November 2020 Grocery Challenge

thriftwizard

Well, if at first you don't succeed - ok, it's probably more like 51st in my case - then try, try, try again! Please could you put me down for £400 this month? I've looked at the calendar & it is a 5-week month, but stocks are high, there are still veggies at the allotment & in the garden, and we're in a position to survive a potential lockdown & even isolation, always a possibility with DD1 working in a supermarket right next to a major trunk road. I may be tempted to order some more flour but am trying to convince myself that I don't actually need it. The danger is that the possibility of lockdown will tempt the boys (+ partners + dogs) to pile home at every available opportunity, which is lovely & I know I'm very lucky, but it's also - quite expensive!

[Deleted User]

I'd like to join please! 
My annual budget starts on 1st November and I've allocated £3600 (£300 per month)
I have plenty in stores and am running down my freezer at the moment so I'm hoping that November will be a good one! 😉

Dharma_Bunny

First spend of November - £98.38 Tesco delivery. A small chunk of that is for the Halloween fun we've got planned this weekend, and I got some pasta and a few tins to fill the gaps in the storecupboard so we can keep the grocery spend low the rest of the month using what we've already got. £302.62 remaining.

[Deleted User]

Been a while since I did the challenge, but need to get back on the wagon, so £250 for me this month. Hoping to start realistically and reduce it in future months

Suffolk_lass

smushesma said:

I'd like to join please! 
My annual budget starts on 1st November and I've allocated £3600 (£300 per month)
I have plenty in stores and am running down my freezer at the moment so I'm hoping that November will be a good one! 😉

I also operate an annual budget - you could consider boosting December so that the treats don't bust your budget and also allocating an amount for your stores - after years of trying different things I allocate £200 per month for the day to day fresh stuff, £400 a year for the stuff that goes into my store-cupboard or freezer (including toiletries and cleaning products), and £400 instead of £200 for December (- it lets me buy my preferred brands when they are on offer so I never pay full price, but I buy 4-6 of them at a time). My total is £3000 for the year - with a bit more in yours maybe you could try squirrelling £25 a month into that stash for stores. Good luck with it, it works for us!

elsiepac

Budgets updated to here!

@MazzieD hope you are ok  and nice to see you back

boultdj

Nudge up, I need to get back on board the wagon, as I fell off this month and wandered over the hills and far away. 
Can I be put down for 

£300

please elsiepac, and thank you for running the thread.

[Deleted User]

Suffolk_lass said:

smushesma said:

I'd like to join please! 
My annual budget starts on 1st November and I've allocated £3600 (£300 per month)
I have plenty in stores and am running down my freezer at the moment so I'm hoping that November will be a good one! 😉

I also operate an annual budget - you could consider boosting December so that the treats don't bust your budget and also allocating an amount for your stores - after years of trying different things I allocate £200 per month for the day to day fresh stuff, £400 a year for the stuff that goes into my store-cupboard or freezer (including toiletries and cleaning products), and £400 instead of £200 for December (- it lets me buy my preferred brands when they are on offer so I never pay full price, but I buy 4-6 of them at a time). My total is £3000 for the year - with a bit more in yours maybe you could try squirrelling £25 a month into that stash for stores. Good luck with it, it works for us!

Thanks @Suffolk_lass 😊 
Solstice is already sorted (I have a separate fund for celebrations 😉)  and I don't think that we'll need the full £300 per month for groceries so the remainder will be used for bulk purchases - hopefully this will work for me as well as it does for you!😊

MazzieD

elsiepac said

@MazzieD hope you are ok  and nice to see you back

I'm really well,  thankfully my absence has been due to work being crazy, trying to cover staff cuts, other people being sick and on holiday!.

Disney_Princess85

Had to pop to the shops after work, I forgot to take food in with me today so I was starving. I spent £3.58 so not a huge amount and its the first lot I've spent this month but its definitely not a mistake I can keep making. Random trip to the shop is what make me waste money.

£3.58/ £300