June Budget Results.....Food and Toiletries Spending

Here are my FOOD BUDGET spending totals for JUNE 2011.

I have posted June's totals on the right side bar under Total Grocery Savings for 2011 and updated the Yearly Totals.
I am listing subtotals for each store I purchased from in June.  If you aren't interested in that much detail, just skip to the bottom for the Totals Summary.

My spending includes Food, Toiletries/HBA, Pet Supplies, Cleaning Products, Paper Goods & tax where applicable.We are a family of 5(2-4 at home this month)& 2 dogs. No kids under 15.
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CARONE'S(small local independent store)
OOP  $14.97

Qs/Ads  $8.07
Value  $23.04
Savings  35%

BAKERY OUTLET
OOP  $8.67
Value  $34.71
Savings  75%

DOLLAR TREE
OOP  $2.00
Value  $3.98
Savings  49.75%

HEALTH FOOD STORE
OOP  $23.48
Value  $29.35
Savings  20%


OLLIE'S(regional discount store)
OOP  $5.94
Value  $12.99
Savings  54.28%

PRICE CHOPPER
OOP  $50.41
Value  $108.61
Savings  53.60%

RITE AID
OOP  $3.15 (whole amount put on free Rite-Aid Gift Cards)=$.00 actual OOP
Qs/Ads/+Ups  $367.21

Value  $370.36 

Savings  99.15% before gift cards/ 100% savings after free gift cards

TARGET

OOP $0.00

Qs/Ads  $1.19

Value  $1.19

Savings   100%

TURKEY HILL

OOP  $7.98 (ice for party)

Value  $7.98

Savings  00%

WALMART

OOP  $18.62

Qs/Ad/GC  $31.65

Value  $50.27

Savings  63%

WEIS (local chain Grocery store in my town/doubles up to $1 total)
OOP  $255.98
Qs/Ads  $274.08
Value  $530.06
Savings  51.71%  (includes bakery cake w/no discounts)& ended the month with $19 in Catalina Qs

I don't track Rite-Aid's +Ups here, nor CVS's ECBs & Walgreen's RRs. They will be included when used on purchases under "Coupons".   I'll keep track of what rebates are received monthly.  Rebate money/gift cards will be considered 'income' & will go into the Food/Toiletries budget, offsetting the Out of Pocket. Cash will go immediately into the Budget kitty, while Gift Cards will be calculated in when spent.

REBATE CHECKS RECEIVED IN JUNE
Pinecone Research....$6.00
Rite-Aid SCR...$42.96
Subtotal........$48.96

GIFT CARDS and CERTIFICATES
$0.00

TOTAL Value of Cash/Store Checks/Gift Card Rebates Received...$48.96

COUPONS and FREEBIES
Suave....3 x Free Item Q

Lay's....2 x Free Item Q
On-Cor....2 x Free Item Q and 1 x .55/1 Q

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My best 3 Store Savings Totals were from Rite-Aid at 100%,  Target at 100% and the Bakery Outlet as 75%.  I shopped at 11 different stores in June.


TOTAL Out of Pocket...............................$397.01
TOTAL Coupons & Store Sales Savings...$775.53
TOTAL Value of Items Purchased............$1,172.54 with Rite-Aid figured in
TOTAL Savings of...................................66.15%

TOTAL of CASH Rebates........................$48.96

TOTAL Out of Pocket After Rebates........$348.05
TOTAL Savings including Rebates...........$824.49
TOTAL Value of Items Purchased............$1,172.54
TOTAL Savings After Rebates...................70.32%

Since my Rite-Aid shopping(which contains No OOP)always skews my savings percentages, I like to figure my Totals without the Rite-Aid numbers also.
TOTAL OOP after Rebates.....$348.05
TOTAL Value of Items Purchases(w/out Rite-Aid items)....$802.18
TOTAL Savings After Rebates(w/out Rite-Aid items).....56.62%
My food savings percentage seems to run about 50%-60% for the strictly food items only.
Those Rite-Aid purchases always boost up my savings total about 20% points.



This closes out the June spending.

THOUGHTS & COMMENTS for this month-
Even with my rebates added to the food budget kitty, I went just south of $100 over my budget limit for the month.  Since I did some Catalina deals and threw a Party for 12 in June, I am not going to beat myself up over this overage.

What's ahead for July.....
We are down to 3 family members at home this month.  I hope to ease up on the food spending and try to eat from the stockpiled items in July.  July is also the beginning of fresh local produce season so I'll keep my budget at $250 as I will be getting farm produce to put up for winter.


How did you do in June with your Food Budget?
What are your challenges for July?  Any family coming to stay....or are you trying to figure out a food budget for a vacation? 
Please leave a comment or link to your post and let us hear about your progress!  By sharing our struggles and efforts we can help each other stick to our budgets and learn to be better guardians of our resources.


Sluggy