Publix: Gourmet food for cheap!

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Who says you can't get gourmet food on a beans-and-rice budget?

This week at Publix, I bought goat cheese, tortellini, and arborio rice for risotto, among other items, and still saved a lot!

But I bought beans, too. I found Old El Paso black bean refried beans on the clearance shelf. I combined the clearance price with store and manufacturer's coupons to save even more!  (I also found the arborio rice there.)

And I bought my favorite item to get on sale and with coupons: toilet paper. Now we're set for a while!

Here's what I got this week:

2 Chavrie goat cheese @ $2.89 (on sale from $4.79) = $5.78
- 2 $1/1 Chavrie cheese printable (zip 99218)
= $3.78 for two, or $1.89 each

2 Gorton's fillets @ BOGO $3.99
- $1/2 Gorton's Items printable
= $2.99 for two, or $1.50 each

2 Buitoni tortellini @ BOGO $3.99
- 2 $1/1 Buitoni Refrigerated Pasta or Sauce, exp. 9/9/13 (SS 06/09/13)
= $1.99 for two, or $1.00 each

1 Vigo arborio rice @  $1.45 (discounted from $2.89)

3 Old El Paso black bean refried beans @ 2/$1.59 (discounted from $1.59) = $2.39
- 60¢/3 Old El Paso products manufacturer's printable (no longer available)
- $1/3 Old El Paso Products Publix printable
=  79¢ for three, or 27¢ each

2 Gogo Squeez applesauce @ BOGO $2.79
- $0.90/1 GoGo SqueeZ Product printable
=  $1.89 for two, or 95¢ each

2 Charmin Basic @ $4.99 = $9.98
- $1/2 Charmin or Charmin Basic, exp. 7/24/13 (Publix Running Out? Run In Booklet)
- 2 $0.25/1 Charmin Product, exp. 7/31/13 (P&G 07/07/13 R)
=  $8.48 for two, or $4.24 each

- $5 off $30 Winn-Dixie competitor coupon (Enjoy the City)

Tax: 60¢
Total spent: $16.97
Total saved compared to Publix full prices: $37.41

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