Thursday, June 2, 2022

Food Spending 2022....the May Report

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




Here are my FOOD BUDGET spending totals for MAY 2022.

I have posted May'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 May.  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  $72.37
Value  $107.95
Savings  32.96%

OCEAN STATE
OOP  $10.99
Value  $29.34
Savings  62.54%

RITE-AID
OOP  $0.00
Qs/Ads/BC/Gift Cards  $722.42
Value  $722.42
Savings  100%

WALMART
OOP  $129.46
Qs/free Gift Cards  $102.72
Value  $232.18
Savings 44.24%

WEIS
OOP  $44.76
Qs/Sales  $54.21
Value  $98.97
Savings  45.72%

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My best 3 Store Savings Totals were Rite-Aid at 100%,  Ocean State at 62.54%, and Weis at 45.72%.
The worst rate was at Malacari's at 32.96%.  
I shopped at 5 different stores in May.

TOTAL Spent in May................$257.58
TOTAL Coupons/Sales/Gift Cards...$169.32
TOTAL Value of Items Purchased....$426.90
TOTAL Savings of .............................39.66%

TOTAL Out of Pocket for May w/R-A..............$257.58
TOTAL Coupons/Sales/Gift Cards w/................$891.74
TOTAL Value of Items Purchased w/Rite-Aid...$1,149.32
TOTAL Savings with Rite-Aid items....................77.59%

This closes out the May food/toiletries spending.

THOUGHTS & COMMENTS for this month.....As planned I stayed well un $350 for the month.

The monthly food spending savings percentage went UP by .34% in May 2021 to 77.59% compared to the April's 77.25% savings average.  A higher savings rate is always good. 8-)

With 5 months accounted for, I have spent a Grand Total of $1,175.05 on food/toiletries in 2022.

2021 Yearly Grand Total Spent....................$1,432.63
2021 Yearly Grand Total Value of Items.....$7,348.28
2021 Grand Total Saved...............................$5,915.65
2021 Yearly Savings Total..............................80.50%

The average per month amount spent is $286.53 in 2022.

LOOKING AHEAD To June 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 May?

*  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

1 comment:

  1. As retirement looms closer (1445 days) I feel I should start budgeting and tracking my expenditures so I get the hang of it before we're on a fixed income in 4 years.

    Sassybear
    https://idleeyesandadormy.com/

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