Onward to August's food spending report.......
Here are my FOOD BUDGET spending totals for AUGUST 2015.
I have posted August'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 August. 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 & tax where applicable. We are a family of 3(2-3 at home this month). No kids under 19.
Remember too that youngest son's friend often stays over at our house during the school break and eats here sometimes so I was feeding an additional person sporadically in August.
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BAKERY OUTLET
OOP $3.75
Value $15.36
Savings 75.58%
FOOD LION
OOP $35.72
Qs/Ads $17.03
Value $52.75
Savings 32.28%
MAINE SOURCE
OOP $81.09
Value $143.19
Savings 43.37%
PRODUCE STAND
OOP $26.00
Value $34.00
Savings 23.52%
RITE-AID
OOP $0.00
Qs/Ads/gift card $104.95
Value $104.95
Savings 100%
SAM'S CLUB
OOP $187.01
Value $580.33
Savings 67.77%
OOP $187.01
Value $580.33
Savings 67.77%
WEIS MARKETS
OOP $136.39
Qs/Ads $241.70
Value $378.09
Savings 63.93%
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My best 3 Store Savings Totals were Rite-Aid at 100%, the Bakery Outlet at 75.58% and Sam's Club at 67.77%. My WORST savings rate was the Produce Stand at 23.52%(but what I got was the freshest).
I shopped at 7 different places this past month. Lots of single transactions at lots of stores, 2 transactions at Maine Source and Sam's Club and 7 transactions at Weis Markets.
TOTAL Out of Pocket........ $469.96
TOTAL Coupons & Store Sales Savings...$838.72
TOTAL Value of Items Purchased............$1308.68
TOTAL Savings of...................................64.09%
TOTAL Savings without Rite-Aid...........60.96%
This closes out the August food/toiletries spending.
THOUGHTS & COMMENTS for this month.....
I went into August wanting to do a $350 food budget for the month and I overshot that goal by $119.96.
The monthly savings percentage went up by 16.08% in August to 64.96% compared to July's 48.88% average.
The savings rate for the whole year so far now stands at 59.09%. That's a .97 increase in savings over July's YTD total(58.12%). It's still hanging in well over a 40% savings rate for the year so it's all good.
I have spent a total of $3273.52 on food/toiletries in 2015 so far at this point in the year. That averages out to $409.19 per month so just over $400 average per month. Not a bad thing but I can do better.
A little overspending on the grocery budget in August meant a slight increase in the monthly averge so far for this year. Let's see if I can bring it back down under $400 avg. per month for September.
LOOKING AHEAD To SEPTEMBER.........
We'll try for a $350 food budget for SEPTEMBER since it's just Hubs and I at home now. We have the potential for 2 separate visits from friends/family in September(not sure yet how the month will shape up)so there could be some extra food spending. I am not going to sweat it however. If I go over some I'll try to cut back in October. It's not like I don't have the money for a little extra, right? 8-)
TOTAL Savings without Rite-Aid...........60.96%
This closes out the August food/toiletries spending.
THOUGHTS & COMMENTS for this month.....
I went into August wanting to do a $350 food budget for the month and I overshot that goal by $119.96.
The monthly savings percentage went up by 16.08% in August to 64.96% compared to July's 48.88% average.
The savings rate for the whole year so far now stands at 59.09%. That's a .97 increase in savings over July's YTD total(58.12%). It's still hanging in well over a 40% savings rate for the year so it's all good.
I have spent a total of $3273.52 on food/toiletries in 2015 so far at this point in the year. That averages out to $409.19 per month so just over $400 average per month. Not a bad thing but I can do better.
A little overspending on the grocery budget in August meant a slight increase in the monthly averge so far for this year. Let's see if I can bring it back down under $400 avg. per month for September.
LOOKING AHEAD To SEPTEMBER.........
We'll try for a $350 food budget for SEPTEMBER since it's just Hubs and I at home now. We have the potential for 2 separate visits from friends/family in September(not sure yet how the month will shape up)so there could be some extra food spending. I am not going to sweat it however. If I go over some I'll try to cut back in October. It's not like I don't have the money for a little extra, right? 8-)
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 August?
* Do you track your yearly food spending?
* What was your savings percentage buying on sale and/or with coupons vs. buying at regular retail price last month, if you track that sort of thing?
Sluggy
* Do you track your yearly food spending?
* What was your savings percentage buying on sale and/or with coupons vs. buying at regular retail price last month, if you track that sort of thing?
Sluggy
Veggie stands are the best and so worth spending the money on. Next year I am going to try growing more than just tomatoes and jalapenos (bumper crop this year on both) to try and get my costs down. I was way over but for many reasons and I am going to try and be a bit under for September to try and be more on target for year end. Today I am off to buy a bunch of produce - spend $20 on produce and get $6 back in points off. I've never seen that deal before so am taking full advantage of it.
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