August 2007 Grocery Challenge

LOOYATES

hi, does this sound like a daft question?... how do you decide what a realistic monthly grocery budget is, how are you doing it? do you have a certain amount for each adult and nipper or just trying to knock it down by a fixed amount every month, plsehelp, cheers pats:rolleyes:

newlywed

Hi looyates -

I think the advice is to add up all your food receipts the first month and see how much you usually spend. Then try and reduce it slowly each month

shell2001

My budget started from what we can afford to spend on food each month (cash not credit). For us we budget £350 but aiming for £300 this month after cutting back. If your not sure just keep your receipts for a month and see how much you are spending.

Everyones budget is individual, mine includes nappies for littles one (night time only), toiletries, cleaning stuff etc. Other include take aways etc.

Daisydoll

Well I'm not doing too bad so far on the groceries! It's all the others spends I have to watch, it's dd's 4th birthday on sunday and I have just forked out £70 on cake and pressies!:eek:

Moniker

Feeling a bit silly but understand why posts appear as they do thanks to Mike D!

Thought I wouldn't have to shop today, but 'popped' into Waitrose to buy the special organic cotton loo roll my sensitive OH requires and saw that they had a special offer on wet wipes as they were discontinuing them. I bought the last five packs @99p each instead of £1.45 and have just put £2.30 into my PMS. I reckon it's ok if I have the discipline to put the savings away and with you lot watching I have to do it! Thanks!

Have volunteered to take MIL to Sainsbury's tomorrow but am going to try really hard not to spend any more money till next week.

Will update my signature in a mo, but supper calls!

teedy23

Fell by the wayside a bit today. Made a complete !!!!-up of my shift and came in 2 hrs early!!! Thought it was thursday so really was 1 day and 2hrs early, this meant I had no dinner with me, as I thought I was eating at home, so had to buy something. Spent £2.60 on a single blackpudding..... I had a yearning

dawnylou

Well I'm doing much better than I thought thanks to having frozen lots of goodies!
I can't believe it is Thursday already and we have not bought any shopping at all this week!!

Natty_82

Oops, had a bit of a major splurge at sainsburys at the weekend, they had loads of lovely berries on offer yummy!

So am still under budget but really didn't need to spend so much ...

purplegirluk1

I know its the 9th but I am going to join your shopping budget club! This month I will collect together all my recipts and see how much I really do spend feeding my OH and myself and two kittens. I get the feeling it will be a HUGE shock. We really need to rein in our wasteful spending so this will really help. I am really looking forward to the challenge. Think I will have to leave OH outside when I go shopping though as he's terrible at picking up the most expensive things when we shop!!!!

mikeD

rosieben wrote: »

here you go then .... :grouphug: and lots of :kisses: too :rotfl:

Oooo! Aaaaah! Yes! Yes! Yes! Now that's much better, I'm feeling :j & :T, you are an :A

Right then, back to business. Tesco delivery yesterday and came in at £67, less than I thought :cool:.I'll have to watch what I spend in between my fortnightly deliveries as it is regularly coming to around £20, it shouldn't be that much just for milk and veggies. Note to self: "KEEP OUT OF M&S" .