February 2015 Grocery Challenge

Happygreen

moneyonmymindsam wrote: »

Hi all...Sorry to post here if not the right place...I am one person ..lol as opposed to what I don't know..
Can anyone tell me what monthly spend for one person could work out at? what is a good budget I mean ..p.s I love food ..:)


I am going to make a list of all my food stock....and pop in my diary too


I don't have a freezer but would welcome any average costs or cheap idea's to cut down on expenditure - I have very little money until the 28th February

Really sorry if wrong place to post but thanks xx

Hello and welcome! If at all possible I would invest in a small freezer, maybe you can get one free from your local freecycle or freegle group? Some members are happy to deliver if you don't have transport. Or share one with a nice neighbour? I find it a crucial tool in reducing my food waste. I freeze some ingredients or stuff I've made too much of I don't fancy eating again soon.
Great to hear that you love food - does that mean you are cooking from scratch? This will save you a lot of money
Sorry I can't help with planning a budget for 1 person, I'm only just coming to grips with cooking for 3 instead of 4...

NewShadow

moneyonmymindsam wrote: »

Hi all...Sorry to post here if not the right place...I am one person ..lol as opposed to what I don't know..
Can anyone tell me what monthly spend for one person could work out at? what is a good budget I mean ..p.s I love food ..:)

I aim for around £20 to £25 per week, but every now and then spend £50 or so on things I can stockpile - meaning if I need to I've got everything in (from beans, tinned tuna, flour, and uht, to frozen veg, meat and carbs) to go a month with no spend at all.

You might be surprised how many meals you can make for one from just bits in your cupboards.

DawnW

36.73 spent at Lidls at the weekend, plus £40.01 on Ocado delivery. I have updated my signature.

wishus

Weekend spend was a modest £20.57 in Asda which has announced its "biggest rollback ever" apparently, and certainly did seem to be a cheaper shop to normal. Topped up with £3.77 in Mozza'd this morning.

Ladyluck1

Will do a top up shop today for the week, milk, veg and lunchbox bits.
Then I'll hopefully have at least 4 or 5 NSDs
Meal plan looks like;

Monday; Hm chicken goujons, wedges and coleslaw
Tues; spaghetti carbonara (courgette carbonara for me)
Wed; beef stew and mash
Thurs; YS saucy fish sea bass and roasted veg
Fri; chicken roast (with Breasts)
Sat; burgers in buns with side salad

Solstice_3

Quick update then back to read the posts

5th £3.98 bad day spent on junk and bread
6th £3.21
7th £13.78
8th £6.82 and £2.07 two different shops

Had a bit of a rubbish week, little shops here and there, not very organised or inclined to be. Hoping this week will be better but today has not started out well. Oh and I'm over budget but I think as I bought meat for 2 months I'm not going to worry too much, I will reduce the next budget to account for it.

Caterina

£4.50 in Sainzbugs for cheeses and another £4 in the market for lots of veg so I am sorted for a few days veg-wise. Updating sig rounded up to £9.

BrassicWoman

£11.01 - £7 on diet coke

The remaining £4.01 was
- YS bread, crumpets, lemon tart
- LF yogurts, half price
full price chocolate; not having much so wanted one small, really tasty bit

It's weird I am now confessing paying full price.

jp1964

L*dl spend today of £28, mainly on fruit, vegetables and some fresh rolls, plus some steaks, bacon and ham/sliced chicken.

The end of my first week saw £146 spent, £4 less than my target, and £77 less than my average spend between September and the end of December (not including Christmas)

New week started today.

Ladyluck1

£21.22 in Tosco. I had vouchers for a few free things like yogurt, cereal and tinned soup which will get eaten up by the kids. So it did come to £26.72 but I got £5.50 take off
That should be it for 4 ish days now.
Updating siggy.