October 2009 Grocery Challenge

helen_jelly

Hi everyone

Welcome to the newbies and Hi - check out page 1 for some lush lush recipes if you need inspiration. If you have any questions then please ask away - someone will be along to help out [fab people on here]

Budgets done up to and including Iwannabeasaver

Helen x

dreamingofmoney

Hi
Sorry i haven't posted for a while, and can't stop on tonight, will catch up on posts later, have been very busy lately and achieved nothing, could i please declarefor sept at £280. And be put down for £400 for october
Many Thanks
Dreamer

topsyturphy

Hi

Could you please put me down for £190 for Oct , I am hoping to come in under budget and DS1 has now got a job and won't be eating all my food whilst I am at work!

Thanks in advance.

helen_jelly

We've been to Costco and MrT today to get the monthly shop - spending £95.92 - some things like the bacon will last 2 months.

Apple juice and Orange juice £11.47
Coke £6.50
Sausages £4.99 [2 months worth]
Mature Cheddar £5.83 [1.16kg]
Grated Mild Cheddar £4.89 [1.50kg]
Mozzerella Thingies £6.25 {2 months]
Bacon £7.89 [2.27kg] [2 months]

Bolognaise Sauces £4.00
Squash 57p
Gravy £2.60 [4 tubs on offer]
Tom Sauce £1.46
Worcester Sauce £1.97
Chips £1.24
Ready Meals x 5 £ 4.00 [on offer saving £1]
Chipolatas £1.13 [reduced from £2.25] Whoopsie
Coley £1.48 [reduced from £2.96] Whoopsie
Biscuits £1.38
Mini Kievs £ 3.38
Chicken dippers £1.59
Smoothies £4.32 [half price]
Desserts 99p [half price]
Chapatti Flour £1.14 [half price]
Babybel £1.57 [Bogof]
Cabbage 49p
Freezer Bags £1.33
Knorr Stock Cubes £1.50 [reuced from £3.00] Whoopsie
Cheese Spread 98p
Frubes £ 2.10 [Bogof]
Lettuece 78p
Carrots 60p
KitKat £1.00 [on offer]
Wild Thyme £2.00 [reduced from £4.00] Whoopsie
Cheddars £1.00 {on offer]
Crisps £1.00 [on offer]

£2.50 on non grocery items

So total spend was £95.92
Whoopsie spend was £4.63 Real value was £12.21 Whoopsie saving £7.58
Offers spend was £19.72 Real value £34.19 Offer saving £ 14.47

So if I'd paid full price for everything I would of spent £117.97 so saved £22.05

Sorry for the appalingly long-winded post but I want to see where the sponulas are going!!

Helen x

got-it-spend-it

I've been MIA but am now on Mat Leave so have no excuse. Please can you put me down for £120 for October as I've just done a big shop and have a very full freezer so hopefully won't need another proper shop for a while!

ilovetea

Hi, I'm going to try for £80 this month.November will be an expensive month for me so need to save as much as possible.
This will be helped by the only shop in our town closing for a week so they can have a re-fit:mad::mad::mad:

ilovetea x

pixiechick99

Hi there,
I've neglected this challenge for a few months but am back and raring to go for Oct:rolleyes:

Can you put me down for £220 for October please?
Thank you:p

*Jellie*

Aiming for £150 this month please

Botany

cw18 wrote: »

I had the Whoopsie timings down to perfection - and the staff were used to finding me looking over their shoulders at both the second (lunch time) and third (evening) reductions, having seen me there early morning checking out what might be available later on from the pre-opening reductions. Rarely bought anything until after the second, and often nothing until the final reduction

WOW that is true dedication -I salute you cw18! :T

Botany

JackieO - thanks for the encouragement!!!
I could not agree more regarding going to the supermarket and buying things that one does not need 'just because they're on offer' (I call it sleep-shopping!). I have to put my hands up and admit I have done that a lot. The problem with sleep-shopping as far as I am concerned is not only the waste of money (crucial as it is), but the fact that if I return home with more than I needed/planned/actually wanted I feel rather upset! I feel as if the supermarket just brainwashed me into their submission.... and that's not a nice way to feel. I should know better than to fall for the supermarkets' tricks.... when I think about it, they're not even particularly clever tricks (using eye-level shelves, strategical positioning of offers....). I really should know better, and yet...... and yet.....

So there, my strategy here is damage limitation: I intend to keep to a minimum the trips to those supermarkets which are better able to brainwash me. I shouldn't have used the plural here because there is only one supermarket that manages to disintegrate my defences each and every time.... and that's the one beginning with T. I don't know how they do it... I'm not even that keen on their products and yet if there is one supermarket that is guaranteed to make me spend more than needed this is MrT.

Having worked that out, I decided that swapping Mr T for Mr W instead for my regular shopping (and using Mr T only as a 'top-up' on essentials to get clubcard points). I understand W is more expensive but in my case I think it's worthwhile to bite the bullet as it may work out cheaper in the end.

Doh sorry for long post.... bit of a rant really... sorry