January 2013 Grocery Challenge

Mamjak

tessie_bear wrote: »

hello again...i saw an interesting piece on sky news yesterday about the price of potatoes going up..a chip shop owner was saying last week he paid £11 for a sack of spuds...didnt say how many the reporter said the harvest was not very good so quality is down and prices up

might be worth peepes thinking about other carbs like cous cous/rice dont know how prices compare but it sounds as if i might not be going to the chippy much next year
take care tess

Our veg box grower has said same thing. The weather has been so bad that they haven't been able to get a lot of the potatoes out of the ground so they are just in there rotting. It has been the worst year in loooong time for most farmers! That is definitely going to impact our food prices

NickJW

Hello all and hopefully everyone has a lovely New Year! :beer:

I'm going to go for £130 this month. This year (2012) my average monthly spend was £130.46.

My aim is to decrease money coming out of my account but as long as I can maintain what I spent in 2012 in 2013 I'll be very happy, considering the talk of food prices going up.

liz-paul

Probably a really strange queztion but can anyone think of anything I can do with sachets of cup a soups other than the obvious? Tia

meg72

I had several boes of these to use up when my Mum died. I did use some as normal but used up a lot in stews and casserolles. Cubed pork in Minestrone was especially nice, chicken and mushroom made a good sauce for chicken breasts and beef and tomato were ok in a curry.

Gorgeestwo

DH popped to Mr T's to get a few bits, spent just over £29 but hopefully we shouldn't need anything much for the rest of the week.

4weeladdies

Could I re-join please? I'll start by aiming for £360 per month - that's for 2 adults, 4 hungry boys & a baby (includes all milk etc but not nappies)

loobylou79

Hello,

Have been lurking for a long time but am determined that 2013 is the year I get stuck in!

Could you put me in for £300 for the month please?

Thanks, and good luck everyone!

chirpycheap

I have set a target budget for January of £300.
Started before January as I needed some shopping.
Spent £40 in Lidl - lots of cleaning stuff, loo rolls and detergent so hopefully won't need much more this month. I also took advantage of the £1 deal on Branstons 4 pack of Baked Beans and bought the maximum of six.
Then onto Tesco and spent a further £42 on food, £5 on conditioner and tissues and £5 on a birthday present and card.
So a total spend of £92. Hmmm! I have spent a third of our budget already. Hopefully I have bought enough staples to see me through the rest of the month.
Dinner tonight was Potato mashed together with sauteed onions, peppers and sweetcorn sprinkled with cheese, served with the remains of past their best vegetables from the fridge and turned into a salad. There was enough to put a portion in the freezer and husband and son loved it.
I am feeling pleased with how things are going. I still need to learn to resist temptation (the 2 lots of Gu desserts at £1.79 each were a little unnecessary) Portion control and over indulgence are going to be the main challenges for my family!:D

Byatt

Hi, can you put me down for £30 for the month please.

There's just me and I have loads in the freezer, so should be manageble. Hopefully will be less.

WantToBeSE

Frozen some of my carrot and lentil soup, it was LOVELY!! Thats going to do at least 2 lunches for January