April 2014 Grocery Challenge

skintmum2012

Yes approved food is not good for my budget either lol they had plain flour and self raising today and yeast so putting them away for next year. Mt tesco order has just come a kitchen cubords are full to bursting so have no idea where its all going to go lol.

ani*fan

Hi everyone :wave:

I've been lurking around the March thread and would like to join in for April please. My budget is £80 for the month. I have no idea if this is realistic, there's only me and my furry purr ball cat, but I guess I'm about to find out!

MrsCautious

Hi, Thanks for running this thread, really appreciated. I'd like to swap to a yearly budget please of £2,400. This is to stop me feeling like I've gone 'over' in a month when I've been under a certain amount for preceding months. My GC includes all household items, cleaning, food, toiletries etc. it's now for me and two teens and could be lower but I'm happy with this figure.
Thanks for all tips, inspiration and support.

hettiecarro

Want to join pleeeeaaase!
Not doing too bad this year - but trying to get down to £160.00 all in for month. Freezer looking quite healthy and store cupboards still quite full, so have been looking at the inspirational recipe suggestions and am about to do my April food planner.
Good luck all!!!!!

she_who_can_not_cook

Hi can you please put me down for

85 again Please



Thank you to the runners and the contributioners of this thread if that is a real word lol

poppycracker

thankyou for the new thread! Please put me down for £180 this month, its up a bit, but I will have to do a major restock of the cupboard and freezer

Already I have spent £16.55 on basics, and thats before we have been able to go and do our main shop.

JellyBox

I'd like to rejoin you all for this month please, was doing ok, til we discovered the allure of takeaways and bad food! I think £200 a month starting with the next weekly shop on Monday, will be plenty for us both, including almost everything, meals out (except for preplanned birthday one), takeaway, non food groceries, snacks, Etc.

Now time to ruin OH's month, he hates this sort of thing :rotfl:

Ches

MrsCautious wrote: »

Hi, Thanks for running this thread, really appreciated. I'd like to swap to a yearly budget please of £2,400. This is to stop me feeling like I've gone 'over' in a month when I've been under a certain amount for preceding months. My GC includes all household items, cleaning, food, toiletries etc. it's now for me and two teens and could be lower but I'm happy with this figure.
Thanks for all tips, inspiration and support.

This is such a good idea because although I have been well under budget in Feb/Mar I am only making up for the overspend in Jan. I don't think abandoning the monthly figure will totally work for me as I am likely to go mad and not have enough left to last me the year so I have adjusted my sig to show both sets of figures and the average per month to date.

Doris65_2

Hi

Can i join? my month starts Tuesday 25th march till 29th April, 5wk month!!!

I'm setting my budget at £200, that's for 4 of us,

Thanks

Dx

JoJoC

Sorry, double post.