* Posting this a day early as I am finished spending on food for November.*
Onward to November's food spending report.......
Here are my FOOD BUDGET spending totals for NOVEMBER 2016.
I have posted November'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 November. 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(4-5 at home this month). No kids under 20.
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DOLLAR TREE
OOP $3.00
Value $5.00
Savings 40%
KMART
OOP $0.00
Value $8.94
Savings 100%
RITE-AID
OOP $0.00
Qs/Ads/PPs $522.04
Value $522.04
Savings 100%
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My best 3 Store Savings Totals were Rite-Aid at 100%, Dollar Tree at 100% and Weis at 59.11%. My WORST savings rate was Shursave Market at 34.59%.
I shopped at 5 different stores this past month.
TOTAL Out of Pocket..........$522.09
Onward to November's food spending report.......
Here are my FOOD BUDGET spending totals for NOVEMBER 2016.
I have posted November'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 November. 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(4-5 at home this month). No kids under 20.
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DOLLAR TREE
OOP $3.00
Value $5.00
Savings 40%
KMART
OOP $0.00
Value $8.94
Savings 100%
RITE-AID
OOP $0.00
Qs/Ads/PPs $522.04
Value $522.04
Savings 100%
SHURSAVE MARKET
OOP $188.71
Qs/Ads $99.80
Value $288.51
Savings 34.59%
OOP $188.71
Qs/Ads $99.80
Value $288.51
Savings 34.59%
WEIS MARKETS
OOP $330.38
Qs/Ads $477.68
Value $808.06
Savings 59.11%
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My best 3 Store Savings Totals were Rite-Aid at 100%, Dollar Tree at 100% and Weis at 59.11%. My WORST savings rate was Shursave Market at 34.59%.
I shopped at 5 different stores this past month.
TOTAL Out of Pocket..........$522.09
TOTAL Coupons & Store Sales Savings...$1,110.51
TOTAL Value of Items Purchased............$1,632.60
TOTAL Savings of ..................................68.02%
TOTAL Savings w/o Rite-Aid of ..............52.99%
This closes out the November food/toiletries spending.
THOUGHTS & COMMENTS for this month.....
I went into November wanting to do a $400 food budget for the month.
I actually spent $522.09 which was $122.09 over my limit.
The monthly food spending savings percentage went up by 12.62% in November to 68.02% compared to October's 55.40% savings average.
A killer savings rate brought about by a lot of free items at Rite-Aid during the month. Even without all the freebies at R-A the month ended overall with a 52.99% savings rate which is not too shabby either.
With 11 months accounted for, I have spent a total of $4,696.81 on food/toiletries so far in 2016 which averages out to $426.98 per month spent. This is $9.51 MORE per month than October's average. My savings rate for the year is holding now at 61.92%.
LOOKING AHEAD To December 2016........
I have implimented a plan to spend only grocery and Visa gift cards and cash rebates received and not spent so far this year, to pay for all the groceries in December. If I can succeed at this that means my 2016 total spent on food & toiletries will remain at November'syear to-date total of $4,696.81.
Add in that I stocked up on many items in Novemeber(to get a store reward)so some things I'd buy in December are already in the larders, including Holiday goodies and a big hunk of meat for Christmas dinner.
Stay tuned in December to see if my plan works or if I crash and burn the food budget. ;-)
TOTAL Savings w/o Rite-Aid of ..............52.99%
This closes out the November food/toiletries spending.
THOUGHTS & COMMENTS for this month.....
I went into November wanting to do a $400 food budget for the month.
I actually spent $522.09 which was $122.09 over my limit.
The monthly food spending savings percentage went up by 12.62% in November to 68.02% compared to October's 55.40% savings average.
A killer savings rate brought about by a lot of free items at Rite-Aid during the month. Even without all the freebies at R-A the month ended overall with a 52.99% savings rate which is not too shabby either.
With 11 months accounted for, I have spent a total of $4,696.81 on food/toiletries so far in 2016 which averages out to $426.98 per month spent. This is $9.51 MORE per month than October's average. My savings rate for the year is holding now at 61.92%.
LOOKING AHEAD To December 2016........
I have implimented a plan to spend only grocery and Visa gift cards and cash rebates received and not spent so far this year, to pay for all the groceries in December. If I can succeed at this that means my 2016 total spent on food & toiletries will remain at November'syear to-date total of $4,696.81.
Add in that I stocked up on many items in Novemeber(to get a store reward)so some things I'd buy in December are already in the larders, including Holiday goodies and a big hunk of meat for Christmas dinner.
Stay tuned in December to see if my plan works or if I crash and burn the food budget. ;-)
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 November?
* 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