July 2013 Grocery Challenge

sugarpuss27

Hi All, back from our mini break. Blown the OS Diet for a start but that's another story!! My July GC started yesterday so went to Sainsbobs and spent 49.95 and with some lovely fresh produce, new tats, gooseberries, rhubarb, strawberries and new carrots from local farms costing 13.25 in total 63.70 spent the first week. Have adjusted my signature. Meal plans done for the next couple of weeks although there is some flexibility as using quite a lot from the freezer.

lovefullshelves

The miserly sum of 2.52 at the local shop on bread and 2 packets of twists:D My son keeps leaving me some in the bottom of a bag with a little note so I've put a bag on his bed with a 'happy friday' note:D add asda to that £86.17, and over 50 of that is dog and cat food! Yikes:O

she_who_can_not_cook

d003kk wrote: »

Hi,

I was wondering if anybody has any experience of buying staples in bulk e.g rice, pasta, oats etc.

Where can you buy these things in bulk and is it cheaper than Aldi

Rice ...try tescos "WORLD FOOD" they have some vvcheap flour and broken ricefive.
For the pasta and oats try af fb ect ect

flyinggiraffe_2

Not really been popping in to the thread, but hope everyone is doing well with their challenge.

Tis is my first month of grocery challenge and I've realised today that shopping without the list is my downfall, as is deciding to just pop in to the one on my way home from work, when 30 mins more time doing the shop would probably save me a bit of money.

Today I spent £35.03 on food in sainsbobs. I would guess that £15 of it I wouldn't have needed (meal for 2 for a tenner bc boyshape is coming round tomorrow evening and shop bought cake and crisps I could do without). If I had cooked tomorrows meal myself it would be no where near £10.

Signature updated.

xxlouisexx56

Spent about £50 this week but just had a good stock up on tins and rice, weetabix, squash. Everything on offer and vouchers for money off.

Florenceem

Total indulgence spend today.
Mr F had a 10% off Waitro.. card - plus Maltesers are half price. :j Plus they have white ones! :j
So Mr F got me 5 bags of them. They will last me quite a while - I am not the sort to eat a bag at once.
Dinner was FREE Fish - Huss with crisped off jacket potatoes and peas/onions. I cooked the JP when the oven was on the other day. So tonight I only had the oven on for a short while - fish - part cooked YD.

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Shoey1610

I spent 99p on a big bottle of Pepsi Max today, but it was very hot and I shared it with a friend, who I've found is a secret Aldi convert too and we had a good old chat today about cutting food costs and I directed her to topcashback.

DH picked up a bottle of wine of the way home tonight, but that was out of his own pot, very nice of him!

SAVVYMUMMY_2

Evening all:wave:my first week hasn`t gone too badly. I`ve still 2 days left and have spent £87.41 of my £90 budget for this week. I was doing so well at the beginning of the week with a couple of NSD, but the rest of the week i`ve gone out for a little bit of shopping as and when I need it.

I have got enough in if we stick to the planned lasagna for saturday and roast on sunday, but as the weather`s suppose to be really nice it`s going to be pretty hard, as it looks like b-b-q weather and I know that the others will want to have a barbie. I may have to go into next weeks budget though if they want to do this. so we shall what happens.

K9sandFelines

d003kk wrote: »

Hi,

I was wondering if anybody has any experience of buying staples in bulk e.g rice, pasta, oats etc.

Where can you buy these things in bulk and is it cheaper than Aldi

I get 5kg of Apna Basmati rice normally from the world food aisle in Tesc*s

Another little spend for me, £2.95 on potatoes and an iceberg lettuce for tonight's tea of Veggie burger and buns, actifry chips and salad.

minicooper272

Sitting at about £22 of £80 so far this month... I might have stopped by Tesc0 for some anti-histamines, and came away with YL casserole pork and a big pack of sausages.

Need to work out a meal plan for the week ahead and nip to buy some luncheables and veggies, but something tells me I won't need any meat for a while...