I think this business of 'awareness' is half the battle( once we reckognize there IS a problem, that is!). Whether we need to cut waste from our budgets or our diets we can do something once we have some targets to work on.

July budget: $500.00

July budget remaining: $500.00

Jack in the Box

Subtotal: $7.82

Total Remaining: $500.00 - $7.82 = $492.18

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SAHM of 4

August food budget (groceries/take-out): $500.00/$75.00
Total spent: $238.97/$14.12

July budget/spent: $500.00/$650.00

That is what gets me too.I run to the store for a couple things and run through the meat and marked down stuff and end up with lots of stuff.I am trying only to go to the store one time during the week.Good luck

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*Wife to Rick since (94-13 years)*
~Mom to 2 boys Dakota 13 & Ryan 8~
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~Month~Budget~Spent~
February~400.00~380.35
March~400.00~419.65
April~400.00~395.94
May~400.00~391.53
June~375.00~373.13
July~375.00~365.62

Foodland

ketchup 3 bottles @ .88
lfsaver gummies 2 bogo @ 1.99
mac cheese @ 1.00
____total 5.72


BUDGET: 200
SPENT: 34.96
LEFT: 165.04

WEEK 1 LEFT: 14.00

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July budget: $500.00

July budget remaining: $492.18

I had some free TAVA product Qs, so made a quick trip to the grocers. Combined with store Qs and doubled Qs, I got a few good deals!

Vons

3 packs of TAVA ~ FREE +.60 CRV (Q's)
Ketchup ~ .99 (store Q)
Chex Snack Mix ~ FREE (Q)
Honey Nut Cheerios Snack Mix ~ FREE (Q)
Doritos ~ .99 (store Q)
Cheez-its ~ 1.47 (store Q)
Large can Bush's beans ~ .88 (store Q)
3 doz corn tortillas ~ FREE (Q)
Soft taco tortillas ~ FREE (Q)
2 boxes Barilla pasta ~ .98 (Q)
Eagle cinnamon bursts ~ FREE (Q)
Cascade rinse aid ~ FREE (Q)
2 packs sliced cheese ~ 3.00 (store Q)
Suave body wash ~ .29 (Q)
Pert Plus ~ FREE (Q)
3 packs hot dogs ~ 1.00 (store Q + Q)
Bananas ~ 1.52
Nectarines ~ 1.67
2 packs gummy worms (DH ) ~ 2.44
Sunflower seeds (for DH) ~ .99

Total Savings (Club card + Q's) ~ 80.04 (82%)

Subtotal: $18.49


Taco Bell

Subtotal: $12.22


Total Remaining: $492.18 - $18.49 - $12.22 = $461.47

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SAHM of 4

August food budget (groceries/take-out): $500.00/$75.00
Total spent: $238.97/$14.12

July budget/spent: $500.00/$650.00

I'm in for $600 this month. $500 for regular weekly grocery needs, and the $100 is allotted for stockpiling. So far I've spent $120.23 of the $500...leaving me with $379.77 left. I didn't find any good stockpiling/loss leader deals last week. Hoping this week will be a little better.

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Wife to Brian
SAHM to Sarah & Andy 2/11/2000

Is there any way to find this out other than just watching when items go on sale and keeping track?

That's my shorthand for "coupons"... Sorry!

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SAHM of 4

August food budget (groceries/take-out): $500.00/$75.00
Total spent: $238.97/$14.12

July budget/spent: $500.00/$650.00

I think the only way to find it out is to keep track of the prices.

I believe that Kim has stated somewhere on this site that it's typically a 6-week cycle???

Also, items typically go on sale by "season". For example, the Christmas holiday time is good to stock up on baking supplies. The summer holidays it's soda, meat, condiments. That being said, I didn't really find any good deals for the July 4th holiday, so I didn't stock up on anything besides bottled water and some soda .

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SAHM of 4

August food budget (groceries/take-out): $500.00/$75.00
Total spent: $238.97/$14.12

July budget/spent: $500.00/$650.00