April 2015 Grocery Challenge

claireh280

First April spend today for me £55.85 in Aldi. I am being super good and have meal planned then did the whole shop on Tesco.com it came in at £98! So then I went through mysupermarket.com to compare with Aldi and have done a split shop - mostly from Aldi. It should be about £20 quid cheaper in total. It could have been even cheaper but it's my first proper big shop in Aldi and I got tempted by trail mix (it tastes so good), blueberries and pizza!! Not even on my meal plan! But hey it's a start

skintmum2012

I wonder claire if the trail mix would be sutable for gronola I shop in aldi loads and I am looking for something good for gronola.

m1nk1e

Good evening,

First shop of the month done (spread over 3 supermarkets to make best use of my vouchers). A grand total of £128.75.

Quite happy with this as quite a social week coming up - I have 2 extra adults this weekend, plus dinner for 7 adults and 2 kids on Sunday. Monday I am looking after 2 children (favour for my friend) so giving them lunch and tea. So a few extra mouths to feed but only need to pick up the roasting joint from the butcher. We go away in 10 days and reckon I will need no supermarket runs before then.

Sat am doing my cooking for 2 weeks and smoothies for 2 weeks. Have checked freezer and plenty of space. Am now working out all the meals.

Feeling quite positive - or is that because I finish work tomorrow for a few weeks holiday? :j:beer:

PennyGrabber

Munchkinsmum wrote: »

Hi! Can I join for £500 please. We have an extra 3 mouths to feed this month so 8 in total.

On another note, I swear I used to be on a thread/challenge where it was something to do with your purse, you had x amount to spend on groceries but then a bit in the purse to put aside in case you bought for next week? (Along those lines!) I can't remember what it was called!

It was Mothership's second purse system. There's a list of links on page one underneath the recipe lists.

Thanks for some bean ideas. I have Jack's books, and I'll try her spag Bol soon. It's the Easter hols soon, so I'll have a bit more time to play.

Night all,
PG x

Suffolk_lass

Hello everyone,

I have just totted up my March totals as we are about to head off to the Highlands with a group to a s/c house so I can say my March spend was £250.99 and my running total for the year is now 20.64% against a flat-line profile of 25% (in other words I have saved a bit for Christmas splurging from within my annual budget!)

Good to see some familiar faces. I might even contribute a bit more if the wi-fi is any good in the rental house!

Good luck everyone
SL

chocoholic_chick

Could I be put down for £200 this month please. Have had to increase it from £180 due to a change of diet which is costing more, went over £200 in march but hoping to come in at £200 or less this month now I have a better understanding of what we can have. Doesn't take away from the fact the food I need to get costs more though

mummyjane

Please can I join you? Been a few years since I followed a set budget but really need to crack down on what we're spending. I'm going to set Aprils budget at £400 starting on Wednesday. This includes 2 adults, two almost teens, two dogs and a cat

XSpender

I completely lost the plot with my food spending last month and know we went way over.


This month I am going for £70/wk or £280 for April. I have received a Mr T delivery today for £68.32 inc delivery and have already booked another for next Thursday. Today's delivery is for March, next week's is for April. I find if we shop together at the weekend we can spend £150 in Mr T easily:eek:
We have reduced the freezer and cupboard stocks last month a bit but will keep at in April


Meal plan for this week:


F - Cheese omelette, beans, chips and GF onion rings (just me)
S - Cauliflower pizza and spicy wedges
Su - Roast chicken and trimmings
M - Chicken, leek and bacon, new pots, green beans, carrots
T - Beans on toast
W - Penne Carbonarra
Th - Chicken with tomato,basil and cheese, new pots, veg
F - Fish and Chips (from chippy)
Sa - Chicken curry and rice
Su - If have visitors roast pork using massive roast in freezer


My figure includes breakfast, lunch and dinner for 2 adults and a hungry almost 5 year old, 1 small dog and all toiletries, cleaning and alcohol.

Debtfreefreedom

Hello everyone, I want to make another go this month. I`m going for £500 this month as it`s half term as well. My month will go from 1st until 30th April and if I can come under budget, this month I'm sure my budget will be less next month, as no half term break.

lushlifesaver

First few spends of the month over the last few days:
£30.00 in Makro - first trip in ages! We got loads but bf paid half as it was supplies for his longer trips etc. From GC: toilet roll (2 big packs on bogof), big bottle of washing up liquid, huge pack of smoked bacon, multipack of air fresher refills, angel delight style pudding mix. Also a small amount towards the tray of pringles snack packs and tray of pot noodles for bf


£7.00 in Fulton Foods: scampi x 2, 4 x tic tacs (bfs for trip), 6 pack of oasis drinks, 5 x special k cracker crisps, choc gems for lunches and a couple of other bits


£7.00 in Iceland; 2 x Cadbury flakes (the boxes for ice creams) tin foil, clingfilm


total: £44 added to sig, off to stock up on fresh fruit and veg to make soup to freeze and then some extra potatoes, and salad-y bits, Fruit wise I want grapes, satsumas, aapples, melon, bananas and strawberries if the prices are right. Going to a market so should be decent prices