October 2009 Grocery Challenge

cw18

brokemedic wrote: »

What are woopsies?????

Whoopsies or YS (Yellow Sticker) goodies are items that have been reduced to clear (most commonly fresh foods such as uncooked meat/fish and bread)

candygirl

Ok am declaring £87 FOR SEPT:T:T:TWHOOPS I'M IN WRONG THREAD:)

Botany

Brokemedic if you haven't hunted for whoopsies before prepare yourself for the money-saving experience of your life

As flying-fresian and cw18 kindly answered, whoopsies are indeed reduced items (of stuff with a very close sell-by-date), but have you come across those before? Different shops display these in a different way (some have special shelves/bins, some keep them in their original place), and different shops apply these discounts on different days /diffrent times of the day.

I like shopping for whoopsies, and calculating how much I've saved.... sad but it kind of awakens the hunter-gatherer in me!

Botany

cw18 wrote: »

I'm finding this a huuuuuge incentive to keep up with Whoopsie hunts, and it also gives me a better picture of what level I should be setting my annual grocery budget at for next year on the assumption I can't get any!

I think this is a very clever thing to do. Hopefully one day I'll grow so organised I will be able to do it to (a girl can dream!). Anyway, I get your point exactly because all too often after a successful run of whoopsie hunts in Waitrose (fruit for almost nothing, and the stream of whoopsies came regularly for about 10 days), I found myself in shock having to buy 'normal priced' stuff. Keeping track of the 'real price' could be a good psychological trick sort of 'don't get too used to this girl' ...

Then again, I am addicted to whoopsy-hunting so I am a very extreme case... I need an intervention...

huston_kw

Just declared my Sept spend, went slightly over but that was because I've sussed out when the coop do the woopsies, and my freezer is stocked.

I've done my meal plan for the whole month around my freezer & store stuff, so really should come under this month.

I need stuff like milk & packed lunches etc... but I will try not to spend 20 quid when just going for yogurts..unless whoopsies of course.

I think I'm going to cut my budget to 240 which is 10 less, ultimately I would like it down to 200, but going to reduce it month by month.

The money is for food & cleaning stuff for whole month starting 1st, it also include kids clubs, which actually I paid all in Sept to the end of term. I will pay weekly, to even out spend.

Anyway good luck everyone

cw18

helen jelly - I had set my October budget to £102.90, but DD has today been told she can reduce her hours from the week after next. This means I'll only have to provide an after-school snack for my GDs 2 days a week instead of 5 from then.

So can you please adjust my October budget down to £100.50

Thanks

mrsmortenharket

I'm in. I must get my act together when it comes to the food shopping. I'm not going back to work. My freezer is always full & yet I have nothing to cook for dinner :eek:

Started today & spent £37.74. I am not including catfood/babymilk/nappies/smellies & household cleaning items. I need to get the food bill sorted.

Will aim for £300 as I have no idea what I spend I eat lots of fruit though & that can be expensive.

Lisa

helen_jelly

Evening everyone

Budgets done up to and including MrsMortenharket

Thanks everyone

Helen x

cw18

Botany wrote: »

Then again, I am addicted to whoopsy-hunting so I am a very extreme case... I need an intervention...

Before our S'fields changed to a Mr M a couple of months back, 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


So I guess that makes me a Whoopsie-Hunting Addict too :rotfl:



I've just reduced my annual budget for this year to £1,333 - but if I'd bought all the same items at full price, I'd have overspent by the end of June (real value of foods at that point was £1391.58!)

wilf55

spent another £5 so thats £33

how much do others spend for 5 adults ?