May 2014 Grocery Challenge

kayester

Was over budget in April I WILL do better in May.

Sunday dinner was yummy on Sunday, had Spag Bol last night and will be HM curry tonight

Lordhightiggythe3rd

Im in at £100 for the four of us

bmma

spend today £1.20p total spends - £3.20p

city_girl_258

Hi everyone,

I'm new to the challenge, although have been reading for a little while!

In the house it's me, mum and dad and my DS who is 5yo.

Having been a little naughty recently with the grocery budget, it's time to rein it in! I do all the food shopping so have control over that and we have started meal planning which should decrease the 'ooh maybe we'll have that this week' which always leads to bigger spends!

Please put me down for £400

Thanks everyone

city_girl_258

Also forgot to add on previous post my spends for today:

£85.38 in Tesco for food, dishwasher tabs, washing liquid etc

Going to include all food, household items, cleaning supplies...but maybe not wine this month;) we'll see how we go.

Signature is updated.

meg72

For anyone doing SW plan, Asdas wholemeal pittas count as a healthy extra and are on offer in Asda 3 packs a £1, normally 50p each.

joedenise

I'm in again for May with a budget of £250.

Have just got back from holiday so have had to top up fridge & cupboard stores. Have already spent a hefty £69.66, although this did include meat on 3 for £10 deal, plus some pork fillet which was reduced, although not in the menu plan for this month.

Will need to have another look at my menu plan for May and see if I can incorporate the pork fillet somewhere and not buy something else later in the month! If not, then it will definitely be included in next month's menu plan.

Denise

mountainash_2

Hello!

This is my first time joining the grocery challenge, although I have been a long-time lurker!

In our household there are two adults and 2 children, 5yo & 2yo.

We have some money issues and are in the process of getting back on track. For the last few weeks I have been giving us a weekly household budget to try and reign in the random spending. We haven't been doing too badly, but think I could do with the support of being part of the challenge.

I have been really enjoying doing a meal plan and have found some lovely bargains over the past few weeks. Heres hoping it continues!

Can you please put me down for £250 for May/£50 per week.

Thank you!

MandM90

mountainash wrote: »

Hello!

This is my first time joining the grocery challenge, although I have been a long-time lurker!

In our household there are two adults and 2 children, 5yo & 2yo.

We have some money issues and are in the process of getting back on track. For the last few weeks I have been giving us a weekly household budget to try and reign in the random spending. We haven't been doing too badly, but think I could do with the support of being part of the challenge.

I have been really enjoying doing a meal plan and have found some lovely bargains over the past few weeks. Heres hoping it continues!

Can you please put me down for £250 for May/£50 per week.

Thank you!

Hi Mountainash :T


I'm sure you'll find MSE very helpful Good luck! Don't forget to have a look around the boards for recipe and meal plan ideas.

lushlifesaver

Some spends to report from Sunday - there is a Morrisons just over the road from where the basketball team play so as they had two games I moseyed over to get bf some lunch (always says he won't want anything then does *rolls eyes*) and of course ended up buying more bits!

Nappies, wipes and formula but they are from a different budget.
Also some chocolate but that's from the trips budget.

GC spends:
£1 4x flavoured water
£1.50 greaseproof paper
£2 2x sandwich tins (for baking sponge cakes)
£3.20 meal deal for bf - taking from this budget to teach us a lesson re lunches at basketball!
£5 whole chicken

So £12.70 to add - nothing else needed for this week though so only just above the £20 per week average from my budget

Also bought two lunch boxes but not counting those.