Comments on: SuperCenter or Grocery Store?

By: Sheri

Sheri — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:32:49 +0000

So new to all of this. While I am quickly learning how to save significantly at Publix & Kroger, I have found that the Publix at New Georgia, GA gets very irate at coupon stacking. Every single time I have attempted, the checker had to get a manager involved – even when it is a competitor they accept (which aren’t many!). They won’t take Target, Walgreens, CVS, as a matter of fact the only competitor coupons they accept are Kroger or Food Lion. They were a much nicer group of people before I started couponing. Not so bad I would go to Walmart, but they definitly make the shorter drive to Kroger & Food Lion (and the 8 mile trip to Target) look great!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:34:39 +0000

What about things at Costco/Sams? I get my paper products there, like toilet paper, paper towels and trash bags and have not found enough coupons or sales for those things at Harris Teeter or CVS.

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 05:48:14 +0000

In some states the B1G1 does not mean get one 1/2 price Publix in Jax. Beach doesn’t do it that way. Also, in B’ham AL the Publix only takes coupons from actual competitors. Also, you do have to know your prices. There are numerous items that I shop for regularly that there is never a coupon for. WM is always cheaper. Plus, the WM neighborhood market is about 1 block from Publix. I wouldn’t count out WM for many items. Dairy is always cheaper at WM at least in my neighborhood.

By: Donese

Donese — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:58:52 +0000

Really???? Wow! I have access to a military commissary, but I don’t like to go on base and they are VERY limited to as far as selection. I just need to buckle down and figure out how to shop at BiLo and get the best deals.

By: Theresa

Theresa — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:09:39 +0000

Hey Christy…I am new to couponing too (about a month) and this week I saved over 90% at BiLo. I was scared the first time too. I too am down to a one household income and it is me, my husband, a 7 yr old and a 5 yr old. I am stocked after a month of doing it and for the year I have spent $117 and have got over $400 of stuff for free (using coupons). I only do gro stores now but it is worth it. It has been a HUGE help for my family! Hope this helps…

**When you see that it is going to be a good week for coupons in the paper, get a few extra papers…it’s worth the extra few dollars in papers to get the coupons doubled.

By: Ginger

Ginger — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:25:23 +0000

That very same thing just home with me too! They like to give the appearance of being low priced but the real deals are that they are just not. One has to be couponing and watching the gro store specials or might as well stay in “the box”.

By: Ginger

Ginger — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:22:00 +0000

Amen to that! I especially detest Walmart now because they discontinued some low priced but otherwise great graham crackers and repacked them in a white generic looking box and increased the price. Did same for many other products while at the same time increasing the prices. They ruined the once good spice section and now only carry their own generic vanilla. The Dannon yogert large containers are about the only good thing left they havent ruined (yet). I am so thankful for Publix and their BOGO deals and other specials. Getting to be fewer and fewer items to draw me to the big box.

By: Christy

Christy — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:30:22 +0000

Please don’t jump on me, I’m brand new to all this!

I’m trying to figure out what’s going to be best for my family. It’s myself, my husband, a 4-year-old, and a 1 1/2-year-old. We’re living off one income, and right now, we’re absolutely at our limit. (Both of our bank accounts were overdrawn yesterday; only by the grace of God were we able to get out of that one).

Currently I shop at Wal-Mart, but I only buy store brands. The only name brands I ever buy are Heinz (because my husband is picky!) and Scotties toilet paper (because I’m picky!). I spend about $75 a week on groceries, and can’t possibly afford to spend a penny more.

I recently got clued into coupon shopping, but it seems like I’d be spending more at first, and I’m scared to do that. Would buying brand names at sale and coupon prices be cheaper than buying only store brand items?

By: Liza Barnes

Liza Barnes — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:37:02 +0000

Well said! No Walmart for me either. Now why can’t other intelligent people steer clear of Walmart? Thank goodness for this site. :)

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:06:45 +0000

That would be B-Lo hands down!

By: Donese

Donese — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:48:25 +0000

I guess I need to be a pro to figure all of this out. I HATE going to Walmart myself, but there aren’t many other choices where I live. Walmart, BiLo, Food Lion and Piggly Wiggly are about it. Do any of you know of the three grocery stores (BiLo, Food Lion and The Pig), which one typically has the BEST prices and BEST coupon deals?

By: Confused

Confused — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:25:05 +0000

I re-read what I wrote and meant more additional sites:) Teaches me to post when I am tired lol:)

By: Confused

Confused — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:53:53 +0000

Try looking on Ebay:) I found coupons for chuck e cheese on there for my monsters bday:)I just found a bunch of people selling them for around a 1.00 for 10 to 40 of them.

By: Confused

Confused — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:06:00 +0000

You could always print out the guidelines and take it with you. Then they would have to honor the card prices. I don’t have a Super Center Walmart near me but I do have a Miejer’s and do not like them. They are expensive. Anyone know a cheap place to get food near Beavercreek, Ohio? Also how does all this couponing work? All I ever find coupons for is boxed foods and junk food. Can someone recommend a book, blog, website, etc that explains how to do all this couponing, cvs’g, etc stuff lol;)

By: Colleen

Colleen — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:25:38 +0000

Kendra,

The Publix on Hwy 6 is on the Irmo side of the lake between Ballentine and the Lake Murray Dam. Hope this helps you place it.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:50:43 +0000

Went to Wal-Mart on Dec. 23 later in the evening….2 registers open two lines going to the back of the store! I suddenly remembered why I haven’t shopped there in a year! Needless to say, I walked right back out thinking of all of those commercials they show with the cashiers at their registers….yeah right!! And everyone on here who shops at Publix has got to really LAUGH at the Wal-Mart ad that says you can save 125.00 (whatever amt they use) a year by shopping at Wal-Mart! The first time my husband saw it he was laughing and said gosh you save that in one week! I do not, will not go back to Wal-Mart. If I need something that I can’t find at a grocery/drug store I will go to Target! I will pay more for something at Target just to avoid Wal-Mart at least Target is friendly!

