September 2017 Grocery Challenge

pipkin71 · 2 September 2017 at 1:12PM

I finished off August spending £244.45 of the £360 budget. Really pleased with this, however, we stocked up a lot in July so it's not a true reflection of spends.

Had a large shop delivery this morning so the budget is currently down £129.69 / £360. September will give me a better idea of a grocery budget we can stick to. My dad gave us loads of veggies yesterday and we spent the morning preparing lots of those. Going to make some wedges shortly to have with the coleslaw my DD prepared earlier.

**Meal planning**

I need to put more effort in here if I want to keep the grocery budget at an amount we're happy with. The girls find it easier when they know what they are cooking, on the days when I can't, instead of rummaging round for something, or ordering take out because it's easier.

njk1012 · 2 September 2017 at 3:58PM

This weeks big shop done for the coming week so an additional £59.94 which I've added to my siggy. I'm actually quite enjoying this big shop list making as its much quicker to get round the shop and out again with the blinkers on. I also wrote the list by isle (my Ald1 only has 3) so no searching the list to see if i have everything.
Now i just need to master the constant top up shops. I'm sure i could probably cut these down to two but I just keep thinking 'I wonder if they have reduced stuff yet' on my way home from work :doh:

pamsdish · 2 September 2017 at 8:09PM

£28.38 today between, tosco, chicken for dog choc for me, wilkos a few reduced garden bits, and home bargains jar of carte noir.

PipneyJane · 2 September 2017 at 8:20PM

kenzam90 wrote: »

Hello!

I'm very new to this and its my first post on the MSE forums but it seems like an excellent ideas as I really need to get spending under control and stop wasting money on non necessities (as I would like to buy a house - eeek)

Can we be put down for £160 this month on groceries - probably a bit too high as theres only two of us but new to this so will see how we go.

I have spent £60 today on non grocery things (but all necessary - bus ticket, baby gifts, post office etc) and won't be spending this amount again this month on this sort of things unless its coming back in through selling bits on ebay and I need to post it!

The recipe section here looks excellent as I always struggle with what to make which can be frozen/what can be still super tasty but cheap.

Looking forard to starting this, hope I can stick to it! :j

Hello, Kenzamo90, and welcome to the Boards. Good luck with your goal.

Everyone has a different approach to budgeting but we're here to listen and help if you need us. Feel free to be nosy - I think everyone here will share their approaches, if you ask. What helps me is a mixture of "paying yourself first" on payday, tracking my spending and micro-budgeting, i.e. saving dedicated small sums of money for specific items. The grocery challenge fits into the second category for me but we also set aside money each month for a Meat Fund (£40), a Bulk Fund (£20) and Christmas (£10), which accumulate until we need them.

HTH

nannygladys · 2 September 2017 at 9:54PM

Hi everyone, I've not been on the boards for ages but I feel the need to get my food spending back under control as its creeping up I'm sure.

I haven't spent anything the last couple of days as I've been using up what I have in, so I'm going to allow £80 for the whole month and that includes everything. I seem to have quite a bit in and the lottie is still giving me plenty of veg so it will mainly be bread and milk!!! I'm OK for loo rolls, washing stuff etc at the minute.

So I will put the money in a separate purse and see how I go
Nannyg

Cherry_Burton · 2 September 2017 at 10:04PM

Hi, I've been to ALDI today and spent £6.88, for,

Yogurt
Milk
Cola
Oranges
Digestives
Mushrooms
Eggs
Pepper
Garlic

That should do for the week except for some more milk.

£7.37/£100

CB

lynnejk · 2 September 2017 at 10:43PM

Evening all

Spends today in Morries = £5.75 and A*di = £25.47, so a total of £31.22/200 so far this month.

We do have a fair amount of stocks atm and today should last until next weekend, unless there's an unforeseen event

Hope you're all enjoying a lovely weekend
Lx

candygirl · 2 September 2017 at 11:22PM

Can I join in please, with a £120 target for Sept? I've spent £18 in Farmfoods today 😁

candygirl · 2 September 2017 at 11:30PM

Can I join in please, with a £120 target for Sept? I've spent £18 in Farmfoods today 😁

PipneyJane · 3 September 2017 at 7:54AM

wannalot wrote: »

I did buy one luxury - smoked salmon. I love the stuff, but it is so expensive. If anyone knows where it can be bought cheaply, I would love to know!
!

I don't know where you can get cheap smoked salmon, but if you find out please tell me! We love it too. We used to buy Mr T's Smoked Salmon Trimmings but they stopped selling trimmings a couple of years ago. The rule around here is that if Mr T doesn't stock it, neither do Sainsbobs (our local branches appear to mirror each other), so Sainsbobs were a bust Tried A$da. Their smoked salmon trimmings were a pink mush that had to be squeezed out of the packet, which is fine if you're blending it with cream cheese for a spread but useless for anything else.

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