June 2019 Grocery Challenge

Suffolk_lass

I'm also on an annual budget (£3000) - mine divides up as an average £200 for regular groceries, £400 for stores and an extra £200 for December/contingencies. That feeds 2 adults all the time, one intermittently and our cat. It includes all our toiletries, cleaning products and pet related, but not the face cream I indulge in, once every 6 months. It does not include the very rare take away or meal out as these are entertainment.

I have spent 36.16% or £1084.89 of the total but almost 56% of my stores budget (I have a tendency to hoard, that I have to watch out for). I buy my chosen brands only when they are on offer - most recently the dutch name coffee was £4.50 instead of £6.98 so we bought 5.

I start this month in a positive frame of mind as I have garden produce forming (peas, salads) and my freezers and cupboards are stuffed.

Saver.The.Taste

Hi I've been very absent recently from this thread but would like to pick up again please?

I am budgeting from the 28/5 to 30/6 and aiming to spend £175 but would ideally like to come under that as £35 for one person per week still seems excessive to me, although this is to include all grocery and home goods shopping plus any eating out or takeaways.

I do a very large shop at the beginning of the month and then do small £5-£10 top ups through the month. so far my spend is £89.48.

thriftwizard

I'm off into June, having spent £45 at the market today on fish, cheese, fruit & veg and a small amount of meat. More will be spent; I'm feeding 4 adults full-time (2 omnivores, 1 pescatarian and 1 vegetarian) 3 cats, 2 cockatiels and (currently) 9 chickens.

And I have a new toy to play with - a charity-shop bargain of an Italian ice-cream maker - which also needs feeding! But need to try to keep to healthy recipes using market-found bargain fruit etc....

Puddleglum

I failed in May but the good news is that I have more money going in for June so would like to go for £140 for this month please.

pamsdish

£14.81 in Lidl, need to cut right back as still 7 months to go and nearly half gone.

Soworried

Can I join in from the 10th please?

A budget of £240 for 4 weeks for 3 adults for all food, toiletries and cleaning products

Smoosh

First spend today - £4 on ice cream in my defence I have a gum infection due to pericoronitis and ice cream feels so nice!

So £296/300 left. Doing a weekly shop tomorrow.

getmyacttogether2016

Evening all

In again for this month please.

£200.00, this is for 2 adults, 3 cats and 5 chickens and includes all groceries, alcohol, toiletries and pet food.

Thanks
GMAT

t14cy_t

Im aiming for £280 for the month. This is for 2 adults, 3 large dogs, 25 chickens and 2 ducks! Alcohol budget is separate!!xx

thriftwizard

Another £39 spent; this included a £20 pack of chicken breasts which will last OH & I for at least a month, mostly now in the freezer, & £8 on 2 trays (24 small punnets) of "jam" strawberries to make a year's supply of jam - 18 jars - now cooling!

Two lots of ice-cream have also been made today; pineapple & mango sorbet, which is everybody's favourite so far (this is the second batch) and chocolate - well it had to be done! All done with supplies we already had in, but I shall have to slow up now, for my waistline's sake, never mind the budget!