{"id":61659,"date":"2022-07-06T07:10:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T11:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/?p=61659"},"modified":"2022-07-06T07:15:59","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T11:15:59","slug":"grocery-spending-june-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/grocery-spending-june-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Grocery Spending: June 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>June was an interesting month spending-wise because it combined travel and hosting friends.  We spent a week out west at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/?s=vermejo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vermejo<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/great-sand-dunes-national-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Great Sand Dunes National Park<\/a> and while I counted our grocery pick  up out there, I am not tracking any eating out in this exercise. We also spent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/family-lake-days-at-lake-oconee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a weekend in Georgia<\/a> with my family. Then we got home and I needed to restock the fridge, plus we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/4th-of-july-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hosted friends for the 4th<\/a>, so I was at the store a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"633\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-1024x633.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-1024x633.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-640x396.png 640w, https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-768x475.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-655x405.png 655w, https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Food Lion: $5.00<\/li><li>Walmart: $29.13<\/li><li>Whole Foods: $100.39<\/li><li>Publix: $147.66<\/li><li>Lowe&#8217;s Foods: $147.98<\/li><li>Costco: $478.84<\/li><li><strong>GRAND TOTAL: $909.00<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the second month in a row we&#8217;ve been under $1,000 and I&#8217;m really pleased by that. However, I don&#8217;t get overly celebratory about it because I&#8217;m not closely tracking eating out. Though we haven&#8217;t increased eating out a lot, we&#8217;ve been treated to some meals while traveling (thank you Mema, Grandpa, and Nana!) and we were gone 10ish days throughout the month. So I don&#8217;t feel it&#8217;s super reflective of a full month of home grocery buying and consuming. However, it does balance out a little that we hosted friends because of course you spend a bit more on food to do that (but I love visitors so I&#8217;m thrilled that we can do that).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, under $1,000 feels good. But to get a more clear picture now that we&#8217;re halfway through the year, and through my tracking exercise, let&#8217;s see what out monthly average is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/grocery-spending-january-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">January<\/a>: $1,279.10<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/grocery-spending-february-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">February<\/a>: $1,598.03<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/grocery-spending-march-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">March<\/a>: $1,373.85<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/grocery-spending-april-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">April<\/a>: $2,259.27 *half cow*<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/grocery-spending-may-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">May<\/a>: $941.53<\/li><li>June: $909.00<\/li><li><strong>GRAND TOTAL: $8,360.78<\/strong><\/li><li>Monthly average: $1,393.46<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Like I mentioned initially, this is truly an exercise of observance. Do I find myself wanting to make changes to keep our bill lower? Absolutely! However, any first step in budgeting is just tracking to see what you are spending. So with that, I&#8217;m not trying to judge our spending, but just observe and analyze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Honestly, the spending sounds high to me, but high compared to what? I&#8217;m not sure. What I used to spend? Yes. Other families? Yes and no; I know people that spend way less than me and others that spend way more based on their own family&#8217;s needs and eating habits. It&#8217;s really hard to compare to other families because of that reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And yet I never feel like with this spending that we have a surplus of food. I&#8217;m good at not having food waste, so we eat 99% of what we bring into the house, but with that I rarely have extra snacks and such sitting around. This means I spend more time in the kitchen prepping meals, which I&#8217;m OK with, but it just seems like our spending should go further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am not am alarmist but it does blow my mind when I read articles and see videos from farmers saying that we haven&#8217;t even hit the high inflation for food yet. I hear that eggs could go up to $1\/each and chicken to $17.00\/lb. Food inflation this year is expected to exceed historical averages and the inflation rate for 2021 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ers.usda.gov\/data-products\/food-price-outlook\/summary-findings\/#:~:text=In%202022%2C%20food%2Dat%2D,the%20inflation%20rate%20in%202021.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">source<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know I&#8217;m fortunate that I am able to feed my family the way I do. I sometimes get uncomfortable sharing these spending recaps because I know we are most likely heading towards harder economic times as a country and putting food on the table will be a real strain on many families. I&#8217;m using this as a catalyst to embark on my goal of getting more involved with Feed NC. We&#8217;ve given to them financially and through food donations for a couple years, but I feel my heart being pulled to do more. I am going to start with signing up for a tour, which the girls and I will go on early next week to learn more. If you are local and interested, they do a great job of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.feednc.org\/waystogiveback\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> listing out opportunities on their website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are home throughout the month of July, so I&#8217;m interested to see how that impacts my spending. Will I be able to make more from scratch because we&#8217;re around? Will I spend more because we&#8217;ll be eating all three meals of the day at home? We shall see! I&#8217;m back to sharing most of my dinner preparation again on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ahealthyslice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, so follow along if that&#8217;s your thing. If it&#8217;s not, I have a meals lately post coming soon to the blog. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you&#8217;re up for sharing, what are some observations you&#8217;ve noticed lately in your grocery spending or habits?<\/strong> I noticed that the bag of avocados at Costco, which got up to $10.49 are back down to $6.49, so that was nice to see!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/grocery-tracking-june-2022-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/grocery-tracking-june-2022-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/grocery-tracking-june-2022-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/grocery-tracking-june-2022-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/grocery-tracking-june-2022-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/grocery-tracking-june-2022-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/grocery-tracking-june-2022-655x983.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/grocery-tracking-june-2022.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June was an interesting month spending-wise because it combined travel and hosting friends. 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