January 2012 Grocery Challenge

quintwins

if you have a lidl near you they do white and brown bread for 55p

instead of a cake maybe do fairycakes/iced buns people tend to get more when cakes sliced than they do in buns so they might stretch further

Need2bthrifty

Happy New Year to all in the GC, I am another of the "returners" (head hung in shame) I went AWOL around mid November but would like to come back into the fold and get my spending back under control - New Year, New Start and all that....

I have normally worked on a monthly basis but having read through some of the posts from people who work out an annual budget, I will over the course of this week take a much closer look at all of my annual outgoings - should have done this sooner but you know there's always something else to do.

But I will start off the year with £50.00 for January

baroley

Happy New Year to all!

Today was my first trip to the shops since Christmas Eve. I have been working nights and only just "surfaced" and really needed washing powder! I still have lots of food in the house but of course I bought food as well. I walked to my "local" A**i, so there was a limit to what I could carry home.

I have decided that there are certain essentials that I need in the house, extra to store cupboard items, so if I have them in stock I won't be forced to shop. So far they include...
washing powder
bread
tea
milk
onions
eggs
cheese.

The less I actually go shopping the less I spend...

This year I plan to bake more, meal plan and batch cook, I just need to get myself more organised!

Thank you to all you lovely people for your ideas and support!

icontinuetodream

Spent £10.18 today in sm....Huge bag spinach leaves- reduced to £1, 2 bunches of asparagus - reduced to 82p each, 1 bag bananas -reduced to 50p, 3 bulbs garlic -30p each , 4 tins baked beans - 28p each, 1 litre ex virgin olive oil - half price at £3.24 and some veg oil - £1.29

I don't need the olive oil, but I use a lot of it, so it made sense to buy it while it is on offer.....

I am having moroccan lemon potatoes tonight and will serve them with some of the spinach mixed with chickpeas and steamed asparagus with garlic......

Tomorrow, I will use the rest of the spinach tossed with mixed seeds (sunflower, pumpkin and hemp) grated carrot and sauteed leeks as salad to go with the soup which is the broth that the potatoes have been cooked in along with some homemade bread......nomnomnom!!! :rotfl::D

cookiemum

Happy New Year:j

Please can you put me down for £350.Giving myself a bit of room because was paid early and already spent a fair bit on entertaining.

Best of luck everybody.

medsdemon

icontinuetodream wrote: »

Spent £10.18 today in sm....Huge bag spinach leaves- reduced to £1, 2 bunches of asparagus - reduced to 82p each, 1 bag bananas -reduced to 50p, 3 bulbs garlic -30p each , 4 tins baked beans - 28p each, 1 litre ex virgin olive oil - half price at £3.24 and some veg oil - £1.29

I don't need the olive oil, but I use a lot of it, so it made sense to buy it while it is on offer.....

I am having moroccan lemon potatoes tonight and will serve them with some of the spinach mixed with chickpeas and steamed asparagus with garlic......

Tomorrow, I will use the rest of the spinach tossed with mixed seeds (sunflower, pumpkin and hemp) grated carrot and sauteed leeks as salad to go with the soup which is the broth that the potatoes have been cooked in along with some homemade bread......nomnomnom!!! :rotfl::D

OOH your meals sound delish:T.

We're having coconut chicken curry and basmati rice with chard that I battled the elements to pick just now. Maybe do a pudding as I have a xmas pud that I bought last year and we still didn't eat it this:rotfl:and a carton of brandy cream that need using pronto.

Sue14

First grocery spend of the year today in Mr T's of £5.40, for loaf of whoopsied bread (29p), cat food, milk, bananas and tomato puree.

JIL

quintwins wrote: »

surely this is really expensive? that works out at £15.80 for 20 sanwichs, you could buy 2 loves of bread for £1.10, 6 eggs for 80p, value mayo for 80p, cheese slices for £1.50 (or even grate a block of cheese) and some ham for £1.50, this would easily make a good selection of sandwichs for less than £5 with leftovers for your fridge, altho nice sandwich filler is diced pineapple mixed with philly you can use value ranges of both

you could buy a tomatoe and use any leftover eggs and some store cupboard items to make mini quiche, buy a bag or 2 of cocktail sausages and do a few mini toad in the holes aswell as sausages on there own, and some sausage rolls, breadsticks and carrot sticks with dips is nice aswell

i'm sure i'm teaching my granny to suck eggs but it's justa few suggestions

Yes I totally agree with you it is expensive, I was not sure from the original post what limits were on the food so just an alternative and if i was catering myself with my money I would not dream of doing it.

But if you are supplying a buffet with someone else providing the outlay and providing receipts and need to do something really quick and easy with limited space, it works.

We have done this at work as it has been cheaper than getting caterers and all we have is a small kitchen area. (we are not allowed to make things at home without a health certificate, so get away with bought sandwiches). This is just unpacking iyswim.

rising_from_the_ashes

medsdemon wrote: »

I have a xmas pud that I bought last year and we still didn't eat it this:rotfl:and a carton of brandy cream that need using pronto.

I'm having a last years' Christmas Pud tonight ... thanks to a tub of Extra Special Brandy Cream that was whoopsied to 10p at Mr As:D (and no, I really shouldn't eat it .... but just this once ..... )

Brassic_Park

Had my delivery from Mr T earlier. There were a few substitutions but not too bad. Unfortunately the driver forgot my receipt so it's in the post. Judging by my online banking it's £61.26 but I'm still not totally sure. We've got enough meals in to last till a week on Saturday now, so hopefully just a couple of small top ups until then.

Here's my meal plan, in no particular date order, in case anyone's interested:

SC beef in port & stilton w.rice x2
butter chicken curry w.rice x2
vegetable rice one-pot
fresh pasta w.meatballs x2
pasta bolognaise
tuna pasta bake
fish pie w.greenbeans,carrots
gammon, egg & chips x2