October 2008 Grocery Challenge. Please read first two posts.

lrr_2

1 adult and 1 child - approx £50 per week for everything

bundance

To feed myself I try to keep it around a fiver a week.
Pancakes. Crumbles. Value food. Porridge. ETc Etc

Mrs_Sparkle

Probably about £80 a week for 2 adults, 2 cats and 1 toddler. I'm working on this though- my target is £60.

allydowd

We spend £25-£30 pw to feed two adults. This is mainly in Tesco but sometimes a little in Iceland or Farmfoods. We mainly make meals from scratch. We don't drink a lot of alcohol or have many branded foods. One or twice a month we spend £8 at a takeaway as well.

egon

Hi all,

I will declare my total on Thursday. I still have to do one shopping then. Just been invited to a Halloween Party on Friday, but I have to organise the snacks. But I am hoping to stay in budget, as I have £26 left.

I also just booked a delivery for Sat, new month....
It was hard to find a code, which at least gets me the delivery charges off.
Found one on the end, otherwise I was going to have to do a trip there grrrr

A bit off challenge, DH is coming back from I**q on Friday too. :smileyhea :happyhear So I will think of a special dinner to celebrate on the weekend.

Take care everyone and good luck with the Nov challenge.
:T :T :T :T :T Big thanks to Mrs M,Pink-winged, rosieben for all their hard work.:T :T :T :T :T :T :T (I feel like I have missed someone out????)

Penelope_Penguin

People's grocery spends are detailed in the Grocery Challenge. October's figures are here

I'll add this thread to the October GC later.

Penny. x

pinkjen

Flylady_Flower wrote: »

Hi all,

Mrs M - Just need to let you know a change of name so you can update the sheet (was denisefowler) - wanted to be a bit more inconspicuous :cool: - you never know who's looking :rotfl:

Hi Flylady

Hope you don't mind me being nosy but how did you change your name & keep your details the same?

Pinkjen

tiredanddesperate

I've been completing a spreadsheet since 1st September detailing everything I spend, cook & eat!:D It's obsessive though, if you decide to do it.....
be afraid, be very afraid :eek:

I have managed to get our food bill down from £460 to £360 in just 1 month and it was higher than £460 prior to September (not sure how much cos I wasn't OCD about it then!!:o ) We are me, DH and 3 DS, aged 10, 8 & 7.

Thanks to MSE & especially OS I now menu plan, cook from scratch (mostly), bake my own bread, biscuits, cakes (breadmaker cheap off ebay).
Mind you - looking at how much I spend on food and then looking at how much each meal costs when we eat it, I am either calculating each portion wrongly or am building up loads of food in the freezer, because my menu plan spreadsheet shows our meals at £220 for October, not £360

..... wanders off to count the frozen peas...... how many peas to a kilo bag then??.... wonder if DH has been sneaking extra peas.... hmmm..... mutters to self...... cctv in kitchen then? chop his hands off - that'll do the trick! must try harder, must try harder....

Burp_2

Three months ago we were spending £300 minimum (per month) sometimes more on 2 adults and £60+ on 2 cats

... for the last three months we've kept it down to £150 each month for 2 adults and £30 for 2 cats ... sometimes additional costs for wine and chocolate and nuts!

That includes breakfasts, lunches, teas, cleaning products, toiletries, cat food, cat litter and occaisional toy!

I cook from scratch mainly ... casseroles, stews, home made pizza, pasta dishes, bolognaise, jacket potatoes, omlettes, stir fries, crumbles, cakes etc

Burp x

wildcat2608

I spend about £60 a week and thats for 2 of us and 2 cats The cats are mightily expensive