. I love when I go to Wal-mart and pay only taxes!

Just tweeted to follow you! (@ItsMeKathleen) 2 Million here you come!

So far, I have collected $125 in CVS giftcards from prescriptions filled using Rite Aid coupons. And thanks to your CVS scenarios each week, I’ve gotten major bang for my free giftcards! Your website is awesome and congrats on your millionth visitor!

I have had a lot of savings opportunities this year but my most recent was spending $20 at Publix after saving $60 from coupons and advantage buys. I love this website. Thanks to everyone who has helped collect this information.

Best savings yet, has to be my loot from publix every week and CVS. Your site has helped me stockpile for my family and friends. Thanks.

I haven’t been doing this long but it has become an obsession, I dream about it :-) Best deals to date, have been at CVS. I have saved hundreds in just two month of following your website. I LOVE have a stockpile of stuff.

My best saving yet was at Harris Teeter during triples week. I made three trips into the store (in one visit). When all was said and done, I had gotten $468 worth of groceries and spent only $1.62 OOP!My husband was so impressed and curious as to how I managed to do it that he has now begun studying your site and has even gone shopping with me!!! Thanks for all of your hard work! I don’t know how you have the time to put all of this together with small children. Kudos to you!!

My best was at Publix.

Total OOP: $3.41
Total Saved: $73.97

Probably my best savings so far is a grocery trip where I totally stocked up: $70 worth of groceries for $12.57! That’s 82% off! I’m single with no kids, so for me that’s about a month’s worth of stuff for less than my friends spend on one lunch.

Gratz on your 1M viewer, by the way! I know for me it’s been amazing to find a site so tailored to Columbia, where I live.

CONGRATULATIONS on the 1,000,000 visitor! I haven’t been couponing long, and I’m still figuring out some of the basics, but I did get at least $26 worth of stuff at CVS for $8 yesterday, got back $14 in ECBs and plan to go back today to get another load of free stuff! I’ve never spent that much OOP before, but I need a few items that aren’t on sale (and never seem to go on sale) so I’m going to spend .48 today and carry over $6.99 in ECBs. I’m so excited!

Thank goodness I got to your site!

I just got 4 bottles of Purex detergent for FREE yesterday at CVS. I also got 2 boxes of Raisin Bran cereal for $1 box.

My best savings so far was a trip to Publix 3 weeks ago. I purchase $50 worth of groceries and my final bill after coupons was $1.12 – Thanks to great coupons from this site and my DH picking me up 5 papers every week.

at publix a few weeks ago I was able to walk out with $140 worth of groceries for under $50! The cashier was so excited for me – it felt great to save the money that God has blessed us with! I wouldn’t be able to do much of that without the help of your blog! Thank you soooo very much!

My best was diapers at CVS a few weeks ago – 2 Jumbor packs of diapers and 1 jumbo pack of wipes. I paid $7 out of pocket and got back $10 in ECB.
I am so hooked on this site and saving – I can now call my shopping and saving a hobby!!
Thanks, Jenny, for everything you do!!

joined facebook group!

My best was last year at Wal-Mart. I mainly had FREE coupons and some that gave some overage. I grabbed a filler and most of the coupon overage absorbed the cost of that and i believe my total was 2c (definitely under 5c).

I was pleased and the cashier was amazed!

One time at Kroger I save 102% – they paid part of the tax! I purchased $115 before sales/coupons for $1.12. It was great!

My favorite deal that I can’t help but tell everyone about was getting 6 2L cokes 6 boxes of wheat thins and a gallon of milk for a whopping $3.42!!!! Thanks to your site I save at least 65% everytime I shop at publix!

I think our best so far was getting $117 from Bi-Lo for about $16. I just started doing this with my wife a month ago and have run out of space in our pantry and had to start storing food in our kitchen cabinets. We’ve bragged to family and friends and have gotten most of our siblings to start couponing off of this website, as well as a full class of people at my wifes church. I think i’m one of the only men on here that I can see, but I love saving money, and it’s exciting to see how much you can save.

My best deal was at Walgreens last week. 4 Skintimate shave gels, 4 packs of scrunci pony tail holders, 4 packs of Fiber One, 4 toothbrushes, 5 packs of M&M’s, 2 water bottles, and 6 bottles (25 tablets each) of ibuprofen. I paid a little over $9 for it on my Walgreens gift card. Nothing out of pocket!!

Congratulations on 1M! I am sure there are many more milestones to come!

I started using coupons a couple of months ago. I love how much money I save and so does my husband. It makes it easier living on one income and allows me to stay home with my little guy. Thanks for all you do!

Went to bloom today for triple coupon day. My total was 47.20 and spent 49 cents. Best deal yet, thanks to your website.

I went to Publix about a month. I bought $153 worth of stuff and only spent $52! Thanks for all you do! You have helped me save so much money!!

I got 200 worth of groceries for 25 and it was my 3rd time couponing!! Thank you so much!!

My best savings so far: last Sunday at CVS I bought about $117 worth of products for about 50 cents out of pocket (after I receive the $10 Natural Dentist rebate back). Thanks SO much, Southern Savers!!

