Food Spending.....the 2022 June Report

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

Here are my FOOD BUDGET spending totals for JUNE 2022.

I have posted June'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 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, 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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ALDI

OOP  $18.24

Value  $25.85

Savings  29.44%

OLLIE'S

OOP  $29.53

Value  $55.94

Savings  47.21%

RITE-AID
OOP  $0.00
Qs/Ads/BC/Gift Cards  $802.44

Value  $802.44
Savings  100%

WALMART
OOP  $28.28

Qs/free Gift Cards  $33.57
Value  $61.75
Savings 54.36%

WEIS

OOP  $72.63

Qs/Sales  $30.58
Value  $103.21
Savings  29.63%

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My best 3 Store Savings Totals were Rite-Aid at 100%,  Walmart at 54.36%, and Ollie's at 47.21%.

The worst rate was at Weis at 29.63%.  
I shopped at 5 different stores in June.

TOTAL Spent in June................$148.59

TOTAL Coupons/Sales/Gift Cards...$98.30

TOTAL Value of Items Purchased....$246.89

TOTAL Savings of .............................40.05%

TOTAL Out of Pocket for June w/R-A..............$148.59

TOTAL Coupons/Sales/Gift Cards w/................$900.74

TOTAL Value of Items Purchased w/Rite-Aid...$1,049.33
TOTAL Savings with Rite-Aid items....................85.84%

This closes out the June food/toiletries spending.

THOUGHTS & COMMENTS for this month.....As planned I stayed well un $350 for the month....heck, I stayed under $200!  Lots of eating from the freezer will do that for ya. ;-)

The monthly food spending savings percentage went UP by 8.25% in June 2022 to 85.84% compared to the May's 77.59% savings average.  

With 6 months accounted for, I have spent a Grand Total of $1,581.22 on food/toiletries in 2022.

2021 Yearly Grand Total Spent....................$1,581.22

2021 Yearly Grand Total Value of Items.....$8,291.34

2021 Grand Total Saved...............................$6,710.17

2021 Yearly Savings Total..............................80.93%

The average per month amount spent is $263.54 in 2022.

LOOKING AHEAD To July 2022.......We'll continue to eat down from the freezer.  Not much left in the pantry so I know I'm making inroads there.  We'll be buying fresh produce/dairy as needed.  I've got to ramp up the eating down as we are shooting to put the house on the market later this month.

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?  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

Food spending June Week 3 & Meal Planning June Week 4

You will recall that I did NOT do a meal plan in last week's installment of Food Spending/Meal Planning.

The reason?

We were out of town for 4 days and I didn't want to think about what to serve when we got back.

So I made it up as we went along.

Plus, since Hubs was still on vacation, even though we were home the last 3 days, I didn't want to have to cook if I could avoid it.

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And here is the "meal plan" that actually happened last week.....

SUNDAY--McDonald's  for breakfast, PF Chang's for dinner
MONDAY--Bob Evans for breakfast, Raising Cane's chicken for lunch, Skyline Chili for dinner
TUESDAY--Free Hotel breakfast, Arby's for lunch, Chef Ernie's for dinner
WEDNESDAY--Free Hotel breakfast, The Dragon Chinese Restaurant for lunch, Arby's for dinner
THURSDAY--late breakfast, Bob Evans for early dinner
FRIDAY--late breakfast Christo's Greek Restaurant for dinner

SATURDAY--Chinese Take-out lunch, Pork Chops and Asparagus for dinner

Lots of meal out and away from home.  1 meal cooked at home this week.  While I was glad not to have to cook for a change, spending the added money to eat while away from home doesn't sit well with me.

The weekly food spending was $24.58.  It was 2 trips to Weis. You can see what I bought HERE.

The short version, I did the Weis Dairy Month Instant Savings Deal twice, bought 11.75lbs. pork loin(to cut into boneless chops), a few more dairy items and some store-made muffins.  

Reg. retail was $97.84 for all so we saved 75% for the week.

I've spent $331.49 of my $400 food budget for June.  I have $68.51 left to spend this week.

Since I have $59 in expiring Cats to use this week, I hope to spend very little actual food budget money.

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This week's menu.....
SUNDAY--Kielbasa on rolls, grilled Squash
MONDAY--Salmon w/maple bourbon glaze, crudite plate(radishes,celery,carrots)with dressing dip

TUESDAY--Spaghetti with Meatballs, Salad

WEDNESDAY--Potato and Toppings

THURSDAY--Zucchini Chicken, Rice

FRIDAY--Hamburger Helper type meal, leftover veggies

SATURDAY--Homemade Pizza, Salad

What I need to purchase for this menu?

Zucchini, Squash and Salad Greens is all I need to make this happen.

We need fruit too this week.

I've got some leftover veggies in the fridge to incorporate, a bag of taters in the root cellar, as well as a hunk of pizza dough in the freezer from the last time I made pizza to use up.


So what's on deck for your menu this week?

And how is your food spending going this month?

Sluggy