March 2016 Grocery Challenge

flipper_72

flipper_72 wrote: »

£2.70 on saturday and £7.52 to fill up my desk with food for work today
£51.56/£250, next full shop tomorrow and another 3 in this month so could be pretty tight.
Actually DH bought some reduced cheese so need to add that once he gives me the receipt.

ETA the food at work should last the rest of the month not just the day as I seemed to imply :eek:

the full shop cost £41.21 from aldi and I then did a shop at tesco as I had a £4 off £30 spend voucher, stocked up on a few things I can't get in aldi and spent £28.17 so total spend £120.94/£250.It's not looking good for getting under target

mumofthetwins

spend of £7.05 in Mr T for me yesterday but got loads of bits in so alls good ... did forget a couple of bits but im going to see if I can manage without them


Lisa x

wishus

I did a traipse shop on Saturday... something to do while my head is occupied about things I am worried about. Takes longer to do, of course, but you get better deals if you go to the best places for each deal, and it's exercise.

So, I went to a local hardware shop for some new Henry Hoover bags - £1.15
Heron Foods was doing 4 x tins of chopped tomatoes for £1. Also bought 2 bags of Minions Haribo for £1, treat for OH and nephew. Only get 1 of those in the 99p shop!
I had a card cashback offer for Waitrose of 5%, but was not terribly inspired so just bought bananas (which are the same price as anywhere else) and some YS rocket, spinach and watercress salad, double bag for 35p. Total spend 91p
The rest of the spend was in Aldi. Didn't have a pound for the trolley, so had to be ruthlessly efficient with what I picked up.
6 x cat food 1 x complete dry
1 x baked beans
1 bleach
1 squash
2pt milk
washing powder 2 in 1
1 x shampoo and conditioner (was tempted to buy their version of Aussie, but went for coconut as it's actually pretty good and only 1/3 price)
cling film & tin foil
their version weetabix
2 x sardines
1 400g ham trimmings
cotton pads and toothpaste
onions, salad tomatoes, pears, leeks, asparagus

So, a lot of non-food in there which would normally bump the bill up, so I'm pleased to have only spent £18.75 Total grocery spend of £22.81 :money:

Well, would be good, but still need yet more spread, milk and bread this week... :doh:

nyc_451

Soworried wrote: »

It's a huge eye opener isn't it. All you can do is try to waste as little as possible now.

If only it was that easy to change old habits...but I am sure this challenge will help me

Bought some own brand sweeteners for £1.50 - need two tablets to achieve the same sweetness as Canderel, so it's not cheaper afterall. False economy.

Have £3 left, that will be for bananas, eggs and cucumber. I've noticed that being on a diet helps with budgeting as I can't consume more than a set amount of calories!

wishus

blue_mango wrote: »

If only it was that easy to change old habits...but I am sure this challenge will help me

Bought some own brand sweeteners for £1.50 - need two tablets to achieve the same sweetness as Canderel, so it's not cheaper afterall. False economy.

Lots of trial and error involved... I think to myself, ah well, it's a good job I like coffee cake. Something to use up the own brand instant coffee that OH rejected. Was very popular at Macmillan coffee morning anyway.:)

Soworried

A spend of 73p today on a bottle of squash and a tin of chopped tomatoes.

I need to work y money out as I don't seem to have enough cash left as I should have

Soworried

Soworried wrote: »

A spend of 73p today on a bottle of squash and a tin of chopped tomatoes.

I need to work y money out as I don't seem to have enough cash left as I should have

I forgot that £10 of my money was in the safe at work PHEW

I just nipped to the MRT near me to check out the YS. I spent 21p and got 2 bulbs of garlic, a 500g pack of preprepared root veg and a 250g pack of bean sprouts :j

annab275

I got a couple of pots of hummous from the co op, mixed leaves at reduced price, loaf of bread and greaseproof paper which should last a while, total £5.19. Saturday and Sunday were no spend days. So far I have spent £147.15 so have £52.85 till the end of the month. Ooops.

t14cy_t

YS spends of £28 last night!!! would of cost £130 if full price!!x

Cappella

Another £8.00 at Aldi yesterday on washing liquid, washing up liquid, their super 6 offers, and fish.
Five birthdays coming up over the next fortnight though and we're going out to eat for three of them which will take a big chunk out of the remaining housekeeping. hoping OH will pay for two of them though which should help!