February 2015 Grocery Challenge

wealthygirl

Good evening everyone.

I have had a busy day today, but went shopping at Ald* this evening and used my second voucher. Total spend was £49.16. We have loads of food in now, and should be able to go through til next week all being well with maybe just some milk and few things I may have forgotten!:rotfl:

Thanks everyone.

CC70

Hi, I'm continuing my Grocery Challenge - did well in January, came in at £53 under budget. I'm amazed. Let's see if I can do better in Feb.
:j

Jan 2015 GC= £146.98/£200.00, NSD's=14/28 (working on 4wk budget)
Feb 2015 GC= £0/£180 (4wk budget)

gill5blue

gill5blue wrote: »

Hi
I have just finished Januarys challenge and would to join Februarys challenge
£65.00 per week
gill5blue

Hi,
I thought I would reply to people on this thread having received 13 thanks/likes :shocked:
My budget is for 2 adults 2 dogs 2 cats, fish and a tortoise, plus 2 grandchildren who visit regular.
I am hoping to learn how to reduce my budget to £50.00 p/w
I have learnt(among other things) that bananas are about 10p each, I love bananas and now take one to work everyday. I think that they are great value, I used to buy a melon at £2.00 and that would give 3 portions 66p per portion(gosh).
I intend to break down each meal like this.
good luck every body
Gill

lynnejk

Bobarella wrote: »

Well did anyone else see the Eat Well for Less programme on BBC 1 tonight? I'd say all of us are spending considerably less than the £264 a week they started off spending (family of 4, 2 adults 2 under 10 year olds)
Greg Wallace managed to save them £70 a week by brand dropping on everything. I still can't believe that people are spending my entire monthly budget in a week.

Yes I watched the programme -unbelievable eh :eek:


I think the people on here could do a much better programme if they really want to save money !! I also noticed that there wasn't much fruit and veg about ??


Lx

Islandmaid

Hi all,

My Feb GC starts tomorrow, but today will be a NSD.

I,m starting Feb £45 spent, as I got a huge Waitr@se delivery mid Jan, which I split between Jan and Feb,s GC as it was mostly meat.

Its going to be a weird month, as I get my kitchen ripped out Monday:eek: I have made some HM ready meals, and have a little combi oven, and actifry, so basic food should be okay - its making me feel really stressed, the thought of not having my kitchen, as its my go to place if I need to chill out... Keep being told it,ll be worth it - just wish I could go away for 2 weeks and come back when its done:D

Anyhooo - good luck everyone x

NewShadow

Good morning everyone.

First day of Feb for me. I've a yearly goal of £1500 for the year, which is around £125 per month.

Me, three cats, paying for anything that comes from the supermarkets or food from work.

First spend of £60 with my tesco order placed today for delivery on wed.

I'm also getting £20 out today to pay for my eggs, milk and Friday breakfasts this month.

Replenishing some stocks that have been a little hammered by the cold weather this month. Ordered 4x Rice Pudding, 10x Baked Beans, 10x Cottage Cheese, Fish, 4kilo Sweet Potatoes, 4x Butternut Squash, 12x UHT, Grapes, 10x Spaghetti Hoops, 2x Cherry Pie, 4x Mushrooms, 2kilo Carrots

Basically everything fresh will be processed for the freezer (apart from the grapes Omnomnom)

Tidy_Up_Tash

Good Morning!!

What busy thread this is already! Will have to have a catch up over coffee later

I'm still waiting for my main Tesco Delivery, but have managed to gather some bargains this morning (the benefits of working nights). Spent a grand total of £10.11 at Mr T's. This included some YS Bhajis to go with tonight's dinner, 6 jars of Pasta Sauce that are reduced due to a range change, and a few odds for the boys lunch boxes today.

Expecting Main Shop to come in around £50. I forgot a few things, but they can wait until Monday.

I'm toying with the idea of a second purse, as per the link at the start of the GC threads. Has anyone else tried this? Any hints and tips would be great

Have happy Fridays

Edit: Forgot about the £4 I gave to my friend to grab me some cider from Aldi

p-pincher

Hi everyone. I thought I had posted my February budget but checked through and I haven't. My budget is going to stay at £250.00. It an amount that I'm comfortable with having halved it from a few years back. Managed to stay under budget in January by a couple of pennies.

I'm already down to £154.00 but I've done a huge shop earlier in the week. I've worked out I've got around £40.00 a week. Most meat has already been bought as well as the expensive things like my coffee and wash powder. In fact I don't really need any toiletries or cleaning stuff.

Need to do a small shop this weekend for pack up bits. Definitely need bread and milk today. Good luck everyone x

Kim317

Well I managed to go over budget by £3.15 for January but as this included about £10 of ys meat which will all be used in February I am pleased.


Managed 19 nsds this month which is a massive improvement for me!


Got a text from Iceland today offering a free pizza worth £1.50 if I swipe my bonus card in store so will be popping to get that today.


I have written a rough meal plan for the whole of February and dh has approved it so fingers crossed will come in well under budget!

Trying_really_hard

Kim317 wrote: »

Managed 19 nsds this month which is a massive improvement for me!

19?! That is brilliant (and quite enviable from my point of view). :T