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February 2017 Grocery Challenge

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  • i've still over a week to go on January's budget :(


    have decided, rather than beat myself up every month (I do enough of that in general in winter months) I'm going to go back up to £160for the month with the view to trying to drop it again in march or so when things are more settled.


    good luck all :)
  • meg72
    meg72 Posts: 5,164 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts I've been Money Tipped!
    Still on January till the weekend but please put me down for £80 again.

    Just cant seem to make it big and red anymore, any suggestions,?
    Slimming World at target
  • medsdemon
    medsdemon Posts: 761 Forumite
    I'm still on January for over another week, but please put me down for £200please this month which will run the 1st to the 28th of February. So that will make it a budget of just £50 a week for 2 adults and a fussy cat. I think that will be a challenge, but it'll be good to be on top of it. That will be cutting me down quite a lot.

    ( my name wasn't added to the list last month so if you could add me for Feb that would be great, thank you ( still participated anyway😬).
    Grocery challenge October: £228.28/£250.00 NSD 4 ( not completed)
    Grocery challenge November : £291.65/300.00 NSD 10
    Grocery challenge December : £0/240.00 NSD
  • medsdemon
    medsdemon Posts: 761 Forumite
    Meg72 You need to go into advanced not quick reply. Well that's how I did it ;)
    Grocery challenge October: £228.28/£250.00 NSD 4 ( not completed)
    Grocery challenge November : £291.65/300.00 NSD 10
    Grocery challenge December : £0/240.00 NSD
  • Islandmaid
    Islandmaid Posts: 6,626 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper I've been Money Tipped!
    £200 for Feb please, only 4 weeks, but I don't have the stocks I had in Jan, and youngest is back from Uni for a week of that, so Loo Roll and shower gel costs alone will spiral :rotfl:
    Note to self - STOP SPENDING MONEY !!

    £300/£130
  • meg72
    meg72 Posts: 5,164 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts I've been Money Tipped!
    £80 having another try.
    Slimming World at target
  • peony40
    peony40 Posts: 689 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Hello All,

    Please can you put me down for £200.. This is to cover all groceries/household/toiletries for two adults from 27th Jan to 24th Feb.

    This year I need to concentrate on grocery expenditure/menu planning. I just find it really hard to get my head around it, goodness knows why. One plan is to try and get by with a couple of internet shops, and the rest by buying as and when needed from the local supermarket. Hopefully, I can then make use of reduced offers, reduce food wastage by buying only what I can manage to carry home.

    Good Luck All.

    January 2025 Grocery Challenge: £220.00/£59.47
    January 2025 NSD: 0/30 (unplanned spending)
    2025 Frugal Living Challenge

  • Soworried
    Soworried Posts: 2,369 Forumite
    My Feb starts tomorrow until the 17th. I'm going for £240 for 2 adults and 2 teens for all food and cleaning and toiletries.

    It will be tight as I used up almost everything this month.

    Thanks for the thread Zippy, Coxy and Lynne :A
    £36/£240
    £5522
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  • Hi can I join from 1st February please and will you put me down for £200 this will include food and all household toiletries cleaning etc. I will be budgeting for 3 adults and sunday lunches for 4 adults and 1 child thank you
  • I'm in again. Still aiming to keep to £5200.0 for the year so this month I'll be trying for £400.
    We are away for a week at mid-term so I might even get a bit of slush to go towards bulk buys and store cupboard items.
    Thanks for the thread and keeping us in line.
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