March 2015 Healthy Food Budget: $421.10
Groceries: $362.34 (meat: $71.34)
Dining Out: $77.96 (17.71% of total food)
April 2015 Healthy Food Budget: $440.30
Groceries: $349.52 (meat: $68.84)
Dining Out: $71.75 (17.04% of total food)
Both months, I stuck to my budget goal of under $450 and my dining out/junk food % was great!
Where I Spent My Grocery Dollars
March, 2015
I’m thrilled that I spent $95.54 at various winter farmer’s markets – that’s 26% of total groceries – more than spending at Whole Foods, which really pleases me!
Market Basket 115.10 (33%)
Whole Foods 87.69 (25%)
Salem NH Winter Farmers Market 43.29 (12%)
Lowell The Farm Market 32.50 (9%)
Ocean State Job Lot 24.58 (7%)
North Reading Winter Market 14.00 (4%)
NH State Liquor 11.98 (3%)
Winchester Winter Farmers Mar… 5.75 (2%)
Amazon.com 5.09 (1%)
Penzeys Spices 3.79 (1%)
Alpine Butcher 3.59 (1%)
Roche Brothers 2.16 (1%)
Total $349.52
April, 2015
Unfortunately, April didn’t prove to be a strong farmers market month.
Market Basket 162.97 (45%)
Whole Foods 109.36 (30%)
Trader Joe’s 65.71 (18%)
Lowell The Farm Market 17.25 (5%)
Wegman’s 7.15 (2%)
Total $362.44
About My Healthy Budget
My healthy budget goal is to eat seasonal (local if possible,) home-cooked meals while sticking to a $400-$450 monthly budget for all food including groceries, dining out, entertaining, vitamins/supplements, and gardening.
There’s two of us eating (mostly) 3 meals per day. DH occasionally eats take-out lunch at work, & that $ comes out of his personal cash stash.