March 2010 Grocery Challenge 23 February 2010 at 6:24PM edited 28 February 2010 at 10:01PM in Old Style MoneySaving 998 replies 74.3K views

Money_Fritter

Hi Folks,

Well march was a good month, and the monthly food plan defo help.

Declaring now for £85.31 so under budget by £14.69.

Money Fritter

coffeeholic_2

Hi everyone, I came in quite a bit under budget this month and surprised myself so will be lowering again for April, slowly but surely.

£149.48 was my final total for March.

Cupboards and freezer and fridge looking a bit sparse so will have to stock up in next couple of days.

See you all on April thread!

tranquil_2

Well, my final total for the month was £412.38 slightly over my target (by £12.38). Went shopping yesterday so that pushed me over but it was food for this month!

Will pop over and say hello on the new thread. x

KITTY_2-2

Declaring my March spend at £275.79.

Didn't spend anything from last Sunday to Tuesday so pleased with keeping the overspend down to £25.79.

April will be better as will be using up lots of freezer stuff while kids and I are home for a week.

Good luck all for April. See you over on that thread. K x

Winged_one

Yay, I made it to the end of the month without spending any more money!!

I know I have stocking up to do on certain things in April though, so it won't be as good as I had hoped.

Oh, and I finally used up the last portion of breaded fish from the freezer last night as I was home alone for dinner (with a half portion of Lidl oven chips - it was even a tasty dinner for all that it was "fast food" and convenience).

lizbob

49 last night in Mr S but thats all the wine, soft drinks and dry goods done for the month so should only need to top up with fresh veg, fruit and milk now.

Spiggle

Declaring for March at £234.47 which is a saving of £45.53 :j:D

Thank you all, we couldn't have done this without the mighty support on this thread. Have already set April budget at £260 but we'll have to see how it goes with OH birthday and time off in this month though for me the month is 4 days shorter than March so heres hoping.

Very chuffed with the NSD too. Set a target of 16/34 and achieved 21/34 so set the target a little higher for April at 18/30 and hope to beat that one too.

Thanks all, good luck for the new month and see you over on the April thread.
Spigs

rachbc

chuffed to bits to declare £218 - under budget by £132! Am amazed - though had some stocks in the freezer and owe my butcher £15 as he'd shut the till when I went to collect my order! Making bread has saved me a fortune and some good yellow sticker finds have really helped - I feel inspired!

Meal plan for next month done, asda order come in at £75 for the month with butchers shop and veg top ups all I need.

Spiggle

rachbc wrote: »

chuffed to bits to declare £218 - under budget by £132! Am amazed - though had some stocks in the freezer and owe my butcher £15 as he'd shut the till when I went to collect my order! Making bread has saved me a fortune and some good yellow sticker finds have really helped - I feel inspired!

Meal plan for next month done, asda order come in at £75 for the month with butchers shop and veg top ups all I need.

Wow :T Congratulations! What a fantastic achievement :money:

Kornishkat

Thanks for all the support and ideas on this thread I have completed my 1st ever grocery challenge and came in within my budget which amazed me! My final total spend for March £318.36. Well done everyone especially rachb :T. By the way which is your favourite bread recipe, is it one from the recipe section on MSE? I make my dough in the BM then bake in the oven but always seem to end up with really dense bread - if I can only figure where I'm going wrong I could save more on bread too, as it is i have to buy bread for the rest of the family and only I eat the hm stuff . Anyway, see you all over in April GC