What changes to your food shopping in 2011

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My plan is to plan meals as I did in 2010 and use an online shop to buy the bulk of my shopping so I am not persuaded to buy things that aren't on the list. If and when I do go to the local supermarket I will take cash rather than cards - again to stop myself buying too much. I'm looking forward to seeing what else everyone is doing as I pick up so many tips using this site.

gillian62

I plan to buy more Whoopsies as my DH has just started working for Mr S and I pick him up after 9pm at least 3 evenings per week.
Also to make most of my bread in my BM.
Fill my freezer full of useable veg from my allotment, so I have planned what to grow to go along with what we eat.
Keep a good stock of storecupboard items, but not overstock.
Have money available to stock up on good offers.
Stick to a budget each week. Also to ensure I add up all I buy rather than forget and guess. lol.

Penny-Pincher!!

-draw cash out every 4 weeks for food and diesel (all excess into a tin for a warm holiday, health permitting!)
-get DD to not be so greedy with the fresh OJ as so expensive (she easily has 2-3 portions in 1 go)
-meal plan more strictly
-get OH & DD more into healthy eating
-make more veg soups and curries

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popxcore

-get fruit and veg from Lidl and most other stuff from Sainsbury's basics range...luckily the local Lidl and Sainsburys are so close to each other they almost share a car park
-stop buying most food that serves me little purpose other than making me fat (hello bread)
-try to get the weekly food cost to under £7

Penny-Pincher!!

popxcore wrote: »

--try to get the weekly food cost to under £7

wow.....how will you manage that?

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popxcore

i don't eat a lot and supermarket basic ranges are very cheap! ha
just done this weeks shop..(had to do it all at a different sainsburys this week) and manged to get 5 carrier bags full for £8.50

heading in the right direction

MrsE_2

Rebekah24 wrote: »

What are your food shopping changes for the new year??

I threw lots of food out today.

Stuff bought for xmas & I bought too much:o:o:o:o

I was disgusted at my excess & waste.

I will try much harder in 2011 to keep waste to a minimum.

itsallinthemind

popxcore wrote: »

i don't eat a lot and supermarket basic ranges are very cheap! ha
just done this weeks shop..(had to do it all at a different sainsburys this week) and manged to get 5 carrier bags full for £8.50

heading in the right direction

Wow, i thought I was pretty good! Can you share your weekly food plan? Sure lots of us would love to know! x

MrsE_2

popxcore wrote: »

i don't eat a lot and supermarket basic ranges are very cheap! ha
just done this weeks shop..(had to do it all at a different sainsburys this week) and manged to get 5 carrier bags full for £8.50

heading in the right direction

How?........

MummyBigBum

Meal planning is defo the way forward for us. I buy Meat, bread, milk and toilet rolls from Farm Foods, fresh fruit and veg from lidl and the rest from tesco as I am with the Christmas club for clubcard vouchers... I am finding I am saving so much by doing it this way as I used to go to Tesco everyday and completely overspend on rubbish. We are eating so much better now that I'm meal planning and cooking from scratch which I enjoy. Also making baby food from scratch instead of jars is more satisfying