March 2010 Grocery Challenge

guccigoo

well so much for my nsd today:mad: i went ti i**lands and spent £26.50 but did get quite a few bits for the freezer ie chicken breasts, casserloe beef etc. im now off to reduce my order on te*sco's which is coming tomorrow;)

Long_tall_sally

Another little spend today at the Co Op on the Heinz tomato soups that are half price, a half price naan bread for dinner tonight with meatballs & rice, some coke and some butter as I feel an urge to do some baking.

Normally by now on my 2 days off I would have spent over £100 and I've only spent about £55 but still I am going to have to be careful with my budget now especially I am going to meet the really low 2nd target which I need to balance the books from the last few months.

mama67

ragz wrote: »

I found this article really interesting... they cost one up to see how it compares to supermarkets
http://www.them-apples.co.uk/2009/06/abel-coles-organic-fruit-and-veg-box.html
I've been considering buying a veg box to make myself eat/cook more veg as I really don't use a lot at the moment.

I have been having an organic veg box deliverd weekly for the last 4 years now.

Mine is from a farm local to me not one of the "big names".

I pay £11 for a box of veg that apart from a few extra potatoes is enough for my family of 4.
The farm I get mine from did a comparison approx 18 months ago and for a similar amount of organic produce mostly imported so also food miles it cost approx £5 more at the supermarket.

ragz_2

£4 spend yesterday in co-op, mostly chocolate and reduced bread!
Also DH spent nearly £300 in Belgium and France as he went to stock up on tobacco (Will last him over 6 months and saved hundreds), brought me back some french bread!

Coxy11

Hi, Just on to update my spends.

Went to MrT last night as both DS's need new passports and that's my closest photo booth. £8 spent on photos but from a diff. budget. Did buy 2 lots of their meatballs at £3 plus fresh tomato sauce, and some sweets for the children - £6.67.

Went to buy mothers day gifts from the florist this morning (£17.95 diff. budget) and popped into MrW as it was next door. Spent £8.81 on dog food, chopped toms, focaccia, 6 pack crisps and a custard tart nommy.

Just 16% of my budget left, but have had an invite to SILs on Sunday as BIL is cooking for us Mums. The meatballs completed my meal plan, so it's just F&V, bread and possibly another dog food before 22nd March when my GC ends.

Slight change of plan for Saturday as we're going to visit my Mum and this will involve a takeaway for the 6 of us - cheaper than a meal out. Thinking fish and chips, my fave takeaway, and one that all the family like.

Off to update sig.
Coxy
xx

SunnyGirl

Hi all.

Not been on in over a week as I'm really busy now with this course and applying for jobs. I have, however, kept up with my menu planning and shopping. Today's shop at Netto was £80.27 :T No more to do this week hopefully as I found quite a bit of meat in the freezer and my Mum gave us a large Oakham chicken as they were going away. Signature updated.

We are having a takeaway tonight to celebrate some good family news but that's out of a different budget.

Hope that everyone is doing ok and hugs/happy birthday/congrats where necessary xxx

hex2

I am now up to £293 of my planned £450. Doesn't sound too good but I have all the meat and storecupboard components of my meal plan, and I have all the household and pet stuff so in theory milk, bread, fruit and veg.

I made the mistake of going to Makro for coffee pods as T seem to have stopped stocking them and spent £87.53. Worth calling in for the milk alone if I had the self control - 4x 2L is £3.20! The toilet roll mountain is up to 70 rolls (48 charmin 9.59 + vat), and I have 40 rolls of Plenty kitchen towel (32 plain rolls for 9.49 + vat). Not sure where I will store things once our en suite is actually plumbed in. The bath is full of paper goods .

TheBees

Hi everyone

Unfortunately I haven't been on this months thread although we are still menu planning and trying to be sensible with grocery shopping. I haven't been keeping a running total but will work it out later.

Good luck to you all.

TheBees

aliadds

Grocery day today...just had my Asd@ delivery for £48.08. Had run out of milk and bread completely! Did a downshift on some items today for the first time. Bought value washing powder and own brand version of G@ld Bl@nd. Hopefully they'll be acceptable.
Going to try this budget bolognese for tea.
Feeling a bit despondant today for some reason! It's a hard struggle sometimes! Probably to do with the arrival of the 10/11 council tax bill!:(

kittendothroar

Purpleclutterbuck wrote: »

My first shop for march came to £24.46 and for some unknown reason I bought 3 tins of spelt wheat for 59p -I haven't got a clue what to do with it and thought I might mix it in a salad unless anyone else has any ideas -I thought it was put into bread but tinned spelt? I think I had a brain storm as I'm still adding up the february receipts:o

A weird snap! I bought 3 tins of spelt last week however it cost me about £1.40 in Waitrose...

I have used one tin so far in a salad - added finely chopped cucumber, radishes and 1/2 a poached chicken breast sliced up, plus a handful of black olives, was very tasty