Onward to July's Food Spending Report.....
Here are my FOOD BUDGET spending totals for July 2023.
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. We are a family of 2(and 2 dogs).
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KROGER
OOP $243.59
Qs/Gift Cards $149.23
Value $392.82
Savings 37.99%
SUPER 1 FOODS
OOP $45.82
Value $89.60
Savings 48.86%
WALMART
OOP $306.32
Qs/Gift Cards $174.98
Value $481.30
Savings 36.35%
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My best Store Savings Total was at Super 1 Foods with a savings of 48.86%. My worse rate was at Walmart with 36.35%.
I shopped at 3 different stores in JULY.
TOTAL Spent in July......$595.73
TOTAL Coupons/Sales/Gift Cards....$367.99
TOTAL Value of Items Purchased.....$963.72
TOTAL Savings of........39.18%
This closes out the JULY food/toiletries/etc. spending.
THOUGHTS & COMMENTS for this month....Yikes! Between grocery prices still continuing to rise at a fast clip and finding some really good/useful deals I spent way more in July than I planned to. Some of the sticker shock was the cost of protein type drinks that I've been using. When each person in a couple is eating very differently and very different things most meals, it's driven our grocery costs up because it's less economical to shop this way.
But after all my rebates are added back into my grocery kitty we are still under $400 per month which is the monthly average I used to shoot for Pre-Covid.
I assumed being in a place that has a longer growing season meant we've have access to farms or farm stands more so than up in PA. Evidently, farms or roadside stands around here(and even "you pick farms")are all fruit ones(orchards and such), no veggies, which has struck me as very strange. I thought I could eat better and more seasonally down here. I don't care for organized "farm markets" as they tend to be higher priced than even the grocery stores.
So not having a garden this year has proven problematic(not in tune with this regions planting/growing season and there wasn't any kind of garden already on the property)and I have not been healthy enough this Spring to tend to a garden.
I am still working out figuring where to buy what, where for the best price but still getting the best tasting/freshest produce. Unless there is a killer deal on meats at Kroger I buy those products at Super 1 Foods(which is owned by the higher priced Brookshire's chain).
The Monthly food spending savings percentage went DOWN by 18.87% in July to 39.18% compared to June's 58.05% savings average.
With 7 months accounted for, I have spent a Total of $2,841.99 on groceries/HBA/paper goods/etc. in 2023.
2023 Yearly Grand Total Spent....................$2,841.99
2023 Yearly Grand Total Value of Items.....$4,808.08
2023 Grand Total Saved...............................$1,966.09
2023 Yearly Savings Total..............................40.89%
The average per month amount spent is $406.00 in 2023 at this point.
LOOKING AHEAD TO AUGUST......
I am going to try to slow down the acquiring as we are bursting at the seams in the freezer as well as the pantry because I am eating so little for now. My eating patterns will pick up a bit after the knee surgery is done.
I am going to shoot for $350 or less for August's spending.
If you have other ideas or guidelines you follow please leave a comment and share your thoughts 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 versus 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
Hotter than Dante’s hell so I am eating watermelon, tomato sandwiches, cucumber sandwiches, egg sandwiches and cheese sandwiches.
ReplyDeleteI also am eating coleslaw and an occasional salad. I did make a squash casserole and I did make okra one day. Go me. The air is still out in my office at work going on week FIVE. I am slightly ill tempered when hot. That is an understatement. Cindy in the South
Tommy told me the June total for everything bought--$510. That is everything bought, tp, soap, groceries. I have been begging him to give me a total or save receipts. He has been handing me receipts religiously and finally this total. However, he spent has as much as usual for gas.
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