I’ve been couponing for 2 months now and have told everyone I have met about your site. Your work compiling the lists makes it possible for me to do this. I don’t have the time otherwise to do all that brainwork. The funniest experience was in a grocery line where I started chatting with one lady about it and the next thing I knew I had a small crowd of men & women around me all asking me to spell the name of your site “one more time”. It was hilarious. My biggest savings so far was at Publix where I saved $75.43 and only spent $23.34. Woohoo!

By following your website I have saved a lot. One of the best deals was at Publix, when I paid 7 cents for more of $40 worth of groceries. Thanks

I used to shop only Wal-Mart because I thought they had the lowest prices. Most of the time they do — IF you don’t use coupons. But if you have a store that doubles and triples coupons nearby, then that’s better and I’ve been shopping at Kroger almost constantly now, with my coupons. I can’t remember my totals, but so far my biggest grocery savings has been about 62%. However, I have also done the CVS thing, and so far, my running percentage saved is 93%. I love all the “free stuff I can get (from Vitamin Water, to milk, to makeup, etc.) just by using coupons. I wish I had known about this so long ago. Not only is my grocery bill a lot smaller each week (I’m trying to only spend about $50, down from $100) but I actually have food left over at the end of the week as part of my stockpile (where before the pantry and fridge would be empty and there’d be nothing to eat).

My favorite save so far was the Kraft singles deal at Kroger. We have a new Publix nearby that isn’t too busy yet, so I was able to get ten of the .75 blinkie coupons for Kraft. Before I went to Kroger I checked Southern Savers and saw several comments about Kroger scanning those Kraft coupons and giving customers the total amount off. I was so excited, but sure it wouldn’t work for me. When the cashier started scanning those coupons and I saw that I was getting ten packages of Kraft singles free — my husband eats a pack a week; it’s ridiculous — I was elated. Thanks for all that you do, Southern Savers!

I just want to say that this is one of the most helpful Web sites I have ever come across. While we have huge savings from being able to shop at a commissary (as my husband is retired military), we do “coupon shopping” at Publix every week thanks to this wonderful site! I can’t remember my “best” deal, but on average I save somewhere between $30 and $50 a week. My husband is even excited about the savings and will often volunteer to stop by Publix if I have some coupons that need to be used…or a sale is ending. We have a newborn and these savings are helping me to be a stay at home mom after working for the past 23 years. Thank you so much!

I don’t know what my best deal of all time is, but I was pretty excited abut this week at Publix- I spent $29 and saved $71, and that included all of the produce I got! This site is PHENOMENAL, thanks so much!

Congrats on reaching a great milestone. I love your help with savings.

I’m new to CVS trips and I came out with a bag full of stuff for 15 cents the other week! :)

I am fairly new to this…only found your site in March, but I would have to say last week at CVS was the best I have had so far. I started the week with:
3 packs of Huggies
1 hairgel(just needed it)
2 easter grass

and only paid 6.11 OOP. I then ended the week by doubling up both weeks deals and getting:
2 Schick intuition
2 dawn ultra
3 Olay quench lotion
1 Olay body wash
3 similac formula’s
1 axe deodorant
1 bath sponge
2 cadbury eggs (needed a filler and LOVE these)

and paid $12.53 total OOP with $14.99 ECB rolling over.

So, I was very pleased. I’m sure I will be able to do better in the future as I get stocked up on ECB and Coupons, but I was pretty proud of myself to walk into the house with all of those bags and not have broken the bank!

Thank you so much for all thay you do! You are appreciated more than you will ever know…this has changed my family for the better!

My best savings was probably TWO FREE Bayer Contour blood glucose meter for my hubby. It’s the best meter out there, and we’re thrilled to have two more in case something happens to the one he uses.

I am so addicted to SS that it’s the first thing I pull up in the morning. I check it all throughout the day for the latest deals from Jenny and other readers. I’m Brandi…and I’m a habitual saver…LOL
I never have more than $30 a week to feed my family of 5, so this site helps me stockpile the free items and cheap items in order to be able to support my family. Jenny has been a godsend and so have her readers! Thank you all.

Oh girl–my best week at Publix this week. Spent $65, saved $70.
However, my favorite cashier has abandoned me and I was shot down by “James” in Lexington. Be mindful of Mr. J!
;)
Thanks, Jenny. You save our family over $200 a month.

i love your site i dont go shopping without checking your site first the most i saved was on the huggies diapers when they released the high value coupons i found on your site.

thanks a lot keep up the good work

Sasha – I’m in Lexington, SC too. If you can go to the Publix on the corner of Gervais and Huger. They’re super nice over there!

This is not my best savings in absolute value but it is awesome to my family because we go through a lot of (organic) milk every week, and at prices double those of regular milk, it adds up! I stocked up on organic Horizon milk at Publix last week – combining the sale, printable, and Publix Q got me over 53% savings! Congrats on your accomplishment!

My best savings experience had to be a Target trip…

Total OOP: $4.77
Total Saved: $61.90

That was such a great day :-) Congrats on the 1,000,000 visitors! That’s awesome!

