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May 2013 Grocery Challenge

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  • meg72
    meg72 Posts: 5,164 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts I've been Money Tipped!
    £15 spent today. Hubby went shopping after work. 2 Cravendale, taco shells, 2 packs of mozzarella, 3 ciders for hubby, cherryade for me.

    Can't believe we have spent less than £300 so far this year.....

    Wow thats a great result.
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  • LarLar
    LarLar Posts: 212 Forumite
    £15 spent today. Hubby went shopping after work. 2 Cravendale, taco shells, 2 packs of mozzarella, 3 ciders for hubby, cherryade for me.

    Can't believe we have spent less than £300 so far this year.....
    Wow what's your secret? :) well done.
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  • lizalloareds
    lizalloareds Posts: 1,838 Forumite
    Todays spends £42.04
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  • Coxy11
    Coxy11 Posts: 5,594 Forumite
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    LarLar wrote: »
    Sent my other half to the shop for some salt and it says on the salt 69p which has been printed on it by the manufacturers. But it had a sticker on the top saying £1.10 which has been put there by the shop owner.

    Some expensive salt right there..

    Left over budget = £72.90 :)

    Hope OH only paid 69p for it them! If it's price-marked, it has to be sold at that price otherwise the shop keeper is in breach of trading standards.
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  • Coxy11
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    Waste of time today at the hospital as DM's appointment was to discuss the results of the barium meal for which she is yet to receive an appointment. I honestly give up!

    Got home at 7.15pm. Kids had gone to McDs for tea (as planned) but DH in bed with man flu. We had planned to get a takeout but he had a quick bite of cheese on toast and has now gone out to meet friends at the pub. I have had lo bolognaise and some ryv!ta crackers.

    What a day!
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  • LarLar
    LarLar Posts: 212 Forumite
    Coxy11 wrote: »
    Hope OH only paid 69p for it them! If it's price-marked, it has to be sold at that price otherwise the shop keeper is in breach of trading standards.

    Nope he paid the £1.10 :eek: i said that to him when he showed me but he didn't know.. i think he's been too embarrassed to say anything haha.
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  • DanielleNic87
    DanielleNic87 Posts: 1,064 Forumite
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    meg72 wrote: »
    Wow thats a great result.

    Thanks
    LarLar wrote: »
    Wow what's your secret? :) well done.


    I'm really not sure. At the start of the year our 2 freezers and cupboards were well stocked and have just started slowly using everything up. I use to just add to them.

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  • Florenceem
    Florenceem Posts: 8,585 Forumite
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    NSD here as well as no kitchen.
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  • mothershipton
    mothershipton Posts: 304 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Please put me down for the £350 again, very late with the plans this month.
    Will try and eat out of cupboards and freezers for next few weeks as I think we have already overspent!!
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  • lottie3000
    lottie3000 Posts: 449 Forumite
    Well I nipped to A$da yesterday as OH is away and I wanted a nice desert as a treat, not the nearest SM but thought it would be cheaper and I needed some new slippers too. Total spends of £20.26, had to get the dog some special treats and they do sell some things cheaper so ended up popping them in the trolley too. £6 on coffee, well excessive but ti's nice !!!
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