Here are my FOOD BUDGET spending totals for August 2025.
I have posted August's totals on the Total Grocery Savings Page located and have updated the Totals there.
I am listing subtotals for each store I purchased from in August. 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. We are a family of 2(and 2 dogs).
*************** RITE-AID
OOP $45.47
Value $92.99
Savings 51.10%
ALDI
OOP $50.26
Value $74.76
Savings 24.74%
OSJL
OOP $47.27
Value $104.43
Savings 54.23%
SHOPRITE
OOP $243.92
Qs/Gift Cards $
Value $308.80
Savings 21.01%
WALMART
OOP $220.56
Qs/Gift Cards $
Value $367.08
Savings 39.91%%
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My best Store Savings Total was at OSJL with a savings of 54.23% with a lesser amount of the grocery dollars were spent at Rite-Aid at their clearance sale, with a savings rate of 51.10%. Not a bad savings rate average overall though/
I shopped at 5 different stores in AUGUST
TOTAL Spent in August....$550.24
TOTAL Coupons/Sales/Gift Cards....$444.94
TOTAL Value of Items Purchased....$995.18
TOTAL Savings of........44.71%
This closes out the August food/toiletries/etc. spending.
THOUGHTS & COMMENTS for this month....
The Monthly food spending savings percentage was 44.71% Still over 40% savings so I am good with that.
Since we have an adequate income and food should be a pleasure in life(no way am I going to eat unseasoned rice and beans for my remaining days like some people-because I don't have to). I will buy quality food and pay the price at the register. I may not like the price but I will deal with it.
With 8 months accounted for, I have spent a Total of $1,156.03 on groceries/HBA/paper goods/etc. in 2025.
2025 Yearly Total Value of Items $4,624.12
2025 Total Saved $1,402.16
2025 Yearly Total Spent $3,221.96
2025 Yearly Savings Total of 30.32%
The average per month amount spent is $402.75 in 2025 so far but that's before all the rebate monies are added in.
Remember that I withdraw all my cash rebate monies(Ibotta, Shopmium, TaDa, Checkout 51, Swag Bucks, My Points and other miscellaneous rebates-Aisle, Tremendous, Sampoll etc. and have it sent to my Paypal)at the end of the year and add it back into my food budget, so at the end of the year my food spending will go down. I don't add in all the cashed out savings until the end of the year,
The other savings apps like Fetch, Shop Kick, Kroger Cash Back that let us get free gift cards(or $ off your grocery total-Kroger Cash Back), those are added back in when I cash those points in along the way. Alexa app gave me Amazon credit onto my account but I don't buy food on Amazon(sometimes I buy dog food there)so I really don't know how to count that and it's defunct now so I won't worry about that bit.
Because I don't like to let money sit in these rebate accounts and Paypal, I send $$ to my bank account throughout the year. So far I have sent $785.67 from various rebating programs and through Paypal to my bank(and used some of my Ibotta $$ to buy gift cards so $ is going back into the food purchases). If you add in all that my food spending at the 8 month point in 2025 comes in at $2,436.29 or $304.54 per month.
Besides all I sent to my bank account I have more $ sitting in these various rebating programs as well as in Paypal. This is not counting ShopKick or Fetch, which all comes out in gift cards.
LOOKING AHEAD TO SEPTEMBER 2025....
It's difficult right now with my health issues to go to the store so I am having to rely on Hubs to do much of the shopping, Plus we don't have room to stock up much. Sigh What's a frugalista to do?? ;-)
If you have other ideas or guidelines you follow please leave a comment and share your thoughts with us all.
* How much did you spend on food/toiletries in August?
* Do you track your yearly food spending? It's really not that hard or time consuming; just keep 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 versus 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
