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September 2012 Grocery Challenge

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  • smelkel87
    smelkel87 Posts: 24 Forumite
    This weeks spends are £5.64 in mr c, £52.87 in mr t, a bit more than normal as was oh birthday and cooked a nice meal! £12.25 in L**ls on figs and a few other bits we needed and £11.68 in Mr S mainly on a birthday cake. Updating sig now! x
    January Grocery Challenge
    £84.49/£200
    :DMummy to Jack 16/07/2012:D
    20p Savers club Member #112
  • mossy
    mossy Posts: 1,263 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Well I spent £1.14 in at the 'evil empire' on some shreddies and then it all went a bit wrong!! :o

    Will work it out tomorrow and fess up but it basically consisted of naughty treats!!:eek:
    Saving for Disney again, oops why book one Disney holiday when you can book two!
    :starmod: Emergency Fund Savings - #148 - £10/£1000 1% :starmod:
    :xmastree:#083 SPC6 £63 - SPC7 £90 - SPC8 £63 - SPC9 £54 - SPC10 £26 - SPC12 £70 :xmastree:
  • she_who_can_not_cook
    she_who_can_not_cook Posts: 650 Forumite
    meg72 wrote: »
    Just a 16.00 spend this week, wanted carrots and onions to dehydrate,
    Asdas were 90p a killo for carrrots but got 10kg for 1.98 from Rosspa.
    onions 4kg for 99p, grapes were only 99p 500g, Bramley cooking apples only 1.08 a kg. and a huge cabbage for 59p. I think I saved the delivery charge of 5.50 twice over and didnt have to lug it all home on the bus.
    i have not ordered from rosspa in a age ... i loved the way the veg came in them white chilled boxes and chilled packs
    Gc 2013 +26 -5. -4 -7 -14 -15 -10.-8.20 +15p+30+5.80 Dec +9 GROCERY challenge 2014 Jan -2Feb -3 March -1.50 April +5.40 May +4.90 June -3.July 16.50/85

    God bless my sweet "old man" Goldie that died in the early hours of 27 th March please see him on my avatar
  • Mrs_Addicted_to_Spending
    Mrs_Addicted_to_Spending Posts: 585 Forumite
    500 Posts
    farlee wrote: »
    I just have to say thank you for creating this thread. I literally just came across it and have plenty to think about when budgeting myself for food now. Personally I eat a lot because I'm investing in myself as an athlete but I'm also saving alongside my girlfriend for our first house so I need to be quite strict in a way.

    I will follow the ideas in this forum and see how much I can cut. I'll update you when I've started doing it. Going to begin in October. Thanks again!

    Welcome to the thread :).

    Make-it-3 wrote: »
    Stopped by MrS for milk today - £173.75/£200 now. Bound to go over when I do the weekly shop and that's without it being a 5 week month so another weekly shop on top of that to go yet.

    Oh dear! Been GCing for 3 months now but no clear plan on how to reduce.

    Don't panic!! Have you read through the advice at the front of the thread as I found it very useful when I started? I've only managed to reduce by £20 a week (for a family of 4) but I'm happy with that as it's still an £80 saving each month.
    zippychick wrote: »
    Hi

    Can anyone let me know if we have a replacement for Helenjelly and her magic works?

    Thank you kindly. A PM would be really helpful and please copy in Pink winged.

    Zip

    I think the replacement is Coxy11.
    Pay debt in 2012 #278 £2347/£5364
    Sealed Pot 5 #1713 £78.57 //Crazy Clothes Challenge #97 £79.49/£100
    Grocery Challenge:
    Feb £359/£360 Mar £390/£450 Apr £335/£320
    May £330/£320 Jun £455/£400 Jul £321/£320
    Aug £399/£370 Sep £345/£300 Oct £421/£400 Nov £0/£320
  • she_who_can_not_cook
    she_who_can_not_cook Posts: 650 Forumite
    WantToBeSE wrote: »
    My September GC finished yesterday (i run from 20th-20th), and i am glad to say i came in under the £200 (only just!!) :)

    So, i am now into Octobers budget!
    well done to you and everyone
    Gc 2013 +26 -5. -4 -7 -14 -15 -10.-8.20 +15p+30+5.80 Dec +9 GROCERY challenge 2014 Jan -2Feb -3 March -1.50 April +5.40 May +4.90 June -3.July 16.50/85

    God bless my sweet "old man" Goldie that died in the early hours of 27 th March please see him on my avatar
  • Mrs_Addicted_to_Spending
    Mrs_Addicted_to_Spending Posts: 585 Forumite
    500 Posts
    Well I'm over by £45 this month :eek: and I'm not sure why :o. Never mind, I'll start afresh next month and try and do better. See you on October thread.
    Pay debt in 2012 #278 £2347/£5364
    Sealed Pot 5 #1713 £78.57 //Crazy Clothes Challenge #97 £79.49/£100
    Grocery Challenge:
    Feb £359/£360 Mar £390/£450 Apr £335/£320
    May £330/£320 Jun £455/£400 Jul £321/£320
    Aug £399/£370 Sep £345/£300 Oct £421/£400 Nov £0/£320
  • she_who_can_not_cook
    she_who_can_not_cook Posts: 650 Forumite
    liz-paul wrote: »
    OMG am at £426.49 of £450 already, still got to get to the end of next weekend!
    But I have everything I should I need for the rest of this month barring fruit, milk, sandwich fillings and emergencies.....
    I am also stocked up on wine to keep me going into November and I should have enough biscuits & crisps to the end of Oct, along with various other bits & pieces....

    Those of you that put red lentils in to mince dishes - do you cook them first or add them in dry?
    i wash but only 10 min boil in soups do not know why
    Gc 2013 +26 -5. -4 -7 -14 -15 -10.-8.20 +15p+30+5.80 Dec +9 GROCERY challenge 2014 Jan -2Feb -3 March -1.50 April +5.40 May +4.90 June -3.July 16.50/85

    God bless my sweet "old man" Goldie that died in the early hours of 27 th March please see him on my avatar
  • GreenFairy
    GreenFairy Posts: 379 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper
    A quick shop today as nephew is coming to stay for the weekend and needed to get a few things. Are all kids fussy eaters these days? lol

    Still have 9 days and just over €45 left, so barring invading hoardes of hungry teenagers, I should hit my target :)
    Attempting to stay on track in the Grocery Challenge!

    Occasionally blogging at CookingTheBooks!
  • Suffolk_lass
    Suffolk_lass Posts: 10,295 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    GreenFairy wrote: »
    A quick shop today as nephew is coming to stay for the weekend and needed to get a few things. Are all kids fussy eaters these days? lol
    :)

    Whenever DS's friends came over I explained the "house rules" re food - you try everything once, then more if you like it! The fussiest boy confessed to liking so many things - then swore me to secrecy not to tell his Mother that he had tried things - let alone liked them. I concluded then and there it is mostly a power over parents thing!!:rotfl:

    SL
    Save £12k in 2025 #2 I am at £4863.32 out of £6000 after May (81.05%)
    OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I am at £1286.68/£3000 or 42.89% of my annual spend so far
    I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the Grow your own thread
    My new diary is here
  • jumblejack
    jumblejack Posts: 6,599 Forumite
    Morning guys. Hope you are all well.

    Gonna be making a toad in the hole today for tea free the kids have been for football.

    Don't forget lidls offers today:j
    :A Every moment is a gift. That's why we call it the present.!:A
    Grocery Spend Weekly Challenge (Sat-Fri):£30.50/£40
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