July 2011 Grocery Challenge

emmad5689

Well I am now declaring £484.30 for July which is pathetic considering the budget was only £400, I also managed 13 NSDs so my aim for August is £400 again sorry don't know how to make it bigger and I am aiming for 14 NSDs this time. We are actually away for three nights in August which is why I am trying £400 again since it isn't a full month. Thanks to all that run the thread you are really inspiring me I really dread to think what we must have been spending since this is me watching what i am spending.

M0neysav3r

Hi All

I have been awol for a couple of months but kept tabs on things Junes spend was £320!!!! Awful for us really but when I spoke to a friend yesterday she was envious as she spends over £100 a week to feed the same amount of people. July's spend is £211 - Much better!

So for August please can I be put down for £175 as we're away for 1 week of it.

highland_fling_2

Good morning everyone,

trying to declutter this morning and that includes food cupboards. Have sorted out a bag of bits and bobs from food cupboards to give to my neice.
I am really going to try to stop buying food this month, even whoopsies, as I really think I am addicted to buying.
Will try only to replace things which I run out of and cannot substitute with something I already have.

Wonder how long I will last until l am lured back into supermarkets.

69chick

I am declaring £289.46 for July Think I already put that as my July ended on 19th but it might be missed as its quite early on...

Many thanks to all who look after this thread and those who post,I am finding it very inspiring and helping me keep on straight and narrow..

Will update sig with spends later or maybe tomorrow as I am getting my proper shop then at Mr A's....Have a family barbecue today so spent some towards that.

Good luck to all those emarking on the August challenge....

69chick

For some reason I went wrong with my re-sizing on my post and can't seem to edit it to work so here goes again....

£289.46 for July

cutestkids

Have totally lost track of July budget, I had my sons Birthday and it seemed to spiral out of control with food.
So will make a new start in August can you put me down for £300

This includes all grocery's, toiletries and cleaning stuff.:)

freakyogre

I've gone slightly over my total due to some bulk buying this morning, but it'll last for months, so i'm not going to worry.

£7.80 in Lidl on 5 x blocks of cheese and 5 x bars of chocolate (both half price weekend offers)
£3.74 in Tesco on cherry tomatoes and 3 x body spray.


Please can you put me down for £55.00 again for August? I am running my freezer down still and think what I have will get me through until September, so no doubt then I will need to increase my total for a month or two.

skilly

Hi all,Well I am up to £2,176.93 so far this year things seem to have gone up in shops this month,my cat food gone to 39p last month it was it was only 19p !!.I have only been buying bread milk &eggs the last week might stick to it this week as well .

annem38

well finally declaring 297.40/250.00 , not great obviously but only my first month of properly tracking our spending, and i included food, household stuff, papers, any sneaky lunchtime sandwiches and cat food!

in all honesty i didn't think i would get it as low as i did, but now have high hopes of keeping it under £200 for the next 4 weeks, logging on here every day helped keep me going and i swear i now question every single purchase, now only buy it if i need it or it's on offer,no more buying stuff "just in case" or without having a recipe in mind

roll on august!

anne

bargainhunterss

Hello everyone! I'm going to say £200 again for August. I'm counting this month as a bit of a loss!