I”m new to SS, but last week I stocked up on cereal from Food Lion, around 65 cent a box. Also, got my favorite veggie Steamers for free (plus 10 cent credit per bag). I love it. Thanks so much!!!

best savings so far…probably the huggies deal. i did it 4 times and used the man. coupons at publix!!! so, it was probably $3 or so for 3 packs!

than ks for all your hard work!

My best deal was buying $200 worth of products at Walgreens for less than a dollar!

Congrats on the million mark; surely there are at least as many happy thank-you’s to go with it. While it is hard to pick one best deal, I am very pleased to see my savings percentage rise very consistently. Between bogo items and coupons, the extra pantry staples I am passing on to my daughter who is in grad school and working with a very limited budget. It always makes me happy to have a full pantry as well. Many thanks from me for all that you do on this site.

I think my best trip was 3 separate transactions at Publix each for $25 before coupons (using the Rite-Aid $5/$25) that I paid around $5 total for, so probably over $100 worth of stuff for $5!

This is my first week using all the “weapons” at my disposal on your fantastic website. I am averaging a savings of 60% at the 4 stores I have gone to this week. My best deal was at RiteAid last night: I purchased 18 items, 14 of which I got for FREE! I saved $19.75 and my total spent was $4.57 before tax, making each item, including the 50ct Tylenol on sale this week, $0.30, YESSS…thirty cents each! Thank you Jenny, you have empowered me!!!!

My best savings so far has been about 70% off my total bill at Kroger. Sorry, I don’t recall the exact details! I have limited myself to a $100 budget per week for everything: food, household, clothes and 2 kids in diapers! So, far I have managed to stay under!

I’m still new to all of this, but last week I “bought” $36 worth of items from CVS for $.30!

Congrats Jenny and thanks for this giveaway to celebrate !
I BLOGGED about your giveaway and here are two of my best deals:
Walgreens: Retail:$300.76, Coupons Used : $244.98 ( Rebate Gift Card, Manu Q’s and RR’s ) Total OOP: $25.63
CVS: Retail:$30.72, ECB’s:$30.72 ( paid tax too ! )Total OOP: $0

Joined the facebook page. Thanks for such a great site!

My best savings so far (and I am fairly new to your website) was at Bilo. I spent 30.03 but saved 49.48!I am so thankful for your site and all that you do. You are helping so many families out during a hard time with the economy. This savings each week really helps us out. Thank you! (Total to date i have spent 129.43 and saved 169.88!)

Free Toliet Paper. I wait for it to go on sale then I buy the smallest size I can and it’s almost always free. My hubby thinks I’m crazy but I get excited about Tp.
Do you save more at Kroger or Publix. I have both and only use Kroger. Publix’s here has alot of stuck up people working there.

I enjoyed getting free toothpaste last week at Walgreens. Just wanted to let everyone know my Walgreens is selling out many toys ($15 value) for $2 a piece. May want to check it out.

My best so far was at Bi-Lo, because when I go there I only buy the B1G1′s. When I shop at Publix, I get those plus whatever else I might NEED regardless if its on sale or not. My best at Bi-Lo was spending about $20 and saving about $50. It was last month.

I have been addicted to CVS for some time now but I think this was my best week ever! I got $102.17 worth of stuff for $5.56 OOP! I did 4 transactions and used CVS coupons, printable coupons, paper coupons and ECBs. And to make even better I still have $15 in ECBs to use next week, YAY! I also did my best small trip to Publix yet this week as well, $4.75 for $32.18 worth of stuff! I love a bargin and love having a place to share the deals, Thanks Jenny!

Saved 69% at Publix… I’m so thankful for this new way to save!!

Thanks to you I now shop at Wags and CVS and get upset if my total is over $1! You have saved me so much I can’t even begin to thank you! I think the best is the Food Lion line-up. You are the only blog I read that is down south so I wait for your post every Wednesday!

This past week we had 3 sick kids, unfortunately. This Hoorah is for my husband’s sake.

He went to RiteAid to pick up two prescriptions for our 2 kids, which I had transferred from Walgreens after dropping them off. I gave him 2 $25 transfer coupons. When he went the cashier was only going to give him 1 gift card, but then he corrected her advising it should be 2 gift cards. Well, there were 2 meds in one prescription and she ended up giving him 3 $25 gift cards for our 2 kids! The next day, I transferred my prescription to K-mart and got an add’l $25.

So, this past week, we’ve gotten $100 in gift cards doing the transfer deal!

I think my husband is sold on all this running around I’ve been doing, now.

For me, my big win is still my trip to Publix when I got $175 groceries for $68. I know it wasn’t 75%, but it was one of my best trips ever! I got so much stuff!

Love this site and think you’re the greatest!

Last night, I got Softsoap handsoap for only $.04! They were on sale for $1.09, and I used 35 cents off coupons, which they tripled this week, so I got three of them for 4 cents! I was so excited!

