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  • savingmore
    savingmore Posts: 661 Forumite
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    Toonie, that’s exactly what we do too.  one aldi a month and three sainsbury top ups a month.  Averaging £150 a month for two, cooking healthily for two, and some alcohol in this too.  meal planning, and only buying what we need.  
  • Toonie
    Toonie Posts: 1,154 Forumite
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    @savingmore It really is a good way of doing it. I find I can get things for my partners lunchbox so much more cheaply at Aldi, so we stock up on four weeks worth of chocolate biscuits and dried fruits and nuts (he burns through a lot of calories).
    Grocery budget in 2023 £2279.18/£2700

    Grocery budget in 2022 £2304.76/£2400
    Grocery budget in 2021 £2107.86/£2200
    Grocery budget in 2020 £2193.02/£2160

    Saving for Christmas 2023 #15 £ 90/ £365
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