July 2011 Grocery Challenge

catznine

Please can I join in again! £150 as I must empty and defrost the chest freezer! Still recovering from dd's wedding last week, we ate far too many takeaways over that week and the savings have been almost wiped out!:eek:

Just the 2 of us and 1 dog but we like to entertain, instead of dinners it might be old fashioned sunday teas! Quite looking forward to that, might finally get to use my charity shop cake stand!:) Also need some pennies for a couple of days at our local pick your own (for jammin)

Yesterday I found a box of vege burger mix in the cupboard (from app foods 10 for £1) and an ancient tin of mixed beans in spicy sauce, mixed the whole lot together with water and made 12 spicy bean burgers which are now in the freezer! Worked out at about 5p each! Still have more packets of the vege mix so bought another tin of the spicy beans and couldn't believe how much they had gone up!!! More than double!!!:eek: From now on it will be kidney beans and spicy tom ketchup from my app foods stock!

choogirl

Hello

can you put me down for £280 again this month please?

I promise I will try harder this month.

I'm trying the following this month - taking cash, totting up as I go round and trying not to go to the supermarket more than once a week and use up the food in the freezer and then I can defrost the freezer.

Hopefully it will be a successful month xx

Long_tall_sally

Hello everyone.

I haven't had a chance to read through this thread yet but just popping on to update signature with spends so far. In one way, it seems a bit alarming as only one week in but on the other, some of the spends have been to take with us on holidays to Ibiza. We are going to try & take a lot of gluten free food with us as we get an increased luggage allowance for it but don't actually know how much of an increase!

Elisheba

kymbo82 wrote: »

Hi,
I did a shop at asda last week, usually I go to tesco's and according to their price challenge I saved £8 but it's a bit out of the way and tesco is just round the corner

Hi Kymbo,
If their price challenge is right, and thats every week on average, that £416 a year you save a year. Thats Xmas sorted!. Once I start looking at how things add up, it helps motivate me!

Today I think I have managed to get all our toiletries for the month (and possibly beyond)for £16.55, which I'm chuffed about. Unless DH decided he needs expensive bits and pieces he has forgotten about.

Will be going to L**l and Mr T's later for weekly shop. Think L**l toilet roll deal seems to be the cheapest just now - 24 for £6.99. Good stuff as well. Also, saw sun lotion in Sup****ug for £3 a bottle. Cheapest I've seen it this year.

Meal Plan -
Sat: out
Sun: Cooked breakfast, roast dinner
Mon: Wraps with leftovers
Tues: Beans on Toast
Wed: Pasta bake, garlic bread
Thurs: Soup and Pudding
Fri: Left overs
Sat: Going on holiday so lots of flasks of coffee and packed lunches for the journey!

Will see what the damage is later!

sistercas

GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE NEWBIES :wave:

i did manage to make a fruit cake it smells delish
ive got some courgettes ready to pick :jso will have those this weekend

QOTD

Ooo I love fruit cake, I've been debating whether to make one to use up all the currants and sultanas in the pantry (plus loads of pre-made icing!) but haven't decided yet as they are always handy when you don't have them in!

Been to Te$co today and was totting the shopping up on the way around as I wanted to spend just over £10 so I could use one of my clubcard vouchers. Realised that I was over-calculating - you know when you round up just to make sure you have enough money - whereas really I should have been undercalculating to ensure that I spent at least £10.

Anyway I calculated that I had about 40p left so thought I would buy some jelly at 36p to take it to £10 and would keep DD smiling (can make jelly this weekend which see loves) but then I had a moment and thought "No it wont be enough" so threw in a packet of chewing gum at 47p and crossed my fingers. The till came up with £10.08 so I was extremely impressed with myself - £10 with clubcard vouchers and 8p of shrapnel out of my purse. :D

And on budget as well :beer:

Aril

Please put me down for £240 for July
Thank you!
Aril

emmad5689

Been to do a smallish shop today and hopefully apart from that I should only need bread this week and possibly some strawberries as I am trying to lose weight so need some fruit in. I have managed to spend £7.03 in Ald*, £6.81 in B and M and £20.88 in Mr A, total at moment £34.72 so not bad if thats for my first week although next weekend will be BIG shop and all animal stuff

flower91today

Hi im new to this,
Can you put me down for 150, as thats what we spent last month ( we did get given f&v from a friend though) . hopefully that be enough for 2 adults and a toddler.

beemuzed

Hi All. Missed out on last month's challenge. Please can I be in with £320 for July??