I’m still new to this, but that was fun. :)

I’ve been checking out SS for a couple monthes and its been a huge help. Thanks!!! Most trips to Publix or Bilo average saving 65%. Loving it! Couple weeks ago Bilo had a promo that gave coupons for 3 FREE gallons of milk if you bought 7 boxes of Kelloggs cereal. They were BOGO and had I $1 coupon for each box — $8 OOP got 7 cereal & 3 gallons milk. When i get the free milk I’m 1/2way to getting another free with their milk tokens

Hi, Thanks for the chance to win one of these amazon gift cards. I would have to say that I am always having a better than the last time couponing experience. I do love the Walgreens deals, especially when the Garnier products are free! I love to see the ladies faces at the cashier stands and the people behind me are always in awe. I think sometimes they get mad at us couponers, but when they see the savings, there draws just drop! Love it!

My most recent favorite was the Publix Morningstar Farms sale—all 50% off, or less than two dollars. I had 40 $2 off coupons!! And you taught me to get rain checks (3 sets, for 10-20 boxes each!), which I plan to use in the upcoming months. Thank you!

best savings have to be had at CVS! i never spend over $1 have been walking out with detergent, lotion, make-up, and of course, toothpaste!

I think my best savings was a shopping trip to Walgreens. I had $65 worth of product that I paid $4 and some change. I came home and submitted a ESR for $5.99. Totally free trip!! Your site is one of my favs. A BIG Thank you!!

I’ve been using your site now for about 3 months since my son was born and have saved TONS of money. Even though I am buying diapers and wipes we still spend less than before he was born! My best deal was the Huggies diapers and wipes at Walgreens using the $5 and $3 coupons and then getting $10 in RR! I couldn’t do it without you!

My most recent major savings was at Bi-Lo. I went very late so that I would be checking out close to closing time as to not disturb other shoppers with my coupons, etc. I ended up saving $ 178.00 on my bill, while paying OOP – $ 114.00. It was a manager checking me out, and she was shocked. I actually “locked” up the cash register and it wouldn’t accept anymore coupons! She ended up having to give me $ 3.50 in cash….A few other night owl shoppers behind me weren’t inconvenienced, more like amazed. My new favorite saying for those who say it takes up too much time to coupon is: ” If you don’t have the time, you haven’t been broke enough.” Thanks for your site! It has changed my family’s life!

I am a newbie, but I did my best deal this week. I went to Target and purchased soap, All detergent, bathing suit for daughter, mascara and food. I only spent $8.14 and saved $27.19. I made the cashier mad, since I had like 15 coupons and none of them would scan. I am glad there was not a line behind me. It felt good saving that much money. I cannot wait to try it again. It is addictive.

Best savings yet was $125 saved on one Publix trip (spent $158). Thanks for all your deals :)

I’m still new at this but at Walgreens I got 182 diapers, a large pack of Huggies wipes, 27 double rolls of toilet paper and 2 boxes of dish detergent using coupons, RR and sales. I spent $32 for all the above.

Also at Kroger on one of the mega sales I spent $21 and saved $77!!!

The best I have do yet is $134 worth of groceries at Publix (Service is DEFINATELY a pleasure there!!) for $21 and change — Over $100 savings — Lots of free stuff — My neighbors are in shock as to how I can do it — I update my status on Facebook with my savings and get lots of YOU ROCK comments — I respond with no JENNY ROCKS with Southern Savers —

Thanks for helping me make feeding my family affordable again.

I am a SAHM with 2 kids and a hubby — he makes decent money but every little bit of free/cheap food helps out!

Again THANKS Jenny for your GREAT work!

JENNY ROCKS!!!

WebsterMom

PS — I am thinking about making a shirt that says “ask me how I save money shopping at this store” and wear it evertime I got to Kroger or Publix! Then I will refer them to Southern Savers!!!

Congratulations on 1 M visitors!! I check several times a day, getting just a little OCD about your site, and I tell everyone about your site. My best shopping trips are when I walk out with a bag of stuff for tax only, or the Huggies deal recently at Walgreens, but yesterday was a good shopping day–spent $38 on $173 worth of food, toiletries, laundry soap, etc at CVS and Bilo….for a savings of 78%. This is fairly normal, especially as I get better at it–I’ve been couponing for over a year now.
My pantry is completely stocked, my freezer is bursting, and I’m searching for somewhere to put all the cheap diapers and wipes that I have stockpiled for our baby due in June.
I’m almost ready to quit the Grocery Game, since your Bilo deals are awesome!! Another great advantage, I utilize my local grocery and drugstores instead of wasting time and money driving to Walmart.
Thank you for the great deal info and also for the Couponer 101 articles…just fantastic!!

Recent visit to Bi Lo spent $13.99 and saved $41.62 which is a savings of 75%!!! LOVE IT and appreciate all you do to make this happen for us!!!

Jenny –

I guess I’d have to say the FREE, ok (.58) overage, today for 2 boxes of cereal, and a 4 pk of yogurt drinks today from Publix & Kellogg’s & Dannon is the best so far. (See Publix post 111 today).

While seeing the huge amounts saved with B1/G1 deals is nice, I can’t say they are true savings because I NEVER would’ve paid those prices to begin with. However, after coupons and rebates and a stamp, to end up with money in my pocket, that’s a deal and a thrill!

Thanks for making this so much fun. I love telling people about your site.

