January Grocery Challenge 2015

miss_try_to_save

thank you for the ideas on the potatoes brassic woman will freeze some when I have a little more space in my freezer I have a spend of £10 .24 today I went down to get some casserole beef but there was none reduced so as I saw a small joint of topside beef for £6 reduced so I got that and have chopped it up and its made 2 pots of beef in ale so its nicely cooking away will have it with mashed potatoes and veg and oh can take the left overs to work with him tomorrow and depending how hungry oh is there may be some to freeze im counting ds s potatoes and with my sains shop an rounding it to £11 so £289 left for month from £330

rubiesr4eva

Declaring today a NSD as been for a lovely walk, ended up walking by a group of people taking Lama's for a walk, totally surreal!!


Then called in at my mum's and she's sent me home with enough chilli to feed 4 of us tonight (other 2 don't like it and having last of leftover ham joint).

Airthrey

Please put me down for £150 for January. That's just under £5 per day and should be do-able. I went slightly over in December but now have a fair bit in the freezer to help out in January. Planning to spend less on meat and nothing on alcohol at all.

Mrs_Cheshire

fab_and_frugal wrote: »

Hi, can I join too please?

I'd like to set an annual budget starting tomorrow and running til 31st December 2015, budget of £4000 to cover all food, cleaning products, toiletries etc for four and a half adults (one is away at university so only home some of the time), a cat and a dog.


Also, sorry if this has been covered (I've not had time to read all the posts) but what should we do if we have coupons? Will it be the total before coupons that is used or the discounted total? Or is it up to us?


Thank you!

Fab_and_frugal x

I've always done how much cash I actually hand over so price after coupons.

WantToBeSE

Had a NSD today Not difficult, as I haven't left the house.

closemead

Please could you put me down for £150 for January this should be do able as both freezers and the cupboards are full!
This is for 2 adults, five children 11, 9, 7, 6 and 5 and the cat.We have got to be very careful with our finances as my job is very uncertain at the moment and it is looking likely there will be no job in 13 weeks. I never thought I would say that as a nurse

grunnie

Can I join in too? Just OH and myself so £200 for January to include all food toiletries and cleaning stuff.

meg72

WantToBeSE wrote: »

Just to let you know that if you use some spring onion and don't want to waste the rest, put it in a mug with a few centimeters of water (for the roots to go in) and it'll regrow

I do this with celery too, lasts for weeks and always grows a bit extra.

millionaire_in_training

£149.95 spent today on a huge delivery. Hoping not to have to buy any more basics this month. Will need to get fresh food weekly but still have £100 left for that. Fingers crossed I manage it as I would realistically like to get it down more

Solstice_3

Very quick update - NSD today