July 2012 Grocery Challenge

jumblejack

Soworried wrote: »

It is, within months I have went from not believing mental health issues were real (never had a sick day in 13 years) to not being able to leave the house alone.

I found MSE though and I am getting stronger by the day. I found out about cutting bills, food costs and YS

The people on the messy thread are a great support as well :j

The worst health issues are those unseen

What is the messy thread? Sounds kinda fun

JIL

I have just been to Asd@, there were two packs of strawberries reduced from £2.50 to £1. There were no yellow stickers on the packs just a sign up to say reduced to £1. Lots of people were buying them.
Anyway when you got to the check outs there was a right commotion going on. The strawberries scanned and then the cashiers were instructed to enter a price, some knew it was £1 others put in the price it said on the label £2.50.
The department assistant kept getting called to the tills as the customer argued they should be £1.
Others took them selves off to the customer services desk to get a refund and a card for being overcharged.
The assistant argued that she had not got time to put stickers on them all.
Is it me or would it have not been quicker to put the stickers on, rather than spend all her time at the tills with irate customers?

Anyway they are lovely strawberries. But what a performance.

jumblejack

Be careful Adelight and be safe

I don't know your personal circumstances but it's definitely best to avoid a conflict if someone has had a drink.

Hope things improve tomorrow when you've both had a bit of time

rosieben

Welsh Poppy I've added your Chilli Jam and Strawberry Jam recipes to the index :beer:

adelight, I don't know your circumstances but please take care of yourself

craigywv

good evening all im back from my hols 2 lovely weeks in cyprus and enjoyed it thorouly!!! nice and relaxing just SOOOOOOOOOOOOO expensive 2.00 quid for a tin of coke,3for a magnum lolly the list is endless! i a bit late for gc this month so far have spent 14 quid on butcher meat parcel, 55 quid in mr t,going to hb next week for loo roll stock up and bits and pieces so could i be put in for 200 please thanks. well with the awful weather came home to most of my strawberries growing all rotted:( still got enough for 4 jars of jam which i made this morn. Also in mr t last night whoopsied double cream down to 15p so bought 18 tubs and now have 7 lbs of butter and 3 lbs garlic butter in freezer......happy with that:D.my spuds have STILL not flowered ,i was wondering can i dig them up and get baby potatos or do i have to wait till they flower? got a good 2 lbs from my peas today so froze over half and will ahve rest with sunday dinner,loads of pods still there too. my blackcurrants are heaving so made ribena tonight it was lovely. sons off school now so its mammoth eating time in our house so batch baking shall commence from sunday, oh also off work for annual work holiday so he can do some bread making(he makes it better than me) well i have rambled on enough here and i still feel jetlagged i know its only a 5 hr flight but its the whole day travelling thats exhausted me, so i look forward to catching up with you all and reading your posts missed u FLO and JJ and your lovely recipes , glad to bein the equation again goodnight all xxx:)

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Rising from the Ashes - i have to agree, give it away, its a sin the amount of food that is thrown
Soworried - sorry to hear of your situation. . I dont think rising was having a dig, but when browsing the ys section, some people are so RUDE. Elbows, trolly block (i think its called), agressive. I always move over and let other people browse. I would prefer to stave than behave like a savage. By the way, Tesco do value pasta for 30p, which i find fine

Just to add to my long boring post, i do feel that people would benefit being taught to budget. I used to earn lots of money (pre kids), but did not have a clue about saving or budgeting, I am now unemployed (unfortunately), single, with 2 children (19 year twins) and i feel more in control with things 'cause i can manage my purse. i can exist well on a shoestring, if needed could probably feed an army for a year on the supplies we have, I think good came out of my lack of money, if you know what i mean. I do think its something that should be taught in schools

little_miss_moneysaver_3

Hi everyone,
Good to see people back from their travels. Sounds like some people are going through a rough time, hugs to all those that need them.

Save dosh I agree with you. I think budgeting, saving etc needs to start as a child by parents and in schools. To be fair I've been looking after myself since I was 17, but some of my friends just have no clue with money. Not that I'm that great, but the way they waste money etc is madness. Saying OH lived with his dad and was also wasteful with his money and had £20000 of debt when I met him. All thankfully paid off now! He had nothing to show for it though!
I'm expecting our first baby in September so am thinking already of how I will teach him the value of money and saving (I'm not great at saving )

I just was thinking about a couple of things so thought I'd come on ask them then hopefully I can sleep.

