July Food Spending Week 4.....4 Shopping Trips but Frugal

I am going to update each week in July on my food spending. After the last 2 months of going over, maybe this will help me stay on track more if all of y'all are watching me.....watching me in a good way, not the bad, creepy way. ;-)

Between July 24th and 31st I made 4 trips to the grocery store! 
I spent a total of $54.40.  

The 1st 2 trips were to Weis Markets and the Bread Outlet.  I talked about those on this post HERE.

Hubs picked me up a gallon of white vinegar for $2.99, which was the 3rd trip.  For trip #4, on Saturday he bought some fresh ground beef and 1 tomato for burgers on the grill.  He also picked up a gallon of milk for the 15 yr. old milk guzzling machine that resides with us.lol
With the $54.40 spent last week, I have a grand total spent in July of $200.24 for food, or $175.27 after I deduct the cash rebates received in July.

 

I think by staying focused on the weekly totals, it helped me keep to my budget better than last month.

If you recall, June's food spending was $348.05.  I have halved that total in July.

I have already checked out this week's sales ads, so now I am off to peer into the freezer and pantry and come up with a Meal Plan for the week.

How about you?  Are you eating from your pantry/stockpile this week?   Or are the sales ads tempting you to spend at the stores?

Sluggy

What Food I Bought in July...A Big Boring List Only for Other Nerd's Eyes

My good blogging buddy, Annie Jones, over at Real Life Living posts what she buys every month. The way she tells it, it shows people that she really does get a lot of food for the little amount she spends each month. You can eat well and still be frugal.

I think it's helpful to see it all written down in one place so you can gauge how you are doing with the food money each month.

So I thought this was a real good idea and decided to steal borrow her idea and post all the food I buy in a month to feed my family of 4-5.
Besides, I am a big fat NERD who likes doing this!

For July, we had 3 people at home--2 adults and a 15 yr. old teen boy. 

 I stockpile items when they are rock bottom price, so besides the obvious fresh produce & dairy, this list is not necessarily ALL we ate in July.  We may have items on the list we didn't buy to consume this month and we may have eaten many items already canned or in the freezer from past stocking-up.  But it shows you how far you can make your money go by buying on discount, bulk, sale and paring coupons and/or rebates with the deals.

Here's the food items, including pet foods, I bought in July for an out of pocket of $175.27 after rebates.

This list doesn't include the few toiletries I bought where I actually had to pay money for them(not bought at Rite-Aid).

MEAT, POULTRY AND PORK

Chicken    13 lbs.

Hot Dogs   3 packages

Turkey Lunchmeat   2 packages

Steak   10.5 lbs.

Ground Beef   5.75 lbs.

Pork Ribs  7.5 lbs.

Kielbasa   5 lbs.

Ham Steak   1

Scrapple   1

SEAFOOD
Fish 2 lbs.

VEGETABLES AND FRUITS

Salad   2 bags

Watermelon  3

Cucumber    2

Cantaloupe   1

Yellow Squash   4.50 lbs.

Broccoli   1 lb.

Lettuce   1 head

Corn   4 ears

Red Bell Pepper   2

Onions   2 lbs.

Tomatoes   1
Raisins box   1

DAIRY
Milk gallon  3/quart   1

Eggs dozen  2.5

Cheese  8

Sour Cream   2

Cream Cheese   2

PASTA, GRAINS, BEANS

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BREADS

Bread loaves   13

Hot Dog Rolls   2

Donuts, Danish, Cake  12 boxes

Bagels 6-pack  1

Croissants   4

BAKING/COOKING STAPLES

Nutella   1

CONDIMENTS/SPICES/HERBS

Vinegar   1

SNACKS
Peanuts   2
Cookies  3
Doritos   2
Potato Chips   4

CANDY
Candy Bars   2
Gum   2
Sample Chocolate Boxes   8
Choc. covered Cherries   2

BEVERAGES
Soda-12 packs  11
Ginger-Ale 2 ltr.   1

Kool-Aid packets  50
Amp energy drinks  4
100% Juice   1
Green Tea single bottle   1
Iced Coffee single cans   2

PREPARED

Ice Cream   2  1.75 quarts

Frozen Fruit Bars   2 boxes

Croutons    4

Whack Biscuit Rolls   3

Sauerkraut   1
Flavor-Ice   2
Breakfast Cereal   2

DOG FOOD
0

I didn't realize until I saw this list that I had bought so much meat in July!  We could stand to up the fresh produce consumption though.  I know #2 son was home this month as the milk, bakery products and soda purchases were much higher.lol   I used a lot of +Up Rewards to buy junk food at Rite-Aid this month....chips, peanuts, gum, chocolate, soda drinks....
Bleh.

So what foods did you buy in July?

Sluggy