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February 2017 Grocery Challenge

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  • zippychick
    zippychick Posts: 9,339 Forumite
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    Hi All

    Putting this up early this month as I'm sure you're all ready to get organised


    good luck

    Zip
    A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men :cool:
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  • Caterina
    Caterina Posts: 5,919 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    Thank you for starting the new GC month, zippychick.

    Been thinking about the challenge and realising that I have to feed DH more protein and more than I eat anyway, so I am going to have a larger budget than last few months. Will start on 1st February and end on 28th. Please put me down for £250.
    Finally I'm an OAP and can travel free (in London at least!).
  • Can you put me down for £200 this month please. Will run from 31st Jan till 27th Feb 2 adults and 2 very hungry swimmers to feed.


    Note to self get organised and don't just grab dinner on the way home from work!! I've let things get a little out of control recently, think all my family members were taking turns at ending up in hospital (I'm exhausted and the budget for Jan was blown!)
    JAN - £208.56/£250 NSD-8
    FEB - £121.51/£200 NSD- 1
    Penny a day challenge #001: £200.79/£667.95
  • Put me down for £300 again. My month will start Tuesday 31/01/2017 - 27/02/2016.
    February Grocery Budget: £190.75/£350.00
    NST no. NSD 4/15
  • pinkypig
    pinkypig Posts: 1,814 Forumite
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    Hi everyone, I'm still on Jan but can you put me down for £140 please? That's for three of us and a dog and it needs to cover all food, cleaning stuff and toiletries.

    See you on the 29th:)

    PP x
    Original mortgage £112,000 . Final payment due August 2027.
    Mortgage neutral achieved August 2020 - 7 years early!!!
  • CCP
    CCP Posts: 5,062 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    Hello Grocery Challengers! I've never done this before but really need to spend less money generally so this looks a good place to start.

    As I'm new I have no real idea what my budget should be, so I'll go for a figure of £400 for all groceries, pet stuff, household stuff etc and see how I go with that. It should be far more than I need for one person and a cat (even if the cat has a weak stomach and can only eat a particular type of cat food), but I figure I've got to start somewhere!
    Back after a very long break!
  • pajama
    pajama Posts: 204 Forumite
    I'm still on January's challenge but can you put me down for £360 for February please
    Grocery Challenge - Sept £205.56/£350.00



  • I'd like to join, please. Could you put me down for £50 for February, thank you.
  • Count us in again. Currently thinking £176 for February (based on £44 per week). Waiting to see how January turns out though as we've been under by a lot, then over a smidge, then cut the budget, but not finished the month yet so I am unsure how we will do. I sound so committed!:rotfl:
  • Cappella
    Cappella Posts: 748 Forumite
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    edited 17 January 2017 at 7:51PM
    I finish January's on the 26th and would like to move straight onto this then.
    Please keep my target at £250
    Thank you to the board managers for putting these challenges up. I really appreciate them and have learnt a lot about my shopping habits trying to reach my targets.
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