April 2021 Grocery Challenge

pamsdish

£5.29 in A$DA, went for ny second jab and was nearby.

joedenise

Bought a few bits this morning.  Now have £65.23 left but unlikely to need anything else but won't move it to the Bulk Fund until after the weekend just in case I find we need something.

thriftwizard

Declaring at £469.64 for April, which is - ok. Unambitious, but OK. It was the first full month we've had DS3 back, and I really didn't know what he was likely to cost us, but his diet has improved no end since he was last with us for any length of time. He's eaten most things without demur, and been happy with a cheap L!dls Margarita pizza when he really couldn't face what the rest of us were eating - usually fish. Phew!
So, onto May, which for us is a 5-week month; I've kept it at £500 for 5 adults & we'll see how we go. Payday is actually Friday but for practical reasons I'll have to start the accounting tomorrow, otherwise I'd need to go in two directions on Friday as there's no butcher at the market then.

t14cy_t

bought milk and used a voucher so £3.25 still left in this months budget. not spending until saturday. £150 for the 2 of us has been abit tight this month but all stocks are high as usual!! when i see my family indoors properly we will have a good swap around of food!! see you all in may GC. xx

t14cy_t

lol. been given loads of bread, bread rolls and a bag of avocados so making bread puddings tonight. will pop in freezer when i get some more wriggle room in there. 

flossyblog

Total groceries came in at €201.63, making it €48.37 under budget for this month.  

Included in the budget  household and cleaning items  came to €8.94. for 2 boxes of kleenex tissues, 2 packs of bin liners and a pack of freezer bags No toiletries bought this month.

Karb

Turns out my prediction last week was overly pessimistic, and I've managed to come in under budget at £428.97/£440

Tightpants24

Well I managed to keep under my target for the month £408/415.  I am surprised because it includes Easter treats and having DD home from uni until the middle of the month.  Have set the bar lower for May.  

ancientmum

I spent £15.83 over several shops this week  bringing my April total to £93.52 of a £100 target.

Finstickle

goldfinches said:

Finstickle said:

the budget is blown!!
not by too much, but as expected i did go over (only 2 days to payday so hopefully no more)
£570.74/£550

That's 2 high months in a row and now my mum is staying with us for a couple of weeks.  My OH hasn't been as strict with his workoputs lately so I have been able to swap in some non-meat protein in the form of beans etc.  Will do that as much as possible but still need to keep his meat consumption pretty high and will struggle to feed my mum cheaply.
She doesn't like curries which are my go to cheaper & easier meal, she doesn't do middle eastern or african flavours, she doesn't do vegetarian etc.  all the cuisines that I actually cook alot  

The lack of snacks and alcohol was definitly making a difference as having had a couple of weekends socialising I'm seeing the difference in my grocery spend - i will take the socialising though!!

I also went to Lidl without a list on Friday as i needed to use my £10 voucher, but did mean i ended spending a fair bit in Tesco locally yesterday.

That sounds rather difficult to navigate to me what with the change of ingredients and the short stay etc. I've always found the difference in preferences and so on the hardest part of catering for others, you have my sympathies. 

I spent a meagre £1.75 on bananas this afternoon which makes my new total £78.07/£120 and my average daily spend £2.89.

Thanks goldfinches