August 2014 Grocery Challenge

cattysmum

Morning, not got exact figures to hand but im still on the way to being on budget this month, Morries coupons have helped and freezer looking healthy, rumor has it that there are more coupons this week but dont quote me. Iv been reading the slow cooker thread and may dust mine off this week for a few meals, got lots of veg to use up I feel a few stews coming on...

mobo1980

Went shopping to I**land and F***foods I have now spent £140/£180freezers and cupboards are lovely and full and just 2 weeks left until new grocery money

Mobo xx

bmma

Good Morning updating spends before collecting pension and shopping
£126.28/£160.00p
5 NSD'S
looks like budget will be over as another 2 weeks to go x

Lyndach

Adding £15.30, Two morries vouchers used and then cereal(£2) milk(84p) and some Daz(£2)
I'm done spending for the month, apart from 1 more milk next week.

Frizzle_2

Adding on my spends from the weekend. Spent£16.76 in morrisons (using up two meat vouchers).
Also went to farmfoods and got fruit, veg, salad and milk for the week plus a few extras. Can't find the receipt for that at the mo so will add that on when I find it out.

Made a huge pot f bolognaise for dinner. I put it on at ten this morning and it smells so good! Dinner not until 8pm so making me very Hungry!

Bargain meal though!
1kg mince £1.75
3 x tins of toms £1
4 carrots 20p
Tin of baked beans 25p
Onions (free from garden)
Handful of lentils 5p?
Handful of porridge oats 5p?
Plus some herbs and black pepper.
£3.30 so let's say £3.50

Hoping it will do hubby and I tonight and three more family meals. So between 90p and £1.50 a meal depending on whether it will do three or four meals!

bmma

spends to date £133.20/£160.00p
5 NSD'S

Billie-jo

Spent £6.67 today - bread, tomatoes, potatoes and apples.
Made roasted red pepper & tomato soup and cooked a ham hock while the oven was on.
We had ham, chips & mushrooms for tea and tomorrow are having the soup with some of the left over ham and I hope to make some cheese scones as well. Made plenty of scones in the past but never cheese ones.

mrsd1984

Just sorted out tomorrow's Mr T delivery. Guide price is £25.20, which leaves £27.80 for the rest of the month (one week shop) plus a £5 voucher I have for C*-*p (no minimum spend). That's do-able!!

Lizling

Another £6.37 spent at Lidl on Saturday. Cheddar, which I shouldn't need to buy again this month now, eggs, creme fraiche, houmous, lettuce, cabbage...and something else? Not sure. No chocolate or ice-cream because I made flapjacks before I went out so I wouldn't be tempted.

Also another visit to the Turkish supermarket where I bought potatoes, onions, tomatoes, parsley and some store cupboard stuff that I shouldn't need again this year. Can't remember how much it was though, so I'll have to wait until it shows up on my statement before I add it on.

And I got loads and loads of blackberries for free from the park I've got a sneaking suspicion that apples will be on my shopping list soon.

Very well stocked fridge, freezer and cupboard now. Shouldn't need more than a couple of bits to last me through to the end of the month.

£40.90/£90

Ooh, just remembered: new Sainsbury's opened today. Just going to nip over before they close and see if they've misjudged stock levels, being new and all, and have some good yellow sticker deals.

Frizzle_2

Frizzle wrote: »

Adding on my spends from the weekend. Spent£16.76 in morrisons (using up two meat vouchers).
Also went to farmfoods and got fruit, veg, salad and milk for the week plus a few extras. Can't find the receipt for that at the mo so will add that on when I find it out.

Made a huge pot f bolognaise for dinner. I put it on at ten this morning and it smells so good! Dinner not until 8pm so making me very Hungry!

Bargain meal though!
1kg mince £1.75
3 x tins of toms £1
4 carrots 20p
Tin of baked beans 25p
Onions (free from garden)
Handful of lentils 5p?
Handful of porridge oats 5p?
Plus some herbs and black pepper.
£3.30 so let's say £3.50

Hoping it will do hubby and I tonight and three more family meals. So between 90p and £1.50 a meal depending on whether it will do three or four meals!

It did 4 meals and a small portion for the kids if they aren't eating with is! Result!