After four weeks of shopping with the new budget, a pattern is starting to emerge about our grocery habits for a family of three. We also appear to be on track of maintaining our goal savings rate for the year.
That said, this first month we are going to go over the budget. The reason for that is there are five weekends this month and we only budgeted $300 which is $100 less than we budgeted per month in 2010. We will likely have to cover the last grocery trip with miscellaneous money, but should do alright in subsequent months since our average weekly spend is currently $66.62 per week.
| Grocery Shopping Summary | Week #4 | 2011 Totals |
| Groceries Purchased | $143.12 | $436.92 |
| Manufacturer’s Coupons | ($22.20) | ($61.59) |
| Bonus Coupons | ($1.20) | ($3.20) |
| Kroger Plus Savings | ($32.42) | ($105.65) |
| Total Savings ($) | ($55.82) | ($170.44) |
| Total Savings (%) | 39.00% | |
| Total Spent ($) | $87.30 | $266.48 |
| Average Groceries Purchased ($) Per Trip | $109.23 | |
| Average Savings ($) Per Trip | ($42.61) | |
| Average Spent ($) Per Trip | $66.62 | |
| Average Savings (%) Per Trip | 39.01% |