How to track grocery spends?

FlorayG

If you shop in person, divide your shopping on the conveyor belt into 'food' and 'treat' and then ask the cashier to put them through as two separate purchases. Not only will it be easy to see how much you spend on treats, you will have a real-time reminder as you hand over the money for the 'treat' basket. Then keep two sections in your purse or wallet, one for food receipts, one for treat receipts, and empty both and compare at the end of every week.
I've only just thought of this idea and I think I'm going to try it myself

Nelliegrace

@FlorayG better still, divide the shopping into food and treats and buy just the former.

What is a treat? Is it food? Is it that overpackaged Ultra Processed stuff, and fizzy pop? Some trolleys look as if children have gone up and down the aisles and thrown in whatever they fancy.

I try to spend my grocery money on food, good basic ingredients which will make all of our meals, food my Granny would buy. Nothing else gets put in the small supermarket trolley. It is good to have homemade cake in the cake tin, or fresh fruit for something sweet, some good dark chocolate without added lecithin, nuts for a snack and plain corn for popcorn. Real food. It saves a lot of money.

I take a photograph of the trolley and keep the receipts in a folder. I should be organised and photograph the receipt too. It would help to keep a record of price increases and shrinking pack sizes. 

Naturelover22

Depends on how much tracking you are used to doing and as simple as possible will help you keep it up.
Firstly keep receipts.
Then decide if you will highlight and add up the total at the end of week/month or to enter everyline on a spreadsheet to total it up.