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May 2013 Grocery Challenge

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  • K9sandFelines
    K9sandFelines Posts: 2,777 Forumite
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    Officially on the June thread now; saw out the last day of the month with a NSD. Thanks to Mr T delivery saver (valid til the 10th) and Mr S sending me three vouchers for free delivery. I should make it through without the extra expense, and the option to use Mr S if i want to, but not because i am tied to it due to delivery saver. Took advantage of the nice fruit and veg at Mr S (seems to last longer and currently better offers on what i like) and offers at Mr T, so got both coming tomorrow. Lots of savings in both, due to promotions and Mr T vouchers.

    See you all in June.
    GC Jan £101.91/£150 Feb £70.96/150 Mar £100.43/150 Apr £108.45 app/150 May £149.70/150 Jun £155.15/150 July £75.94/£150 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month. One person vegan household with occasional visitors)
    Forever learning the art of frugality
  • meg72
    meg72 Posts: 5,164 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts I've been Money Tipped!
    Declaring at 50.00 for this month. Went to market yesterday for fruit and veg 6.00 on 2 punnets Strawberrys, 2 punnets grapes and 10 nectarines,half for DD and 3.00 salad stuff and a cabbage.

    On way to bus I spotted a small chest freezer outside a secondhand shop, really good condition and 6 months warrenty for 50.00. I have been looking for one for ages. Its being delivered this morning so I am
    scrabbling around trying to find a space for it

    Plan is to batch cook ready meals for June, using up what I have in as have my eye op on the 11th and want to be prepared.
    Slimming World at target
  • DollyBongo wrote: »
    Morning All!

    Declaring May £237.82 which is £42.18 under budget but still seems a heck of a lot considering boys were with their dad for three weekends. Feeling a little frustrated!

    Will be moving over to June now. See you there

    Have a lovely weekend
    xx

    Dont feel bad any reduction in the food budget is a good thing
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  • meg72
    meg72 Posts: 5,164 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts I've been Money Tipped!
    DollyBongo wrote: »
    Morning All!

    Declaring May £237.82 which is £42.18 under budget but still seems a heck of a lot considering boys were with their dad for three weekends. Feeling a little frustrated!

    Will be moving over to June now. See you there

    Have a lovely weekend
    xx

    Why are you feeling frustrated, check your figures and give yourself some credit, In march you were saying your budge was around 400.00, you have decared at 237.82, in just 2 months a
    massive 163.18 saving. Well done and keep it up.
    Slimming World at target
  • cattysmum
    cattysmum Posts: 1,263 Forumite
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    Good morning sorry a bit late this month with totals , right then coming in over budget for May at £234 so £34 over budget, Im not to concerned as it was a long month for me and we had a few days out. Ok popping over to june now. Bye
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  • cw18
    cw18 Posts: 8,630 Forumite
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    Finally processed all my receipts from May - missing a couple (one I don't think had food on, the other I've guesstimated the total), and had to try and recall everything I'd spent at a food festival back on 4th (don't get receipts, and realised a week later I should have made notes - so at the one on 26th I used the note facitility on my phone to keep track.... lesson learned)

    Because of the food festivals I always expected to go over this month, and I have. My budget of £211.50 became a spend of £271.89 - but I do have a lot of the stuff left (eg. sausages in the freezer, bottles of expensive cordial tucked away for holidays in the coming months). However my budget for the year to date is £1030 and I''ve still only spent £1005.19 of that - so I just need to monitor closely between now and the end of September (2 weeks and 2 long weekends away all with OH, and one of the weeks also with his almost-3-year-old niece).
    Cheryl
  • Bit late in the final update for May but we're a bit over target at around £340 give or take a few pence (can't find one of the receipts).

    Not too worried as main shopping is done on a fortnightly basis so doesn't work exactly with the actual month hopefully will work itself out in the end.

    Off to update sig then over to June.

    AFB
  • tessie_bear
    tessie_bear Posts: 4,898 Forumite
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    hi just calculated my spends for may so am now moving on to june...bit higher than i would like but i am now on a mission to use up stocks so will see how it goes

    good luck in june
    onwards and upwards
  • Tales17
    Tales17 Posts: 257 Forumite
    Late checking in but managed to come in under budget by over £20, first time this year! Woohoo!
    Grocery Challenge 2019 YTD-£820.46/£7200(11%)
    Grocery Challenge Feb - £93.10/£600(16%)
    £12k in 2019 #: Monthly Saving Accounts £500, Cashback & Competition Sites £2.59, Shopping Saving £152.09,Selling £121.26, Interest & Dividends £43.93, Surveys £0, 365 Day Penny Challenge # £103.44
    Total Saved - £923.31/£12000(8%)
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