January 2013 Grocery Challenge

msgnomey

Okay so December was not good, budget wise!

In January I am aiming for £60 per week so £240 as there are 2 of us and 2 cats that should be more than enough right?

lilian1977

Hi - I'd like to join this month please, could you put me down for £100, not to include anything baby related (barring food). I put £80 onto my Clubcard Plus and the other £20 is for things not in Te*co (eg milk is cheaper in Iceland, some good reductions in the Co-op).

Thank you.

dizzyditzy

Merry Christmas.
Hi I'd like to join in again my spend has risen quite a bit due to bargains:o I need to pull it back and stop the take aways. My budget for this month will be £160 this is for 4 weeks for myself, DD(14) and DS(12) to include all food and cleaning items. This runs from 27th Dec until 24th Jan.

Good luck to everyone.

thrifty_bell

Hiya , can u put me down for £200 for january pls, been spending too much on booze and takaways lately , i need to save up fo a house deposit ,

i have a few meals in the freezer so shudnt need to spend the full amount , but will use any left over money for store cupboard ingredients

Flat_Eric

£450.00 for me for January please. This month has been better with not so many trips to the shops and when I have bought bits in m&$ that I wasn't planning on getting then I've paid for them with my own money rather than from the food budget. Hoping I can make use of the slow cooker I got for xmas but need to make room in freezer first.

Happy Boxing day all :j

WantToBeSE

Hi. Can you please put me down for £55 a week for the jan challenge, starting from 1st Jan. Thanks

76rosie

I would like to join for January. there is only two of us. Cupboards and freezer full so I would like to put down 60 pounds the month.

this might seem low but stocked on toilet rolls, milk, toiletries etc.

just started paying a mortgage and would like to keep the bills in check.

she_who_can_not_cook

Flat_Eric wrote: »

Hoping I can make use of the slow cooker I got for xmas but need to make room in freezer first.

Happy Boxing day all :j

i was in tescos today they had a offer slow cooker for£8 QUID i dont need a second one but i was tempted

thehappybutterfly

Oh golly gosh, I am feeling so guilty and horrified at our self indulgence. We have a generous allowance on our trust deed and we're expected to use it but looking at the spend figures of the challengers on here, it's way way higher than others manage on. I calculated our average monthly food-only spend for last year as £493 for 3 adults and one teenager. That's not toiletries, cleaning or pets. Or school lunches for daughter.

I'm determined to get our grocery bill down. Ironically we never eat out, we have maybe 2 takeaways a month and I cook from scratch most of the time but I throw away a lot of food, esp veg and fruit. And dairy. And sometimes meat if I don't look after it (ie freeze it quickly/use it quickly after defrosting etc.) [STRIKE]We[/STRIKE] I drink a lot - maybe 6 bottles of wine a month so that's £30/£40 there......

Small steps so here I go......

Put me down for £500 for January then £400 a month after that. My month runs 23rd to 22nd and Jan has included Xmas food.

I'm looking forward to this!

CupcakeLisa

I have just got a huge new freezer for xmas so I hope I can keep to my budget really easily