I’ve had a few 95% savings trips to Kroger! I love your site. It’s helping me stretch our food dollar farther than ever before. Thanks!

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I am still very much a novice when it comes to couponing, but my best savings so far came from Kroger. I only bought four items and managed to save 60%! I was so proud at that moment that I started an envelope that houses my receipts that show off the savings I am proud of. :) My husband gets a kick out of it. It’s just such a fun thrill to save money!

My best savings was a couple of weeks ago at Publix – I spent $80 on $190 worth of groceries! Savings of over 60%! All thanks to you!

I still consider myself a newbie but my best was at Publix. spent 43 Saved 45…it was my first under/over as I like to call it.

Love your website!!! I have two scenarios that were particularly memorable. One was at Kroger–$137 worth of groceries before coupons… $47 afterwards. The manager even commented on it.
The other: Walgreens–$43 before coupons, $4.30 after. I’ve not yet mastered being given money back, but that won’t keep me from trying!!

Publix Deals (4-14-09):

(6) Mueller’s Pasta 12-16 oz box $1.29 buy 1 get 1 free ($0.31 ea after coupons)

(2) General Banana Nut Cheerios $4.29 buy 1 get 1 free ($0.60 ea after coupons)

(4) Quaker Chewy Granola Bars $2.63 buy 1 get1 free ($0.82 ea after coupons)

(4) Yoplait Yogurt 6pk 4oz cup $2.79 buy 1 get 1 free (ALL 4 FREE after coupons)

(2) Nabisco Toasted Chips 8.1-oz bag $3.39 buy 1 get 1 free ($0.69 ea after coupons)

Total before coupons $56.71
Total after coupons $10.64
Savings of 81%

You do a great job, Jenny. My best savings so far is a freezer full of free meat that I have been gradually gathering through the Kingsford charcoal deal + add-in Q’s. Congrats on a mil hits!

I save 99% at CVS all the time! :)

Hi! Pretty new to all this but after reading your website the first time a few weeks ago, I went to Walgreen’s and got $40+ worth of diapers for $15. After that, I am now completely hooked! Thanks so much!

Well, I don’t have the exact receipt, but of course my best saving was at Publix! Love Publix. I know I walked out for 4.88 with lots of stuff. I’m sure it was either the yogurt week (go YoPlus!) or the progessive ten item week. Both were great, as is every trip to Publix, and I’m just thankful I heard my friend at church talking about SouthernSavers. I thought I was doing well before, but now it’s so much better! Thank you!

Though, I had a $82 at Walgreens and paid $6.03!

I think my favorite and best deal to date might be the college inn broth I got awhile back. It was BOGO at Publix and Publix had a store coupon for it and I ended up getting like 10 big containers of broth for $2 or something. It was when I had just started couponing and it definitely made me want to keep going. Another time (I don’t remember what I bought) but I spent about $3.30 on $30 dollars worth of groceries. I really owe so much to this site. Thank you for all the hard work you do Jenny!

The best I’ve ever done is at Walmart, I walked out with over 300 dollars worth of stuff for a quarter. The CSM came over and even asked was I going to pay cash or credit.

Just started CVSing since January 2009 best lately was 4 purex laundry soaps and 4 Sobe waters for FREE!

My favorite but probably not biggest savings was very recently. I really like Eucerin cream for my dry skin but it hardly ever goes on sale and certainly not mega-sale to be free. I used some printable coupons and combined with the ECB deal at CVS a few weeks ago. I bought a whole bunch of other stuff too and my total came to $1.14. I love when the cashiers are excited for me and he totally was. Plus, I got $5 ECB back!

Keep up the good work!

Last week was my best savings ever…..and something I’ve NEVER experienced before. I transferred a prescription to Kroger and therefore, got a $25 “gift card” added to my Kroger card. I did my shopping, calculating that after the $25 and coupons I’d owe about $2 and some change. (My total was over $25 before coupons, so the $25 came off my card first without any issues.) Well, after ringing through all my coupons, the cashier said, “Looks like I owe YOU $8.43″ and proceeded to open up the drawer to give me back the money. I was stunned. I said, “Are you sure that’s right? How can you pay ME to buy groceries? That doesn’t seem right.” She rechecked all my coupons making sure they rung up right, and then said, “Actually, we do this all the time. It’s no big deal. Kroger still gets their money back from the coupons.” I asked her to just double check because I could go buy another bag of diapers or something so they wouldn’t owe me. She said the register wouldn’t let her open the drawer if it was illegal, but she called over someone else to verify that she could do that. What do you know! If that had happened at WAGS, they would have blown a gasket! So, I got PAID almost $9 to buy my groceries at Kroger last week! Can’t beat that! (Later at home as I was going over my receipt I realized I hadn’t taken into account my ecoupons…but still….. $9???)

I walked out of Walgreens with 2 gallons of milk and 4 aveeno lotions and they paid me!

This is a great giveaway. Thanks for all you do! Okay, my best savings… this is a hard one. I can’t really pick one because I just don’t have access to the stores you do. But, I can say that my best savings is just checking out your site (and a few others) daily — clipping the coupons, being prepared, sending away for samples and freebies, etc. But, since I would hate for my entry to be disqualified I will pick one that was good — canned cranberries on clearance for $.17 a can.

