December 2007 Grocery Challenge

redmel1621

Recieved Tesco shop today....£60.99 to be honest though I didn't feel as if i bought much:sad:

On top of that I bought a bottle of contreau but i'm counting that seperately.

Mel x

p.s note to self...must do better.

JAMIEDODGER

spent about £106 today in various shops, will update sig properly later when im not being attacked by small children for the laptop!

TheBees

After living of the crumbs we found at the back of the cupboard (yum) Mr T delivered this evening! The freezer and fridge are full to bursting with enough meals for 2 weeks and a couple of boxes of Christmas provisions hidden in the garage away from temptation! Quite a big spend for the first weeks shop but with all the meals planned should only need to replenish milk etc.

Brassic

Hi All,

I am desperate to reduce my monthly grocery spend - it's been as high as £600 recently :O :O :O

I have a family of five, and in my groceries include wine, nappies (night only now thank goodness) and all cleaning and bathroom products.

My budget for this month is £350. Last month I think I spent nearer £500 - I seriously need to knuckle down to this as it's what is ruining my budget every month. Having said that, I have been slowly stocking up on Christmas goods the last couple of months...

My month will run 01st Dec to 30th.

So far we've spent £52.88 on our weekly Tescos shop, and £44 on a wine offer for 15 bottles.

In order to keep motivation going I have a board on the wall on which we're keeping a running total of that week, plan is to try to keep below £75. I've split the wine cost in four so we can see where we are - so far this week on track with £63.88.

Edited cos I forgot to say - big part of my new approach is to get it delivered - so I can't get tempted/distracted as I walk round the shop!

Cheers!
Brassic

sweetpea03

Hello Brassic
good luck with your grocery challenge It is my 1st month too I don't know if you already do this but when you do your shopping online if you go through www.mysupermarket.co.uk there is a neat little tool at the end when you have finished your trolley that suggests swaps to make your shopping even cheaper And you can earn 2 ipoints for every £1 that you spend hth

I checked my online banking today & my weekly shop for Tesco (being delivered today) was £44.50 inc delivery so have added it to my total. I was just wondering what everyone else does about delivery charges? Is it included in your grocery budget or do you not include it as its not actually groceries? I think I will be able to come in under budget this week - just!

flossyblog

hi everyone,:)

count me in for December, I am setting the budget for €250 this month. I have already spent €55.17.

been a bit busy lately so haven't had time to catch up with the posts yet.
hope you are all enjoying it still - I am - and hello to all the newcomers.

lil_me

sweetpea I always add the delivery charge, if I pay it, make sure you are taking advantage of codes and vouchers, usually a few available on the discount codes and vouchers board aswell as on other websites for either additional points (worth 4 times the value in deals) or money off directly.

flossyblog consider yourself added, if I have missed anyone who wants to be added please let me know, going to see if one of the moderators can put the list on page one, just would be easier to find

sweetpea03

Thanks lil_me, I will go & have a look for the discount codes board now, that would be great if I could save a bit or get some extra clubcard points :j
I used to do a monthly shop but it never used to last so weekly is better for us unfortunatly that means 4 lots of delivery charges (don't have any transport) but it still works out cheaper in the end Thanks for your help.

lil_me

:eek: you haven't been using codes, my goodness I won't even order without one :rotfl:here you go http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=520690&page=49 just pick the best one for what you are ordering. I 'think' you can change the order and add them later if you already have one booked. If you can't I would cancel it and do a new one with the codes I sometimes work my shopping out to get the better codes, for example if there is an £80 for 800 extra points and a £30 for £5 off I will split my shopping buying extras one week and less the next. Make the most of the codes without buying extras I don't need.

have you thought of trying either every 10 days or fortnightly. I find monthly doesn't work for me either, but fortnightly or every 10 or so days works well. Basically instead of being a set day I order when I know I will need stuff.

sweetpea03

Thats brilliant thank you so much :A I didn't know that you could get codes until you mentioned it That is such a good idea splitting up the shopping too. I think I will give fortnightly shopping a go, never thought of it before! if it means I can get better codes to use then it makes sense doesn't it! And I will take nearly £10 off my grocery budget automatically (saved delivery charges) :jWill let you know how it goes, you are a star!