Onward to January's food spending report.......
Here are my FOOD BUDGET spending totals for JANUARY 2015.
I have posted January's totals on the Total Grocery Savings for 2015 Page located HERE and have updated the Yearly Totals there.
I am listing subtotals for each store I purchased from in January. 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 3(2-3 at home this month). No kids under 18.
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BIG LOTS
OOP $3.00
Qs/Ads $1.50
Value $4.50
Savings 33%
HARRIS TEETER
OOP $77.61
Qs/Ads $88.80
Value $166.41
Savings 53.36%
OLLIE'S
OOP $0.00-used gift card that I didn't pay for
Value $35.99
Savings 100%
PRICE CHOPPER
OOP $7.99
Qs/Ads $7.99
Value $15.98
Savings 50%
RITE-AID *(see below)
OOP $6.48
Qs/Ads/+UPs $541.67
Value $548.15
Savings 98.75%
SHURSAVE STORES(small local independent affiliated stores)
OOP $26.46
Qs/Ads $13.17OOP $26.46
Value $39.63
Savings 32.23%
SURPLUS OUTLET
OOP $47.20
Value $76.39
Savings 38.21%
SURPLUS OUTLET
OOP $47.20
Value $76.39
Savings 38.21%
WEIS MARKETS
OOP $142.85
Qs/Ads $172.74
Value $315.59
Savings 54.73%
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My best 3 Store Savings Totals were Ollie's at 100%, Rite-Aid at 98.75%, and Weis at 54.73%. My WORST savings rate was Shursave Markets at 32.23%.
I shopped at 8 different stores this past month.
* Let me explain my Rite-Aid total. The actual OOP(aka Out Of Pocket)spending was $11.33 for all of January. Due to some returns and such I had a credit in December at Rite-Aid. After applying as much of it to get my total spent to $0 in December I had $4.49 still to carryover into 2015. After applying this amount to spending it brought my oop down to $6.48 for the month.
TOTAL Out of Pocket........ $311.59
TOTAL Coupons & Store Sales Savings...$891.05
TOTAL Value of Items Purchased............$1202.64
TOTAL Savings of...................................74.09%
TOTAL Savings WITHOUT Rite-Aid.............53.38%
This closes out the January food/toiletries spending.
THOUGHTS & COMMENTS for this month.....
While I wasn't under $250 for the month like I wanted to be, I was closer to that amount than my usual monthly $400 amount.
I'll call this a "Win". ;-)
The monthly savings percentage went down by 5.84% in January to 74.09% compared to December's 79.93% average.
I'm not too concern by that since a 79.93% savings rate is unusually high.
LOOKING AHEAD To FEBRUARY.........
I want to continue to eat down some of our stockpiles of food and empty out the freezer a bit. This means I don't need to spend as much at the stores(unless an incredible deal comes along). Plus with the weather as bad as it is in February around here I am less likely to go out and shop, except at my 2 local stores(and Rite-Aid). Staying home more means less chance to spend, so I am hoping to try for a $250 food/toiletries month in February. Let's see how close I can get to that.
TOTAL Savings WITHOUT Rite-Aid.............53.38%
This closes out the January food/toiletries spending.
THOUGHTS & COMMENTS for this month.....
While I wasn't under $250 for the month like I wanted to be, I was closer to that amount than my usual monthly $400 amount.
I'll call this a "Win". ;-)
The monthly savings percentage went down by 5.84% in January to 74.09% compared to December's 79.93% average.
I'm not too concern by that since a 79.93% savings rate is unusually high.
LOOKING AHEAD To FEBRUARY.........
I want to continue to eat down some of our stockpiles of food and empty out the freezer a bit. This means I don't need to spend as much at the stores(unless an incredible deal comes along). Plus with the weather as bad as it is in February around here I am less likely to go out and shop, except at my 2 local stores(and Rite-Aid). Staying home more means less chance to spend, so I am hoping to try for a $250 food/toiletries month in February. Let's see how close I can get to that.
If you have other ideas or guidelines you follow please leave a comment and share yours with us all.
* How much did you spend on food/toiletries in January?
* Do you track your yearly food spending?
* Do you track your yearly food spending?
Sluggy
I set a goal to spend no more than $350.00 in the month of January, down from the previous $500.00 per month. I did it with a few dollars to spare. This is my first year of actually keeping strict records and setting even more goals. My goal a year ago was to get our way out of control food spending in hand. I was able to cut it in half (used to spend 1000, ouch!) I feed my father (who eats more than would seem humanly possible in a day, he forgets he's eaten, and sometimes also eats out of boredom) my husband, myself, my 20 something daughter and sometimes her BF. I have changed how I shop and how I reuse leftovers to make them seem new. I now bake more from scratch (breads and sweets) and I'm making more soups out of bird carcasses and beef/pork/ham bones. I'm going to see if this year I can stick with 350 per month. Thanks so much for your hints and tips!
ReplyDeleteSo impressed! I started with a bang but fizzled toward the end of the month.
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