June 2020 Grocery Challenge

XSpender

I have done my weekly shop today as I have to take the dog to the vets tomorrow and the prognosis isn’t great.  He is an old boy now.

The offer I saw last week on soap powder was a completely different price than I had remembered so I left it but did drop lucky with YS bread picking up 3 x 8 rolls for 13p each and 4 GF wraps for 12p. 

Groceries - £157.75/£360
Bulk Buys - £22/£40

Mrs_Cheshire

Spend of £40.85 today to top up the fruit, veg, bread, milk etc for the weekend. 

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XSpender said:

I have done my weekly shop today as I have to take the dog to the vets tomorrow and the prognosis isn’t great.  He is an old boy now.

Hope all goes okay with your furbaby! x

Pixiehouse55

Spanish omelette and salad tonight.  Another NSD 
I'm going through the freezers fridge and cupboards tomorrow for hubster to do food shop tomorrow night or Saturday 
.we use Li6l and As6a 
We were supposed to be on a flight to Thailand to night😥
Oh well, next year instead

lushlifesaver

Thank you everyone for your good wishes; there's some familiar names which is nice to see.
@XSpender I do hope your dog is ok

I've sat down this evening and worked out our budgets;
Pets £60.00 per month - this is not included in the Grocery Challenge
Tobacco (for OH) and alcohol £120 (I convinced OH to change from cigarettes to tobacco as it's cheaper but still expensive to a non-smoker!) this is not included in the Grocery Challenge
Groceries £200.00 - includes cleaning supplies and toilet roll but all other personal/hygiene products I will be buying from my Body Shop at Home commission. Daughter is now eating the same as us 95% of the time (if anyone remembers far enough back they will remember me often making two if not three meals a night when with her dad as he was fussy and I was keen to keep the peace!) the other 5% it is usually frozen portions from previous meals.

I have planned our evening meals for the next two weeks; breakfast wise daughter has cereal or toast, sometimes eggs, I might have toast if I feel inclined, OH doesn't eat breakfast. Lunch daughter and I tend to have leftovers or sandwiches. So the only meal really to plan is tea. My plan uses up much of what we have in which has two wins, firstly saving some money and secondly clearing space to get some new meat etc in the freezers (we got a meat pack from a local supplier and sadly have )been disappointed but won't waste it!

pamsdish

£4.89 in Aldi, took a friend and picked up 4 items, broccoli as it was going yellow in Lidl yesterday, also hesitated over the spinach, such big bags, so left, on offer in Aldi so got one, tin corned beef, jar of hot dog sausages, really trying to find some tasty hot dogs, olde oak are vile.

Suffolk_lass

borscht said:

I started with £113.95. 
Went to Asda this evening and got a load of 10p bargains: baking potatoes, carrot batons, chicken for sandwiches, parsnips, ciabatta. £14.27 worth of food for £1.80.
Spent £15.93 from my budget (low fat mince, cheese, bacon bits, pastry (due to the flour shortage), milk, Marmite, sardines, various tins, eggs). 
So I've got £98.02 left. 
I'm planning a chilli con carni, burgers, a quiche, a vegetable pie, meatballs in a spicy sauce, lentil dhal with saag aloo, pata with bacon and pesto. And pizza.

PS Why do we write Ald! and Tezco?

It was so that we don't pop up as free advertising for them when people search on the real store names - I see most people don't bother any more on here but I used to refer to Sainbobs and Waitflower - these days it is the market of Morries! - and my spend is more like £200 a month instead of the £700 I started at...

CRANKY40

£18.84 spent in Home Bargains on Wednesday. This doesn't include the birthday treats for his friend because birthdays are a separate budget. It was things like tinfoil, baked beans, deodorant, cat treats, some tuna for disguising cat tablets and some sweets to send to my best friend. I also bought chicken noodle soup as his friend likes that so that's an emergency meal available if she appears which she does sometimes when things are a bit rough at home. There was a jar of peanut butter as I always like to have a spare in the cupboard and I'm using the last one and some laundry detergent. 

NSD on Thursday and today should be the same. I have no plans to go anywhere and we don't need anything. The Ht is having Mac 'n' cheese  (batch cooked and frozen) for dinner and I'm having prawns and salad. My lunch will be fruit and yogurt, his is ham and cheese on a baguette. I stood on the scales yesterday and didn't like the numbers at all, so I'll be making more effort on the healthy eating side of things I think. I have an online delivery slot for Wednesday so I need to put an order on for that. That will include things like cat food and cat litter. 

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Hi elsiepac, I have been MIA for the last couple of months. Please can I join for the remainder of June?  I am already a couple of weeks into June as our month starts on 25th.  Please put m down for £100 for the rest of the month.  Thanks.

joedenise

Just back from the farm shop.  Just needed some salad stuff and some mushrooms so no point in going to the SM.  

£5.61 spent. Now have

£188.78/£250 Grocery
£28.72/£30.  bulk fund
1/15              NSDs