July 2021 Grocery Challenge

DaffyDaisies

joedenise said:

@DaffyDaisies - could you freeze the leftovers and bring them out again a week or two later so that your dad won't realise they are leftovers?  Alternatively can you do something different so it's not the same meal?  For example roasting a chicken then use some of the leftovers to make a pie and some to make a curry?  You then have a couple of meals using leftovers and they don't need to be used the next day they can be frozen and used at a later date.

Do you menu plan?  If not you will probably find that you can save quite a bit by doing so.  Also make sure that everything gets used and not thrown away.

Yes I do menu plan, religiously! I tried it sometimes with freezing things but then mum always lets the cat out of the bag and tells him! 

Suffolk_lass

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Hi folks, listening to the radio I heard that there will be a £5 off a £25 spend Lidl voucher in The Sun over Thursday - Sunday this week.   

Thanks for the heads up @[Deleted User] - that's great

goldfinches

Hello all and commiserations to all those suffering from relatives who let cats out of bags 🐈

My mother used to say we were having YMCA for tea when I was little - it stood for Yesterday's Meal Cooked Again.

I dashed into Sainsby's yesterday in search of sherry vinegar, £1.70, and then into M*rks for organic milk, carrots, new pots, broad beans and onions, £4.15, all of which brings my new total to £48.87/£124 and my average daily spend to £5.43.

thriftwizard

£45 spent at the market this morning, plus a whopping £13 at the bakery (oh yum, worth every penny!) bringing me up to £190.05 I think. Which feels ok at this point in the month... we'll be eating lots from the freezer this week as I really need to crack on with emptying & cleaning the old one, which is becoming a grain store. Then the little freezer that's been doing that job for flour, rice & oats can go, as well as the poultry feed bin, and then I can fit my mothers dining chairs into the garage! Which will eventually go off with DD1...

Tightpants24

Ye gads....another £107 this week!!  It is to do with DD who is back from uni.  She is vegetarian and likes avacado and halloumi and all the "millenial" fancy stuff.  🙄

Sallyp2

GSDMum said:

Yes, I know I'm a bit of an 'anorak' 

Visited Aldi for a top up. Thought I'd do a comparison with Tesco, my 'normal' shopping (home delivery) store. Can't say the product comparison was an exact match, but it was close.

Spent £38.89 with Aldi, same'ish' cost with Tesco would have been £41.82 - a saving of £4.93. Mind I needed petrol to get to Aldi, where with Tesco, I pay £7.99 per month for Tesco Super Delivery Saver. (At this point my head starts spinning).

So far this month I've spent £254.09 (29th June) on a big Tesco delivery, and £38.89 today = £290.98 leaving £9.02 for the rest of the month. 

My menu plan for July is now fully provisioned, even so, it's going to be interesting!

LOL - i did the same in May between Asda & JS. I was making a note of the JS prices on the Asda receipt. There are A LOT of price discrepancies

Sallyp2

Tightpants24 said:

Ye gads....another £107 this week!!  It is to do with DD who is back from uni.  She is vegetarian and likes avacado and halloumi and all the "millenial" fancy stuff.  🙄

Perhaps if she was to buy it herself she may be less picky ... Does she pay housekeeping?

Sallyp2

Hello all - OH been off this week so we've had a few lunches out and about. Went to beach hut yesterday and while I could have done a picnic, fish & chips for lunch always feel so lovely eaten at the hut. So few lunches, costs not included in grocery budget, but they were cheaper than a holiday!
Few shops:
WRose 34.20 / £land £5 / JS £26.53 = 65.73
Still have Mr Milkman to pay but doing OK.

Tightpants24

Sallyp2 said:

Tightpants24 said:

Ye gads....another £107 this week!!  It is to do with DD who is back from uni.  She is vegetarian and likes avacado and halloumi and all the "millenial" fancy stuff.  🙄

Perhaps if she was to buy it herself she may be less picky ... Does she pay housekeeping?

I don't ask for any housekeeping from her while she is a student.  She did pay board when she was working during her gap year, and has a job for the summer so we aren't subsidising her in other ways.  She has had issues with eating disorders in the past so I don't want to discourage her current enthusiasm for the food she is enjoying.  I suspect she is taking advantage of the bank of mum on this one but I am just going to let it go (while moaning on here about my grocery bills).  

ancientmum

Tight pants, same with my Ds3.  Although he is not veggie/vegan so I spend more on meat and fish. 
So, last week it was £20 at the butcher and £8 at the fishmonger  but some was frozen for later in the month.  Added to this was £8.61 at Sains for milk  bread, fruit and veg,  a total of £36.61.