By: deks mom

deks mom — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:49:18 +0000

ok…one question…I agree with almost all of the post on here…well except the ones who like WM…(LOL…sorry) my question and desperate need for help is DOG FOOD!!!! I have stocked up on all the $2 kibbles and bits q’s I can find but am running low again and I HAVE to go to WM to get that (just 2nite as a matter of fact) and I HATE it but the same bag at Harvey’s is 17.99 and it’s 10.50 (8.50 after Q) at WM…any suggestions??? HELP PLEASE!!!

p.s. THANK YOU SOOO MUCH Jenny for all of your long hours and dedication to this site!!! IT IS AMAZING!!

By: deks mom

deks mom — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:28:11 +0000

hahaha…us too…i’m trying to remember where all this was such a GREAT deal….Harvey’s for me I think…gotta luv it!!! My kids actually opened my freezer and pantry today to “show off” all of our groceries…2 funny!! needlesss to say we then had a 15 minute conversation with my inlaws on “how I did that”…LUV LUV LUV all those free steamfresh veggies…made for a GREAT pot of FREE vegetable soup last week…fortunately we use vension so that really helps on the meat prices and the fat intake as well…yum yum…FREE ALWAYS does a belly good!!

By: Pat

Pat — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:08:45 +0000

I stopped Walmart when the Manager of the one of them in my town said coupons were a pain. Kroger is across the street and Tom Thumb is down the street, and cvs is a block away and walgreens is two blocks from my house.I’ll stop at these places on my way to or from something else. I won’t spend my day grocery shopping. Last year at this time, I was spending close to 130.00 a week at Wally World. Now, I usually spend about 80.00 a week, and some weeks,I don’t even go to the store and I have a stockpile of groceries. Also, Walmart has little variety. I find they are rude to employees and vendors and if more people are saying the same thing on that subject, it means to me that there are only a few getting good treatment. But for the most part, it looks like the majority is getting crappy treatment from Walmart. So, if you like it,be glad. You are in a small group!

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:04:30 +0000

ANOTHER reason to love Publix if you are a little on the OCD side – they line up all the products on the shelves. Don’t you absolutely love how that looks. My WM is trying to do that now but their heart just isn’t in it! It’s the little stuff like this that makes me keep going back to Publix and I used to be a $125/wk gal at WM (I’m now down to $25 – $30/week and saving up for a tummy tuck or something!!). Everyone that tells me “Oh, but Publix is so-o-o expensive”, I tell them to give couponing a try at Publix and see me in 2 months!!! Many converts – :)!

By: Laurie

Laurie — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:13:14 +0000

Walmart matches LOCAL competitor’s ads — around here that’s Food Lion and the drug stores, and is iffy about internet coupons. I still buy my pet food there, but it’s worth the time and money to drive the 25 miles to shop in another town.

By: JEB

JEB — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:04:01 +0000

I do love the Walmart White CLoud pullups! I am sad they discontinued the White Cloud diapers. They were cheaper than Pampers and Huggies and Luvs even with coupons and they NEVER leaked!

By: Leslie

Leslie — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:54:38 +0000

For a website that is supposed to be about saving money, I am finding a lot of misinformation about the way the company treat it’s employees. I have been with the company for 16 years, and have worked in several stores, and will agree that not all conditions are perfect, but no work environment is. I am an hourly associate, and make enough money to support my family since my husband got laid off. I never work less than 40 hours a week. For the person whose MIL is having trouble with hours, has she talked to personnel about going full time? That post was actually the only one that had any accuracy at all to it, but she does have options, if she is willing to move to another job that requires full time hours. If she is unhappy with the management in her store, then a transfer to another store if there is another one close could also be an option. My store is a small supercenter, and has about 250 associates, more than half of which work 40 hours per week and get full benefits. So the opportunities are there if she wants to persue them! I wish her the best of luck!

By: Leslie

Leslie — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:30:28 +0000

That is totally not true. We have company paid life insurance but it goes to the beneficiaries that we choose, NOT the company. Just because it was on a TV movie doesn’t make it true.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:21:38 +0000

Thank you for your post! I think I am the only Wal-Mart supporter on here! I do shop at other places for groceries from time to time, and buy all my meat at Bloom because I do not like the meat that WM sells, but the store does make a difference. I have been working for them for 16 years (as hourly, NOT management) and have found that each store I have worked in is totally different. In response to other people, just because some people have had problems with a store doesn’t make the company as a whole bad. Our vendors and associates are treated very well, and I make enough money there to suppport my entire family, which became particularly important when my husband got laid off in March, thanks to this wonderful economy, and we have four children. I am attempting to use coupons now, but becasue of my lack of storage space, I can’t stock up six weeks in advance, so doing it this way is difficult for me. I have found that people love to hate Wal-Mart, but that doesn’t make it a bad company or a bad place to work or shop. That just means that that person doesn’t like it, just like there are certain stores I don’t like to shop in. I will continue to do most of my shopping there, but will still go to other stores if I can get it cheaper!