January 2014 Grocery Challenge

annem38

Afternoon all!


well my 4 week jan grocery challenge is over and have come in slight over at 204.55/200, annoyed at that but am also pleased I managed to track my spending for a full month


I am really impressed with all those of you that come in under budget and even more impressed that you do it on so much less money than me :T


right off to the feb challenge to make amends


anne

cattysmum

Afternoon all, last day for me in January and contrary to my last post I had to spend this week, I was hoping to have saved over £20+ this month but alas was not to be:( but I have come in under budget by £4.26 so quite happy with that, oh and also a freezer rammed with food:) See you in Feb x

cw18

I set myself a budget for January, but didn't get around to logging into the site to track down the thread after a 9 months absence!

Last night I made myself sit down and put all my January spends into my spreadsheet, so now I also know how I did against my budget....

and I came well within :T

Budget this year is based on
Annual for me : 365 days @ £5/day = £1825
Annual for DS1 : 7 meals a fortnight @ £3/meal = £546 / year
Annual milk for DS1 : 2 x 4pt/week @ £1.50 for 4 pints (I can get cheaper, but this way I'm not out of pocket in an emergency) = £156
Annual for OH : 52 Saturdays and 2 out of 3 Sundays @ £4/day = 87 x £4 = £348 year
Total = £2875

For a 31 day month this makes my official budget £244.18 (£2875 / 365 * 31)
But I'm hoping to spend no more than two-thirds of my monthly budgets (at least in the early months) as I have heaps of stuff in the house needs using up!! So ideally I was looking at spending no more than £165
And, despite bulk buying pork steaks, chicken breast fillets and tinned tomatoes (plus buying several 'naughty but I want' bits), I've managed to get through January spending just £133.31 :T


Just crunched my numbers in detail, and my spends split up as

Total : £133.31 (100%)
Fruit : 68p (0.51%)
Veg : £41.20 (30.91%) - just when did it become soooo expensive to ensure you get at least 5 a day?
(F&V combined = £41.88 / 31.42%)
Junk (cakes, puddings, ice cream, sweets, biscuits etc.) : £19.61 (14.71%) - definitely a big :eek: for this month!
Milk (only fresh for DS1 this month, as I have loads of long life soya in the house at the moment) : £6.69 (5.02%)
Protein (meat, fish, cheese, eggs, veggie burgers) : £47.55 (35.67%)
Everything else (yoghurt, pasta, sauces, bread etc.) : £17.58 (13.19%)

K9sandFelines

Last day for me; going out with a bang on NSD. I'd anticipated spends but couldn't face the shops as was already soaked to the bone. Have swopped meals roind and will make postponed meal when off work. On to Feb for me now.

Good luck everyone.

Make-it-3

Last day of January - yeh! Think I'm safe enough to declare as I'd only be going out with a 3 yr old in tow in this weather in a dire emergency.

So £187.87/£200 which means that for the first time in my GC history I have come in under budget :j:j:j with £12.13 left over.

See you all over on Feb board ....

marris

spent £0,20 on crisps today. so that's the last spend of January , well under budget. still loads of food in my freezer. see u all in February thread.

miss_empty_piggy

Am declaring £289.76 So over the budget but am still happy as some of this was meals out and OH shopping which is never cheap. See you all in February x x

miss_empty_piggy

OH my gosh just checked siggy and I was going for £350.00 so at £289.76 I have come in under budget!!! yippee. I thought my budget was £250. even happier than I already was!!

Taranaman

Just added up my last receipt and came in just under by being a tight wad and eating out of the cupboards and freezer this week. Not so good on the NSDs though. Looking forward to Feb and shaving off 10% off my bill!

tootoo

Hi I came in under budget by around £11 (must keep receipts for next month!)

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