Jenny,

I am registered as a Southern Savers Facebook fan today !

Thanks for all your hard work. I love this site! My best savings was at CVS during the Thanksgiving sale. I got about $160 worth of stuff for $2.xx out of pocket & $15 in ECB leftover! :)

I joined Southern Savers Fans of facebook and left a comment on the wall.

i’ve been rolling the same walgreens RR 3.50 for the past two weeks. Getting shaving cream and toothpaste for free. this is my favorite deal lately:)

I’ve been checking the site over the past month, thanks to a friend who told me about it. I have already saved sooo much money!!! My best deal so far was this past week of grocery shopping. I got over $30 worth of food and personal items (that was sale prices) for only 64 cents. Wow did that make my husband proud of me!!! Thanks for all you do to help us all save money.

This past week has probably been my best yet! I got Duncan Hines cake mixes for 11¢ each and Blistex for 14¢ each thanks to Brookshire’s triple coupons(may be local store in Mississippi, not sure??)!!! I was even lucky enough to get the Purex B1G1 coupons before they stopped printing so I got 4 bottles of detergent for only the price of tax, about 98¢! Less than 25¢ per bottle is a FABULOUS deal!

My favorite deal so far was my Huggies deal where I got $45 worth of diapers and wipes for $16 at CVS. It equaled out to $0.07 a diaper!

I was a dedicated Wal-Mart shopper, and I avoided drug stores like the plague. That is until I discovered your website in Jan. My best deal was last weekend at CVS. I spent $4.93 OOP, saved $72.15, and left with $12.49 in ECB’s to use next time. Thanks for sharing all your couponing knowledge!

I just recently got my first 0.00 total at CVS with your help. I also got 5 cent ribeye steaks at Super Target thanks to your link to target coupons. My husband was very happy about that deal :)

My best was spending 4.50 out of pocket and walking out with 15.00 register rewards.

My best recent shopping trip was at Walgreens.
20-Garnier Fructis Shampoo/Conditioner
Regular Price, 4.29 X 20 = 85.80
Sale Price 3 for $10, 3.33 X 20 = $66.66
20/1 coupons = ($20.00)
$10 Easy Saver Rebate = ($10.00)
Total Price = $36.66
Walgreens Savings = $49.14
I won’t need to buy shampoo and conditioner for a year!
Note: I know Walmart is less expensive, but I do not agree with Walmart’s business practices, so I avoid shopping there. I would rather give my business to Publix or Walgreens where customers and employees are treated with more respect.

I tweeted about the contest. I am twtycw on twitter.

I haven’t been couponing long but I have managed to walk out of CVS with $60 worth of product with only about $12 out of pocket. I was very happy because most of it was non perishable and my stockpile grew.

I LOVE this site and its on my google homepage so I can check it every day. I have saved SO much money using your tips and money saving scenarios. My biggest savings so far was at Publix, where I saved over $100. Thanks for all you do! I’ve sent many friends to your site. :)

Jenny – Thank you very much for all that you do for us. I cannot believe all the money I could have been saving all these years – and going to the stores and paying full price!!! What was I thinking??? I have been following your site (several times a day) since March and have saved so much since then. Your Extreme Couponing 101 seminar explained everything so well, especially how to read the coupon barcodes.

One of my deals that I am proud of is buying the Leapfrog Tag learning system and several books with the $10 off coupons. This coupon says “for the Learning system” (the $5 coupon states for the books). But by reading the barcodes, I knew the $10 coupons would work for everything. The Easter Bunny was very happy with this deal.

Thanks again for all of your hard work.

The other week I got $254 in groceries for $45 – two trips back to back so it was not too many coupons at once!! Publix is the best for coupons and deals! Thanks for all the advice!

I love your site! I have been couponing for about 7-9 months now, mostly CVS, Wags and Rite Aid. But… I now have the Publix LOVE!! I have saved thousands, literally at the drugstores, but since I started really doing publix, I’ve Spent $120.01; Saved $713.90; percent saved: 83%. And the BEST one was last week when I spent $5.60, Saved $47 and will get back $4 in rebates!! :D
Although my Wags, Rite Aid and CVS deals are regularly moneymakers, I love that I’m getting groceries for such great deals!
Thanks!

I’m now a publix fannatic!! I pass 3 grocery stores and travel through 2 cities just to shop at Publix. The savings and coupon high make the trip every week SO worth it. Thanks for helping my fam get through this crazy economic recession.

My best savings are every week at Publix. Stocking up on the free things every week really helps to stretch our grocery dollars. So fun!

I started couponing again once I found your site. It has helped *so* much during my hubby’s layoff. My best deal so far has been walking out of Walgreens with my favorite creamers for free! Thanks for all you do!

don’t quite know the biggest savings as there are so many everyday because i hardly ever unless i have to buy anything at reg price. but i do remember saving $56 at Kmart with double coupons.

