October 2011 Grocery Challenge

lou33

Can I join just regesterd so i can join this challange after following this thread for months I would like to spend no more than £ 100 a week this is for 2 adults, dd 15, ds 12, one cat and a dog for food, cleaning products, toiletries ect starting friday the 30th till 1st november.

Mumof2_2

Hi, can I join in please as my food bill seems to be getting higher and higher. There's 2 adults and 2 children (ages 8 and 4). I think I'd better start with £400 for the whole month and will aim to tweak it down a little bit each month from October onwards.

MummyEm

I'm in again for the month! As I managed to stay under last month, I am going to knock another £25 off the budget so please could you put me down for £400 for the October? I have self imposed a rule whereby I have to knock £25 off the budget if I come under. My ultimate aim is to get to about £350 per month which would be a comfortable amount for us and not too much compromising on some of the more expensive foods which we love.

I did start stocking up on a few Christmas treats last month so will continue this as and when I see good offers.
The freezer is looking pretty full so some good meal planning is in order me thinks.

Good luck to all the newcomers.

Jedilibrarian

Must, must, must not spend more than £100 this month on food/toiletries for 1, household stuff for 2.

Please add me to the challenge. Need a kick up the bum.

Thanks.

Keith

From our £320, we've so far spent:-

£6 in our local co-op last night,
£43 in Aldi tonight,
£11 back in the co-op for dog food & 8 packs of drinking chocolate! It's on half price and I'm drinking one instead of an alcoholic drink before bed.
Need to pop into Tesco for a few odd bits but should be under for this week

I was going to make this chicken bhuna and then freeze the remainder, 4 chicken breasts will be too much for two! Would that be ok to freeze? I've noticed that they usually put a "freezable" logo on their recipes.

XSpender

Spent £1.18 on breakfast at the yummy canteen at the other work site today and DH spent £6.79 on a bottle of red and a 3 pack of minstrels...not good for the waistline or the budget:o

DH decided he wanted sausage pasta tonight so I had to create something from scratch with onions, chopped toms, frozen peppers, garlic, sausages and some peperoni I had in the freezer. Served with pasta from AF and some garlic bread:)

Received a £10 voucher to tempt me back to Mr T delivery which is probably worth using, along with the other coupons they have sent me recently I should save a bit as the minimum spend is less than I spend in a week anyway.

ms_night_ryder

Had my first spend today £3.16 changed my sig, gonna try to use stuff from my freezer as it is very full at the mo and i would love to keep it full but with different things, lol

JulieGeorgiana

Totals so far:

Big Monthly Bulk Shop £99.53/£100 :dance:
Week 1 £24.89/£25 :dance:
Week 2 £0/£25
Week 3 £0/£25
Week 4 £0/£25

TOTAL £124.42/£200

TheThriftyScrumpers

Keith That should be fine to freeze. Was it nice?

nannygladys

Hi another newbie here, I would like to join this challange please. I get paid every 4 weeks so I aim (not very sucessfully) to spend £25 a week on food, petrol etc as there is only me with the occasional visits from dd1 and dd2 when they need feeding, most time they treat me!!! so please put me down for that and I WILL stick to it!!!