April 2011 Grocery Challenge

sistercas

Mrs M could you put me down for £400 for April
thankyou
and thankyou to Pink, Rosieben too for all your hard work :T

SilverBird_2

My GC HK budget for April is £200.

CherryPie

First spend of the month today of £23.28. But should get a nice wee voucher back from T£sco for it. Should have about £40 in vouchers which I'm gonna use to stock up on basics.

Bought birthday cake for my sis today but haven't counted that in. She's 38 today, but still insists on a cake!!:rotfl:

Going to Mum's tonight, and going to make some mac n cheese. She had a wee fall on Sunday and has a corker of a black eye. So I'll spoil her a bit while I'm there.

Good luck for April everyone, and thanks to the ladies for running the thread.

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[Deleted User]

Hi Chums put me down for my usual £120.00 hopefully I will spend quite a bit less as I am away for a weekin April

silvermaid

I have not done this before.
I will aim to come in at £450 or under for April. To feed 3 of us all the time, add in 5 at least 3times a week and another 1 or 4 for a long weekend or two. That sounds a bit complicated.
OH and me, with DD2 coming home for Easter holidays - 2nd April (that's the first 3)
DD1, DSIL & 3DGSs (that's the 5)
DS and possibly DDIL & 2DGDs (that's the 1 or 4) - one of the long weekends will definitely be all 4

Added to that, when DS is here DD1 and family like to come over and eat - so we will be 12 at times

Will just try to be as frugal and unwasteful as possible, Cheers, Silver

RhiBi

I've like to join in with this as out grocery shopping seems to be getting worse! I go to get more budget things, but end up buying lots of other things which defeats the object! I'm really unsure of how much to budget though. We are a family of 6 - 2 adults and 4 kids aged 13, 10, 6 and 4. Five of the 6 of us take packed lunch to work/school and we also have 1 cat. I was thinking of trying £500 for the month, but its school holidays which seem to see us going through more food!

I'd be grateful for any advice

tessie_bear

thank u to all who start thread....rosie that recipe index is excellent

having a lazy day today...yesterday i made biscuits 2 cakes and a pie...most of it eaten but a bit left for today....using up the chicken i roasted on sunday for tea...with chips which makes a nice change we dont have chips very often

might have a spend in sainsbugs to morrow but will see..not sure what we need so will need to consult cupboards and see what their opinion is

tata tess

Chloris

Thank you to everyone for the thread!

£8.80 in the Co-0p. I am not looking forward to the weekly shop as we seem to be out of everything.

mrspauper

Hi,

I'd like to join this challenge. Our household is me, husband, 18 month daughter, two cats and a dog. I can't seem to get our household spend below £100 a WEEK which, looking at other people's targets, is far far far too much for 2 1/2 people! This includes petfood, toiletries, household products and beer/wine. But it doesn't include meat or eggs as we have our own animals. I plan all our meals and make everything from scratch so I'd really appreciate any advice from other posters!
Our meals this week are: lasagne & salad (will last two days); homemade burritos; homemade pizza & salad; steak, home-made chips and salad; baked potatoes, egg mayo and brocolli. We're invited out on Sunday. I also make bread for my husband's pieces, also some choc muffins and carrot cake for his tea breaks. DD and I have homemade soup or sandwich for lunch, and we usually have muesli or toast for breakfast. I don't think this is excessively luxurious food - the meat is all from the freezer - but when I went to the supermarket to get what I need for the week it was £100!
I think one problem is that we live in a very remote area. Our supermarket (30 mile round trip) is really small and hardly stocks any value/own brand products. The next nearest supermarket is 140 mile round trip so any savings I make on food, I spend on diesel. But four years ago I only spend £100 a MONTH on our grocery bill, and I can't put this all down to food inflation. I usually spend £15/week on a case of beer and bottle of wine but this is non-negotiable with my husband and it's cheaper than him going to the pub. We usually have two veggie days a week.
Anyway, enough rambling. I'm going to aim to spend £300 in April which I know is too much but it's a start! I look forward to learning from the rest of you!

123budget

have already spent £293.72 out of my £500 for April, but did a huge meat shop at Cost** and a fairly big supermarket shop. School holidays are looming but have a cupboard full of flour and baking ingredients and have done a 5 week meal plan so should hopefully stay close to budget.