August 2021 Grocery Challenge

Suffolk_lass

@Pixiehouse55 feel free to join us over on Reverse Meal Planning, where we look to make our meals from what we have in our stores and freezers, and share the odd recipe, all in the name of saving our pennies

Jellybaby

Back to working from home today (read spare bedroom) after a week of sitting in the garden thinking about what I should be doing and not doing it!  Think I will have to write July budget off as I've completely lost the plot with spends.  Youngest son who lives at home but is saving for a house (hurry up!) is cooking more which I'm enjoying greatly but there's not a week goes by I'm not out hunting down spices!     Anyway, I'll stick with £250 for August and have made the chef aware he can be creative with what's already in the cupboards, fridge and freezer.  Thinking about it he does love a challenge, I might give him the budget and see what he does

ancientmum

Hello elsiepac, please can you put me down for £100 for August.  I may go over but want to try to stick as closely to this as possible.

PipneyJane

Thanks for the shiny new thread, @elsiepac.  Please put me down for

£140

For August.  Please note that my budget may increase if there is anything left to roll over from July.  (Sorry.). That’s to cover all groceries/supermarket spends for two adults.  Our month runs from 1st to 31st.

- Pip

Pixiehouse55

Suffolk_lass said:

@Pixiehouse55 feel free to join us over on Reverse Meal Planning, where we look to make our meals from what we have in our stores and freezers, and share the odd recipe, all in the name of saving our pennies

Yes I'm already following on Reverse Meal Planning,  interesting meals and I've added a few of my own,   Fingers crossed house sale should be going through by September 30th so we have about 8 weeks to empty the freezers and cupboards. Thank you for inviting me to join you x 

peony40

Morning, please can you put me down for £160.00 for this month.

This is to cover all food/housekeeping products for myself and my DH from July 26 - August 25th.

I am hoping to come in under budget so that I can squirrel money away into my savings pot, but we will see.

Good Luck all.

ms_iiwii

Hi please can you put me down for £300 this month. That's for me, OH and the cat including all cleaning products/toiletries. Income is about to drop by almost £600 next month so we really need to start paying more attention to our budget! Month runs from 25th to the 24th.

Good luck everyone.

thriftwizard

Thank you for our new shiny thread, @elsiepac. Having done OK in July, I might push the envelope a bit & try dropping back down to £500, to feed & clean up after 5 adults with 2/3 different diets, plus guests most weekends. Whilst produce prices haven't dropped back by much this year, there's quite a bit coming on at the allotment & in the garden & greenhouse, so that can take some of the strain. Because of the bank holiday, August's a 4-week month for us, but September's a different story.

Chloris

Please can I join in? I would love to bring my budget under control. There are 5 here with different diets and food issues which means I can’t cut back too much. What I can do is be more creative. I have lost my cooking mojo, but it’s the summer break so a good time to work on that. 

I am going to aim gently at £550 to get me started. I won’t start counting until the 1st, but I have been inspired already to make an inventory of the fridge, cupboards and freezers. Apparently, I hoard pulses! I am aiming not to waste anything, keep spends before August to a minimum and get back to baking once a week. 

Now I need to find something to make with the quorn chicken style chunks in the freezer. 

nimbo

I have no idea how much I spend and I have been truly slack throwing stuff away. 

So I’m kind of aiming for £300 spends. This includes everything. Toiletries and any clothes etc. I’m away for a week in this as well. 

My main aim will be to run down the freezer and cupboards. I’m hoping to move soon and need to have a clear out. The aim will also be not to throw anything away so salads and stuff from the fridge (unless cleared out of the cupboard and it’s been there years). 

Also only one convenience take out a week - so limiting my McDonald’s runs. 

I appreciate as aims these are not the best - but I need to be realistic. Work will be manic and I can honestly be rubbish.