a month without supermarket - new challenge for 2011 starts at post 1013

cherie1122

This challenge sounds fun. I've got an online order coming from Mr T on Wednesday afternoon but apart from that I won't go near one of the big four supermarkets during May.

I won't be doing an online order either.

Please count me in.

thriftwizard

Please can I join in too? It won't be too hard for me as the nearest big 4's are all at least 5 miles away and I hate going to them anyway - I'd much rather (and usually do) shop at the local market/farm shops/butchers/greengrocers/local Co-op/L!DLs in the next town. But I could do with an achievable challenge right now - too much going on elsewhere in my life to do something really hard!

pink_princess

Well first day went well.

All I have bought is a bottle of wine, potatoes, green beans & SR flour. All from Aldi.

I'll need meat by Friday & I always buy our meat at Sainsburys so I will have to venture to a farm shop or butcher instead.

catznine

We are now up to 13 on May's challenge:-

A bit of help
Pigs may fly
Rosetta92
Westlothianlass
Greyqueen
Pink princess
Lizzyb1812
Catznine
DebtFree2012
the_cat
diddly74
cherie 1122
thriftwizard

I will be away on the norfolk broads for a week now (still on the challenge though) so won't be able to access a computer until my return!

Good luck all!

Catz x

lizzyb1812

Hope you have a lovely holiday catznine and thanks for restarting this challenge. Although I didn't need to shop for much today it was a joy to potter about going to real shops instead of soulless out of town sheds full of stuff I don't need.

Nicolafine - re the Co-op being expensive, have a look at the Fiscal Fast thread posts 704 and 712 - I thought the same as you.

Taadaa

The Co-op can do some good deals but I tend to think they are for things we don't really need. Like chocolate. Did I say I didn't need chocolate just then

lessonlearned

Please can I join in.

I've already made a small start on this and have been trying to support local shops for some time now. Definitely want to stay away from the Big 4.

newgirly

Hi, could I join please? I actually decided to start doing this last friday and went to the local butcher and farm shop, I don't like shopping in big supermarkets as they are full of nice treats that I am not supposed to be filling my trolley with, and too much processed stuff everywhere that I am likely to buy.:D

abitofhelp

I managed quite easily to walk past tesco without going inside yesterday, went to the £ shop with oh instead. the only struggle i think i will have is value yogurts for eldest sons breakfast smoothie and some new fangled sandwhich thins he likes for his lunch. other than that i will be picking up some bits from aldi/farm shop for the next couple of weeks.

westlothianlass

Hi all,
So lovely to see everyone joining in, makes the journey more fun. Thanks Catznine for gathering us all together and hope you have a lovely holiday.
Well we have started okay, I took a break from work yesterday, i'm bad for working right through without a break but decided to have one and walked to the local co-op to buy some milk and cheese. Though some things were a bit dearer I managed to get some meatballs half price for tea as well as some reduced peppers and tomatoes so it didn't feel too bad.
Today I had to go into Edinburgh and passed Sainsbobs but resisted the temptation (oh how virtuous I felt:rotfl:).
So onwards and upward, after reading GQ's post I also joined the co-op so just waiting for my card now, and I will feel like my granny with her Divi number.
Hope everyone is well and had a great day
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