Publix Faqs

Publix FAQ

Each Publix store policy varies by store and by state.

The first thing you will want to do is to contact your local store to ask what their coupon policy is. The policies can even differ when only 20 minutes down the road or across town!

This policy is for Cartersville, GA. We recommend you call your local Publix to get their guidelines.

• I can double any manufacturer coupon up to and including .50 (i.e. a .50/1 coupon becomes $1/1 when doubled) every day of the week.
• I can combine Publix coupons (starting with the code LS) with manufacturer coupons (stacking)
• I can use any of the competitor coupons (see list below) for products at Publix (i.e. Food Lion's $2/1 Digiorno Pizza coupon or a $2/$5 produce coupon)
• The competitor coupons are face value ONLY! (they will not be doubled)
• I can stack any of the competitor coupons with a manufacturer coupons (i.e. Food Lion's $2/1 Digiorno Pizza coupon stacked with the $1.50/1 manufacturer coupon for a total of $3.50 off of 1 pizza)
• I can only stack 2 coupons per product (you cannot stack a $1/1 Target, a $1/1 manufacturer, and a $1/1 Publix all on one product...you have to choose the 2 that you would like to use)
• Even though the Publix coupons and many of the competitor coupons say that you can ONLY use one coupon per transaction I AM allowed to use more than one at my store (any many stores are like this)
• Publix DOES NOT accept expired coupons
• Publix will accept internet printable coupons (some will not take "free item" OR "BOGO" internet coupons or one's valued over $5...my store has changed it's policy to accept all internet coupons)
• You can use an unlimited number of coupons at Publix. The cash register will beep (and crash...just kidding) if the following numbers are met. If you use $50 or more in coupons OR if the number of coupons used exceeds the number of items purchased (in excess of 5 or more coupons than you have products) the cash register will beep and require a manager to override the transaction. DO NOT panic...they should be use to this by now!
• The penny item coupon is found in the Sunday paper ONLY. This coupon is used on Sunday's and/or Monday's. Publix chooses 1 particular item that they will sell to you for 1 penny if you purchase $10 or more in one shopping trip! This item varies from week to week!

BOGO policy:

This one require a separate section! FL shoppers see your note at the bottom!

*We will use Kellogg's Cereal at $3.99 per box as an example.

If Publix advertises that Kellogg's cereal is BOGO at $3.99 then one box will ring up at $2 and the other will ring up as $1.99. (basically a friendlier way of telling you that it's half price)

• You CAN use 2 manufacturer coupons per item in a BOGO sale
• You CAN use 2 manufacturer coupons AND 2 competitor coupons per item in a BOGO sale

BOGO sale items always say *quantities limited*, they have the right to tell you that you CAN'T purchase every item off of the shelf (my store limits certain frequent shoppers because they know that they are buying the items to resell them in their convenience store). If you ever know that you are going to need 10 or more of one item...ask them to order it for you...they will AND you can still use all of your coupons on the items! I have done this many times in our local store!

Publix Store Guarantee: If an item rings up at a different price than the price advertised the item is free. If you are not completely satisfied with ANY purchase made at Publix you can take the product back (even opened) and receive a 100% refund of your money!

Cartersville, GA (and surrounding areas) Competitors:
My Publix accepts the following stores as competitors...
Target (Home Mailers, Internet Printables)
Kmart (Occasional Booklets, Internet Coupons, Catalinas)
Kroger (Catalinas or Home mailer coupons)(register your Kroger card to get coupons)
Food Lion (FLIPS: Food Lion Internet Printables)
Ingles (Catalinas)(they don't have any other type of coupon)
CVS (in ad coupons, CRT's, online coupons, NO ECB's)
Rite Aid (in ad coupons, internet coupons)
Walgreens (in ad coupons, internet coupons)
Dollar General (Home mailers and in ad coupons)

Publix Advantage Buys:

Publix releases 2 separate flyers on a monthly basis (start and stop dates can vary)

Green Flyer: Health & Beauty items

Yellow Flyer: All other store products

These are items that wil go on sale for 1 month at a time versus the normal weekly sale schedule. These flyers also have coupons in them. The Green advantage flyer almost always has a coupon in it that yields a free product! These flyers are released in the Sunday's paper following or on the date that the last one expires/d. Once the new flyers are released in the paper you will see them in the store within a couple of days up front with the weekly sales ads!

Publix quarterly publications and coupons: Valuable coupons in each program!
Grape Magazine (wine)
Greenwise Magazine (organic)
Family Style
Baby Club
Preschool Pals

Make sure that you get rainchecks on any item that is out of stock. My store allows you to get rainchecks in a quantity of 4 per sale item! Rainchecks are only offered on weekly sale items.

ALWAYS be on the lookout for coupons in Publix. They are coupon fanatics...I have never seen one store release so many booklets and single page coupons in my life! They are everywhere in the store...so keep an eye out each time you shop!