Onward to September's food spending report.......
Here are my FOOD BUDGET spending totals for SEPTEMBER 2017.
I have posted September'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 September. 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 3-4(3 at home this month). No kids under 21.
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DOLLAR TREE
OOP $2.00
Value $4.98
Savings 59.84%
MAINES
OOP $50.36
Value $83.39
Savings 39.61%
RITE-AID
OOP $0.00
Qs/Ads/PPs $146.17
Value $146.17
Savings 100%
SHURSAVE MARKET
OOP $135.58
Qs/Ads $105.87
Value $241.45
Savings 43.85%
VA TRIP(various stores)
OOP $36.12
Value $42.98
Savings 15.96%
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My best 3 Store Savings Totals were Rite-Aid at 100%, the Dollar Tree at 59.84% and Weis Markets at 47.35%. My WORST savings rate was at the Various Stores in VA shop at 15.96%.
I shopped at 6 different stores this past month.
TOTAL Out of Pocket..........$367.99
Here are my FOOD BUDGET spending totals for SEPTEMBER 2017.
I have posted September'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 September. 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 3-4(3 at home this month). No kids under 21.
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DOLLAR TREE
OOP $2.00
Value $4.98
Savings 59.84%
MAINES
OOP $50.36
Value $83.39
Savings 39.61%
RITE-AID
OOP $0.00
Qs/Ads/PPs $146.17
Value $146.17
Savings 100%
SHURSAVE MARKET
OOP $135.58
Qs/Ads $105.87
Value $241.45
Savings 43.85%
VA TRIP(various stores)
OOP $36.12
Value $42.98
Savings 15.96%
WEIS MARKETS
OOP $143.93
Qs/Ads $129.44
Value $273.37
Savings 47.35%
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My best 3 Store Savings Totals were Rite-Aid at 100%, the Dollar Tree at 59.84% and Weis Markets at 47.35%. My WORST savings rate was at the Various Stores in VA shop at 15.96%.
I shopped at 6 different stores this past month.
TOTAL Out of Pocket..........$367.99
TOTAL Coupons & Store Sales Savings...$451.58
TOTAL Value of Items Purchased............$646.17
TOTAL Savings of ..................................47.26%
Total Value of Items Purchased w/Rite-Aid....$792.34
TOTAL Savings with Rite-Aid items..........53.56%
This closes out the September food/toiletries spending.
THOUGHTS & COMMENTS for this month.....
I wanted to stay under $350 spent in September and I ended up $17.99 over that mark for the month. I blame 1 of those 3 pork butts I bought to smoke for later. ;-)
The monthly food spending savings percentage went DOWN by 1.73% in September to 53.56% compared to August's 55.29% savings average. We still have over a 50% savings rate so it's all good.
With 9 months accounted for, I have spent a Grand Total of $3128.33 on food/toiletries in 2017 which is a 68.09% savings rate for the year to-date and averages out to $347.59 spent per month so far in 2017.
LOOKING AHEAD To October........with the various deals for the Holidays coming up I am going to give myself $400 for food shopping this month. If I go over a bit($50 or so)I won't be too upset. With 3 smoked pork butts going into the freezer I won't have much room for stocking up on frozen items so I don't think we'll go over the $400 limit but you never know. ;-)
Since I buy 99% of our food on sale/discount/use a few coupons too, I always look to the "long game" because day to day you never know what will be a deal so I try to be prepared. Sometimes this means going over budget on food in one month but eventually I have a inexpensive food month and it all evens out in the long run to give me a nice grocery savings overall.
Total Value of Items Purchased w/Rite-Aid....$792.34
TOTAL Savings with Rite-Aid items..........53.56%
This closes out the September food/toiletries spending.
THOUGHTS & COMMENTS for this month.....
I wanted to stay under $350 spent in September and I ended up $17.99 over that mark for the month. I blame 1 of those 3 pork butts I bought to smoke for later. ;-)
With 9 months accounted for, I have spent a Grand Total of $3128.33 on food/toiletries in 2017 which is a 68.09% savings rate for the year to-date and averages out to $347.59 spent per month so far in 2017.
LOOKING AHEAD To October........with the various deals for the Holidays coming up I am going to give myself $400 for food shopping this month. If I go over a bit($50 or so)I won't be too upset. With 3 smoked pork butts going into the freezer I won't have much room for stocking up on frozen items so I don't think we'll go over the $400 limit but you never know. ;-)
Since I buy 99% of our food on sale/discount/use a few coupons too, I always look to the "long game" because day to day you never know what will be a deal so I try to be prepared. Sometimes this means going over budget on food in one month but eventually I have a inexpensive food month and it all evens out in the long run to give me a nice grocery savings overall.
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 Spetember?
* 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
