July 2010 Grocery Challenge

Souk08

Hi all, can you pop me down for £40 for this month please. Think that might be a bit over optimistic as it's a five weeker but going to try!

Outdoorlass

Hi

Not been on these pages for a while, but I would like to join in again please. I seriously need to spend as little as possible this month, as I have a lot of expenditure with childrens school trips to pay for. There are 2 adults and 2 kids in my household and I want to spend as little as possible, certainly nothing over £300 for all groceries and cleaning, its going to be a tough one me thinks.

Any ideas, would be great OH is on low fat diet due to medical reasons, so that does complicate things a little.

Long_tall_sally

Just a quick update following my pop in to the co op where I spent £5.96 on bananas, nectarines, Doritos (bogof), toffee crisp for lunch boxes and 2 whoopsied Warburtons wholemeal loaves. Will need to go to Mr T's tomowwow or Thursday though.

Lindy_-_Loo

Hiya everyone - this month I vow to stay within the £300 budget!

So far have spent £78.04

Good luck everyone xx

Moniker

I hadn't realised the new thread had started when I posted in June so here it is again:

Mrs M, please could you put me down for £350 for July?

Thanks

Moniker

wssla00

Allo! Have spent £1.49 on lunch at the hospital today. Other than that it's looking ok.....

catznine

Really hoping I can manage some NSD's in July! I must stay away from App Fds! ... must stay away from App Fds..........:rotfl:

WelshWoofer

Hello all!
My budget for July is just £135 but its a 4 week month for me and we're on holidays for a week so just 3 weeks worth of shopping to do.
I'm not getting paid in July so money will be very tight (the holidays and spending money is already taken care of so no problem there).
I need to trawl the boards for cheap meals and recipes to try to stretch the budget in the best way possible.

Hmmmm - beans on toast anyone?

tessie_bear

hi...is it me or is tesco fruit and veg really nice at the moment ?...picota cherries 75p a punnet...lovely...ripen at home nectrines..£1 lovely....whole pineaplles £1...basics bananas £1.42 i got 18 in the bunch i picked up....organic clementines net reduced to 69p...lovely...i was very impressed....some of the veg looked nice but we have taken a vow of salad until the temp drops

spent £8 today which isnt bad,,,what do u peeps spend on fruit and veg out of interest ?? i think we spend about a tenner maybe a bit more for 4 people

take care
tessa

freakyogre

My dad picked some bits up for me yesterday, but didn't tell me how much they were and accepted £10 for everything (including some shorts) so I am going to count it as £5.00 for July (although I suspect it came closer to £6.00!)

I'm back at work next week (well I am if I can sort out actually getting there!) I will probably ask my dad to pick me up a loaf of bread for lunches, as although I don't tend to eat sandwiches, it's easier than messing around with bits. Or i'll make up some pasta salad with what I have. Other than that, I might need some spread and hand soap, but should be ok for everything else.