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first attempt at a shopping budget - £20/week

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  • Fire_Fox
    Fire_Fox Posts: 26,026 Forumite
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    plan on spending about £10 tomorrow on way back from work... i already have a fair bit of stuff in the cupboards... so the way i see it , this challenge will get harder as my store cupboard supplies run down. i do like coke as its refreshing in the heat... but dont often buy things like bakewells. as for the yoghurts yeh i realise they are a rip off and usually buy own brand, but co -op had hardly anything in there and i wanted a desert that day! will post back tomorrow, weekly budgeting sure is a lot easier to keep on top of, than monthly.

    It will be incredibly tough if out of a £10 spend £4.40 is branded junk (Coke, bakewells, corners). :confused: Mr. Fire Fox loves his Pepsi and desserts/ snack foods but it's this stuff that kills our budget. Until I started a diary I would have said the same as you, that much of the branded or junk was occasional. :o

    There are plenty of cheaper refreshing drinks - Value apple juice mixed with Value sparkling water, grapefruit barley water, high juice orange squash (I can't stand the cheap stuff), homemade lemonade, almost anything with a ton of ice in. It would be cheaper to buy a second hand soda stream or taste-test supermarket brand colas.
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  • before_hollywood
    before_hollywood Posts: 20,686 Forumite
    edited 27 June 2009 at 2:34PM
    only problem with soda streams are the availability/price of cannisters

    asda/tesco cola isnt too bad, value brand ones are bloomin awful, aldi do one branded 'freeway' or something which is much nicer
    things arent the way they were before, you wouldnt even recognise me anymore- not that you knew me back then ;)
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    I trust BH even if he's from Manchester.. ;)

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  • AndyInYorks
    AndyInYorks Posts: 331 Forumite
    asda/tesco cola isnt too bad, value brand ones are bloomin awful, aldi do one branded 'freeway' or something which is much nicer


    I can't get on with any own brand cola. So I just drink lemonade instead. Value lemonade's fine. Add a slash of orange squash if you fancy change.
    Happy New Year :beer:
  • coolTechno
    coolTechno Posts: 44 Forumite
    try to cut down on "coke 1.25l x 2 on offer 2 for £1.70" its bad on health as well :)
  • Smashing
    Smashing Posts: 1,799 Forumite
    You've got to switch to own-brand when you drink as much diet coke as I do. I had to try a few, and it took a while to get used to the taste, but I now drink Lidl Freeway diet coke - 38p for 2 litres/
    .
    I had a sip of 'real' diet coke the other day and it wasn't overly pleasant and the price made me weep.

    What's the point of buying 2 pints of milk and then and another 3 days later? Just buy a 4 pint bottle. :confused:

    You really need to start planning your meals rather than going in and thinking 'I fancy....'

    That just leads to spending 62p on a sodding yogurt. :D
  • want2bmortgage3
    want2bmortgage3 Posts: 1,966 Forumite
    back again.. i know i made some mistakes with recent purchased (poor value for money) but today spent £9.77 a little more wisely, starting with the worse purchase (but was hungry at work):

    co-op
    double decker £0.52
    sainsburys
    vitality yoghurts x 6 @ £1.19 offer
    linda mcartney sausages 300g £0.94 offer
    4 baking potatoes £0.60
    js baked beans £0.41
    kidney beans £0.61
    loose carrots £0.19
    onion £0.10
    basics sun lotion £2.43
    angel delight butterscotch £0.32
    hovis best both thick £1.00 offer
    6 burger buns £0.35 reduced
    cauldron veggie sausages £1.11

    was hoping to buy some veggie mince but went for the extra sausages being on offer

    food today:
    banana, 2 biscuits, double decker, tin spaghetti on toast
    dinner probs veggie burgers in buns and potato/chips and frozen veg/beans
    pudding a yoghurt
    drinks as usual:
    tea, water, coke
  • shelf.life
    shelf.life Posts: 226 Forumite
    Hi, this link might help you, it's everything the big 3 sell for less than 20p, hth

    http://supermarketspecialoffers.com/DiscountOffers.aspx
  • want2bmortgage3
    want2bmortgage3 Posts: 1,966 Forumite
    started buying on next weeks budget as stopped in tesco earlier:
    country life butter £1.10
    tesco vege frozen mince £2.00
    aquafresh t/paste £1.00
    loose bananas £0.44
    milk s/s £0.86
    lemonade £0.47
    ski black cherry 4 yogs £1.00
    total £6.87
    remaining budget w/b 29/6 = £13.13
  • wammy77
    wammy77 Posts: 287 Forumite
    I can't get on with any own brand cola. So I just drink lemonade instead. Value lemonade's fine. Add a slash of orange squash if you fancy change.

    I only like Morrisions own brand diet coke - can't stand the 'real thing' or any of the other supermarket brands!!!!

    Like someone else said though, it's not the best thing to be drinking - value for money you'd be better off with squash mixed with good old tap water!
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  • Fire_Fox
    Fire_Fox Posts: 26,026 Forumite
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    started buying on next weeks budget as stopped in tesco earlier:
    country life butter £1.10
    tesco vege frozen mince £2.00
    aquafresh t/paste £1.00
    loose bananas £0.44
    milk s/s £0.86
    lemonade £0.47
    ski black cherry 4 yogs £1.00
    total £6.87
    remaining budget w/b 29/6 = £13.13

    Good to see lemonade rather than Coke!! :T Why branded toothpaste, yoghurts and butter?
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