February 2021 Grocery Challenge

Oldstylethriftylady

@elsiepac thank you for the new thread.

First month trying this, so excited to see how I do, can I put myself down for £290? Of which £40 is for takeaways which I hope we don’t use, then again I do love my doughnuts!

Fingers crossed that will be fine.

PipneyJane

Count me "in", @elsiepac.  £140 for the month of February, which will run from 1st to 28th.  That's for all groceries for two adults.

Many thanks for the new thread and for running the challenge.

- Pip

Sallyp2

Hello, have been reading Jan’s challenge and will give it a go for Feb. Spending an absolute fortune on 2 adults and have been for a long time now. Will do grocery budget Mon 1 Feb to Sun 28 Feb. Will aim for £60 week, which would be amazing, so £240 month 

patentgirl

Thanks @elsiepac for starting February thread I am on target for first week of yearly £3200 my year started on 15th when DH got paid spent £74.24 week 1 so happy with that let's hope it continues in that figure was a vegetable and fruit box from local company that should see me through to end of week 2 for fruit and vegetables the only thing I am missing and will  add to my shopping order is green beans for Tom Kerridge thai fishcakes he made on his healthy eating programme earlier in the week unless anyone could think of substitut e maybe frozen peas might work.

Sallyp2

Going to look a Colman and Schwartz sachets as a basis for meals mon - thurs. Also going to try and pay with cash!

elsiepac

Budgets updated to here

Porridgecat

Thanks for running the thread elsiepac, can you put me down for £280 for the month, I'm going to try running basic shopping separately from bulk buys such as cat food. I'll stay on the January thread until the 31 though. Thanks Porridgecat

Suffolk_lass

patentgirl said:

Thanks @elsiepac for starting February thread I am on target for first week of yearly £3200 my year started on 15th when DH got paid spent £74.24 week 1 so happy with that let's hope it continues in that figure was a vegetable and fruit box from local company that should see me through to end of week 2 for fruit and vegetables the only thing I am missing and will  add to my shopping order is green beans for Tom Kerridge thai fishcakes he made on his healthy eating programme earlier in the week unless anyone could think of substitut e maybe frozen peas might work.

Just checked the recipe - I'd be inclined to use any frozen veg you have, or even fresh shredded and chopped veg like carrots or cabbage from your veg box as they are in there for texture

2Scratters

Morning Peeps,
popping in on the thread for the first time this year. I have been following the ethos in my absence. I am still working on the £200 per month. This I use as all cash, withdrawn on pay day 27th placed in a seperate purse and placed in a location DH is able to find. I have still over £50 till payday this month. The dog food comes from this too. We have even managed this month with the odd takeaway that sneeks in has been taken from "the purse". We have definately eaten more from the freezer (upright). To do even better I need to log all spends to see if I can stash enough for when I do the butcher run which is always over £100. There is only the 2 of us and the odd bit that gets given to my son when GD says they are shopping at Grandma's
Stay safe 
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patentgirl

Suffolk_lass said:

patentgirl said:

Thanks @elsiepac for starting February thread I am on target for first week of yearly £3200 my year started on 15th when DH got paid spent £74.24 week 1 so happy with that let's hope it continues in that figure was a vegetable and fruit box from local company that should see me through to end of week 2 for fruit and vegetables the only thing I am missing and will  add to my shopping order is green beans for Tom Kerridge thai fishcakes he made on his healthy eating programme earlier in the week unless anyone could think of substitut e maybe frozen peas might work.

Just checked the recipe - I'd be inclined to use any frozen veg you have, or even fresh shredded and chopped veg like carrots or cabbage from your veg box as they are in there for texture

Thanks Suffolk lass  good idea