2021 Food Spending Report....the February Edition

 Onward to February's Food Spending report......

Here are my FOOD BUDGET spending totals for FEBRUARY 2021.

I have posted February'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 February.  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(2-3 eating at home this month). No "kids" under 25. (I don't count all the "freebies" I get at the Discount Outlet in my totals either.)
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AMAZON

OOP  $0.00

Value  $65.02

Savings 100%

BREAD OUTLET
OOP  $4.00
Value  $12.27
Savings  67.40%

CVS

OOP  $2.30
Qs/Ads/ECBs  $22.85

Value  $25.15

Savings 90.85%

MALACARI'S
OOP  $21.09
Value  $33.89
Savings  37.77%

OLLIE'S
OOP  $4.12
Value  $8.25
Savings 50.06 %

P and R DISCOUNTS
OOP  $44.05
Value  $95.77
Savings   54.00%

RITE-AID
OOP  $0.00
Qs/Ads/BC  $893.36
Value  $893.36
Savings  100%

WALMART
OOP  $28.30
Value  $114.10
Savings  72.20%

WEIS

OOP  $108.11

Qs/Sales  $51.41
Value  $159.52
Savings  32.23%

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My best 3 Store Savings Totals were Rite-Aid at 100%, Amazon at 100% and CVS at 90.85%.   My worst savings rate was at Weis with 32.23%.
I shopped at 9 different stores in February(and one of those was online).  

TOTAL Spent in February......................$211.97

TOTAL Coupons/Store Sales.................$302.00

TOTAL Value of Items Purchased.........$513.97

TOTAL Savings of ................................58.76%

TOTAL Out of Pocket for February w/R-A........$211.97
TOTAL Coupons/Store Sales w/R-A.................$1195.36
TOTAL Value of Items Purchased w/Rite-Aid...$1407.33
TOTAL Savings with Rite-Aid items...................84.94%

This closes out the February food/toiletries spending.

THOUGHTS & COMMENTS for this month.....

I went into February wanting to have a lower spending month and I did. ;-)  Most of my lack of more spending was due to a lack of good sales and then bad weather for most of the month so I wasn't going to stores.  I still got some good deals and kept the OOP fairly low considering.  We ate more from the freezer/pantry than we did in January which is a very good thing.  The freezer is getting less full by the week now and it's noticeable.

Even with this low of a spending month we still had things to give to our youngest son and for donating to the local food bank.

The monthly food spending savings percentage went UP by .88% in February 2021 to 84.94% compared to the January's 84.06% savings average.  I'll take an almost full percentage point rise any day! lol

With 2 months accounted for, I have spent a Year-To-Date Total of $507.19 on food/toiletries in 2021.

2020 Yearly Grand Total Spent....................$507.19

2020 Yearly Grand Total Value of Items....$3259.70

2020 Grand Total Saved..............................$2752.51

2020 Yearly Savings Total............84.44%

The average per month amount spent is $253.6 in 2021 so far.

LOOKING AHEAD To March 2021...........

Well I really haven't thought about March yet.  Still recovering from February. lolz  I guess we'll continue to try to eat from the pantry/freezer.  For us that means only buying something if I run out and need it, buying fresh produce and dairy as needed and buying if I find a stellar deal on items we use(not including Rite-Aid where I buy "the deals aka the freebies or almost freebies" and pass on what we can't/don't use to the Food Bank, Ex-College Boy and into Giveaways).

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 February?

*  Do you track your yearly food spending?  It's really not that hard or time consuming; just have your receipts and either track it in a notebook or on a spreadsheet.

*  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?


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