August 2011 Grocery Challenge

rosieben

Thanks for the new thread Zip :T

Good luck everyone!

CherryPie

Might try shopping @ L!dl or Ald! this month, I get fed up trudging round the same old store time & time again!!

Do the super 6 start on a Sunday?? I'll give it a bash tomorrow anyway.

Good luck everyone for August

:beer:

hex2

Thanks for the new thread and the support - especially Zippy, Mrs M and Rosieben

Please put Hex2 down for £300 in August

- income has dropped by a scary 75% for the forseeable future and I could really do with coming in under this. Groceries and household for two adults, two boys, part time teenager, six hens, four cats and two dogs.

I can feel a lot of egg and courgette dishes coming up this month - unlimited supply of both atm

calleyw

Can you put me down for a £100 for this month for two adults.

I have already spent £4.83 as there was an offer of 3 X 400g blocksof cheese for the price of one and then one reduced loaf of bread.

Have put the loose change in my mortgage over payment pot.

I do need to get some frozen veg as I am running down my chest freezer to defrost it. So I am trying not to buy stuff.

Yours

Calley

sistercas

thanks to zippy, pink, rosieben, mrs m for the thread

hope pink and mrs M are ok

please could you put me down for £400 thankyou

guccigoo

hi can i be put down for £300 please this month as its the summer hols. Havent been on for ages and only just got back from holiday today. Hope everyones ok, i shall be watching the pennies this month as ive come back nearly skint :eek:
Got a mr t delivery coming on monday but will be going out tomorrow to get a few things so will update then

ab7

Thanks zippychick/pink, rosbien and mrs mcawber I'm going to have to rejoin and try to keep spending at £200 for the month please no matter how much I aim to spend, I always think oh thats a bargain....well not this month :rotfl:

rising_from_the_ashes

Hi everyone, stumbled across this and it looks great!:D

Loads of superb recipes which is fantastic as getting a bit sick of eating the same thing all the time!:o

I have a quick question (sorry if it's obvious and I've missed it) - is it just "groceries" you include or things like toiletries/cleaning products and pet food etc? (which are often bought with the "weekly shop").

I'm taking part in the Frugal Living Challenge and they're broken down to separate budgets in that so not sure whether to add them together or not?


Thanks:o

hex2

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

is it just "groceries" you include or things like toiletries/cleaning products and pet food etc? (which are often bought with the "weekly shop").

Welcome to the challenge. The answer is it is entirely up to you - your challenge, your decision. Just set the rules in your head before you start so you can't 'cheat'

Some of us put everything in one budget, others do just food, or food and household.

rising_from_the_ashes

Brilliant, thanks Hex2 and also for the welcome.

In that case, I'll add the groceries and household budgets but exclude pet costs - these are on the steep side as include medication for dog, insurance for them all etc. I also tend to buy most of their food etc online in bulk so can spend a fortune one month and very little the next.

However, I will include any pet treats that are sneaked into the shopping trolley!:o


As I've been doing the FLC I know what I spend (which is an improvement on last year!) but haven't made much progress yet at cutting it down - hoping I'll learn new tricks here!

So, a budget of £175 for August please.