April 2016 Grocery Challenge

Cappella

I'd like to romp from £300.00 to £250 this month please. We had food waste this week, and this must stop!! More thinking is needed with regard to sticking to menu plans:(

pajama

Here we go then....First shop of my April budget and I spent,
£58.42 in Ald!
£10.50 in Sainsbobs
£14.03 in tossco
In budget for first week with £7 to carry over to next week.
Good luck everybody in this months challenge x

summerlou

Hi all
Please could I join not sure how much we spend on groceries a month but I do no it's too much.Going to look in my freezer before I buy more😳 Going to start my budget with £350 hopefully slashing this next month.This is for two adults two children two cats and one puppy.

mildredalien

Hi all, sticking with a budget of £260 again this month - covering groceries for two, cleaning products, some toiletries and cat food/litter.

Managed £20 under budget last month so going to keep an eye on things and maybe try reducing a little next month if we do well in April.

mrssnowy_2

I will join please-spent about £110 in March.
There was only me,but I am now doing some meals for Mum who is not very well.
Plus I have 'acquired ' a man,who I seem to be feeding regularly,and we drink a lot of tea together!! All good fun and very entertaining.
He does bring eggs ,from his chooks.
It will mean I can use lots of bits out of the freezer-good job as nothing else will fit in.

Same budget for April please-£110
Thank you

mrss

Soworried

t14cy_t wrote: »

setting this months budget at £200. two adults, 16 chicken, 2 ducks, 3 large dogs and another adult for brekkie and lunch 5 times a week!! this includes all the food/bedding/treats for all our boys and girls. good luck all. xx

:eek: I read that as 16 children :rotfl:

A spend of £1.10 today on 2 bottles of pop. Spent very little this week to pull back from last weeks over spend.

nyc_451

I would like to join you all this month too

Target: £110

fairy3

Hi all would like to join this month please as the freezer is full and the household has reduced by one and the other two come on go so need to have a good clear out of stocks. I will aim for [COLOR]£100 for everything and try to eke an extra week as I get paid on the 9th - 9th each month.
Good luck everyone
Fx

[Deleted User]

Good morning all,

my budget for April is £60.00 plus left over cash from March .I shall be away for a week so the extra will go towards my self -catering holiday
Good Luck everyone and hang on to those pennies

JackieO xx

Evelina80

I would like to join you and give this a whirl if thats ok? My aim is going to be £400 a month to start with.

My current budget is £100 a week - the reality is that whilst I kid myself that I stick to this, I probably spend around £120 if you count extras like milk top ups and emergency wine/takeaways.

My budget needs to feed six full time. Thats three adults, two tweens and a child. It also needs to feed breakfast, lunch and snacks to an additional four children.

I'm in a good position to cut back - we have a lidl and aldi locally which we mostly use, plus a huge tesco/asda which we can use for the things that the others dont stock. We have a decent fruit market which sells very reasonable fruit and veg. I'm a half decent cook, and I have things like a good breadmaker, mixer, blender, huge fridge etc. On the downside our freezer is small, no room for a spare. My children are a pain in the rear. The teenager thinks that anything that doesnt travel straight from the freezer to the oven is poison. The tweens are generally great eaters - one genuinely dislikes pasta but they are otherwise good. My preschooler will eat almost all cold foods, lunchtime stuff, sandwiches, dirt from the garden, but very little in the way of hot meals are considered by him to be edible. Husband eats anything - years of my cooking has cowed him down to a state of meek acceptance (or perhaps resignation?!).

I'm looking forward to the challenge of actually sticking to the budget for the first time in a long time!