* I've closed out the June books a couple of days early as I am done shopping. Anything bought in the next 2 days will come out of July's funds. *
Onward to June's food spending report.......
Here are my FOOD BUDGET spending totals for JUNE 2016.
I have posted June's totals on the Total Grocery Savings for 2016 Page located HERE and have updated the Yearly Totals there. 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 Sum. My spending includes Food, Toiletries/HBA, Cleaning Products, Paper Goods & tax where applicable. We are a family of 5(3-5 at home this month). No kids under 20.
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BAKERY OUTLET
OOP $11.00
Value $39.51
Savings 72.16%
MAINE SOURCE
OOP $65.52
Value $111.64
Savings 41.31%
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My best 3 Store Savings Totals were Bakery Outlet at 72.16%, Maine Source at 41.31% and Weis at 38.07%. My WORST savings rate was at the Shursave Market at 28.65%.
I shopped at 4 different stores this past month.
TOTAL Out of Pocket..........$410.11
Onward to June's food spending report.......
Here are my FOOD BUDGET spending totals for JUNE 2016.
I have posted June's totals on the Total Grocery Savings for 2016 Page located HERE and have updated the Yearly Totals there. 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 Sum. My spending includes Food, Toiletries/HBA, Cleaning Products, Paper Goods & tax where applicable. We are a family of 5(3-5 at home this month). No kids under 20.
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BAKERY OUTLET
OOP $11.00
Value $39.51
Savings 72.16%
MAINE SOURCE
OOP $65.52
Value $111.64
Savings 41.31%
SHURSAVE MARKET
OOP $40.63
Qs/Ads $16.32
Value $56.95
Savings 28.65%
OOP $40.63
Qs/Ads $16.32
Value $56.95
Savings 28.65%
WEIS MARKETS
OOP $292.96
Qs/Ads $180.15
Value $473.11
Savings 38.07%
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My best 3 Store Savings Totals were Bakery Outlet at 72.16%, Maine Source at 41.31% and Weis at 38.07%. My WORST savings rate was at the Shursave Market at 28.65%.
I shopped at 4 different stores this past month.
TOTAL Out of Pocket..........$410.11
TOTAL Coupons & Store Sales Savings...$271.10
TOTAL Value of Items Purchased............$681.21
TOTAL Savings of...................................39.80%
As I did no Rite-Aid shopping this month 39.80% is also my total w/out Rite-Aid.
This closes out the June food/toiletries spending.
THOUGHTS & COMMENTS for this month.....
I went into June wanting to do a $400 food budget for the month. I ended up going over by $10.11.
That's not bad considering we have 5 eating/living here(for 3 weeks out of 4 weeks of June)and I have no clue what my grocery/toiletries budget needs to be yet.
I am still feeling my way to what I need to put toward these bills each month going forward.
It's a bit discouraging that my savings rate dropped to 39.80% in June when the budget expanded by $100 BUT also keep in mind that I did NO Rite-Aid shopping at all in June. My savings rate is very high when I shop at R-A so I sort of got a double whammy this past month......more spending OOP overall and no R-A deals.
The monthly food spending savings percentage went down by 5.73% in June to 39.80% compared to May's 45.53% savings average. Not quite at my 40% minimum savings rate threshold I like to see but the drop from the previous month isn't as bad as the drop from April's to May's savings rate(14.97%).
But I would like to try to get the rate back up over 40% if possible.
With 6 months accounted for, I have spent a total of $1804.65 on food/toiletries so far in 2016 which averages out to $300.78 per month spent. The average in May stood at $298.91 per month spent to that point in 2016 so we are up $1.87 spent per month from last month's year-to-date tally. Compared to this point in the year to 2015's totals we have spent $547.01 LESS on food and toiletries in 2016.
Of course, June of 2015 we spent over $600 that month on food(which was a much higher than normal amount).
I can't say what our yearly spending will end up being now that I have 2 more mouths to feed. I am guessing we won't stay under $4K for the year.
LOOKING AHEAD To July 2016.........
I will continue with my usual shopping ways in July....buy loss leaders or great deals which we can use, use a few coupons, cash in points for gift cards or buy discounted gift cards to food stores when possible.
I am going to give myself $450 for July. We spent $410 in June and we have a cook-out planned for this weekend which will mean more food to buy/prepare/serve to guests. I am still adjusting the budget to find our sweet spot on food spending.
As I did no Rite-Aid shopping this month 39.80% is also my total w/out Rite-Aid.
This closes out the June food/toiletries spending.
THOUGHTS & COMMENTS for this month.....
I went into June wanting to do a $400 food budget for the month. I ended up going over by $10.11.
That's not bad considering we have 5 eating/living here(for 3 weeks out of 4 weeks of June)and I have no clue what my grocery/toiletries budget needs to be yet.
I am still feeling my way to what I need to put toward these bills each month going forward.
It's a bit discouraging that my savings rate dropped to 39.80% in June when the budget expanded by $100 BUT also keep in mind that I did NO Rite-Aid shopping at all in June. My savings rate is very high when I shop at R-A so I sort of got a double whammy this past month......more spending OOP overall and no R-A deals.
The monthly food spending savings percentage went down by 5.73% in June to 39.80% compared to May's 45.53% savings average. Not quite at my 40% minimum savings rate threshold I like to see but the drop from the previous month isn't as bad as the drop from April's to May's savings rate(14.97%).
But I would like to try to get the rate back up over 40% if possible.
With 6 months accounted for, I have spent a total of $1804.65 on food/toiletries so far in 2016 which averages out to $300.78 per month spent. The average in May stood at $298.91 per month spent to that point in 2016 so we are up $1.87 spent per month from last month's year-to-date tally. Compared to this point in the year to 2015's totals we have spent $547.01 LESS on food and toiletries in 2016.
Of course, June of 2015 we spent over $600 that month on food(which was a much higher than normal amount).
I can't say what our yearly spending will end up being now that I have 2 more mouths to feed. I am guessing we won't stay under $4K for the year.
LOOKING AHEAD To July 2016.........
I will continue with my usual shopping ways in July....buy loss leaders or great deals which we can use, use a few coupons, cash in points for gift cards or buy discounted gift cards to food stores when possible.
I am going to give myself $450 for July. We spent $410 in June and we have a cook-out planned for this weekend which will mean more food to buy/prepare/serve to guests. I am still adjusting the budget to find our sweet spot on food spending.
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 June?
* 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?
* 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
* 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?
* 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
We went from 4 to 3 to just dh and myself. Son came home for summer and now my dd Will be moving back home tomorrow. I have no idea just how much spending will be. Cheryl
ReplyDeleteI am glad to have my freezer in better shape and now I am ready to stock it again. I understand this will be a summer process and I will spend extra at the farmer's market, but it will pay for itself in spades during the winter
ReplyDeleteNot to sound like a meany or anything but I never said that you could skip a month of RA. Get back to it.
ReplyDeleteI think that you are doing great keeping costs down.