August 2013 Grocery Challenge

Sequeena

ditsykitchen wrote: »

I'm wondering whether to include the delivery price of my food in this? It's cheaper than getting the bus if I pick the cheapest slot. I'm guessing most of you don't include your fuel costs to and from the supermarket if you have a car?

I've never included the cost of delivery

Mrs-s_4

I don't include my delivery cost because its cheaper than buying petrol and I wouldn't count the petrol to get there to buy it!
NSD yesterday but that was because I lost my purse which had over £40 in it and 2 bus ticket vouchers really upset cus it was money I needed for ds1 birthday next week but I can't do anything about it now. Card cancelled so its going to be difficult to get money out for a week or so so at least ill save a little bit there.

b_girl

Mrs-s wrote: »

I don't include my delivery cost because its cheaper than buying petrol and I wouldn't count the petrol to get there to buy it!
NSD yesterday but that was because I lost my purse which had over £40 in it and 2 bus ticket vouchers really upset cus it was money I needed for ds1 birthday next week but I can't do anything about it now. Card cancelled so its going to be difficult to get money out for a week or so so at least ill save a little bit there.

Oh no, how unlucky is there any possibility that it might have been handed in somewhere?

xxlouisexx56

£10 yesterday in mr M on yogs, milk, pasta, garlic bread, crisps, lollies

Going to T tonight hoping to get a few reduced bits.

lizalloareds

spends to add £54.82

£5.21 Mr M
£13.69 Mr A
£2.97 Lid*
89p PS
£5.43 Aldi*
59p FF
£26.04 Mr T

Sligo

€261.46/€750 so far in the first 2 weeks and trying to keep a tight hold on it!

It doesn't help when all the kids are at home roaming the cupboards. Biscuits disappearing like there's a famine on and my requests for a bit of home baking to be done falling on deaf ears!

girlatplay

ditsykitchen wrote: »

I'm wondering whether to include the delivery price of my food in this? It's cheaper than getting the bus if I pick the cheapest slot. I'm guessing most of you don't include your fuel costs to and from the supermarket if you have a car?

I don't count cost of fuel as I walk to the supermarket and back (it is across the road!) If I go to a different supermarket and take the car I don't count fuel as it is usually incorporated into a journey for something else. I would include my delivery charge if I was doing it online though but I would adjust my budget up by £2.50/£3 or whatever. It works for my OCD brain

Florenceem

Spend of £8.28 today - went to Ald. + Mr A.
I got peaches, tomatoes, bananas, celery, beetroot, red onions, pack of 3 peppers, 15 eggs, lemonade, orange juice, deodorant for Mr F.
Plus I got 2 jars of mustard. 1 jar - Aldi - 49p + 1 jar Mr A - 27p. I want to do a comparison on cheap mustard. I don't like it as is but Mr F does. I do use it in cooking - quiches + JJ's Herby Cheese Bread.
I think I got a good amount of stuff for what I spent.

ditsykitchen

Think I'll just leave out the delivery charge then, I think £100 is quite ambitious if it includes delivery, especially for our first challenge. We shall see though.

Can anyone recommend a Philly cheese alternative I can get from tesco? It would need to work for cooking and be more creamey tasting than cheesey, if that makes sense. Philly is one of the only things I buy that isn't supermarket value/own brand.

Mrs-s_4

b_girl wrote: »

Oh no, how unlucky is there any possibility that it might have been handed in somewhere?

Nope! I found my receipts screwed up on the floor so someone had obviously discarded them and walked off with my money and cards!