I don’t think I could even come up with my “best savings”. I think all my shopping is pretty amazing these days thanks to your website! I love hearing .32 cents as my total at CVS and then putting that on a gift card; or leaving Kroger with three times the amount of groceries I used to get for my money. I refuse to ever pay for toothpaste EVER again! Thank you!

at schnucks…near st.louis…..just about every week….i get around 100.00 of groceries for 20.00 or so

I have been using your site since February and have slashed my monthly grocery bill by $400 consistently, and have also reduced our dining out bill because I always have a stocked pantry. THANK YOU!!!!

I am a newbie… I am just learning that CVS is a verb…. aka CVSing. I posted a request for Sunday coupons on Craigs List. No one offered me their coupons but a women told me about this sight. I love it! It is so clear. I love that I can print out everything from here like rebates and coupons. My favorite deal was the natural mouthwash at CVS. $14 for 2, used 2 coupons for 2 off. Got 8 ECB and got a $10 mail in rebate! whot! whot! My coupon-ing embarrassing moment… I asked my husband what B1G1 was… I have not forgotten it since : ). I love this sight and check it all the time. ohhh…. one more deal. I shopped at the pig (aka Piggly Wiggly) on their 4 day sale. Land o Lakes butter 4 (16 oz) for $4.00. I went in and since I only had 2 coupons for .55 I only got 2. .90 for 32 oz of land o lakes butter. I stopped in later that night to Piggly Wiggly and there were signs everywhere saying there was an error on the butter price. I realized I should have just stalked up. What a deal!!!

Love your blog….best savings after RR was Walgreens , they PAID ME $2.71 to take home $135.36 retail of products home!

Congratulations Jenny!

I can’t remember what my biggest savings has been because of your site, but that really isn’t the most important thing that has come for me from your website. These are the two important and amazing things that have happened in my life – and my family’s life through the influence of your website.

I now coupon at the CVS which is less than a block from my house. In good weather, I push the stroller down with my two girls (and almost one boy) to work the deals. We have become wonderful friends with the staff at our CVS and they treat us like princesses. No one has ever been unkind or unfair to me at this store – the manager simply will not allow it. But, the best part of it is that these folks have become a ministry to us. I know about their lives – know when they think they’re pregnant (before they tell others), know when their families are sick or their babysitters aren’t working out. In return, they always ask about my pregnancy and ‘love on’ my daughters. It makes my neighborhood store a wonderful part of our lives.

The other thing that has come of my couponing is the admiration and respect of my husband in a new way. Since I left my job and began staying home with our daughters, the role of homemaker has been growing and evolving for me. I have discovered that since I don’t have a real income (occasional market research opportunities), the most helpful way for me to influence our money situation is to make the most of the cash we spend each week or month. So, now I have a great system for meal planning, efficient shopping, stockpiling and saving. My husband is so proud of me. He brags about me to his coworkers and even to my own mother! He never begrudges me the time I spend planning or shopping and is always delighted by my purchases (can’t wait for the chocolate sales to end so that we can get back on a better eating plan!).

Thank you for influencing so many people through the honest and helpful way you share the savings!

Thanks to your site I saved over $80 and only paid about $4 a few weeks ago on one of my trips to Publix. Keep up the great work.

last week i got $51 of groceries for only $5!!!i love publix!

thanks for all you do…congrats on the million milestone…

Well, it probably wasn’t the best savings I’ve had but remember when the soyjoy’s were $1 each at CVS and if you bought 6 you got $6 ecb? I started with an earlier ecb and rolled the $6 over 10 times. Sixty bars for almost nothing. It was fun!

I saved over 90% at Publix and came out with an arm load of stuff. I usually save this much or more at drugstores but my average savings at Publix has only been 50% to 70%, so 90% was really good!

My best savings was spending $0 (no tax nothing!) at CVS on $30 worth of stuff – Thank you Jenny for teaching me the skills it takes to master the ECB’s!!! :)

My best savings was a few weeks ago when I bought two weeks worth of groceries from Walmart for 53.00. Before coupons my total was 93. My hubby was so proud!!

I twittered you ;)

I recently saved 86% at CVS. I am just starting out, so this was huge for me. I spent $7.00 out of pocket and got about $45 worth of stuff including 2 bottles of laundry detergent and a $12 razor.

One of my best trips was to CVS this week…my total was $83.89 but I only spent $8 OOP and got $8 in CVS bucks back!!! I was pretty thrilled about it!

I have saved SO MUCH over the last few months…its so hard to remember my best! One of my fave Publix trips, I got $107.38 worth of groceries for $32!! I saved over $75 on things that we actually needed! I always rack up at CVS thanks to Jenny’s coupons matchups, way too hard to remember my best savings there ;)

I will say my fave individual deal that I use to try to get my friends hooked on couponing is when I got Pop-Tarts for 9 cents a box!!! I LOVED that deal!!

Thanks for all you do Jenny! I appreciate you!

I love Southern Savers. I have only been using your site since the beginning of the year, but I really appreciate all that you do! I look forward to your posts everyday…I’m a die hard Publix fan because of your website and encouragement.

Publix- walked out with T-gel shampoo and cover girll nail polish and only paid the sales tax!!

I am pretty new to all this. My best savings so far was just a couple of weeks ago when I got $67.50 worth of groceries at Publix for just $14.65. That’s about a 78% savings.

