October 2007 Grocery Challenge

lil_me

Lidl £5.13 and coop near where new house is £10.21 for milk, pickle, pop and got some bargains. Liking the coop already as it may be expensive for some things but does some good reductions, stuff I bought today had between 50-80% off which we are definately not used to in other shops near me, lucky to get 20p off a £3 item. I will have to resist dipping in all the time however as it's all too easy to get tempted by bargains then end up with a freezer full again! Still I've spent less than half of the budget which I reduced by 10%, half way through my month now, so happy so far!

brummiebabe

Tesco delivery came last night.....don't think I did TOO badly really!! Shopping was £95.33, delivery charge was £5.99, but got £11.01 off in promotions & £10 code used (from this site:money: ) so spent £80.31!!!

Only have £109.22 left for the next 2 weeks though....

nopot2pin

Hello all....
Well......... I was doing fab ... spent £17.03 this week so far.
But then I went to Costco today... and spent £57.95 :eek: :eek: :eek: .

I really do need to be spanked with the big flip flop for that spending fiasco

So that brings my running total to £74.98... and I still have 3 weeks left and £45.02 to live on. But to be fair... my cupboard and freezer are quite full. I just need fresh veggies, milk and bread to buy. And after my trip to Costco.... the cleaning supplies and toilettries are quite well stocked also:o.

I am a little worried about next weekend as will be going out one or two nights with friends for some light refreshments;) . But will try to keep spending to a minimum.

So far this month I have spent £38 on fuel... dont know if thats good or bad yet.

the_cat

Hi everyone

I'm soooooo glad I joined this challenge. It has made me so much more motivated. I always thought I did pretty well with my budget, but it's so much easier having you guys motivating me!! To all you other lurkers, join in next time, it really does make a difference

Anyway, I have spent £33.72 so far this week, but that includes an impromtu takeaway (but for the first time ever, I cooked rice and heated up naan's and bhajii's while OH collected main courses - saved a fortune). Will only need a few veg and maybe some milk for the rest of the week, which leaves me £49.37 with one shop left until my month is over

Cat

nopot2pin

the_cat wrote: »

Hi everyone

I'm soooooo glad I joined this challenge. It has made me so much more motivated. I always thought I did pretty well with my budget, but it's so much easier having you guys motivating me!! To all you other lurkers, join in next time, it really does make a difference
Cat

I couldnt agree with you more. It does make you think more about what you put in your trolley. And reading all the posts from everyone else is fab at motivation :T

I know I spent alot yesterday .... but before joining the GC, I dread to think what I would have spent:eek:

Thanks to all so far...... :T :T and Good Luck for the rest of your month:D

wilf55

hi guys

starting afresh this week but then will add up all totals at end

£23.50 spend in tescos

7 of us here but 1 rarely used the place hotel springs to mind
but then others eat for 2!!

budget is £70 for the week and got very little stocks but the last few weeks have been experimenting and failing with soups and healthy home food as opposed to ding meals microwave rubbish

am going to do an online shop later after i sit down and do some meal planning

you are all so great and at least appear to be so well organised!!


debsxx

LouiseJ

You keep going Wilf55

I am 35 years old have ran a household since being 19, have 2 kids age 12 & 14 and a husband. Up until about 7 weeks ago since I started reading these forums I had NEVER COOKED A MEAL FROM SCRATCH BEFORE!

My trolley contained ready meals, chicken/fish in breadcrumbs or anything convinient which I could just bung in the oven or nuke in the microwave I have even bought ready grated cheese and chopped carrots.

Since starting the grocery challenge and looking on old style board I have

1 Saved a fortune
2 Had tasty meals that actually fill you up
3 Lost a little weight
4 Had strange looks from OH & DSs but they have eaten food anyway.
5 Gained a sense of achievement in the knowledge that we are now eating low cost, healthier, tastier food that I have prepared myself

I have had some disasters like my mushroom soup where I failed to cook the roux properly so it tasted of uncooked flour and I still cant make a yorkshire pudding that doesnt have a ball of raw batter in the middle but I am trying and overall succeeding.

You keep going, its worth it:T .:T :T

rockie4

I’m not doing very well this month:o
I usually shop at Asda but they’re ‘re-furbishing’ our local store and the last 2 times I’ve been I’ve not been able to find stuff because they’re constantly moving it round and there have been huge gaps on the because they seem to be having supply problems. :mad:
Week 1 - I had to ‘top-up’ at Tesco so spent £50.01
Week 2 - I went to Morrison’s – BIG mistake!!!!! :eek: Hugely expensive and they didn’t have a lot of the things I had on my list, £54.58
Week 3 - I went to Tesco and did a little top-up at Sainsbury’s which wasn’t too bad but we buy our bread/cake flour from a mill and we’ve stocked up so consequently this week’s spend has been a whopping £60.93 :eek: Total so far £165.52 – not good even though I’ve got some stuff towards Christmas.
I’d better draw in my horns next week, technically I could still do it but I still have 2 weekends to the end of the month!:D

rosieben

LouiseJ wrote: »

Since starting the grocery challenge and looking on old style board I have

1 Saved a fortune
2 Had tasty meals that actually fill you up
3 Lost a little weight
4 Had strange looks from OH & DSs but they have eaten food anyway.
5 Gained a sense of achievement in the knowledge that we are now eating low cost, healthier, tastier food that I have prepared myself

Well done Louise!! :T :T :T

redmel1621

Well done everyone........

I am becoming a lot more organised since I joined this challenge last month, i think it does tak a while to get into the stride of things but it is definately worth sticking with it.

Tesco today came to......£52.54 (promos=£12.55,Coupon=£10 off)

Mel x