August 2009 Grocery Challenge

helen_jelly

Just updating - DH went to MrT this morning and spent £12 on fish - but - it was half price and we do eat alot of fish so although i was :mad: i was also :T

So we are not half way through the month but over half the budget is spent

Helen x

PS forgot to say that the fish was whoopsied so was just under half price

Toonie

We've had a few spends so far this month, but its a bit of an odd one what with partners Mum staying as she goes out and picks bits up and won't let us pay for anything. I did pop yesterday to get some salad bits as I am off work for the week.

Huge Cos lettuce-39p
8 mini cucumbers-74p
500g vine tomatoes-21p
5 large pittas-29p
£1.63-not too bad at all and will keep us going for salad with dinner tonight and salad sandwiches tomorrow.

Fire_Fox

I had to go into the city centre to collect my prescription and 'discovered' that we have a B&M!! I did remember the Grocery Challenge so I only spent 20p on two jars of Sharwoods Thai sauce, £1.50 on a massive dark Toblerone and £1.30 on female essentials. So I only have £49 left!! :eek:

This afternoon I made mushroom pate for my lunches; in a bit am going to start work on a bottle of wine whilst I make French onion soup for tomorrow's dinner. Tonight is yet more leftovers - rice from last night and turkey in white sauce from the freezer.

What are the rules on coupons? It makes sense for my next shop to be Tesco as the Clubcard stuff arrived - they sent a £9 off a £60 spend coupon, and I will be doubling up points to get £20 of wine. So would need to pick up £40 of food of which I will only actually need to pay £31 ... do I count that as a £31 or a £40 spend??

ktpie

So far we've spent £161.73 out of our £300. Not bad but my list of things we need is getting longer. Need at some point to sort out my store cupboard as it is full of bags of dried beans etc that have been in there ages unused. We could be using them up!

cw18

Fire_Fox wrote: »

What are the rules on coupons? It makes sense for my next shop to be Tesco as the Clubcard stuff arrived - they sent a £9 off a £60 spend coupon, and I will be doubling up points to get £20 of wine. So would need to pick up £40 of food of which I will only actually need to pay £31 ... do I count that as a £31 or a £40 spend??

As far as I'm aware the GC has no rules on anything - everyone sets their own.

My personal choice has been to knock the value of coupons off my spend, and only declare the money I actually hand over. But when I buy a newspaper for a grocery voucher I charge the paper to my GC budget. (If I buy one for a CD/DVD - which is the only other reason I ever buy one - it get's charged to my 'anything else' budget, which is what I use to buy CDs/DVDs )

lollyfin

Hi all
taka cheesy pinwheels are just rolled out puff pastry spread with mustard and grated cheese, rolled up like a swiss roll, sliced and cooked. They make a nice change from just plain pastry.
MrsM thanks for that recipe I will definately be trying that when we get some blackberries which should be soon. We all love the corned beef hash and getting soup from it as well is a real bonus, it is the only way we have corned beef now
as just slicing it means I only get 1 meal from 2 tins and I can't have that everything has to do at least 2 meals now ( Iam getting so mean lol)
Hugs
Lollyfin

elf06

cw18 wrote: »

As far as I'm aware the GC has no rules on anything - everyone sets their own.

My personal choice has been to knock the value of coupons off my spend, and only declare the money I actually hand over. But when I buy a newspaper for a grocery voucher I charge the paper to my GC budget. (If I buy one for a CD/DVD - which is the only other reason I ever buy one - it get's charged to my 'anything else' budget, which is what I use to buy CDs/DVDs )

I agree - I only count what I hand over. I work for a supermarket and get 10% discount but I count what I actually give over and not the top line. Actually I dread to think what it would be if I didnt get discount or coupons etc!

Ok so my spends for the last day or so are a total of £25.78 taking the months total up to ............ £67.21

kirstenc

Hello people, so I did the weekly shop today, and spent a total of £32.54 including the £8 for the taxi home. :j
Heres how the purchases went...

cat food (12 tins will last 2-3 weeks) £4.74
orange squash £0.47
multipack pure orange (4 x 1litre) will last 3 weeks - £2.90
Cooked ham - £0.42
pepperoni - £1.38 (for sarnies but will add to pizza too)
milk - £1.53
1kg mince - £2.42
whole chicken reduced to £2.35 :cool:
soya milk - £0.60
caramel squares (this is the last time, im making my own next week) £1.55
pasta sauce (for the meatballs, will bulk out with veg and freeze) £0.36
chopped toms x2 £0.70
cheese sandwich (tomorrows lazy lunch) reduced to £0.25 :cool:
coleslaw £0.20
2 pack ciabatta reduced to £0.25 :cool:
HUUUGE plain baguette reduced to £0.27 :cool:
mushrooms £0.89
green apples £0.89
bananas £1.34
2kg onions £0.67
i/berg lettuce £0.50
celery sticks reduced to £0.25 :cool:
fresh noodles reduced to £0.25 :cool:
bag of 5 peppers £1.30
1kg carrots reduced to £0.25 :cool:
shower gel £0.77
bubble envelopes (for ebay) £1.10


whew!!! not bad for a weeks shoping!!

had beef curry for tea, none left though so im not sure how it would feed 6 lol, but I might add in some peppers next time, perhaps 2 tins of tomatoes instead of just one and bulk it out a bit!!

Have frozen the ciabattas, noodles and chicken for a rainy day as they were not on my list but can be for next week! I think a roast is in order!! with chicken pies with the leftovers!
Im using the baguette for OH's lunch tomorrow, and will make pizza baguettes with the rest. should be YUM! :T

3106catherine

Well I spent £9 at the butchers and £71.02 at Mr T

Herewegoagain

Thanks for that Kipper,I always thought sauce's were hard to make, would go lumpy easily so usually buy a sauce mix:o

I must have a go at the bulked out mince, need more veriety I think, although I do have loads of HM meals in the freezer, just want a change:cool:

Does anyone know if supermarkets will take the coupons even if you don't buy the product, I know they used to but haven't tried it for a while, and I lived else where then, don't know if that makes a difference though:cool:

HWGA xx