December 2020 Grocery Challenge

Hettyhound

Hello, had a couple of expensive (for me) shops at Aldi; a £61 and a £49.  However everything I need with regards to extras for Christmas are bought, and hidden!  Next Friday I will be going for a normal shop and then hope to just pick up bits locally that I need between Christmas and new year. We won’t starve which is the main thing 😁

Mrs_Cheshire

Afternoon all, 
Expecting a large grocery delivery later, with the majority of our cupboard bits for the rest of the month, along with some treats for Christmas. The kids break up on Thursday so need to have some snacks in for them. I've been organising my other orders for this month too and adding the vouchers I've saved for throughout the year. Looking likely that I'll come in under budget for the rest of the month as our Christmas food shop isn't as expensive as I was expecting, only feeding 5 (3 kids) so don't need a large turkey or lots of buffet things. 
Already got a box of bits on top of the cupboard, mince pies, crisps, cheese straws, crackers etc. 

Need to start thinking about next year and seeing what areas we can reduce our spends in. Think I'm going to go back to buying meat from a market/wholesalers and batch cooking/freezing. 
Ideally I'd like to keep the grocery spends to £350 per month in 2021, our average monthly spend this year has been £472.59 over the 11 months to december. 

Money_Choices

Hi 
My total spends so far this month are £10.50/£100. These were £2.65 at Co-op, £2.15 at local shop and £5.70 at Tesco’s. This Monday 7 Dec, I had my new fridge freezer delivered and my brother installed it. This was my Christmas and Birthday present delivered early. I didn’t realise how much I used my fridge freezer till my old one went. But I’ve done well to last nearly 3 months without it.

Money Choices

JingsMyBucket

@PipneyJane phooey. That’s unfortunate because it works in the signature lines. I wonder when they’ll finally turn on those features again. 

JingsMyBucket

@Money_Choices congratulations on your new fridge freezer! That must be fun to have a shiny new kitchen toy.

goldfinches

@Money_Choices congratulations from me too. I remember when mine arrived last January and how lovely it felt, enjoy yourself, you've earned it.
Spent £5.42 at Marks on farmers market stall brussels sprouts, cranberry juice, radishes, y/s peashoots, y/s butternut squash and y/s sweet potato so my new total is £85.25/£152.

ancientmum

Congrats on your new fridge freezer Money Choices. I was without a freezer  for ages when I rented and then had to get a new kitchen for this place.  Having one at last was like welcoming back an old friend. 
I spent a lot this week, stocking up for the return of DS3.  Mr.T sent me some points vouchers so used them & spent £12.76,  £5.90 went on eggs and cheese in the market and the rest was spent in Saint.  The total came to £64.87, making my annual spend £1677.58..

Suffolk_lass

£3.50 for a pot of jam -  - Oh my - I needed it for my cakes - I have had them jammed and marzipanned now and intend making royal icing today so I can post them tomorrow or Wednesday latest - it is premium, hand-made sold at the farm shop jam though.... Add Apricots to my shopping next summer and I will make it myself in future.

joedenise

WOW!  that is the most expensive jam I've ever heard of - definitely got to be worth making your own in future, although I'm not sure how well apricot sets and apricots tend not to be particularly cheap.  The cheapest place I've ever found apricots is France when we were on holiday one summer a few years ago - we bought a box for 3 Euros!  We found ourselves constantly picking them every time we moved, LOL!

Finstickle

So a Lidl shop (£60.90) and a meat order (£60.61) takes me to £318.43/£350
The meat will last well into Feb, but with only £31.57 remaining until Monday I'm definitely going to be baking bread - anything to keep me out of the shops!!!