A BOGOF January for anyone?

new_leaf_6

After New Year I always try to cut back and was thinking of trying to limit my groceries to BOGOF ones (other than a few staples like milk). I spend too much anyway and would like (will have) to cut back. The rule is NOTHING unless it's BOGOF. Could be an interesting month depending on the BOGOF offers.

Bogof_Babe

Well I had to answer this, given my user name. I think you will struggle for veg, fruit, frozen goods etc.

But best of luck, and do let us know what you find, and where it is!

Mr_Proctalgia

I did that a few months ago, it is interesting!!!!!!

My rule was Bogof or reduced and I had to buy another freezer :cool:

I haven't really done any shopping at all for the last 2 months (just the odd store cupboard basic that has run out, this month I have bought no food per se but have blown about £80 on Christmas Booze.

It is much easier if you are using a shopping site - I use Fixture Ferrets, that way I know what supermarket is doing what offer.

I have been trying to empty one of my freezers and cut down on some of my stash of nosh but to be honest I am now getting sick and tired of some of the bogofs I have and am frustrated by having to miss out on some of the rather nice stuff that is currently available because my place is full to the gunwhales with food

When I eventually get the stash down to managable proportions I shall have to come up with another cunning plan. :rolleyes:


HTH

catznine

Please come back and let us know how you are getting on. I get my fruit and veg delivered weekly in a box and am now trying to clear space in my freezers for Christmas stuff. January always seems to be a month where we live out of the store cupboard anyway. Could still join in if there is anything else we need and just make sure that is bogofs only.

LJM

thanks for tip just had a look on the fixture ferret site i never knew about it before but i will be using it now

Mr_Proctalgia

To get the maximum benefit out of FF you do have to pay them a little money ( I think it is a Fiver a year) but well worth the savings that can be made. Otherwise you can only see savings up to a pound - You also get email reminders for your "Saved searches" which is handy.

HTH

[Deleted User]

I always use January as the month in the year when I shop from my cupboards .I have had some odd meals at times:D ,but apart from fresh veggies and milk I try to use up everything I have in my cupboard or freezer. I really do use it as good way to empty my freezer so it can be de-frosted and cleaned.
Also the store cupboards ,which are full of strange bits and tins of things that I have bought over the preceeding year.:D
I also list everything that I have in the cupboards and pin the lists to the insides of the doors .This includes my cupboard under the sink, as I always seem to find odd cleaning things that I had forgotten I had bought.
It's a great way to start the New Year, and a darned good way to save some cash. After all, soon as Chritsmas is over one has to think about the coming summer holidays. I have booked out holiday already .Youngest DD and family and I are going to Sherringham in Norfolk for a week in August .There will be 8 of us all told so we start saving at just after Christmas. This year the children won't know until we get there where we will be staying. We usually stay in a caravan ,but this year we have found a house for a change .
Apparently 5 minutes from the beach, anyone know Sherringham at all ?:j

jcr16

i mihgt try this. although i have said jan is going to be just a store cuboard month. as i have so much and a huge tesco shop coming for xmas , that it seems the right time to do it. although i've heard jan is gonna be a really bad month weather wise. so i won't let stocks get too low.

i'll be joining up to the ferrets site. i don't mind paying a fiver if it will help me save money in the long term.

stilernin

Another slant on this, if you have enough spare cash, would be to over buy on things that you always use. Loo rolls, toothpaste, tinned veg, etc.... what ever you wouldn't be tempted to use more of............ then make your own shop in your larder, garage or where ever. Mark the actual price you paid on it for reference.

These products are better than having money in the bank, you'd only make 3% or so if it was there.

When you 'buy' it from your self add 10%, (or more if you choose), which means that everything in your shop will be only just over half price. Pay yourself this money in a separate purse for more BOGOF purchasing or cream off the 10% and put this away for your hols or Christmas.

If you are organised enough, you could keep accounts to see how much profit your shop has made. At least you could put a value on your efforts.

Start with a fixed amount of money to invest in your business and see how much you could 'grow' it in a year. Now there's a challenge.

Reya

JackieO wrote:

Apparently 5 minutes from the beach, anyone know Sherringham at all ?:j

I'm a Norfolk lass, and you're going to one of the prettiest areas of our (very flat!) county Make sure you try to take the Poppy Line, which is the lovely old steam railway that takes you around the coast to places like Holt.

Wells-next-the-sea and Holkham have beautiful wide expanses of beach that are great for kids to play on (be careful of walking too far along Holkham beach to the 'left' - when facing the sea - because it's a naturist beach when you get that far over!) Holkham also has its own micro-climate, and while the wind does come off the sea it's never cold and it keeps back any clouds from the beach. I've been there on days when it's been absolutely bucketing down with rain, but once I've got onto the beach itself, the black clouds are all pressed back beyond the dunes by that wind, and I've actually been sunburned on the beach!

One note if you visit Holkham or (especially) Wells beaches: pay attention to the tide notices that are posted in the car parks. A loud siren will sound when the tide is coming in, and if you're not already headed for the dunes when it goes off, you need to pack up and start moving. The tide comes in very fast at Wells, and you can find yourself cut off before you know it. Don't let that put you off, though; it's still a lovely beach.

Car hire, if you can afford it, is a great way to explore the coast road of North Norfolk. In places such as Cley (pronounced 'cl-eye') you can find little pottery shops and family-run delis, and you can also book boat trips out to Blakeney Point to see the seals

Heading 'down' the Norfolk coast you'll come across Great Yarmouth (very commercialised but great fun for the kids) and Hemsby, and even further down will take you to Southwold, home of the famous astronomically-expensive beach huts and some great shops for pottering around in, plus tea rooms.

All-in-all it's a beautiful area, and I think you and the kids will love it. There's something for everyone. This page is a good starter for what you can find. Scroll down to the map and take a look at what's around you, then use the links above it to explore. Have fun!

Sarahsaver

I would do this IF i used supermarkets more or IF i bought readymade food.
The stuff i buy from sainsburys will never be on BOGOF - economy bread, tinned tomatoes and jelly, stuff like that. ALso my veg comes from an organic delivery. We also use boots basics toothpaste and shampoo/conditioner, and I tend to buy those with my points
I will try for a reduced to clear challenge instead for the things I do buy such as margarine, flour, storecupboard basics like rice and pasta, but then again I get the value range. I have just about downshifted til I can downshift no more! LOL