April 2011 Grocery Challenge

tigerfeet2006

Thanks for the new thread Miss Wings

I had a NSD yesterday and should have one today.

Pablosmummy

Hello, havent done this for a while but really need to control the spending again so can I be put down for £140 for the month please. Going to sort out the first two weeks meal plan and order everything today.

nessie216

Can you put me down for £150 for April please = 20th March - 19th April

Still working out spend for march but will update soon and put it on the March thread - i think i came in under budget!

funnyflipp

Right off we go again then..
This month I have ordered all the expensive/ funny diet/ suppose they have to have it if they are going to be well food (!) in one hit
that way I can have a better idea of what I can reduce realistically along with the rest of you

So here we go lets start with £400 and work our way down!

minerva_windsong

Grocery challenge newbie reporting for duty here!

As posted in Getting to Know You a while back, I'm about to move to London to live with my boyfriend, and whilst I'm hoping we'll be relatively comfortable I'd still like to reduce our budgets wherever we can, and food seems to be one of the main areas where we can do that.

I'm not starting properly until the weekend but as it's my first month I'm aiming for roughly £200 to feed two of us (£50/week), with a view to eventually getting this down to £120 a month (£30/week). We are going to Liverpool for Easter weekend as my cousin is getting married on the 23rd, so it may be slightly less in the end. I lived on the equivalent of that on my own as a student so I know I can do it but am easing myself in gently to begin with!

I'll do a cupboard audit once I get there to see what we're starting off with and then go from there.

GroinSexyPavement

I've been waiting for the April thread to start, is it sad that I'm so excited about giving this a go?!

Can I have £310 for April please, to include food for me, OH and our dog, plus toiletries and household products.

ifonlyitwaseasier

Thank you for the new thread

still catching up with the last one (am sooooooo far behind)

can i have £125 for this month please

and i'll try and total up last month properly :P

Mrs_Toast

Hi there, I thought I'd join again and see how far I get this time . £40 a week is for me, DH & DS18mths. I'm managing to do the big A?di shop every week for about £28 but then don't seem to have much change by the end of the week & don't know what I've spent it on.

My April started on Friday and my spends were as follows.

A?di £28.64
Sainsbugs £8.08

Have spent today

£1.38 @ QS
£1.50 @ Hardware store

tigerfeet2006

Maybe start a spending diary. Write down every little thing you spend your money on including that sneaky bar of choccie when you fill up with petrol.

helen_jelly

Thank you Pink, MrsM and Rosieben for the thread and the hard work setting it up and running it each month

Welcome to all the new people - ask lots of ?? as there are loads of clever people on here who will help

We've just made the decision not to renew our Costco card - we only use it to get bacon and loo roll and i've just worked out that for what it will cost to get these in shops, the difference only pays for the membership so boing and its gone.

See you all later

Helen x