October 2010 Grocery Challenge

Craftyscholar

OK first entry in Oct list
Sainsbury - £20.89

Didn't need cheese but checked the per kg price in the passing :eek:

Trouble is I like strong cheddar - taste buds getting older - and it is pricey.

Can I ask if there is any reason why some of you don't put the full name of the supermarket you shop in?

Billie-jo

Hippeechiq wrote: »

I would also be interested to hear how so many people get £2 off this shop or a £10 of that one, or £5 off another, as I've never received any vouchers of any kind either online or via the post.

I got sent 4 x £10 off a £30 shop from T*esco through the post I can only assume it was because the store I go to has just had a major refit and for 3-4 weeks everything was in total disray. Whatever the reason it was very welcome.

LannyLee

Just spent another £2.99 in W4itrose, 6 organice beef & red pepper sausages 79p & 6 free range pork & sweet chilli sausages £1.79 & 45p fpr a roll for my lunch, as I forgot to bring any bread with me for my cheese sandwich.

We're lucky at my office we have a kitchen with a microwave etc, so usually make my sandwiches fresh on the day, as I really hate when the salad makes the bread soggy :mad:

Am very impressed with my sausages as DH goes through them 3 at a time, despite me trying to cut him down to 2, but he is 6'4" so takes a lot of filling

Hippeechiq

I can imagine

Craftyscholar I only eat mature cheddar too, but I never pay full price for it. A year ago it was below a fiver per kg, now it can be as much as £6, 7 or £8 and I refuse to pay that much.

I wait until it's on offer and then I buy several packs, which then means I have enough to last me until it's on offer again.

£idls especially have extremely good cheese offers on almost weekly if you have one near you

To be honest, I'm not sure why supermarket names are not written in full, I think it's something to do with advertising, but I could be totally wrong, and probably am :rotfl:

Edited to add Ventured out after all for my bread and milk today, so have to add another £4.46 bringing total so far to £25.40, and I've pretty much only got coffee, noodles, milk and bread to show for it! Had to buy a 1L of Skimmed Milk as Icel@nd didn't have any 2L bottles - they didn't have any yesterday either - 2L would have cost me £1.10 1L cost 86p :mad:

LannyLee

Hippeechiq wrote: »

To be honest, I'm not sure why supermarket names are not written in full, I think it's something to do with advertising, but I could be totally wrong, and probably am :rotfl:

I think it's to do with internet searches, if we put the full name it makes them appear more often.....I think??

Hippeechiq

Unfortunately I can't make use of this, as I can't get £30 worth of goods in my backpack, but in case someone else can make use of it...

Taken from a post in another part of the forum, in todays Daily Express...

Nudge wrote: »

Daily Express
Page 44 Coupon for £5 Off £30 Spend at Lidl, valid to 3/10

tashmartin

Hello, can I please join in? I kept track of my spends last month but didn't post. I'd like to try for £200 for this month and it'll be from 29 th sept till 27th oct as hubby gets paid every 4 weeks. Its to cover me, hubby, 2 little ones aged 6 and 4 and 2 guinea pigs. Am loving the thread, have found loads of helpful tips and advice so thank you! Am off to try and do a meal plan for the first time!

franby64

Afternoon all.

Many thanks as ever to Pink, Mrs M and Rosieben for the thread and to everybody who contributes. I write everything I buy down in a notebook but I really value also being able to come on here and read/post/update my sig - I need all the help I can get!

I'm already up to £118.49 for Oct (including a big T*sco shop)and really need to be careful this month. I've made shepherd's pie filling and bolognaise which I've frozen, along with some sausage casserole so I'm building up the stocks again.

I have though run out of A*da pepperoni pizza (DS's staple) which means I will have to do an A*da shop soonish, probably Monday, but I'll keep it to a minimum:rotfl:.

Anyway good luck for October...I need to go and take stock already I think!

sewprettymoo

adelight wrote: »

That's impressive! Are you just feeding yourself? Hopefully I'll manage a month that low soon as I'm gradually stocking up!

Yep just me, only moved into my flat last month and bought tons of canned and frozen stuff that i haven't used so gonna try and have a very low month!

mrs-moneypenny

i went over in sept by £80 so am declaring £480 but i did go into farm foods and restock the freezer. hoping to keep to the budget for a couple of months so ive got some put by for christmas and im buying some MrM stamps each week so i have a full card at christmas to help the december shop.

i will declare £400 for october

cant believe we are in the 10th month where has this year gone?