Food Spending 2021............the October Report

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

Here are my FOOD BUDGET spending totals for OCTOBER 2021.

I have posted October'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 October.  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. 
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BREAD OUTLET

OOP  $4.00

Value  $12.07

Savings  66.86%

CVS

OOP  $0.64

Value  $14.57

Savings 95.60%

LIDL

OOP  $1.58

Value  $4.98

Savings  68.27%

MALACARI'S Produce

OOP  $29.86

Value  $44..37

Savings  32.70%

RITE-AID
OOP  $0.00
Qs/Ads/BC/Gift Cards  $469.74

Value  $469.74
Savings  100%

OCEAN STATE

OOP  $139.52

Value  $215.63

Savings  35.30%(Plus $55.80 in free gift cards to use later)

OLLIE'S

OOP  $12.56

Value  $20.12

Savings  37.57%

WALMART
OOP  $33.17

Qs/free Gift Cards  $54.59
Value  $87.76
Savings  62.20%

WEIS

OOP  $100.93

Qs/Sales  $83.38
Value  $184.31
Savings  45.24%

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My best 3 Store Savings Totals were Rite-Aid at 100%, CVS at 95.60% and Lidl at 68.27%.

The worst rate was at Malacari's at 32.70%. 
I shopped at 9 different stores in October.  

TOTAL Spent in October.................$322.26

TOTAL Coupons/Sales/Gift Cards...$261.55

TOTAL Value of Items Purchased....$583.81

TOTAL Savings of .............................44.80%

TOTAL Out of Pocket for October w/R-A..............$322.26

TOTAL Coupons/Sales/Gift Cards w/................$733.29
TOTAL Value of Items Purchased w/Rite-Aid...$1,053.55
TOTAL Savings with Rite-Aid items....................69.41%

This closes out the October food/toiletries spending.

THOUGHTS & COMMENTS for this month.....

I was having a very low spending month due to Ibotta not giving me any Bonuses(see how little I spent at Walmart? lol)but then Ocean State ran a Spend at least $30 and get 40% back on what you spent in free gift cards Deal. Sigh but not really sighing because this will lower my canned goods purchases for the future. ;-)

I also "spent" about half of what I usually do at Rite-Aid in October.  Not much Bonus Cash left and the deals were pretty slim there.  I still didn't have an under $300 food month in October but it was close. 8-)

The monthly food spending savings percentage went DOWN by 6.42% in October 2021 to 69.41% compared to the September's 75.83% savings average.  Still a great savings rate!

With 10 months accounted for, I have spent a Year-To-Date Total of $3,272.53 on food/toiletries in 2021.

2020 Yearly Grand Total Spent....................$3,272.53

2020 Yearly Grand Total Value of Items.....$16,439.36

2020 Grand Total Saved...............................$13,166.83

2020 Yearly Savings Total.............................80.09%

The average per month amount spent is $327.25 in 2021 so far.

My Ibotta rebate, Coupons dotcom, Checkout51 and Aisle totals for the year so far through September comes to $2,375.24 once I cash out.  Put that next to a full spending of $3,272.53 for the year so far and I've "actually" spent only $897.29 on food/toiletries for the year or an average of $89.73 per month.  Plus I've been able to donate to the food bank and share my haul bounty with others.

I love that I can do that!

LOOKING AHEAD To November 2021.......We won't be hosting Turkey Day Dinner but I have most things to still make some Thanksgiving dishes for us to enjoy afterwards.  I found 3 turkey breasts in the chest freezer when I organized it so one of those will get used.  We are already 1/3 of the way through the month and soups/stews/casseroles will be making appearances on the dinner table again and those are food stretcher meals and leave a bevy of leftovers.  I have my doubts but if butter and not as much if sugar go on Holiday sale I'll load up on those in November, hopefully a year's worth if the prices are great(but we aren't that optimistic).  I don't do much baking for the Holidays but butter is usually at rock bottom this time of year and we are coffee/tea drinkers so some rock bottom sugar would be a bonus.  I should definitely be able to keep the food tally under $300 for November, even with stocking up on butter and other staples on special.

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 October?

*  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