Thank you for all the tips, tricks and ideas.

Love the site…don’t know what my best record is to date, but with all the help I get here, I consistently feed our family of hungry guys on the cheap every single week. Thanks for all the help!!

My stepdad and I go shopping weekly. Our best total was in November at Kroger, we spent $12.74 and saved $163.42. We still have our receipt hanging on the fridge!

Best I’ve ever done at Publix was $5.XX and saved $131.XX. I was on the phone in the car on the way home calling my husband. lol
Best I’ve ever done at CVS was 8 packs of Huggies diapers for $1.XX. :)

LOVE your site! Just found out about it in late Feb – have learned the concept quickly and love teaching others. My husband loves bragging about what is all in our pantry – he says “pretty soon, we”ll have enough to open a store, just with stuff you’ve gotten for FREE!”.

One more…
At Kmart last month, I spent $1.10 and saved $40 thanks to the double coupon matchup!

The best deal that I have done was at CVS. I got $60 worth of items in 3 transactions, $0 OOP and they paid me $14 in ECB’s for the priviledge of buying their stuff….gotta love it!

My best deal ever came from Target. I was strolling through the baby stuff when I noticed a Britax carseat with no price on it. Our Target doesn’t carry Britax carseats, so I called a manager over to inquire about the price. He looked at me and said, would you give me $25.00 for it, I want to clear out this area. I sputtered yes, and he asked me if I wanted to open the box to see what color it was (someone had ordered it online and received one as a gift, so it was unopened). I said that was ok, because for that price I didn’t care. Well, I got home and opened the box and it was the Britax Boulevard Shannon, perfect for my little girl. I quickly jumped online to see how much it would have cost me- $340.00 with tax. A $315 savings on a top of the line carseat. The carseat has been perfect and I still check the baby aisles in Target, just in case……

Thanks to your website I have been able to get some great deals in the past couple of months. I have saved so much money that it sickens me to think how much money I have wasted in the past. But I will look forward and anticipate even more great deals!!

One great deal that I can remember was at CVS a couple months ago when I got $33 worth of items for $.76. It was a pretty proud moment:)

I am new to this whole fabulous process as of last week. I spent $88 dollars at Publix and saved a total of $54.29!!!! I also got free deoderant at Kroger! To me, this was a big deal and I can’t wait to shop and save this week!!!!!

I really enjoy the site. It is helping out our family. My biggest so far is $126 for $75. That includes formula, without a coupon, and diapers with a $1 off coupon. The baby items really run the bill up quick. I have to use Pampers and Enfamil because of allergies, or I would not be so brand specific there. Thank you again for all you do!

thank you for all of your wisdom!! I have been couponing for over 15 years. I learn something new everyday. I love your site. My biggest favorite this month has been the $5 off 25$ at rite aid. i make sure that i use coupons only buy what is on sale & try to get the rebate items. I have been getting 25$ worth of items for 10$ & then having rebates of anywhere from 3-10 so practically getting it for free. Milk is the cheapest in town there so i have been getting a gallon of milk pretty much everytime i go which as we all know usually dont have coupons for. My boyfriend thinks i am addicted because i have gone to riteaid everyday since i found that $5 coupon!!!! Thank you

I am very new to this, but full of enthusiasm! My best deal do far was the salad dressing at Publix. Where we got like .13 overage. Oh, I also liked the free yoplait yogurt.

This week at Food Lion, I got a 12 pack of Cherry Dr. Pepper for $2 with a store coupon. The next day I had another store coupon and a coupon from the inside of the 12 pack I bought the day before so I got another 12 pack for $1!

Southern Savers has helped me save a ton of money – I love leaving Walgreens saving more than 10 times what I actually paid for my items! :) Thanks, Jenny!

I have only very recently started this level of couponing. I have always couponed, but not any where near this level. The only thing I have done so far is the free Scunci’s at WalGreens.

I do have to say I am very jealous of all of you with all your grocery stores. We do NOT have any Bi-Lo, Food Lion, Harris Teeter, Harvey’s, Kroger, or Publix, Rite Aid. We only have CVS and WalGreens.

hi! i’m a newbie to this but my best trip so far was to Bilo—I bought approx $70 worth of groceries and after coupons and savings I only spent about $20!! WOOHOO! Also that same day I went to food lion and got 5 boxes of cereal for the price of one. (5 boxes for about $4!!)..
I love this stuff!!

Mine personally was that I printed off some $5 off Tylenol coupons off the computer and my WM actually accepted them and I got the Tylenol for free

a year ago I had my best savings ever…CVS almost $200 worth of products and I spent under $3 OOP.

I’m just getting started, but I love going to the store and the reciept shows how much you have saved… 67% off is pretty good to me! I love coupons!!! THANKS for all you do for us!!

My best was at Kroger – saved 78 percent on one transaction! Love it – and congrats on all the visitors!

I LOVE Southern Savers! I shared the site with my cousin and she shared it with everybody under the sun… So now Southern Savers is a family affair for us.

my best deals were when Target had the $2 off Sutton & Dodge meat and I was able to get 1 lb. of beef for .36!