Onward to December's Food Spending Report.....
Here are my FOOD BUDGET spending totals for December 2024.
I have posted December's totals on the Total Grocery Savings Page located and have updated the Totals there.
I am listing subtotals for each store I purchased from in December. If you aren't interested in that much detail, just skip to the bottom for the Totals Sum. My spending includes Food, Toiletries/HBA, Cleaning Products, Paper Goods, Pet Food. We are a family of 2(and 2 dogs).
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ALDI
OOP $65.18
Sales $
Value $98.97
Savings 44.14%
DOLLAR GENERAL
OOP $18.75
Value $38.55
Savings 51.36%
KROGER
OOP $201.90
Qs/Gift Cards $217.20
Value $419.10
Savings 51.83%
PUBLIX
OOP $29.74
Value $54.84
Savings 45.77%
WALMART
OOP $189.02
Qs/Gift Cards $88.54
Value $277.56
Savings 31.90%
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My best Store Savings Total was at Brookshire's with a savings of 57.88%. My worse rate was at Super 1 Food with 16.53%. Not a bad savings rate average overall though.
I shopped at 5 different stores in DECEMBER.
TOTAL Spent in December......$432.66
TOTAL Coupons/Sales/Gift Cards....$424.52
TOTAL Value of Items Purchased.....$856.88
TOTAL Savings of........50.49%
This closes out the December food/toiletries/etc. spending.
THOUGHTS & COMMENTS for this month....Nice job this month. Spent a lot but got some good deals and lots of savings.
The Monthly food spending savings percentage went UP by 18.33% in December to 50.49% compared to November's 32.16% savings average.
Since we have an adequate income and food should be a pleasure in life(no way am I going to eat unseasoned rice and beans for my remaining days like some people-because I don't have to). I will buy quality food and pay the price at the register. I may not like the price but I will deal with it.
With 12 months accounted for, I have spent a Total of $6,579.44 on groceries/HBA/paper goods/etc. in 2024. Food prices have gotten to the ridiculous level, haven't they?
2024 Yearly Total Value of Items $13,390.33
2024 Total Saved $6,571.30
2024 Yearly Total Spent $6,579.44
2024 Yearly Savings Total of 50.86%
Remember that I withdraw all my cash rebate monies(Ibotta, Shopmium, TaDa, Checkout 51, Swag Bucks, My Points and other miscellaneous rebates-Aisle, Tremendous, Sampoll etc. and have it sent to my Paypal)at the end of the year and add it back into my food budget, so at the end of the year my food spending will go down. I don't add in all the cashed out savings until the end of the year,
The other savings apps like Fetch, Shop Kick, Kroger Cash Back that let us get free gift cards(or $ off your grocery total-Kroger Cash Back), those are added back in when I cash those points in along the way. Alexa app gave me Amazon credit onto my account but I don't buy food on Amazon(sometimes I buy dog food there)so I really don't know how to count that and it's defunct now so I won't worry about that one bit.
Because I don't like to let money sit in these rebate accounts and Paypal, I send $$ to my bank account throughout the year. I have sent $4,232.20 from various rebating programs and through Paypal to my bank. If you add in all that my food spending at the 12 month point in 2024 comes in at $2,347.24 or $195.60 per month.
Besides all I sent to my bank account I have more $ sitting in these various rebating programs as well as in Paypal. This is not counting Alexa, ShopKick or Fetch, which all comes out in gift cards or Amazon credit.
LOOKING AHEAD TO JANUARY 2025....
After we went through and organized the freezer, I am trying to eat down freezer/pantry in 2025 in preparation for our move away from here.
If you have other ideas or guidelines you follow please leave a comment and share your thoughts with us all.
* How much did you spend on food/toiletries in December?
* Do you track your yearly food spending? It's really not that hard or time consuming; just keep your receipts and either track it in a notebook or on a spreadsheet.
* What was your savings percentage buying on sale and/or with coupons versus buying at regular retail price last month, if you track that sort of thing?
* What are your methods for keeping your food spending in check?
* Is anyone out there up for tracking expenditures and trying to spend less but still eat well?
Sluggy
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