The DFW grocery challenge club -all welcome!

lynzpower

Hi all
Ive been thinking I need a bit of inspiration and help with meeting my grocery challenge ( see sig) and thought we could have a little group going here to share ideas and tips and help each other along.

Old Style board is definatly the place for those recipes, but here is the place to get the motivation going. Besides, when I venture out of DFW i get a bit lost with all the millions of threads on this site!

Come on then, someone join me...!! Weve got plenty of people among us from Earwigs thread yesterday, us supermarket addicts, so this is the place to get support, motivation and new ideas for what youve got in and what you can make out of it.

harrie_2

what u got do do i am terrible shop at asda just for the sake of it

got 3 adults grandson stays alot i spend 80£ every 2weeks i go to asda most days my downfall is the reduced i get them and dont always use them
i cook from fresh...big shop i will buy the tins even though i already have them
i like 2 give it ago..........set me a target :j

lynzpower

Ok harrie so theres 3 of you, plus grandson "stays a lot" over night? What food do you need to provide for him, how old? I reckon you can do this, for, oooh shall we say £50 a week?

WE CAN DO THIS!!

D&DD

:wave: Hi Lynz count me in I'll dash off and change my sig to DFW grocery challenge I just scraped over my target last month but have done well this month with my 'big shop'..see total so far as I overestimated everything last month..
My main problem with food shopping is I have always kept a 'food store' for emergencies e.g redundancy,late wages,unexpected bills and the like and have to have my comfort zone of at least a years supply of everything in not to panic :rotfl: I have still managed to keep my supplies up even though I have cut my bills by half!!
Meant to say there are 2 adults and 15,11 and 7 year old

fizzel81

count me in hopeing to spend just 40.00 a week (but not including milk or nappies)

lynzpower

Right then, for all of us plus any newcomers, let me start by saying what we are having for dining this evening.
Fishes with lemon & pepper crumb ( frozen) were bogof, but never came off at the till so they were free on R&R at tescos) Oven chips ( morrisons own 75p the bag) , frozen peas ( handful no more than 10ps worth). With ownmake angel delight (23p+ milk) for pud. I reckon that meal, for the both of us will cost 85p, all in. Ok ive cheated with my free fish, but you get the idea!

Whats on your table later and what do you reckon it cost?

D&DD

We had sausage toad (48p sausages pack a la MrT,10p value batter mix,one egg,homegrown spuds and greens ) total about 70p including gravy :rotfl:

harrie_2

grandson really easy to feed at the moment he having tin smart price meat balls....his favorite with hanf full of pasta...it very rare we eat together
that the prob,,,DD..she works shifts....try cut out cake biscuits.....i buy to many....i have 8 different boxs cereal.....gets ate now and then.........if i plan meals and say that what we are having i cut back.i think :eek:

lynzpower

Well if DD works shifts Harrie, can you not leave her some leftovers to heat up, or some tupperwares in the freezer she can choose from when she gets in?

8 boxes cereal :eek: I used to do that, then realised it was all stale! We have 2 ( own brand bran flakes/ own make weetabix) and if we dont want them we have toast!

Sunnydoo

Would like to join in but not sure where to start

Cupboards & freezer are very bare at the mo but do have a big Asda delivery coming Weds

It's just me & DD who's nearly 7

How much do you reckon-£100 for the month or a little more ?(not counting the Asda delivery)

I'm on a limited budget so don't spend much but never keep track of exact amounts

JAMIEDODGER

hi guys....i would love to rise to the challenge....i spend £40 perweek, thats for me and my four children, thats for everything, nappies, wipes and cleaning products too.

tonights dinner was pork loin chops, with chips, ribbon carrots and gravy and pud was homemade flapjack!! (yum).

tomorrow will be different because it is only the two little ones to have dinner as it is DS1 10th birthday so i will be taking him, a friend and DS2 out for a meal at frankie and bennys a real treat!!! but money for meal is budgeted and has been saved up for so doesnt come out of grocery money.

thanks lynzpower for a great thread!!!