February 2021 Grocery Challenge

mumsiemum

First grocery shop for the month £60.67 should last us a week
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Suffolk_lass

£246.50 from my annual budget of £3000 but this includes £62.50/£400 stores and £183.90 out of the £200 I average per month, Quite high for us on what is normally a low-spend month.

• This is the first January since I started having milk delivered - much more expensive but my thing is over-buying when I am in the SM so it keeps me away.
• Buying fruit and veg at the market is definitely a bit more expensive but it keeps us (well, DH) out of the SM for another week or so. 
• The fishmonger was the biggest cost - I think it was £21.50 for two salmon fillets and a large piece of tuna but it is the first fresh fish we have bought all month (and the salmon fillets were lovely, if huge) - the tuna is for Monday or Tuesday and is in the freezer in the interim.

Its_time

Morning all,
Very pleased with how Januarys' spends went, came in considerably under budget.
February budget set at £300 for the month, thank you 

Porridgecat

Finished January with an overspend of £94, but this was due to two big bulk buys that came out the one budget, I'm starting to keep a bulk fund separate and will see how we do on that. Mr Porridge is still in charge of actual shopping which I find difficult (mainly because I like to be in control) as he can be very lax about actual amounts and what cash he still has etc. We shouldn't need much beyond, milk, cheese and fruit and vegetables for a few weeks as we have a freezer full of meat, we've got plenty of cat food and cleaning stuff. I've got a new sourdough starter going so hope to use that more for bread, pizzas, naan breads etc. I find this useful as Mr Porridge doesn't get on well with bought bread and making this expands the range of cheaper dinner options that we can have (something on toast night) I'm also trying to make sure we eat better and snack less as we're both wfh at least some of the time. Started today by making cheese scones using the leftover Christmas extra mature cheddar for brunch. 

taka

I'm in again for the month please.   (Part 2 of my year budget!) Came in £2.30 under for general food etc & didn't spend my bulk fund (£27.50) in Jan so the max available for Feb to keep me on track is...

£126+£2.30 = £128.30 for general food

£30 + £27.5 = £57.50 bulk fund

This gives a rather ott amount of £186.80 for one person. Would be nice if I could manage to only spend the general food money and not need to break into the bulk fund but we'll see. 

PipneyJane

Good evening all

@elsiepacI’ve rolled over the £2.30 we saved from last month, upping this month’s budget to £142.30.   Apologies for the extra work. 

First shops of the month to declare.  We walked down to L!dl, YS bought YS.  steak, YS fish pie mix, YS Herring, veg, and breakfast cereal.  We had a voucher that gave us an additional 20% off for the fish, too.  Half way home, I was arguing with DH about something on the receipt and realised we’d been double charged for the Herring.   (The money off sticker was on the lid, while the pot had a bar code on the bottom.)  Walked back to L!dl, explained what had happened and they refunded the shelf price (£1.99), letting us keep the 40p discount.  £33.76 spent, including the refund.

  The above shop brings our spend for February to £33.76/£142.30, leaving £108.54 for the rest of the month.

- Pip

moneyonmymindsam

Please may I come in for February 

Me, plus one and 2 sm dogs.
£100 please as 4 week month. Don't need any toiletries (thanks to xmas) or cleaning supplies. I have most of the dog food already for Feb so it should be doable. 

Start date 1st Feb. 

Sam 

Pixiehouse55

Hi @elsiepac Can you please put me down for £320. My February starts from 9th to March 7th. Thank you. Dog food is separate £78 for 4 weeks. Keep forgetting to check my subscriptions from Amazon. Will, do that when I have 5 minutes spare 

Miss_Behaving

Morning and thanks @elsiepac for the new thread.

Please may you put me down for £300 this month. 

I've increased the budget from last month as I'm spending between £50 and £60 a month on dog food so struggled to keep to the £240 previously set. Hoping I can do better in February. Order has already been placed for dog food so £50.14 already spent!

Blackberrycurved

Thanks @elsiepac
I’M GOING FOR £240 again I can do this.