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April 2019 Grocery Challenge
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I'd like to join the grocery challenge for April please Elsiepac. The last time I did this challenge was in December last year, and I loved that it kept me focused and on track.
I'm with you there too Elsiepac, I like to make meals that bit more special and with a bit more effort involved at the weekends. It's the way I was brought up too.
Im starting at quite a decent store cupboard of dried and tinned foods so please put me down for £300 which will be for 4 adults (2 big eaters, 2 small eaters) and one cat. This will not include alcohol or meals out.
Many thanks Elsiepac for running this thread again.
£76.47/£500 budget
Grocery challange April: £130.17of £500 target remaining
How exciting for you - I hope all goes well in the lead up to it
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OS Grocery Challenge 2021 target £0/£3k 0% annual (£500 contingency)
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£40.01 spent this morning at Sainsbobs..
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My month started on Tuesday (26th) and will run until Thursday 25th April (payday 26th). Have already been spending (obviously) and been a bit naughty about it as dealing with some other stuff at the moment:
£3.49 - Subway
£9.33 - Morrisons
£8.80 - Lidl
£9 - Morrisons
£14.47 - McDonalds
£1.85 - Sainsburys
£14.80 - Sainsburys
£9.40 - Sainsburys
£16.60 - Sainsburys
£24.13 - Morrisons
Total - £111.87/£300
Quite a lot of my budget so far. I should point out that some of this isn't really groceries, it contains mothers day gifts and some bargains I found (which includes some kids bath sets for 20p each in Sainsburys!!).
Also picked up 8 tins of alphabetti spaghetti today in Morrisons, reduced to 5p each! Date on them is March 19, but...it's tinned spaghetti! It'll keep and be just fine! They had LOADS left. 2 massive trays full when I went this morning! x
Already made a start on the first week's worth:
Iceland: £37.52
Aldi: £5.11
B & M: £9.86
This has included the laundry and cleaning products we need for the next month or two, so happy for it to look a little higher this week.
£52.49/£200
Jings How exciting, hope you enjoy the time and of course congratulations!
thriftwizard Great that you have the date now and not too far away, fingers crossed it stays that way!
I have a couple of spends but will update later or tomorrow. This week has been so crazy busy and I'm so tired!!! I have all my receipts though
GC: Jan 21 £tbc/£250
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Save £12k in 2020 - #20 £7,085.43/£5k 141.7%
Save £12k in 2021 - #26 aiming for £7,500
OS Grocery Challenge 2021 target £0/£3k 0% annual (£500 contingency)
My Debt Free Diary Get a grip Woman
With that in mind, I'm going to go for £190 to run from the 14th April to 2nd May.
Vicky x
Annual GC budget £143.73/£1950.
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