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Keeping check on food shopping
MummyMoo
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Hello. I did an experiement today when I did my weekly food shopping and thought you might like to know how it turned out so you can try it too.
I bought a book yesterday that is EXCELLENT (about feeding your family healthy food on a tight budget and no effort needed). It has three weeks meal plans in, claiming each is about £25 a week. I took my shopping list to Tesco and got my stuff, but on the way around a lot of stuff was on the 'reduced to clear'. You know what its like - "oh strawberries, we never have those cos of the cost, but they are reduced so go on" "oh that will do us for a meal next week" "oh yeah I didnt think of snacks!" "I can freeze that fort the future" etc etc etc.
I got to the til and separated the stuff that was on my list and the stuff I'd bought on impulse...
List - £52 (it did include nappies and wipes too for £20).
Impluse buys - £48!!!!!!!
Now Im not saying that when you see a good knock down price on food to ignore it. But my point is, Im always faced with 'bits of meals' in the cupboards and freezer, which then I have to go out and get the other bits for to make a whole meal.. then maybe I'll see something cheap, and spend more than I intended then too ... and so the circle goes around and around. I budgets for £50 this shop to last all week. I've spend double that and didnt need to.
Try it next time you do the week shop.
I bought a book yesterday that is EXCELLENT (about feeding your family healthy food on a tight budget and no effort needed). It has three weeks meal plans in, claiming each is about £25 a week. I took my shopping list to Tesco and got my stuff, but on the way around a lot of stuff was on the 'reduced to clear'. You know what its like - "oh strawberries, we never have those cos of the cost, but they are reduced so go on" "oh that will do us for a meal next week" "oh yeah I didnt think of snacks!" "I can freeze that fort the future" etc etc etc.
I got to the til and separated the stuff that was on my list and the stuff I'd bought on impulse...
List - £52 (it did include nappies and wipes too for £20).
Impluse buys - £48!!!!!!!
Now Im not saying that when you see a good knock down price on food to ignore it. But my point is, Im always faced with 'bits of meals' in the cupboards and freezer, which then I have to go out and get the other bits for to make a whole meal.. then maybe I'll see something cheap, and spend more than I intended then too ... and so the circle goes around and around. I budgets for £50 this shop to last all week. I've spend double that and didnt need to.
Try it next time you do the week shop.
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i have started shopping online and dont know why i didint do it earlier ,it cuts out the impulse buying and i can plan meals with military precision !This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0
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What is the name of the book, as it sounds like a good investment?0
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