Food Spending 2021....The November Report

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

Here are my FOOD BUDGET spending totals for NOVEMBER 2021.

I have posted November'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 November.  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 4(2-3 eating at home this month). No "kids" under 25. 
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ALDI

OOP  $38.27

Value  $65.83

Savings  41.87%

CVS

OOP  $0.40

Value  $8.77

Savings 95.44%

DOLLAR GENERAL

OOP  $12.09

Value  $45.62

Savings  73.50%

RITE-AID
OOP  $0.00
Qs/Ads/BC/Gift Cards  $2,018.33

Value  $2,018.33
Savings  100%

SHURSAVE

OOP  $.99

Value  $.99

Savings  00%

WALMART
OOP  $64.89

Qs/free Gift Cards  $211.47
Value  $276.36
Savings  76.52%

WEIS

OOP  $83.57

Qs/Sales  $38.33
Value  $121.90
Savings  31.44%

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My best 3 Store Savings Totals were Rite-Aid at 100%, CVS at 95.44% and Walmart at 76.52%.

The worst rate was at Shursave at 0%.  Can't get much worse than Zero saved, right? lolz
I shopped at 7 different stores in November.  

TOTAL Spent in November.................$200.21

TOTAL Coupons/Sales/Gift Cards...$319.26

TOTAL Value of Items Purchased....$519.47

TOTAL Savings of .............................61.46%

TOTAL Out of Pocket for November w/R-A..............$200.21

TOTAL Coupons/Sales/Gift Cards w/................$2,337.59
TOTAL Value of Items Purchased w/Rite-Aid...$2,537.80
TOTAL Savings with Rite-Aid items....................92.11%

This closes out the November food/toiletries spending.

THOUGHTS & COMMENTS for this month.....It was a GREAT lower spending month!  Spent almost half of what I usually shoot for so I am pleased.

The monthly food spending savings percentage went UP by 22.70% in November 2021 to 92.11% compared to the October's 69.41% savings average.  Rite-Aid Black Friday sales always skew my percentages in November.  Go me! ;-)

With 11 months accounted for, I have spent a Year-To-Date Total of $3,472.74 on food/toiletries in 2021.

2020 Yearly Grand Total Spent....................$3,472.74

2020 Yearly Grand Total Value of Items.....$20,755.87

2020 Grand Total Saved...............................$17,283.13

2020 Yearly Savings Total.............................83.27%

The average per month amount spent is $315.70 in 2021 so far.

My Ibotta rebate, Coupons dotcom, Checkout51 and Aisle totals for the year so far through October comes to $3,085.13 once I cash out.  Put that next to a full spending of $3,472.74 for the year so far and I've "actually" spent only $387.61 on food/toiletries for the year or an average of $35.24 per month.  Plus I've been able to donate to the food bank and share my haul bounty with others.

I love that I can do that!

LOOKING AHEAD To December 2021.......

Not sure what December will hold as far as grocery spending goes.  We are good on all but perishables(fresh milk, fresh produce).  Not sure yet if and whom will be here for Christmas entertaining if anyone.  I'll set the bar low at my usual $400 spend but I suspect we won't reach that or even be close unless I go nuts and buy porterhouse steaks and lobster for Xmas dinner for 12. lolz

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 November?

*  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

Black Friday Rite-Aid Haul...Pillaging Like A Viking!

 Here's everything I brought home from Rite-Aid over the Black Friday 3 Day Sale.......

8 x Cheezits boxes
8 x Nestle candy bars
4 x Monster drink boxes
1 x Cremo body wash gift set
8 x Planters gift boxes
2 x Sally Hansen nail polish
2 x Biscof cookies
12 x Colgate toothpaste tubes
6 x small Palmolive soap bottles
4 x large Palmolive soap bottles
2 x Fabuloso cleaner
8 x Scunci hair ties
2 x Big Win Vegetable oil
1 x Carnation evaporated milk
1 x Nivea lotion
1 x Dove body wash
4 x Dove women's deodorant
5 x Lady Speed Stick deodorant
1 x Suave deodorant twin pack
3 x men's Speed Stick deodorant
2 x men's Dove body wash
3 x men's Dove shampoo
2 x men's Dove deodorant
8 x Russel Stover chocolates
1 x Chestal children's cough syrup
2 x Tum's bottles
2 x Excedrin packages
2 x Wonderful Pistachio small bags
3 x Clorox large disinfecting wipes cannisters
6 x Boxes of Cereal
1 x Quaker oatmeal cup
2 x XL Hershey bars
4 x Blue Diamond almond cans
3 x Air Wick twin packs of scent refills
10 x cans of Campbell's soup
8 x 7th Generation ultra-concentrated laundry soap
4 x Pringles cannisters
3 x tubs of Folger's coffee
1 x Dunkin Donuts coffee

Also bought but not pictured are 15 bags of Frito-Lay chips and 4 single bottles of Coke and Pepsi products.

Total Bonus Cash spent was $389.70.  Earned back $332.00 in new BC plus a $15 R-A gift card(when a cashier didn't scan my $15 BC wyspend $50 Q first), $11.25 in cash for post coupons and $13.40 n Ibotta rebates making it $372.40 back on $38970 spent/rolled making it all cost $14.30 in Bonus Cash.
Regular retail on everything bought was $903.08(w/tax).

