June 2011 Grocery Challenge

Eyebright

Hi everyone, I'm new to these forums but very much like the sound of this, I'm rubbish at food shopping always seem to buy more than we need and waste stuff .
So if you will have me I would like to participate in the July challenge. I go from 25th June- 24th July.

I'm setting my food budget at £200 for July.

Have I done that correctly? Looking forward to getting started!

tessie_bear

hi...been baking today...rocky road and shortbread...also got to cut up a chicken for a bbq tomorrow...hopefully it wont rain...if it does i will cook it in the oven

i got some picota cherries...the ones they pick in a way that pulls off the stork...yum yum shortish season so if u like them u have to buy as soon as u see them...also apricots are nice at the moment i have found...we have had a few punnets...i like to buy soft fruit now as i only do in season...woulld not dream of buying foreign strawberries so its fill your boots time at the moment

have a great weekend
tessa

ebayqueen_2

Afternoon all

Popping in with latest update!!!!!!

Spent Lidl £21.83
Tesco £45.61

Didnt buy anything that I didn't need.
Got chicken, turkey stir fry reduced in Lidl, also deli items reduced in Tesco.

I hope this is me for the month...though will probably need to go out on Tuesday for fresh fruit.:(

Best wishes to all and I hope I do better in July:)

helen_jelly

Lots of new people - hello everyone

Can I be put down for £275 for July please - we've had our working tax credit money stopped!!!! So need to make up the difference somewhere so food's gotta go!!!!

Helen x

missblonde

Pay day today and declaring my totals!

June = £319.53 so I was under budget by £30.47 - hooray! :T

But that was a guestimate as it was my first month so I think the real work will be starting now.

Can I be put down for £300 for July. The meal planning has already started!

rosieben

Welcome eyebright, good luck with the challenge

chocolateteddy

..... in I sneak to declare £425.54 for June where did I go wrong....off I sneak again
by the way New month starts today July £350 again - must try harder

ragz_2

Done my last shop of the month (I'll have to go back tomorrow to exchange lightbulbs and buy snacks for preschool but they aren't counted. In fact £3.50 of this shop was lightbulbs but I'm so over it doesn't really matter!) at £49 and I am declaring my total for June at a miserable £30 over budget of £400.
I have done far too much Stocking Up, for what? I have no idea! I am not expecting holocausts or hurricanes, massive snowfalls or any other disasters. I seem to have total paranoia that I will never be able to get things at that price again so I must buy loads. Doesn't seem to be saving me much money! I am tempted by the second purse thing but I would have to change the system a bit, there would be no point me paying the purse back at full price because most things I buy on offer I would NEVER pay full price for. I do have target costs for a lot of things too, for example

Toilet roll - Used to be target price of 25p per roll, has crept up a little in the past few years but won't pay more than 30p a roll.
Beans - 25p a tin so £1 for 4 offers mostly.
Yogurts - 25p each (I like decent ones) for £1 for 4 usually
Washing powder - 10p per (stated) wash, so £5 for a 50 wash box.
Cheese - £5 a kilo, so BOGOF or half price usually.
Bread - used to be target of £1 a loaf, am struggling now to get granary for that, best at the moment is 2 for £2.20.
Choc/biscuit bars/cake bars - 10p each
Crisps -10-15p a bag if possible, DH likes crinkly or maize type not normal cheapo crisps!

So whenever I see my usual items at my target price I tend to buy a lot. Silly really as these offers always seem to be on!
Will do better in July! (Same target) I have a freezer full of stuff, I will try to inventory properly by the end of the month. Hopefully will manage a BBQ or two as I have at least 30 burgers!

becky170

I'm declaring my total for June as £127.82, so I've just come under my budget of £130 Can you put me down for £130 again for July? Thanks!

20somethinghousewife

Hi, I'm new :wave:
Have been looking forward to starting my first GC. I've been tracking my spending for a couple of years but need to start taking it more seriously to get rid of the last of our debt.
Please put me down for £250 for July.
That will actually be for 5 whole weeks as I'm keen to get started early (mon 27th June - sun 31st July).
It's just me and my hubby to feed so should be do-able, especially with our well-stocked kitchen
Hope it's okay to put this on this thread don't really know what I'm doing yet!