January 2014 Grocery Challenge

WantAnOrange

Hello, can I join you? I've been a lurker on this forum for quite a while but really need to get serious about cutting down on what we spend and find I keeps me motivated to follow these threads. As it's my first month I've taken a guess and aiming for £300. It's Me, Hubby, son (7yrs) and daughter (15 months) plus I am a child minder so often have a couple more kids to feed at tea time.

I've done a bit of bulk shopping for the basics to build up my store cupboard again and spent today cooking and freezing meals so wont actually need to buy or cook much for a while now. Just topping up on milk and fresh stuff. Our downfall is that we don't have a car so cant shop around supermarkets and have to factor a taxi into our budget (about a fiver, hence the bulk buying and only doing it once a month!) The closet supermarket is a Waitrose which is not good!

CariadsNewStart

£225 for me please for January xx

Islandmaid

£250 for me please need to be good in Jan, will be trying a few veggie dishes to cut down on costs

peony40

Hello all,

I will need to total up December's grocery spends shortly. For January please can I be put down for £145?

I definitely need to get my act together in 2014 as due to health issues I gave up work in 2011, and although we are managing on one salary I will be happier when we have some savings behind us.

Good Luck everyone.

Lola76

Did a li*l shop for fresh food and some tinned goods. All came to. 30.06. Bought some reduced mince. Cheaper paper towels. Refrained from purchasing bottled water and branded food. stuck to my list. Giving up buying everything I see fells like giving up smoking, a proper addiction :-(
Will have nsd till the 2nd Jan. Will need to do some fresh food top up. Good luck to all of us in the new year

bmma

:)would like to join- just me and the cat £70.00 -freezers , fridge and pantry
well stocked
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:TJANUARY GROCERY BUDGET £70.00 Budget running from the 30/12/13 to Friday 31st January 2014.
30/12/13 £13.85-4NSD'S
6/1/14 £15.72-3NSD'S
BUDGET REMAINING £ 40.43P
13/1/14 £24.51P-THIS INCLUDED SOME BULK BUYING HOPEFULLY REST OF THE WEEK WILL BE NSD'S:money:will be over budget but will still log what i spend-x
14/1/14 NSD
15/1/14 NSD
16/1/14 NSD
17/1/14£20.03p
18/1/14 NSD
19/1/14 £14.97
20/1/14 £8.48p
21/1/14 NSD
22/1/14 £23.94p
23/1/14 NSD
24/1/14 £4.04p.
25/1/14 NSD
26/1/14 NSD
Have declared grocery budget for January from 31/12/13 to 31/1/14 January £125.18- overspend55.18p-- excess spend on bulk buying-will not spend this week .:(

Cheapskate

Hello, everyone, and hope you're feeling better, zippychick.

Please can I go down for £400 for January? We have things left from December to use, plus a full pantry and freezer.

Happy New Year and good luck with budgeting to you all, and thanks to the peeps who manage this thread every month.

A xo

Upsy_Staffordshire

Hi, I'm new to this and would like to join in please

I will start off with a budget of £160 and see how I get on! :eek:

Thanks

Living_proof

After an expensive year (house purchase, move, reduced income over the last few months) I am back on board. I had to give up the challenge in the middle of last year as life was just too busy, but this year I am more settled and will persevere to lead the most frugal life I can.

I have one and a half freezers full of HM meals and YS meats, also a well-stocked 'pantry' and my first aim is to make a big dent in this before buying more food. I will find it a huge wrench to stop shopping, and will only need fresh milk, bread, F&V for January so this month I am aiming for just £30 although this will increase in later months. Good luck everyone - and make it fun!

meg72

zippychick wrote: »

Sorry all I've been at risk of redundancy, and unwell all Christmas so the grocery challenge escaped me. Sorry about that.


good luck for the first budget of the year - happy new year to all


Zip

Sorry you have not been well hope ok now, we were thinking of you. Thank you for the new thread.