This much brought home for so little in BC and no $$ was only possible because I bought gift cards as well....gift cards I needed to buy anyway and that gave me more Bonus Cash to roll.

And I still have 2 online transactions I did that haven't arrived yet and I haven't counted with the above.  Once I get that and tally it up we'll be at least at $1K in products. ;-)

UPDATE--My Rite-Aid online orders arrived today and added $141.44 in reg. retail total making my Black Friday Sale Grand Total $1,044.52.

Hope everyone who Rite-Aids found some good deals last week!  What did you get?

Sluggy

This Week on the Dining Table

 The "Ibotta Quickie at Walmart" Edition...

Between Rite-Aid items with Ibotta rebates and 9 rebates earned for the items here I hit the Weekend Wishbone Bonus of $5(as well as all the other regular bonuses this past weekend).

Onward to the meal planning!

1. Sunday--Chicken Parm, Brussel Sprouts, Garlic Bread

2. Monday--leftovers

3. Tuesday--Apricot glazed Pork Chops, Sauted Cabbage, Au Gratin Taters

4. Wednesday--Whatever
5. Thursday--Dinner at future in-laws

6.  Friday--Thanksgiving leftovers

7. Saturday--More Leftovers

And this is what really happened.......

1. Sunday--Chicken Parm, Brussel Sprouts, Garlic Bread

2. Monday--leftovers

3. Tuesday--leftovers

4. Wednesday--FFY
5. Thursday--Dinner at future in-laws

6.  Friday--Thanksgiving leftovers

7. Saturday--FFY

What got put into the freezer last week....

*  Nothing

What got taken out of the freezer and used...

* 1 Turkey Breast

I spent $11.25 on food/toiletries/HBA last week(Walmart and .40¢ at CVS). This brings our food/toiletries/paper goods Grand Total to $200.21 for November.

There are 1 shopping days left in November.

I've earned $168.25 on Ibotta in November.

I've earned $20.12 on Checkout51 in November.

I've earned $23.40 on Coupons dotcom/Paypal in November.

I've earned $0 from Aisle.

I've earned 30,806 points from shopping on Fetch in November which equals $30.80.

I earned 9,285 points from food shopping on Shop Kick in November which equals $37.14.

I've earned 2,007 SB from food shopping on Swagbucks in November which equals $20.07.

That's $211.77 in rebates(not counting the Shop Kick/Swag Bucks/Fetch)on $200.11 in grocery spending so in reality it's -$11.66 spent after the 4 rebate apps I count.  Yay me.....

My savings percentage for the last week was 78.91%(without "regular" Rite-Aid trips)and the monthly savings total for November comes in at 61.46%(w/out R-A).  Pretty awesome savings rate last week!

Leftovers going into this week....2 servings of Goulash, 1 serving of Sweet Potato Wedges, Turkey, Stuffing, Pie, Rolls.

Here is this week's "food plan".....

1. Sunday--Turkey day leftovers

2. Monday--Apricot glazed Pork Chops, Sauted Cabbage, Au Gratin Taters

3. Tuesday--MustGo dinner(to borrow Sissie's term)

4. Wednesday--Whatever
5. Thursday--?

6.  Friday--?

7. Saturday--?

Those pork chops are out of the freezer now so WILL happen this week.  That's all the cooking I've planned for the week.

What do I need to buy to fix everything on this menu?  Not a thing. 

What is getting fixed and served at your house this week?

Was last week's plan successful, did you go off plan or did you not even plan what was going to be eaten last week?

Any great deals on food at your stores this week?  

Sluggy

Frugal Friday....the November 26th Edition

 Here's what we had happen in the frugal vein around here this past week.....

*  I sold 2 items on eBay!  A set of Wizard of Oz themed playing cards in a tin and 6 tubes of discontinued Nexxus shampoo.

*  I've been pillaging Rite-Aid for the Black Friday sale.  I'll give a total in a few days for it all.  I will say it's not been a stellar BF this year at R-A.  Every store I've gone to has been out of Conair hairbrushes and the big Russell Stover bags of chocolate and most never got any of these items.

*  I got an unexpected giftie from a reader!

An Amazon package arrived last Friday.  I got a set of cat butt fridge magnets to go with my dog butt ones!

*  I returned some items to R-A early in the week and received a cash refund on 4 items and BC back on the 5th item.

*  I found money!

A penny I don't remember where in R-A since it was last weekend.

This nickel was found on Wednesday near the Higi machine in the pharmacy area.

And a penny next to my car in the parking lot at Rite-Aid.

Found This Week... .07¢
Found This Year.....$20.10

*  I hit up CVS last weekend.  I had a free beauty item Q($5 or less)on my card so I got this.

It was $4.99 so nothing out of pocket after that Q.

And then I earned this free ECB for buying it......

That's about it this week.

What frugal wins did you have last week?

Let us know!

Sluggy

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

 Hope your turkey was juicy and your pie yummy!

Sluggy