January Grocery Challenge 2015

maria3104

Hi

Came well under budget in December, mostly due to 2 DS;s buying a load of the food as a gift. A jolly good gift as it happened!

So Hopefully £250 for Jan 2015

Billie-jo

Having ended every month in 2014 under budget :A :money:its time to reduce my spending which is normally £200-£250 per month depending on if its a 4 or 5 week month. Therefore this year am going to attempt to reduce this by £20 per month making January's target £230 please.

Thanks to everyone who keeps this thread up and running so well and good luck to everyone old and new to the grocery challenge. See you on the 1st January as still in Dec to the bitter end.

smokies

Not yet finished with Dec 2014 - will up date with a final total on 31st, and begin January with a £280.00 budget that knocking off a whole £20.00 per for the Month of Jan


Good luck guys

miss_try_to_save

hi all first spend of Jan for me today a load of gift sets reduced to clear so stocked up on shower gels and Deoderants for everyone for the month spent £30 but £5 of that was on a bulb for our electric fire and I also put some gift sets away as this year im doing a present draw and plan on doing all my presents through the year my best bargain was lynx gift sets in tes for 81p as you can gather they flew out so only managed to grab 3 wilko had gift sets half price as well so this brings my monthly total to £300/£330

cyberthrifty

I would like to join this challenge please.

I have to seriously watch where my money goes. After creating a massive spreadsheet I can afford about £40 per week for food, £30 sometimes. I don't have a food buffer either so plan on building one up so that if I am paid late or something happens I can survive for a while. It's me, 4 children and the dog. We may have an extra mouth to feed come February due to possibly taking on the care of my sisters baby but I will plan for that if and when it happens.

For January my budget is £200. This needs to include dog food, toiletries, loo rolls and washing powder as well as food. Thank you

Mrs_Cheshire

Snottycat wrote: »

Thank you for your kind reply I am feeding 2 adults and an almost 5 year old (also on hot school meals) and a 2.5 year old. My girls are fairly healthy eaters for little uns! My major downfall is running out at lunch time, as I work full time, and grabbing food for tea that I wouldn't need if I prepped in advance! I know this month will be an oddity as I am not back at work until the 5th and I have loads of stuff in that won't get eaten over the next few days :rotfl:
Debs

Sorry only just seen this, I try to get the meat out in the morning unless it's a slow cooker dish, I get the meat out the night before so I can prepare in the morning. I do a monthly menu plan and pretty much stick to it!

Mrs_Cheshire

rubiesr4eva wrote: »

Hi, not tried this before, but going to give it a go. Reckon I spend £70 a week (that's 2 adults, 3 children + daughters bf) so going to do whole of Jan saving receipts and seeing how on target I am. Hopefully be able to do it as had a big shop in Iceland other day. Biggest challenge will be putting me and hubby on health diet (and hopefully lose some weight) without him realising lol, so any suggestions gratefully received.

Gradually add extra veg to dishes such as bolagnese and stews, and smaller portions if you decrease over time hopefully he'll not notice.

Coxy11

Hi all,


I hope everyone had a great Christmas and that you are all well.


I've (finally) updated the budgets list to here


Welcome/welcome back to:
plymouthscubagirl, Wicked Lady, katkin, mashedavocado, islandhoppa, CherryPie, nearlytherenow, BrassicWoman, kersplatt, savingpennies, Eviekins, dobs, brownsauce, clare33, cyberthrifty, buddiebabe, GrowMyOwn, Penny-Pincher!! and bellevie


Our budget remains at £450 for the five of us. Have spent a fair bit already as we started on 22nd December, so this month includes all the Christmas extras. Will hopefully go to Aldi on Monday as DH is off. Looking to stock up the cupboards on all the essentials, as the last few months it's been wall to wall Tesco shops for us which works out more expensive.


Good luck everyone.
Coxy

Zed42

Ok, so I'm completely rubbish at this, but need to get things back under control.

I work full time, with a part time job as well and taxi service for DD ...

Which has meant I've got out of kilter ... and need to get back into things.

My initial budget (and please don't gasp or shudder) is £800

For DD, DH, myself, 2 cats, alcohol and all toiletries / cleaning products.

Tiredness has meant relying on takeouts, and my aim for this year is to have the occasional takeout, rather than the 4 a week and a rather unbalanced diet for DD (pingables).

Mrs_Cheshire

Zed42 wrote: »

Ok, so I'm completely rubbish at this, but need to get things back under control.

I work full time, with a part time job as well and taxi service for DD ...

Which has meant I've got out of kilter ... and need to get back into things.

My initial budget (and please don't gasp or shudder) is £800

For DD, DH, myself, 2 cats, alcohol and all toiletries / cleaning products.

Tiredness has meant relying on takeouts, and my aim for this year is to have the occasional takeout, rather than the 4 a week and a rather unbalanced diet for DD (pingables).

Sounds like you're doing the right thing, by setting a realistic budget. At least you'll be able to keep in it and then can gradually reduce it month by month :T