February 2013 Grocery Challenge

mummygems · 22 January 2013 at 1:04PM

After having a disastrous January with the GC and going over just through buying junk and more junk and not planning February needs to be a very good month for us!

I am going to be planning February meals over the next few days and also a weekly shopping list based on the meal list so each week I can see where I would be best to shop/spend the money lol.

Thank you to all who makes this GC possible.

Can I please be put down for £475 thank you.

lushlifesaver · 22 January 2013 at 2:06PM

Hi everyone :wave:

Still on January's budget for a few more days but wanted to jump on over and post a budget for next month

Please can I be put down for £120

it's a £30 drop from January but I know we can do it - even more so once I have a FT job (2 interviews this week so fingers crossed!)

Going to try for 12 NSDs minimum too!

Right off to make a detailed inventory :T

jedi82 · 22 January 2013 at 2:12PM

Hello, have been MIA since last year some time and although I have been relatively good, my grocery budget isn't coming down and if I don't come on here I can get away with it

I have decided to keep alcohol seperate this time and budget for £350 in Feb. I should be able to do that and then brng it down by £10 per month. I will update in my sig.

This is for 2 adults and three children.

Thanks, Jedi x

meg72 · 22 January 2013 at 2:29PM

zippychick wrote: »

Where has the time gone?!!?!?! Thanks to all who help out (past & present) with the GC

good luck for february folks.!!!!

Where indeed,seems to. have gone so fast. I am still on January till the end of the week, but keep an eye on this one so I dont get behind.

I am reminded every month at the absolute wealth of information contained in the index,so many recipes and tips that we should never be stuck for a menu plan.

Grateful thanks to all who help make this thread possible,and good luck to all.

pinchingpenny · 22 January 2013 at 3:49PM

Ooh how exciting a new thread!
I won't be starting til 31st Jan but I would like to pledge £45.00 for FEB
I still have plenty of my Jan budget left and am pretty sure I'm covered for the essentials except fruit, which is fantastic!
Am going to stick with 45 though as I had a lot of meat in the freezer for Jan which needs replacing now.

A big thank you to all involved in making the grocery challenge

Solstice_3 · 22 January 2013 at 4:15PM

Hi I'm due to start my February challenge on Thurs but thought I'd pop in and get the ball rolling and check posts now

Could I be put down for £290 that's £200 groceries £60 meat from veg people (A&C), £30 salad and fruit from other veg people (Rfd).

I just realised I did the maths wrong in January and under budgeted lol. Still the aim is to get the budget down

I am considering pricing up my meals when I meal plan, I have planned up until 10th Feb already so will price them up each day. My thinking is I can then see which are the more expensive meals and have them less often and try and figure out some cheaper meals! Am going to try and do one meatless night, one fish night and maybe one soup night each week.

SAVVYMUMMY_2 · 22 January 2013 at 5:43PM

Thanks Zippy, Bluegreen and Coxy for starting the new thread.

I`ll still be posting on the january thread, but please can you pop me on for

£400

again, for feb, pretty please.
I`m still keeping to the same budget for feb and see how I go and then maybe cut it down a little in march.

Kitchenbunny · 22 January 2013 at 6:00PM

My annual budget will still be applying for February at £1800 a year.

I'll post here when January's up!

KB xx

lushlifesaver · 22 January 2013 at 6:07PM

Solstice_3 wrote: »

I am considering pricing up my meals when I meal plan, I have planned up until 10th Feb already so will price them up each day. My thinking is I can then see which are the more expensive meals and have them less often and try and figure out some cheaper meals! Am going to try and do one meatless night, one fish night and maybe one soup night each week.

This is something I've been thinking about doing too - just to make me aware of how stuff budgets out across the month/s. Oooh might do this after my inventory!

zafiro1984 · 22 January 2013 at 7:30PM

Love the recipes at the front of this thread. I have use quite a few of them last month.

Please put me down for £150.00 this month as I need to order some fish.

Will go and do a monthly meal plan, using as much out of the freezers and store cupboards as I can, so then I know how much I can spend on fish.

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