February 2016 Grocery Challenge

THIRZAH

I'm sticking to £200 for February. We were under budget last month but there was quite a bit of food from Christmas to use up.

SomersetSaver

Can I please stay in at £250 for February

I will look to reduce this next month, but I am still getting to grips with cutting back on unnecessary spending, and reducing the sheer number of times I seem to go to the supermarket.

Thanks for running for us :j

craigywv

I am in too hoping for £130 for the month for two adults and 12 yr old ganet son. food only as could sell toiletries and smellies. planning on using baking cupboard up this month as have annual leave and days owing to me so shall be busy baking. good luck all,also getting garden ready for planting veg,doing scallions, red onions,potatoes,beetroot,then tomatoes and all salad.plum tree was great last year so was blackcurrant bushes,strawbs too cant wait to get started.

Wysiwyg49

In again at £360 this month - so far one big shop at Sainsbobs, which was OK as I have pasta and rice in already - oh dear forgot to add the £16 at butchers to my total!! Off to chaotic start just for a change!

Good luck everyone. Our nearest cafe to work has closed so hoping to save some ££ by taking packed lunches, but I suffer from boredom when I know what I have for lunch at 9am (anyone else get that problem?)

This week I'm planning to do home-made savoury rice as the family love the Uncle B packs but they're a bit pricey...

rising_from_the_ashes

So I've just been to sort out the outside freezer - I do have a system of 'made meals', 'raw ingredients' etc in various bags as it's a chest one & very easy to 'lose' stuff in it - but it's very easy to just stick something in the top when coming back from shopping & forgetting to put it in the right place!

Anyway, there are 30 meals ready to eat which is great as I'm not good at cooking during the week (mix of health reasons / work etc) so I do try to bulk cook at weekends so I can have something 'proper' - rather than a packet of biccies (yup, it has been known!)

I also have plenty of meat - a few chicken breasts and a couple of pulled pork joints (which have been on offer at Asda if anyone's after one) - they're fantastic done in the SC and really cheap. I've bought 2 around the £4.50 mark and each one has been cut in 1/2 with 1 bit being cooked & 1 frozen.

So, off to a good start and hopefully that should mean I don't need to spend much this month & recoup some of the stock up items bought in Jan.

jacci45

Spent £39.42 in Aldi, I do not think I will need to shop until next weekend now and that will only be as my gorgeous granddaughter is coming to stay!So now on £132.10/£350.
Take care all. xx

Katsmum2

Hi,
Quick question what exactly does YS mean? Assume cut price but bugging me!

Going to try meal planning, just had a shop delivered (ordered before saw this thread) let's see what I can do with it��
Take care
X

mrs_motivated

Katsmum2 wrote: »

Hi,
Quick question what exactly does YS mean? Assume cut price but bugging me!



X

YS is things that are in the reduced section , it stands for Yellow Stickered

maria3104

Mr t called at 2 and £51 off goods starts me off for Feb groceries.
Thank goodness. Have not risked going shopping I am sure a few hundred would fall into my car!! Lacking restraint at the moment.
Need to go and peel vegetables now as turkey is almost cooked.
Good luck all
Maria

dangerbadger

I've done the GC a few times in the past, but tend not to now as I've generally pretty happy with how much I spend each month (anywhere between £130 - 200, depending on how many mouths expect to be fed).

However, this month I've got a couple of extra bills due to the dog having to go in kennels twice, and work have made a right dog's dinner of my pay, meaning I'm going to have to be super careful with the pennies. As such, can you put me down for £80 for February, starting today and going through to the 29th.