July 2020 Grocery Challenge

thriftwizard

£75 spent today on groceries from L!dls, tacked onto a run to the fabric shop for DD2 to buy something to make herself a summer dress from.  That should be us stocked up on tinned tomatoes, chick peas & coffee for a while! I do need to run down to the farm shop for some layer's mash & cockatiel food, but otherwise all we should need for the rest of the month is fresh stuff - milk, bread, meat, fish, cheese, fruit & a little bit of veg - the allotment's providing plenty just now.

Good luck with your move, Anzac_Biscuit! And - may you find your cumin soon, Pipney-Jane!

boultdj

Another £40.03 in Lidl, they finely had all 3 types of flour back in, so got 2 of each, I was on my last 1/2 lb of SR flour, OH is cheering, means he keeps getting his cherry scones made, so total is £127.20/ £350.

Suffolk_lass

I feel for you @K9sandFelines - it is hard with no offers. A few of us on here do the reverse meal planning thread as well as this one - so we plan or produce our meal from what we already have in, with plenty of substitutions of what we already have for what we might otherwise buy. For example I made a courgette and Lime cake (actually 3) but did not want to buy pistachio kernels or limes so I used some of the broken cashews I bought a big bag of (cheap, because they were broken) and a lemon instead of lime, as I had a lemon.

Nellbell21

£356 spent, leaving £444 till end of month. I am hoping to come in under as we are using. Up freezer stuff but we will see!

K9sandFelines

Suffolk_lass said:

I feel for you @K9sandFelines - it is hard with no offers. A few of us on here do the reverse meal planning thread as well as this one - so we plan or produce our meal from what we already have in, with plenty of substitutions of what we already have for what we might otherwise buy. For example I made a courgette and Lime cake (actually 3) but did not want to buy pistachio kernels or limes so I used some of the broken cashews I bought a big bag of (cheap, because they were broken) and a lemon instead of lime, as I had a lemon.

Thanks Suffolk lass. I will take a look at that thread but unfortunately don't always have the time to keep popping on. Even on my days off I forget or end up distracted by other stuff.
I've done a meal plan for next week but have to rejig due to work days changing, so should tie in well.
If I could drive, I would do the bulk of my shopping at Aldi 😏

pamsdish

£20.01 in Aldi, needed a few bits, no corned beef, I usually keep in a tin or so as a versatile stand by, but got a nice piece of beef, cut in 2, piece of pork cut into 3, so quite happy.

K9sandFelines

Suffolk_lass said:

I feel for you @K9sandFelines - it is hard with no offers. A few of us on here do the reverse meal planning thread as well as this one - so we plan or produce our meal from what we already have in, with plenty of substitutions of what we already have for what we might otherwise buy. For example I made a courgette and Lime cake (actually 3) but did not want to buy pistachio kernels or limes so I used some of the broken cashews I bought a big bag of (cheap, because they were broken) and a lemon instead of lime, as I had a lemon.

I had a look, and it turns out i kind of already do this.
I will go over and post.

thriftwizard

A whopping £28.16 spent this morning, between the bakers & the supermarket, topping up on general stuff! So I'd better start watching what I'm spending carefully, and planning better. There's a balance to be struck between making fewer visits to the shops/market and making sure we have everything we need to hand, and at the moment I'm failing to find it.

XSpender

Not much left to last us the remaining 11 days of our grocery month but am really hoping we can come under budget.  We are both trying to lose some weight so a lot less will be spent on snacks.  We have a lot of chicken in the freezer so we won't need to buy much meat either.

Groceries £350.10/£460
Bulk Buys £19.48/£40

pamsdish

Called at butchers bought lamb shoulder which I shared with my sister, 2 1/4 pieces of lamb for me, £8 was my share of the bill, should come from bulk fund, as should the pork and beef from previous post. just getting myself confused now.