May 2015 Grocery Challenge

piglet27

Afternoon all,

Spends of £21.54 to add for yesterday on fruit, yoghurts some ys pizza for sat and ys donuts for a treat http://static.moneysavingexpert.com/images/forum_smilies/redface.gif.
Bought all of ald!s super 6 so working today on a meal plan for the week. Feeling quite poorly, unable to eat, so struggling to meal plan, but need to do it for kids, otherwise, what would they eat . http://static.moneysavingexpert.com/images/forum_smilies/speechless-smiley-040.gif

Fingers crossed on sticking to budgets, piiglet27

Tidgysue

Spends today .... £57.17

scotmumof3

piglet I hope you feel better soon.:(
I have to nip to the SM later to buy a birthday cake for DS2s birthday today but that will be coming out of a different budget so I will only need a couple of things so shouldn't be too much. Will update later

scotmumof3

£2.94 spend today at Tesc*

lynnejk

Hiya everyone :hello:


Piglet - sending some get-well vibes your way

dobs wrote: »

Hi all just a quick question do you include pet food/ cleaning products etc in your budget or food and drink only? I need to do this from next month as spending way too much (5 of us) but not sure what things to include in budget, thanks! X

joedenise wrote: »

Everybody deals with things different but most seem to include food, cleaning stuff, nappies, pet food etc. It is entirely up to you what you want to include in your budget.

For example I don't include alcohol in my budget I keep that separate in another budget. I don't have pets or babies so don't need to include anything there either so mine is basically food & cleaning stuff.

Denise

I am the same and include everything for the household - groceries, cleaning, general toiletries and washing stuff.


There is DH and myself and we each have a small personal budget each month and separate budgets for wine and petrol. HTH


Back laters
Lx

MovingUp

I have been keeping track on a spreadsheet. Food spends currently at £140.67/200.


I've got two more weeks on this. I'm not sure I am going to be able to achieve it. First month at this though and will show me where to cut. I am including the bill when we eat out as we wanted to show how much was being spent on food generally. I think that is the first area to cut back on!! Hope everyone is well

PennyGrabber

I'm up to £36 now, which is about on track.

Re what to include, I only count food and drink, as I don't feel the need to budget household stuff. I have a problem overspending on food, so that's what I count!!

PG x

K9sandFelines

dobs wrote: »

Hi all just a quick question do you include pet food/ cleaning products etc in your budget or food and drink only? I need to do this from next month as spending way too much (5 of us) but not sure what things to include in budget, thanks! X

Everything bought in the supermarket.

I dont really drink (once in a blue moon), and pet food is ordered online from Z**plus, so I don't include that either.

lynnejk

Hiya
We managed another NSD today.

I certainly find that having a monthly menu plan, bulk buying, batch cooking, a weekly shopping list and not 'popping' into the shops makes a big difference to staying in budget.

We don't necessarily stick exactly to the menu plan but being the meals we have are home cooked, with the basics in the freezer or stock cupboard, we can move meals about the weeks as we fancy.

Hope you all have a terrific Tuesday and if you are new to this challenge please ask anything you want to know and someone will help - we're a friendly lot on here
Lx

january_23

Delivery today from A and C and we went shopping today.
£48.92 spent. Most food bought for the week. That includes toothpaste and deodorant for both of us as they were on offer.

£130.73 total so far.

January.