Cat food now I know I'm soppy, but does anyone make their own cat food? We got our cat from a rescue centre in Jan and she's three. we've not spoiled her with any gourmet cat food, but it seems she doesn't like any. We've friend jelly ones, gravy ones, lots of brands (MrT, MrM, fel!x, k!tekat and whisk*rs), pouches and sachets. She might eat them for a day or two then little. We give her biscuits which she eats. She loves ham, chicken and human food and I'm soft so will give her bits if I'm cooking or eating them so she does/can eat so it's not that she's unwell. This has been going of or months now, my main bugbear is just the amount of food we are wasting. We've started giving her smaller amounts too, but still a lot is being wasted. So I was thinking if I could make cat food. I've seen a few recipes online and that some people say that it does work out cheaper. Obviously I need to make sure it's balanced for nutrition etc. Does anyone else do this or has done it?

Daft question 2. When counting your grocery shop total do you count any delivery charges? I was explaining to my friend the idea of the challenge etc and saying what I'd spent and she pointed out that with AF and MrS £10 this month was on delivery rather than actual groceries so really she thought it wasnt an accurate reflection. Her view was I don't add petrol to the cost if I drive there. I think that's it's of the cost of the shop, but i see her point. I suspect people will think about this differently so I just wondered really of any of you didn't count any delivery charges?

What were two little questions in my head turned into a mammoth post so I am sorry.

Hope everyone sleeps well and has a good weekend.
LMM

jumblejack

Lidls weekend offers:

Fresh British beef mince £1.04
Italian spaghetti pack 24p
Cherry plum tomatoes 50p
Large Ragu sauce jar 78p

Also cucumbers are only 39p whole
Fresh rocket is 52p

Thought a few might like to be reminded that the offers are on today and tomorrow

Busy day for me today:
Garden lovers gathering and a girls night out for a curry.

Am I the only one who dreads going out for a meal?
I just calculate how little I could have created the meal for

TheThriftyScrumpers

PennyGrabber wrote: »

Soworried, you must be soworried... I really feel for you, as I had a time where getting up was a challenge, and if I managed it then it was a good day.

Spend day today, but a lot of it was teachers' cards and presents, so I'll have to split the receipt up and work out how much for the gc. Got some milk, as I don't know if we'll end up getting to the shop this weekend now, and some pancakes for breakfast tomorrow. A$da have just started doing 'hm' pancakes with different flavourings, which you can watch them cook in store. I spent ages talking to the baker as he was doing it, and he said they were going like hotcakes, pardon the pun!!

Got two boys coming over for a sleepover tomorrow night - one each of my children's ages. Their dad is dropping them off, along with mcd's for each of the children, so I only need to feed myself tomorrow evening. Then I'm driving the four children to the pub for Sunday lunch, and meet back up with their parents. (They're going out on Sat night which is why I have the children!) This means that we'll only need a small tea on Sunday, so prob tom soup or similar as I'll have made some bread by then.

Had sausage rolls from the freezer with lo baked beans and lo mash, which I mixed with grated cheese and baked at the same time as the saus rolls. Children ate almost every bit, and that's a little bit more used up... I WILL get there!!

PG x

ps - I looked at Cleggie's dfd last night, and she has got the results for her degree - may be worth a few peeps sending a msg so she knows we're still thinking of her?

PG - how do I find cleggie's dfd please? TIA xxx

TheThriftyScrumpers

Good Morning Folks!

Well I went to Ald! On Thursday and picked up some of their pull- ups for DS at night. So far so good thank you to those who recommended them. I also remembered someone saying about their version of Pantene shampoo so I got some of that too. I really enjoyed going somewhere different so will go more often.

Family party today so I have made a trifle. I am going to decorate the top with strawberries and blueberries so it looks like the union jack

Food banks - we donate weekly to our local food bank. There is a collection box in our church. DS and DD put the items in the box. hopefully helping others less fortunate will be second nature to them.