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Sunday, May 1, 2022

Food Spending 2022....the April Report

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




Here are my FOOD BUDGET spending totals for APRIL 2022.

I have posted April'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 April.  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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MALACARI'S
OOP  $18.50
Ads/Gift Cards  $8.73
Value  $27.23
Savings  32.06%

SHURSAVE
OOP  $2.18
Ads/Gift Cards  $13.19
Value  $15,37
Savings  85.82%  

RITE-AID
OOP  $0.00
Qs/Ads/BC/Gift Cards  $665.03
Value  $665.03
Savings  100%

WALMART
OOP  $190.19
Qs/free Gift Cards  $275.57
Value  $465.76
Savings 59.17%

WEIS
OOP  $80.88
Qs/Sales  $28.28
Value  $109.16
Savings  25.91%

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My best 3 Store Savings Totals were Rite-Aid at 100%, Shursave  at 85.82%, and Walmart at 59.17%.
The worst rate was at Weis(PMITA)Markets at  25.91%.  
I shopped at 5 different stores in April.  

TOTAL Spent in April................$291.75
TOTAL Coupons/Sales/Gift Cards...$325.77
TOTAL Value of Items Purchased....$617.52
TOTAL Savings of .............................52.75%

TOTAL Out of Pocket for April w/R-A..............$291.75
TOTAL Coupons/Sales/Gift Cards w/................$990.80
TOTAL Value of Items Purchased w/Rite-Aid...$1,282.55
TOTAL Savings with Rite-Aid items....................77.25%

This closes out the April food/toiletries spending.

THOUGHTS & COMMENTS for this month.....Not too bad on the spending front.  We ate well without spending a fortune and added to the toiletries stockpile in preparation for my sale.

The monthly food spending savings percentage went UP by 1.12% in April 2021 to 77.25% compared to the March's 76.13% savings average.  A higher savings rate is always good. 8-)

With 4 months accounted for, I have spent a Grand Total of $1,175.05 on food/toiletries in 2022.

2021 Yearly Grand Total Spent....................$1,175.05
2021 Yearly Grand Total Value of Items.....$6,198.96
2021 Grand Total Saved...............................$5,023.91
2021 Yearly Savings Total..............................81.04%

The average per month amount spent is $293.76 in 2022.

LOOKING AHEAD To May 2022.......With the inflationary costs now I'll still try to keep the spending at or under $350.00.  Eating more from what is here and less Ibotta shopping 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 April?

*  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. I really wish I/we were doing all these things for it sounds quite sensible to do so.

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  2. I spent over budget last month, my last big stock up before my income goes down so filled the pantry with lots of staples. From now I need to stick to a stricter food budget.

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