Onward to September's food spending report.......
Here are my FOOD BUDGET spending totals for SEPTEMBER 2017.
I have posted September's totals on the Total Grocery Savings Page located HERE and have updated the Totals there.
I am listing subtotals for each store I purchased from in September. 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 3-4(3 at home this month). No kids under 21.
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DOLLAR TREE
OOP $2.00
Value $4.98
Savings 59.84%
MAINES
OOP $50.36
Value $83.39
Savings 39.61%
RITE-AID
OOP $0.00
Qs/Ads/PPs $146.17
Value $146.17
Savings 100%
SHURSAVE MARKET
OOP $135.58
Qs/Ads $105.87
Value $241.45
Savings 43.85%
VA TRIP(various stores)
OOP $36.12
Value $42.98
Savings 15.96%
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My best 3 Store Savings Totals were Rite-Aid at 100%, the Dollar Tree at 59.84% and Weis Markets at 47.35%. My WORST savings rate was at the Various Stores in VA shop at 15.96%.
I shopped at 6 different stores this past month.
TOTAL Out of Pocket..........$367.99
Here are my FOOD BUDGET spending totals for SEPTEMBER 2017.
I have posted September's totals on the Total Grocery Savings Page located HERE and have updated the Totals there.
I am listing subtotals for each store I purchased from in September. 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 3-4(3 at home this month). No kids under 21.
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DOLLAR TREE
OOP $2.00
Value $4.98
Savings 59.84%
MAINES
OOP $50.36
Value $83.39
Savings 39.61%
RITE-AID
OOP $0.00
Qs/Ads/PPs $146.17
Value $146.17
Savings 100%
SHURSAVE MARKET
OOP $135.58
Qs/Ads $105.87
Value $241.45
Savings 43.85%
VA TRIP(various stores)
OOP $36.12
Value $42.98
Savings 15.96%
WEIS MARKETS
OOP $143.93
Qs/Ads $129.44
Value $273.37
Savings 47.35%
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My best 3 Store Savings Totals were Rite-Aid at 100%, the Dollar Tree at 59.84% and Weis Markets at 47.35%. My WORST savings rate was at the Various Stores in VA shop at 15.96%.
I shopped at 6 different stores this past month.
TOTAL Out of Pocket..........$367.99
TOTAL Coupons & Store Sales Savings...$451.58
TOTAL Value of Items Purchased............$646.17
TOTAL Savings of ..................................47.26%
Total Value of Items Purchased w/Rite-Aid....$792.34
TOTAL Savings with Rite-Aid items..........53.56%
This closes out the September food/toiletries spending.
THOUGHTS & COMMENTS for this month.....
I wanted to stay under $350 spent in September and I ended up $17.99 over that mark for the month. I blame 1 of those 3 pork butts I bought to smoke for later. ;-)
The monthly food spending savings percentage went DOWN by 1.73% in September to 53.56% compared to August's 55.29% savings average. We still have over a 50% savings rate so it's all good.
With 9 months accounted for, I have spent a Grand Total of $3128.33 on food/toiletries in 2017 which is a 68.09% savings rate for the year to-date and averages out to $347.59 spent per month so far in 2017.
LOOKING AHEAD To October........with the various deals for the Holidays coming up I am going to give myself $400 for food shopping this month. If I go over a bit($50 or so)I won't be too upset. With 3 smoked pork butts going into the freezer I won't have much room for stocking up on frozen items so I don't think we'll go over the $400 limit but you never know. ;-)
Since I buy 99% of our food on sale/discount/use a few coupons too, I always look to the "long game" because day to day you never know what will be a deal so I try to be prepared. Sometimes this means going over budget on food in one month but eventually I have a inexpensive food month and it all evens out in the long run to give me a nice grocery savings overall.
Total Value of Items Purchased w/Rite-Aid....$792.34
TOTAL Savings with Rite-Aid items..........53.56%
This closes out the September food/toiletries spending.
THOUGHTS & COMMENTS for this month.....
I wanted to stay under $350 spent in September and I ended up $17.99 over that mark for the month. I blame 1 of those 3 pork butts I bought to smoke for later. ;-)
With 9 months accounted for, I have spent a Grand Total of $3128.33 on food/toiletries in 2017 which is a 68.09% savings rate for the year to-date and averages out to $347.59 spent per month so far in 2017.
LOOKING AHEAD To October........with the various deals for the Holidays coming up I am going to give myself $400 for food shopping this month. If I go over a bit($50 or so)I won't be too upset. With 3 smoked pork butts going into the freezer I won't have much room for stocking up on frozen items so I don't think we'll go over the $400 limit but you never know. ;-)
Since I buy 99% of our food on sale/discount/use a few coupons too, I always look to the "long game" because day to day you never know what will be a deal so I try to be prepared. Sometimes this means going over budget on food in one month but eventually I have a inexpensive food month and it all evens out in the long run to give me a nice grocery savings overall.
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 Spetember?
* 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
You know Slugs I don't keep track, but I do only shop loss leaders and have a great pantry and freezer stock to pull from, so like you if I see a sale or a great buy I get the items.
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