November 2010 Grocery Challenge

Sunflower1227

Yeah another NSD :j Go me lol

Tea tomorrow from the freezer (HM meals) & cupboards

Mrs_Money_Penny

Hi All

Just updated signature spent £59.66 in MrS on Tuesday. I had a £6 voucher so it brought the total down a bit. Good luck everyone.

sistercas

katenut wrote: »

I had the same scare Diflower - was running out of bread flour, can't justify the petrol to Mr A to get some to was delighted when I checked online and it was 3 for 2. When I got to the store there was no sign of any offer, however I had to get it anyway so I got 3 bags. When I checked my receipt the third bag was free!!! There's no harm in taking it to the till, and if the computer says no then just don't buy it I think that maybe it takes a while for the staff to get the offers put on the shelves maybe?



Ooh, I'm very familiar with the guinea pig problem - with 2 little hungry squeakers of my own, and I'm a vet nurse so I'm all too aware of the need for lots of fresh veg. Can I suggest the following (depends on where you live but hope it helps!)

- Try your local agricultural merchants for a sack of 'outcast' carrots, normally £1.50 and keep for ages in a cool place (TBH me and DH eat these too, there's nothing wrong with them!)
- My pigs love nothing more than a bit of fresh grass and dandelions, free from wherever you can pick them from.
- We've got the local veg gardeners on our street well trained to leave their offcuts of broccoli, cabbage, carrots etc hung on our back gate, in exchange for some prime guinea pig 'fertiliser' - like gold dust apparently! We just clean them out into big bags, leave it to rot and share it out in the spring.
- Buy hay by the bale from a local farmer rather than the ridiculously expensive bags from pet food stores - a bale is normally £2 and will last for ages, as long as you can keep it covered.

Sorry for the waffle! First spend this month yesterday, of £18.81 on fresh fruit and veg, milk, ham and bread flour from Mr T. Going away for the weekend so that comes from a separate budget xx

we have 2 guinea pigs too , they cost a bomb in fresh food.i did give them grass and dandilions in the summer but now its a trip to lidl for them , they are so cute though

Picklepud

Have just done my main shop, got loads of whoopsies, so very happy bought some fresh pork ribs reduced to 50p, any ideas on how to cook them? Its not something I would not normally buy i am hoping there is a way of doing them in the slow cooker so i can have them ready when i get home from work tomorrow so any ideas welcome

I have updated siggy this includes £4 on silacone (sp?) cake tin and £4 on cheapo bailey's :cool: might be for xmas might need to be sampled at the weekend!!! also had to buy some haribos for 89p in Aldi that where labelled as suitable for vegetarians not for me but a chap in work was talking about them today so couldnt leave them when i saw them.

anyway have a good evening all keep saving those pennies.

Flat_Eric

Evening all.

I will be updating my spends at the weekend and will update my signature accordingly. £20 odd got spent in Mr S yesterday but this meant meat for the chilli on sat eve which will also do for tea on Mon.

I intend to sit down and finally meal plan this weekend. I keep saying I will be doing it but still haven't got round to it yet! Its essential that i do so though if Im to achieve my aims with the grocery challenge.

I am about to embark on a 395 no spend challenge and full details can be found here https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/38170080#Comment_38170080 if you would like to follow my progress.

I know this isn't grocery challenge related but Im sharing it because its also my aim from hereon in that I will only buy stuff from the supermarket if its on my list and if it forms part of my meal plan. no more spends just because the item is on offer ! I want to make savings wherever possible and the grocery challenge is certainly one I can make inroads.

~moneysavingnovice~

Weekly spend of £46 in Mr S.

I can't believe how much the price of everything is going up! 50p on the chicken we buy, 50p on yoghurts, no multibuy on any of the things that have been multibuys for as long as I can remember.

We seem to be buying less and less each week and yet it's costing the same.

sveika

Picklepud wrote: »

Have just done my main shop, got loads of whoopsies, so very happy bought some fresh pork ribs reduced to 50p, any ideas on how to cook them? Its not something I would not normally buy i am hoping there is a way of doing them in the slow cooker so i can have them ready when i get home from work tomorrow so any ideas welcome

I like pork rib with seaweed soup. Very simple to make, just wash the seaweed throughly and boil them together. Or try to make some soup with pork ribs and soy beans? These are common Chinese soups which I really love.

sveika

As for milk price, oh, I just found out that our local shop sells 2L milk only for £0.69!! I can’t believe how much profit the supermarkets are making!!:A


November grocery budget: £100

£1.50 Farmfoods
£12.25 Tesco

£5.91 Asda

£6 Tesco

November GC: £25.66/£100

Cherry_Blossom_4

Hi, I'd love to join in with this if it's not too late? Could I be put down for £150 please?

NickJW

Cherry_Blossom wrote: »

Hi, I'd love to join in with this if it's not too late? Could I be put down for £150 please?

Cherry_Blossom...if you put the £150 target in big red figures the mods will be able to put you down. It's always good to welcome new people to join in with the money saving cause