Food Spending 2020....the July Report

Onward to July's food spending report.......

Here are my FOOD BUDGET spending totals for JULY 2020.

I have posted June'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 July.  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 4(3 at home this month). No "kids" under 24.
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AMAZON
OOP  $15.10
Value  $26.97
Savings   44.01%

BIG LOTS

OOP  $11.16
Value  $23.16
Savings  52.73%

BREAD OUTLET
OOP  $4.00
Value  $13.87
Savings  71.16%

CVS
OOP  $19.02

Qs/Ads/ECBucks $100.61
Value  $119.63
Savings  84.10%

DOLLAR GENERAL

OOP  $21.22

Qs/Ads  $57.40

Value  $78.62
Savings  73.01%

MALACARI'S

OOP  $28.90
Value  $46.72
Savings  38.14%

PandR DISCOUNTS

OOP  $44.76
Value  $181.52
Savings  75.34% 

RITE-AID *
OOP  $0.00
Qs/Ads/BC/GCard  $463.82
Value  $463.82
Savings  100%

SCHIFF'S
OOP   $33.01
Value  $90.68
Savings  63.60%

WALMART
OOP  $118.69
Value  $239.57
Savings  50.46%

WEIS
OOP  $196.16
Qs/Ads  $149.00
Value  $345.16
Savings  43.17%

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My best 3 Store Savings Totals were Rite-Aid at 100%, CVS at 84.10% P and R Discounts at 75.34% .   My worst savings rate was at Malacari's with 38.14%.  Lots of great savings rates this month!

I shopped at 11 different stores in July(1 of which was online.).

I also earned $149.73 in cash rebates in July(Ibotta/SavingStar/Checkout51)which helps offset the spending once I cash those in at the end of 2020.

TOTAL Spent(without R-A)...................$492.02

TOTAL Coupons/Store Sales................$807.65
TOTAL Value of Items Purchased........$1136.35

TOTAL Savings of ................................56.70%

Add in the Rite-Aid purchases and we get.........

TOTAL Spent........................................$492.02

TOTAL Coupons/Store Sales................$1108.15
TOTAL Value of Items Purchased........$1600.17

TOTAL Savings of ................................69.25%

This closes out the July food/toiletries spending.

THOUGHTS & COMMENTS for this month.....We were on track to stay around my $400 per month food budget in July but a combination of some good deals and Eldest son staying for a week here derailed me.  We kept under $500 so that's not bad considering everything.

The monthly food spending savings percentage went UP by 2.68% in July 2020 to 69.25% compared to the June 2020 rate of 66.57% savings average.  

With 7 months accounted for, I have spent a Year-To-Date Total of $2668.09 on food/toiletries in 2019.

Going into 2020 before the pandemic blew the wind out of my sails I wanted to stay at or under $4K for the yearly food spending.  At this point I don't think that will happen but we'll keep plugging along anyway.


2020 Yearly Grand Total Spent....................$2668.09

2020 Yearly Grand Total Value of Items.....$7689.03

2020 Grand Total Saved...............................$5020.94

2020 Yearly Savings Total............65.30%

The average per month amount spent is $381.16 at this point in 2020 which went up some from June's average.  As long as I'm around $400 per month with 3 people in the house, it's all good.  Going forward though my food budget needs to go lower as you'll see why below.

LOOKING AHEAD To August 2020.............

Two changes in August--first Ex-College Boy no longer lives here.  I did give him a buttload of pantry items, paper products and cleaning supplies to take with him(thus depleting the stockpile here)and I am sure I'll either send him and his roommate dinner portions when I cook sometimes so I'll still be partialy feeding him and his buddy.  But I expect our food "nut" to go down a bit from now on.

Secondly, Hubs and I will be attempting to clear out freezer foodstuffs(the "old dogs in there")so we can refill the chest freezer in September with locally harvested foods.

For these two reasons I expect my food spending to go down in August substantially.  At least $100-$150?  I am hoping.

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 July?

*  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