March 2011 Grocery Challenge

mummyjane

Spent £21.64 in A**a today, didn't plan on buying anything but ds is off school poorly and feeling very sorry for himself. I stocked up on his favourite yoghurts and stocked up on pizza mixes and yet more baking goodies. Kids off to grandparents tonight so I am going to catch up on my housework and get some batch baking/cooking done. I thought I might try doing a huge batch of twinks cookies and freezing the dough. (If I only make a few at a time I might not be tempted to eat them all ). Also planning to cook and freeze some chilli and spag bol for during the week.

Veg box came today, not impressed as half the carrots were mouldy and squishy :eek: going to email them now and see what they say. Also had peppers and mushrooms which I'm going to chuck on a hm pizza for us tonight

lauzellen

Went the corner shop for milk and sandwich stuff (was going to do big shop in supermarket but DD not feeling v well) and ended up spending £13.60 :eek: So i'm going to do my main shop online to a lower budget.

fedupandskint

spent £33 today on

organic chicken £10 - I know, I caved in for a treat this weekend
2 seabass for £2
fruit 10 oranges 8 apples £2
500g beef and 500g lamb for curries which should get 3 meals out of each
1 pork chop
bit of lunch after missed it earlier
coleslaw to go with HM pizza for tea

Only need some milk, bananas, juice cartons and that should be it

Hippeechiq

I'd like to, but I really don't "get" that pay-back-double-the-difference/10% -thingamejig that MissAka is talking about. I'm sure she's explaining it well, but I can be such a dim old bint

MRSMCAWBER Fabulous weight loss - that's a fantastic achievement! Well done you :T

sistercas Really hope your keep your job hun - fingers crossed

Well I'm mightily impressed with myself this week. Another NSD today, bringing by total to 7 - not in master Ramjets league , but all the same, I've only spent £2.54 so far this week. Sadly, that will all change tomorrow, but for now I'm going to bask quietly in my own glory :rotfl:

quintwins

lol thats cause it's really confusing, i had to rea dthe thread in food shopping about 4 times before i got it, and even then only got it because i saw what others had done

oh i have a few more lol
cornflakes 500g £1.89 (£1)
sprite tins X 6 £2.89 (£1.50)
diet pepsi 2ltr £1.79 (£1)
always untra normal 16's £1.99 (£1)

scotsaver

martafdz wrote: »

scotsaver, your dish sounds lush! How do you make the HM chips? I used to fry them (and loved them!) but my DH does not like anything that has been fried pretty much. I mean, he would have it but then would say about how better and healthier they are in the oven... Do you make them in the oven? Anyone?

To make my Homemade chips I just wash the spuds, leave the skins on, chop into chip size and pop into the deep fryer.:o They are delicious and our only sin (I think). They taste lovely with the Skin on, especially if they are homegrown spuds - oh, I can't wait until later in the year when we have homegrown again.:p I have also done them in the oven, same method but lay on the tray, a little Olive Oil, season and sprinkle with Paprika to make spicy wedges/chips.;)

MRSMCAWBER wrote: »

I managed to break through my 8st barrier this week -so 8st 1lb gone -just the last 4st7lb left to shed :j

Well done MrsMC - that's fantastic, enjoy the shopping for new clothes.:D

Missus_Aka

ok just to recap:
te$co price promise:your shopping will be cheaper at mrt then mra or double the difference back (comparable items only)

as above my 2 tre$emme shampoos were £8.60 at mrT but only £4 at mr A so tesco can be a voucher for double the difference so £9.20 voucher more than what i spent

at the 10% one is @sdas price promise: we will be 10% cheaper than te$co or give you the difference back (comparable items only, must be 8 different comparable items in your basket)

when looking for comparable shopping it is easier when you look at branded products you just have to make sure they are the same weight amount etc, it is easy to do this if you go the te$co price Checker and go to check product

quintwins

also just wanted to add, you can only get £100 dtd per month per household from te$co and i think 4 reciets aswell


to get everything in my list i looked at the bogofs on the te$co site as it's well known they put them up before the offer, it was shocking how many were cheaper then i searched a few things i needed anyway

Missus_Aka

get around the 4 receipts/£100 thing by using by registering a clubcard to another address/ email address, i can use my mums clubcard/email address because she has loads of money and cant be bothered with these things, she gives me her clubcard vouchers anyway.

quintwins

ahh wouldn't it be lovely to have loads of money lol, i was gonna recommend my mum tries this so can't use hers not that i'll need any more than 4, is it only 4 vouchers or 4 shops, cause i already did 2 lol xxx