* I've closed out the June books a couple of days early as I am done shopping. Anything bought in the next 2 days will come out of July's funds. *
Onward to June's food spending report.......
Here are my FOOD BUDGET spending totals for JUNE 2016.
I have posted June's totals on the Total Grocery Savings for 2016 Page located HERE and have updated the Yearly Totals there. I am listing subtotals for each store I purchased from in June. 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 5(3-5 at home this month). No kids under 20.
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BAKERY OUTLET
OOP $11.00
Value $39.51
Savings 72.16%
MAINE SOURCE
OOP $65.52
Value $111.64
Savings 41.31%
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My best 3 Store Savings Totals were Bakery Outlet at 72.16%, Maine Source at 41.31% and Weis at 38.07%. My WORST savings rate was at the Shursave Market at 28.65%.
I shopped at 4 different stores this past month.
TOTAL Out of Pocket..........$410.11
Onward to June's food spending report.......
Here are my FOOD BUDGET spending totals for JUNE 2016.
I have posted June's totals on the Total Grocery Savings for 2016 Page located HERE and have updated the Yearly Totals there. I am listing subtotals for each store I purchased from in June. 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 5(3-5 at home this month). No kids under 20.
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BAKERY OUTLET
OOP $11.00
Value $39.51
Savings 72.16%
MAINE SOURCE
OOP $65.52
Value $111.64
Savings 41.31%
SHURSAVE MARKET
OOP $40.63
Qs/Ads $16.32
Value $56.95
Savings 28.65%
OOP $40.63
Qs/Ads $16.32
Value $56.95
Savings 28.65%
WEIS MARKETS
OOP $292.96
Qs/Ads $180.15
Value $473.11
Savings 38.07%
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My best 3 Store Savings Totals were Bakery Outlet at 72.16%, Maine Source at 41.31% and Weis at 38.07%. My WORST savings rate was at the Shursave Market at 28.65%.
I shopped at 4 different stores this past month.
TOTAL Out of Pocket..........$410.11
TOTAL Coupons & Store Sales Savings...$271.10
TOTAL Value of Items Purchased............$681.21
TOTAL Savings of...................................39.80%
As I did no Rite-Aid shopping this month 39.80% is also my total w/out Rite-Aid.
This closes out the June food/toiletries spending.
THOUGHTS & COMMENTS for this month.....
I went into June wanting to do a $400 food budget for the month. I ended up going over by $10.11.
That's not bad considering we have 5 eating/living here(for 3 weeks out of 4 weeks of June)and I have no clue what my grocery/toiletries budget needs to be yet.
I am still feeling my way to what I need to put toward these bills each month going forward.
It's a bit discouraging that my savings rate dropped to 39.80% in June when the budget expanded by $100 BUT also keep in mind that I did NO Rite-Aid shopping at all in June. My savings rate is very high when I shop at R-A so I sort of got a double whammy this past month......more spending OOP overall and no R-A deals.
The monthly food spending savings percentage went down by 5.73% in June to 39.80% compared to May's 45.53% savings average. Not quite at my 40% minimum savings rate threshold I like to see but the drop from the previous month isn't as bad as the drop from April's to May's savings rate(14.97%).
But I would like to try to get the rate back up over 40% if possible.
With 6 months accounted for, I have spent a total of $1804.65 on food/toiletries so far in 2016 which averages out to $300.78 per month spent. The average in May stood at $298.91 per month spent to that point in 2016 so we are up $1.87 spent per month from last month's year-to-date tally. Compared to this point in the year to 2015's totals we have spent $547.01 LESS on food and toiletries in 2016.
Of course, June of 2015 we spent over $600 that month on food(which was a much higher than normal amount).
I can't say what our yearly spending will end up being now that I have 2 more mouths to feed. I am guessing we won't stay under $4K for the year.
LOOKING AHEAD To July 2016.........
I will continue with my usual shopping ways in July....buy loss leaders or great deals which we can use, use a few coupons, cash in points for gift cards or buy discounted gift cards to food stores when possible.
I am going to give myself $450 for July. We spent $410 in June and we have a cook-out planned for this weekend which will mean more food to buy/prepare/serve to guests. I am still adjusting the budget to find our sweet spot on food spending.
As I did no Rite-Aid shopping this month 39.80% is also my total w/out Rite-Aid.
This closes out the June food/toiletries spending.
THOUGHTS & COMMENTS for this month.....
I went into June wanting to do a $400 food budget for the month. I ended up going over by $10.11.
That's not bad considering we have 5 eating/living here(for 3 weeks out of 4 weeks of June)and I have no clue what my grocery/toiletries budget needs to be yet.
I am still feeling my way to what I need to put toward these bills each month going forward.
It's a bit discouraging that my savings rate dropped to 39.80% in June when the budget expanded by $100 BUT also keep in mind that I did NO Rite-Aid shopping at all in June. My savings rate is very high when I shop at R-A so I sort of got a double whammy this past month......more spending OOP overall and no R-A deals.
The monthly food spending savings percentage went down by 5.73% in June to 39.80% compared to May's 45.53% savings average. Not quite at my 40% minimum savings rate threshold I like to see but the drop from the previous month isn't as bad as the drop from April's to May's savings rate(14.97%).
But I would like to try to get the rate back up over 40% if possible.
With 6 months accounted for, I have spent a total of $1804.65 on food/toiletries so far in 2016 which averages out to $300.78 per month spent. The average in May stood at $298.91 per month spent to that point in 2016 so we are up $1.87 spent per month from last month's year-to-date tally. Compared to this point in the year to 2015's totals we have spent $547.01 LESS on food and toiletries in 2016.
Of course, June of 2015 we spent over $600 that month on food(which was a much higher than normal amount).
I can't say what our yearly spending will end up being now that I have 2 more mouths to feed. I am guessing we won't stay under $4K for the year.
LOOKING AHEAD To July 2016.........
I will continue with my usual shopping ways in July....buy loss leaders or great deals which we can use, use a few coupons, cash in points for gift cards or buy discounted gift cards to food stores when possible.
I am going to give myself $450 for July. We spent $410 in June and we have a cook-out planned for this weekend which will mean more food to buy/prepare/serve to guests. I am still adjusting the budget to find our sweet spot on food spending.
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 June?
* Do you track your yearly food spending?
* 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
* Do you track your yearly food spending?
* 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
