£300 -6 months shopping list help needed

mum_of_4

Triker wrote: »

If you are shopping in store at Tesco you can use money off coupons to lower your overall bill. Different stores have different policies but always worth a go.

If online shopping don't forget there are numerous money off online codes for tesco to get the shoping bill down more. Search the codes aqnd discounts thread on MSE.

I live less than 5 minutes from a big Tesco so try to use coupons when buying milk etc but they only let you use one but i'll buy a 4pint bottle of milk and get 50p off so every little bit helps. That's how i hope to buy all the other little bits each week.

Just realised that i can't use the gift cards to buy groceries online so i'll have to go to the store to buy it all. Shame there wasn't a NOTW £5 voucher yesturday i could have made another £50 to spend

sandraroffey

you're in bristol?? where you at the staus quo concert last week?? i was!!!!

visiting my eldest son and his family and it was they i went to devizes market with. such cheap fruit and veg. you seem to be getting everything under control though. well done.xx dont forget the rose hips for the syrup for the kids vit c . recipe on here somewhere..

Idiophreak

mum_of_4 wrote: »

Just realised that i can't use the gift cards to buy groceries online so i'll have to go to the store to buy it all. Shame there wasn't a NOTW £5 voucher yesturday i could have made another £50 to spend

Use the vouchers instore to buy stuff you'd buy anyway (fresh bits and bobs) - then use the cash you would normally have spent on this to order online. Sorted.

mum_of_4

sandraroffey wrote: »

you're in bristol?? where you at the staus quo concert last week?? i was!!!!

visiting my eldest son and his family and it was they i went to devizes market with. such cheap fruit and veg. you seem to be getting everything under control though. well done.xx dont forget the rose hips for the syrup for the kids vit c . recipe on here somewhere..

i used to live in chippenham and Oh in Devises so i know the market well. Status Quo - no not i but my little 20 brother in law was, he said it was great

echelon101

mum_of_4 wrote: »

£20.00 -20 packs of walls sausages £1.00 each

How about 57/111 tins of sardines,35p/t @Tescos, 18pt @ASDA, much healthier than sausages and are high in Omega 3 fatty acids, which I suppose is the reason you are buying salmon. Also because sardines are lower in the food chain there is less mercury in them

£30.00 -30 bags of 800g peas £1.00 each

Would frozen mixed veg be cheaper and give you more per pack?

£40.00 - 8 x Salmon 8 pieces £5.00 a bag

Reduce if you implement my sardines plan, maybe add some eggs £1.50 for 15 isn't a bad deal.

£11.60 - 10 baked beans pack of 4 £1.16 each

You could probably find them for £1

£24.00 - 1.5kg Strong white flour 48p each

Save 15p and buy the basic flour

£15.00 -6 x Pasta dried 3kg £2.50

Buy Tesco value quills which are 20p/500g the same quantity (18kg) would come to £7.20

mum_of_4

echelon101 wrote: »

How about 57/111 tins of sardines,35p/t @Tescos, 18pt @ASDA, much healthier than sausages and are high in Omega 3 fatty acids, which I suppose is the reason you are buying salmon. Also because sardines are lower in the food chain there is less mercury in them

We like 99% of stuff but sardines and kidney and liver are the things i couldn't cook.
Would frozen mixed veg be cheaper and give you more per pack?
Reduce if you implement my sardines plan, maybe add some eggs £1.50 for 15 isn't a bad deal.

I have 2 chest freezers with one being full of veg it's just i didn't grow enough peas andi think i should buy some while they are on offer until the 10th

You could probably find them for £1

Save 15p and buy the basic flour not great for the bread and rolls but have now included some for the other baking

Buy Tesco value quills which are 20p/500g the same quantity (18kg) would come to £7.20

My OH really doesn't like the value pasta although would eat it if the budget didn't allow for it.

sandraroffey

can i ask what you do to the veg when you freeze it? i always parboil mine then chill quickly, but it still turns a little soft when i use it next time.

mum_of_4

Right this is the list I think it should give me, together with what i have in the freezer, 4 whole chickens, pack of white fish, 2 packs of sausages, 9 homemade fish fingers and my tomatoe sauce should give me 146 meals, we normally have pizza on a sat so that would mean another 25 meals plus i can make soup and vegeterian meals. so if i'm right i need to cover about 180 days. So i think i've got it sorted.

£42.00 -14 packs of fresh mince (buy 2 1kg for £6)
£20.00 -20 packs of walls sausages £1.00 each
£30.00 -30 bags of 800g peas £1.00 each
£35.00 - 7 x Salmon 8 pieces £5.00 a bag
£15.60 -8 value white fish pieces 800g £1.95
£20.00 - 6 whole chickens (3 for £10)

£19.84 - 8 boxes of Tesco 240 tea bags £2.48 each
£16.24 - 28 bottles of tesco squash 58p each
£11.60 - 10 baked beans pack of 4 £1.16 each
£24.00 - 1.5kg Strong white flour 48p each
£2.25 - 3 daisy 1l washing up liquid 75p each
£15.80 - sugar 1kg 79p each
£8.40 - 10 x Tesco Red Split Lentils 500g 84p
£12.50 -5 x Pasta dried 3kg £2.50
£14.50 25 x 1kg Value porrige oats 58p
£6.60 - 20 x P flour/SR flour 33p
£3.45 - 5 x honey 69p
£1.86 - 2x caster suger .93p
Total £299.64

Just need to work out how much i need for the extras week to week

mum_of_4

sandraroffey wrote: »

can i ask what you do to the veg when you freeze it? i always parboil mine then chill quickly, but it still turns a little soft when i use it next time.

Rather than parboil i steam mine, then when i come to cook the veg it really only takes minutes and doesn't go soft/mushy

My really sweet, sweetcorn (first year grown)i just stuck in the freezer and we have only just finished the last of the crop so i haven't taken any of the frozen stuff out yet - should be fine.

sandraroffey

do think about stocking up on the paper goods; loo rolls etc and some candles or a couple of decent torches in case of power cuts. but otherwise, the list looks great!!!