Wednesday, August 4, 2021

Food Spending 2021.....the July Edition

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




Here are my FOOD BUDGET spending totals for JULY 2021.

I have posted July'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(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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GIANT
OOP  $4.30
Value  $18.20
Savings 76.37%

OCEAN STATE JOB LOT
OOP  $0.00
Value  $9.98(used free gift card)
Savings  100%

P and R DISCOUNTS
OOP  $14.81
Value  $43.68
Savings  66.09%

RITE-AID
OOP  $0.00
Qs/Ads/BC  $1,167.05
Value  $1,167.05
Savings  100%

OLLIES
OOP  $12.12
Value  $22.98
Savings  47.26%

SHOPRITE
OOP  $21.42
Value  $57.96
Savings  63.04%

SHURSAVE
OOP  $2.27
Value $2.27
Savings 00%

WALGREENS
OOP  $4.7280.94
Savings  94.17%

WALMART
OOP  $265.34
Value  $468.75
Savings  43.39%

WEIS
OOP  $148..85
Qs/Sales  $115.27
Value  $264.12
Savings  43.64%

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My best 3 Store Savings Totals were Rite-Aid at 100%, Ocean State at 100% and Walgreens at 94.17%.
The worst rate was at Walmart at 43.39%.
I shopped at 10 different stores in July.  That's what happens when you go lots of places you don't usually go in a month. lolz

TOTAL Spent in July......................,...$473.80
TOTAL Coupons/Sales/Gift Cards.....$495.13
TOTAL Value of Items Purchased.,,...$968.93
TOTAL Savings of ..............................52.26%

TOTAL Out of Pocket for July w/R-A...............$473.80
TOTAL Coupons/Sales/Gift Cards w/................$1,662.18
TOTAL Value of Items Purchased w/Rite-Aid...$2,135.98
TOTAL Savings with Rite-Aid items....................77.82%

This closes out the July food/toiletries spending.

THOUGHTS & COMMENTS for this month.....
I went into July wanting to slack off on rebating. Didn't happen.  Dear me, I think I am now addicted to rebate apps. lolz  I've earned $312.72 back on Ibotta alone in July(not counting rebates earned on other apps)so spending close to $500 on groceries in a month isn't a concern to me.  I was able to get a bunch of donation items as well for the food bank so it's a win/win. ;-)

The monthly food spending savings percentage went DOWN by 6.01% in July 2021 to 77.82% compared to the June's 83.83% savings average.  Quite a bit down but still winning!

With 7 months accounted for, I have spent a Year-To-Date Total of $2,425.06 on food/toiletries in 2021.

2020 Yearly Grand Total Spent....................$2,425.06
2020 Yearly Grand Total Value of Items.....$12,924.04
2020 Grand Total Saved...............................$10,498.98
2020 Yearly Savings Total.............................81.24%

The average per month amount spent is $346.44 in 2021 so far.

My Ibotta rebate total for the year so far is $1,684.71.  Put that next to a full spending of $2,425.06 for the year so far and I've "actually" spent only $740.35 on food/toiletries for the year or an average of $105.76 per month.  Plus I've been able to donate to the food bank and share my haul bounty with others.
I think that is awesome. 8-)))

LOOKING AHEAD To August 2021...........
Vacation month so we'll be shopping less for groceries and trying to use up things that are perishable(or throw them into the freezer).  I have to finish my $10 Bonus and then we'll see what the month holds.
Perhaps I can actually just buy what is needed in August?  Time will tell.

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?  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?


Sluggy

2 comments:

  1. Love that your able to also find a lot for the food banks. That is awesome. I'm not quite at that level, but it's aspirational for me to spend time doing that when my schedule frees up a bit.

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