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Thursday, March 3, 2022

Food Spending 2022....the February Report

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




Here are my FOOD BUDGET spending totals for FEBRUARY 2022.

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, Pet Food & tax where applicable. We are a family of 3(2-3 eating at home this month). No "kids" under 26. 
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ALDI
OOP  $35.06
Value  $47.01
Savings  25.55%

OCEAN STATE
OOP  $0.00
Value  $4.00
Savings  100%

OLLIE'S
OOP  $3.20
Value  $7.00
Savings  54.29%

RITE-AID
OOP  $0.00
Qs/Ads/BC/Gift Cards  $1,130.24
Value  $1,130.24
Savings  100%

WALMART
OOP  $236.01
Qs/free Gift Cards  $516.46
Value  $752.47
Savings 68.66 %

WEIS
OOP  $45.55
Qs/Sales  $14.16
Value  $59.71
Savings  35.71%

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My best 3 Store Savings Totals were Rite-Aid at 100%,  Ocean State at 100%, and Walmart at 68.66%.
The worst rate was at Aldi at  25.55%.  
I shopped at 6 different stores in February.  

TOTAL Spent in February................$319.82
TOTAL Coupons/Sales/Gift Cards...$550.37
TOTAL Value of Items Purchased....$870.19
TOTAL Savings of .............................63.25%

TOTAL Out of Pocket for February w/R-A..............$319.82
TOTAL Coupons/Sales/Gift Cards w/................$1,680.61
TOTAL Value of Items Purchased w/Rite-Aid...$2,000.43
TOTAL Savings with Rite-Aid items....................84.01%

This closes out the February food/toiletries spending.

THOUGHTS & COMMENTS for this month.....Unlike I predicted Weis(PMITA)Markets didn't get many of my grocery dollars in Feb.  Most of what I bought was from Walmart where I recouped most(if not all)of what I spent on Ibotta rebates.  Same goes for Rite-Aid.I got stuff and didn't spend anything out of pocket there either.
I DID spend more than I planned on in February but I have $613.93 in rebate monies total so far for 2022 and I've spent $641.00 OOP so far in 2022 so my actual food/toiletries/HBA/etc. spending is $27.07 for the year.  I'll take that all day long. 8-)))

The monthly food spending savings percentage went UP by .91% in February 2021 to 84.01% compared to the January's 83.10% savings average.  

With 2 months accounted for, I have spent a Grand Total of $641.00 on food/toiletries in 2022.

2021 Yearly Grand Total Spent....................$641.00
2021 Yearly Grand Total Value of Items.....$3,901.38
2021 Grand Total Saved...............................$3,260.38
2021 Yearly Savings Total.............................83.57%

The average per month amount spent is $320.50 in 2022.


LOOKING AHEAD To March 2022.......
Well we are traveling a lot in March so the month is an unknown but probably there won't be a lot of  grocery shopping.  Will attempt to eat from stockpile and freezer while we are home.


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?


Sluggy

5 comments:

  1. I spent very little except last week on stock up, but I am going to get some burger and bacon as it is a price (not good) but not ridiculous.

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  2. I had, emphasis on had, a low spend February, the we decided a stick up was in order. I still didn't blow the paper budget, just my challenge. Again, your success is wonderful.

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  3. Wow on the Rite Aid savings!

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  4. Grocery prices here have gone up quite a lot with transport difficulties, covid impacting on staff to process food supplies and now major flooding. I spent well over double this month on groceries to get my pantry fully stocked before retiring, but seeing how much we spend in my budget isn't good. Hoping to get a veggie garden started soon to get the costs down a bit.

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