Running Out? Run In. Publix Promotion and Giveaway

You may have seen the coupons out there already, but Publix has yet another sale promotion happening. Look for the “Running Out? Run In.” event at your local Publix store and “run in,” to take advantage of the great savings available on some of your favorite brands from General Mills and Procter & Gamble.

Also be sure to be on the lookout for in-store coupon savings on all these great brands and  look for a coupon for buy any of the 6 participating items such as, Pampers Diapers, Tide Pods, and Yoplait Yogurt Kids, and receive a free gallon of Publix® milk. Who doesn't love free milk?

What's more MyBlogSpark and General Mills have given me a $25 gift card to use on the sale and what's better is they given me an additional $25 to giveaway to one of my lucky readers! Just use the rafflecopter below to enter! I'm excited to save even more with my gift card, so I'm excited they want to give one to my readers.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Disclosure:  The Publix gift card, information, and additional gift pack have been provided by General Mills through MyBlogSpark. All opinions are my own.

Publix Best Meals Happen at Home and Giveaway!

Publix has another one of thier awesome promotions coming up called "The Best Meals Happen at Home." Some of my best family memories are the meals that we prepared and ate together. Today it can be hard to get a homecooked meal on the table with all that we have to do. A fast meal does not have to mean fast food or frozen meals. That's what Publix's Best Meals Happen at Home is all about. Fast, Easy, Delicious food you can make at home in 30 min or less!

So what fun things can you find as part of "the Best Meals Happen at Home" event?

• In store savings on some great brands like General Mills March 8th-14th
• In store coupons available starting March 8th that don't expire until March 28, 2012
• Tons of great recipes found at BestMealsatHome.com. While you are there you can also sign up for their e-mails to receive recipes and coupons that could save you up to $200 this year.

To kick-off this great event, Publix invites you to visit BestMealsatHome.com and try one of their great recipes like this one for Crunchy Chicken Nuggets, which uses Cheerios to make some yummy nuggets.

Crunchy Chicken Nuggets

Servings:4

Prep Time: 15 min

Cook Time: 25 min

Assemble and refridgerate chicken nuggets up to 24 hours for an easy weeknight meal.

Ingredients

2 Cups Cheerios Cereal

1/2 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. pepper

1/4 cup milk

2 Tbsp. honey

1 Tbsp. mustard

1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breast or thighs, cut into 1-inch pieces

2 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 400°. Spray with cooking spray or lightly grease 13x9-inch pan.
2. Finely crush cereal. Stir together cereal, salt and pepper; set aside. In a medium bowl, stir together milk, honey, and mustard until blended. Dip chicken into milk mixture; coat with cereal mixture. Place chicken in pan; drizzle with melted butter.
3. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until crust is golden and chicken is no longer pink in center.

Serve nuggets with your favorite dipping sauce- BBQ, ketchup, or honey.

Publix, General Mills, and myblogspark also want to help you make your savings go even further by offering one of my readers a $25 gift card. I was excited to receive mine, and sure I can stretch it pretty far, but I'm sure you guys can stretch it too, especially with the great sales at Publix!

You can enter several ways, and I'm happy to introduce our new giveaway format: Rafflecopter. Use the handy form below to make all of your entries:

Publix Coupon Policy

As many of you know, Publix is rolling out it's new coupon policy. Check-out Michelle's post on it here.

Honestly, it's similar to what most people already have been dealing with. For some people it has changed their competitor's a little bit, but it's also forced stores to put who their competitors are in writing, which stops that variance from store-to-store, manager-to-manager, and cashier-to-cashier.

One thing it didn't make clear is overage. It almost seems that it is allowed now, but you'll have to ask your Publix. I heard from a cashier in my area who just got out of the meeting about the policy change that she was told by her manager that if the end balance is negative the drawer will open and the customer will receive money back. I was shocked becaused this was at a store that I hated going to because I had to fight them just to lower the coupon value to not get overage.

When I went to my store last week, they had their new competitor's poster up and it listed Save-a-lot, Target, Winn-Dixie, and Sweetbay. Definitely fair to me. They didn't hand me one of the new policies, but they didn't stop any overage, but like I said in my show-and-tell post there was that whole accident in the parking lot, so they might have been a little distracted.

So what are your thoughts on the policy? Any thing you are glad to see? Any new troubles at your store that you didn't have before? I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Shopping list for 6/24

So here's my list for tomorrow:

Blue- Manufacturer's Coupon 
Green- Publix Coupon
Red- Competitor Coupon 

(2) Musselman's 6pk BOGO $2.33
   -(2) 75¢/1 Publix Smart Savings Booklet
(2) Smart Balance Milk BOGO $3.59
   -(2) $2/1 IP from their website HERE 
(1) Land O Lakes Butter $2.50
   -Possible 55¢ peelie  
(1) Cascade Detergent $3.99
   - 50¢/1 Home mailer  
   - $1/1 Publix Stock Up and Save Now sheet
(1) Zucchini 99¢
(1) Kiwi 25¢
(1) Dr. Pepper $1
   -60¢/1 IP (no longer available)
(1) Pampers Jumbo Pack $10.99
   -$3/1 Home Mailer
(1) Pampers Wipes Price?
   -Free wyb Pampers Diapers In-Ad coupon
   -$2/1 6/6/10 PG
(2) Muir Glen Pasta Sauce 89¢
   -(2) $1/1 IP HERE (You will need to register first)
(1) Milk $3.09 (I might decide to buy this at BJ's)

$5 off $25 Purchase Save-a-lot coupon     

Be sure to check-out the full ad on iheartpublix or southernsavers.