Horrendous supermarket overspend this month... Need HELP to change our habits!

echo_and_narcissus

Brilliant, thanks so much for all the input guys

meritaten

Down to Old Style Moneysaving is my advice! it isn't War time recipes and Make do and Mend! lots of good advice about menu planning and shopping on a budget! I cant believe how much you spend..........I know its only me and OH but, I spend about £220pm and think that's extravagant! I CAN do it on half that but we can afford it and that's the difference!

Gillyx

I buy 4-5 days stuff at a time, means all my fresh veg/salad/fruit gets used up, I don't plan too far in advance and then not fancy whatever it is I want.

I buy monthly things like cereal/tins/non perishables, but most fresh stuff gets bought in my trips every 4-5 days or so.

I have really cut my food shop down doing it this way. I do take advantage of offers on meat etc though and freeze, and then that way some times when my shop day rolls around I have the main ingredients for a meal and I just have to buy salad or veg to go with.

I try to frequent the butchers and greengrocers more than supermarkets too. Also Poundstretchers/Farmfoods/Iceland for toilet rolls, washing powder etc.

My butchers does 500g of lean mince for £2.20. Same thing in Tesco is around the £3 mark and who knows if you're even getting beef/pork that you want :eek:

paulineb_2

I bought 6 loo rolls for a quid in poundland yesterday, its well worth looking in for bits and pieces. Also B and M, wilkinsons, home bargains, poundworld, if you have any of them near you you can shop around and save some money.

Also if you have a freezer, batch cook and freeze for a later date, I actually think once you get in the habit of home cooking, you dont rely on takeaways that much. I used to get one once a week about a year and a half ago, 2 or 3 times a year now if Im lucky, its just nicer when you make a meal yourself I think.

victory

Not knocking pound land but if the toilet rolls you bought we're orange in colour, they are awful, paper thin:rotfl: they just disintegrate and are near useless, I bought them too, first and last time.;)