first attempt at a shopping budget - £20/week

cyclingyorkie

true enough!

Penny-Pincher!!

You are doing really well IMO!

Its difficult when shopping time is limited. Maybe you could cook a lasagne, stew or chilli etc and freeze a couple of portions. That would keep costs down.

I mealplan (I think I said before), then you can utilise what you already have in and just buy what you need.

Do you have a freezer?

If I get a loaf reduced, sometimes I make DD's sarnies up and freeze them in bags and if you take them out in the morning, they are defrosted by lunch or mid morning.

Maybe Cravendale milk would last better than fresh.

Do a couple of basic meals a week. Baked spud, or egg and chips etc.

HTH

PP
xx

WoB

want2bmortgage3 wrote: »

Wob - what about the cost and time involved in going to all the different shops?

Hi. Well the shops I mentioned are all within walking distance of a shopping centre we drive to. So, no extra cost for us although take a bit more time to walk around different shops but it's worth it and you feel a sense of achievement cutting your bills and not pandering to the supermarkets. Admittedly the convenience of having all these shops available to you at a ahsooping centre may not be the case for you. In which case you may need to alternate the sops you go to and but/stock up on certain products.

stressedaah30

want2bmortgage3 wrote: »

used up my weekly budget now, remaining £7 was spent on:
-loaf of white bread
-another 2pt milk
-co op own shampoo
-bag of potatoes
-small cheddar cheese

i remember seein a book at work (from the book club) just called potatoes and wish i'd got that now coz all i can think of doing is mash..lol[/QUOT
ive got that potato book lol
also has dishes that include meat n fish like cottage pie and fish pie not just pots

want2bmortgage3

cool stressed.. could you tell me the ISBN number it might be on amazon!

Samannie

I've been considering doing this myself for a while but I live with two other people and we do all our shopping together so it's more difficult to keep track of who's eating what. There are some good tips here though- http://money.sky.com/mp/features/moneymatters/slash-supermarket-spend-may.html, I think planning your meals out before you go shopping so you know exactly what you need is a really good way to stay on track. Good luck!

lumpy_bum

instead of doing small shops at co-op is there a big supermarket who delivers to you where you could bulk buy a months worth of value bits and bobs? ive swapped alot of things for value
beans
spagetti
pasta
tomatoes
flour
cheese spread
cheese
some jams or honey
various jarred sauced
stuffing
yorkshire puddings
ice creams
lemonade
fruit juice
etc etc
list goes on and on lol
wish you luck and il keep popping in