January 2021 Grocery Challenge

Florenceem

Just sat and done a 28 day meal plan for next month's money. Trying to make space in the freezer and of course spend as little as possible.

Mrs_Cheshire

Small spend of £2 on milk since I was last here. I'm hoping to manage without buying anything else until Tuesday morning but might have to get milk again depending on how quickly the kids drink it. 

Pixiehouse55

Tray of large eggs today £7 and 25k potatoes £7. These will last 4 weeks till next food shop and pay day. 

VickyV

Had the unshakeable urge to buy chocolate when putting petrol in the car yeaterday so picked some up as well as some irn bru xtra (to claim back on Shopmium - handy as I’ve been able to satisfy my fizz cravings for very little/free). £1.60 paid back into the account for something else so net spends for yesterday were 35p. Should recoup £1.15 but will update when it’s there. £67.73/£200 spent so far and nearly at the mid point of the month! I don’t think we’ll need much for a good few days if I’m organised enough to bake bread and defrost meat! 

Vicky x

Hild0

Florenceem said:

Just sat and done a 28 day meal plan for next month's money. Trying to make space in the freezer and of course spend as little as possible.

28 day meal plan is v. impressive!

Suffolk_lass

Hild0 said:

Florenceem said:

Just sat and done a 28 day meal plan for next month's money. Trying to make space in the freezer and of course spend as little as possible.

28 day meal plan is v. impressive!

That's what I was going to say. I have often looked at @Florenceem's pictures and taken inspiration (from when she used to be one of the stalwarts of this thread). Lots to learn from her making meals from what she has and staying frugal.

The cauliflower DH bought from the market last week is so big we had cauliflower cheese last night and will be having some roasted tonight, with at least enough left for an accompaniment to another dinner or a soup...

joedenise

I'm another who meal plans a month at a time but I do it calendar monthly so this month 31 says; next month's a bit easier with only 28 days!

Forgot to post Tuesday's shop.  Spent £27 something leaving me with £129.65 for the rest of the month.

boultdj

Delivery day for me, food part came to £25.25, taking me to £67.46/£100 leaving me with£32.54 in food purse.

thriftwizard

A massive £99.02 spent today, between next week's meat supplies from the butcher (just under £30, and there should be some left to freeze for pie-filling after cooking) and just under £70 at the supermarket. (Which would have been more like £50 at L!dls - sigh.) This included cleaning things like dishwasher tabs that I only need to buy about twice a year; with 4 adults at home but a fair proportion of cast-iron cookware & wooden utensils, we don't tend to run it every day, more like every other day. Hey ho, I should still be able to stick to my budget despite having spent more than I'd like... 

Pixiehouse55

Florenceem said:

Just sat and done a 28 day meal plan for next month's money. Trying to make space in the freezer and of course spend as little as possible.

Hi @Florenceem
Yes I do a menu plan for 28 days as we get paid every 28 days, daybed fore payday i go through the cupboards, fridge and freezers  and go from there, thats how I do my menu plan. When we go shopping and we have a over flowing trolly and a small trolley we get some looks. Probably think we are stocking up because of  the virus!!  Good luck k without food shop and menu plans X