I never really realized that food is expensive. Gone are the days That I could get a bag of groceries for under $20.00. What really made me start to truly track my food expense is that today me and my partner went to pick up a few things at the supermarket( Pathmark) and we came out of there having spent $90.00 for a few bags of things. We stuck to the items that were on sale for 10 for $10.00. Which comes out to $1.00 each.We also bought some cold cuts, fish and some other meats all on sale. beause of this expense that from now on I am going to track how much we spend on food and eating out and how many times we go. Our goal is to cut our food bill for 2 people to less then $100.00 a month. I know that we spend more then that now.
On the good news tip we returned soda bottle and got $1.50 back YA!
Total
Spent Food $90.00
Saving
Returned Bottles $1.50
We must do better!
Starting To Track Food Expenses
October 28th, 2006 at 06:37 pm
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Another thing to check on is food waste - do you buy a lot and then throw a lot out. I'm a little bit evil according to my DH, because I will tuck in leftovers in the entree. I've noticed that prices have gotten far more expensive lately, with fewer deals. November, right before Thanksgiving, should bring better food deals.