February 2011 Grocery Challenge

PurpleJay

Hi all,

Declaring £299.41 for February. I had aimed for £280 so not to bad. I will aim for £280 again in March and we have loads in so I really should be able to manage it.

NickJW

£2.15 spent in Mr S yesterday. Then my sister is coming to visit me today, so we'll go out for a late lunch.

My month ends on Monday 28th so I need to try really hard not to spend £30ish in the next 4 days!

mummyjane

Katholicos - I'm so sorry to hear about your Dad. My thoughts and prayers are with you at this sad time :grouphug:

I am off to update my sig now, well over this month, however, on the plus side I have still spent a lot less than I would usually. I think it has given me a better feel for where I am overspending and I am in a better routine with shopping and meal planning now so hopefully next month will go more smoothly.

Linda32

Hello all,

I'm going for £260.00 for this month, came in at about £266.00 last month, so here goes.....

Previous Total £221.58

Tesco £34.04
Co-op £11.93

Total for Month £267.55
:T :T :T Pretty pleased with that.

I've noticed from this Tesco receipt that I might be trying Aldi for their fruit and veg on super 6.

Cost of 4 clementines and 4 apples at Tesco £2.19 :eek: and no the apples were not pink lady

jovi20

Hi everyone,

I am declaring £305 spends for Feb so £45 over budget. Not great so hopefully March will be better.

I have increased march budget slightly as I've got a visitors coming to stay, a birthday and a few Easter gifts to get, ( got 3 of the big easter eggs from Asd* yesterday for £2 each, so part way there, shelf was nearly empty so a lot of other people obviously got them aswell).

Can you please put me down for £350 budget for March please. Already spent £110 of that, but stocked up on deal items, mainly for baby & cat food.

Also got a few whopsies, £4.50 Jerk Chicken & veg meal for two , reduced to £2.25 , pack of chicken breasts reduced to £3.05 and pack of bacon for 96p

You mentioned Cutiepieabf that you had some cheats and storage tips for menu planning, could you share a few ideas please?? I'm still in the process of doing my menu plan but getting in the habit of making extra and freezing it , something I should do more often. I have done it on occasion but not often enough. I have a couple of plastic storage boxes, suitable for freezing, but maybe investing in some foil tins would be a good idea, then I can put them straight in the oven.

Also going to make up extra baby food and freeze that, and try not to rely on the jars so much.

jovi20.

moonpixiewitch

I am declaring FEB at a little over budget at £312.45
March budget now set at £280
I am absolutely determined to get this figure down some more yet , I still think this is way too much to be spending on food for 2 (albeit greedy) adults and 1 cat (also greedy).
At least hubby has conceded defeat on the high protein , low carb diet - it isn't working and its very expensive .
So now we are 'allowed' to eat pulses again and less meat and more veg (which is always reduced in my local wait**se or on offer in al*i :T so hopefully lower food shopping bills

martafdz

Sorry for your loss, Katholicos.

I have spent around £15 more, I will update shortly.

Also, if anyone with a cat lives around Manchester, somebody in Freecycle was offering 11 tins of Felix because her cat did not like them: http://groups.freecycle.org/CityofManchesterUKFreecycle/posts/9217377 I think you have to register and log in to see and reply to ads, but it's free, quick, no spam and easy.

nmlc

Afternoon all

Quick update on the spends, spent £59.94 in MrL this morning, so have overspent again but have bought several bigger packs of different items all the way through the month, to try to stock up a bit and because in the long term it worked out cheaper. Am quite hopeful that I don't need to spend any more money, as my GC month does not end until Thursday, will have to wait and see, but have menu planned so should be ok!?

Have a good weekend everyone, stay safe and well.
nmlc x

philsmum

Thinking of you Katholicosxxx
I am declaring at £149.67/£150.00:j
Hope everyone has a good March even though things are getting more expensive.
Pat

Mrs Mac Can you put me down for £150.00 for March.

karmachilovething

Right I haven't been keeping up with the thread very well, and now on a terrible slow train wireless connection, so will go back and read another time.

((hugs)) to those who need them, as I see there are a few of you.

I am declaring at £88.81/£70 for February, and I would like to plenge £90 for March. I think the £70 is a bit optomistic for me a the moment (long term goal maybe) and I know my freezer is pretty light right now, so will need some restocking!

Have a good weekend everybody