October 2021 Grocery Challenge

leftatthetrafficlights

I'd like to join too if I can? 

£300 pm please @elsiepac 😊  - not sure I've got the font right!! 😂

This is for dh & I including all cleaning/toiletries & food - we have a lot in but we are starting a healthier lifestyle from October so will spend more on fruit and veg 😉

Rainydaydreamer

I’m joining for the first time, £400 budget for two - our spend has way exceeded this in the past few months so this will be a challenge and I hope to reduce it in future months!

I’ve started with opening a new bank account with an app that categorises my spending, hoping this will help 🤞🏻 I’m also planning to primarily online shop as it’s the small shops that I seem to go a bit mad with!
wish me luck and good luck to you all!!

elsiepac

Welcome @newroadahead, @leftatthetrafficlights and @Rainydaydreamer - as per @Suffolk_lass's lovely greeting, welcome to the GC!  Feel free to post in your meal plans or what you bought/what you'll make, what you ate or wish you had!  Any recipes and so on!  This is a really lovely friendly thread with no judgement and you'll get tons of inspiration here.

Budgets updated to here

scotmumof3

Thanks @elsiepac for the new thread 😊

£120 this month please 

PipneyJane

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

£140

For October.   That’s for two adults for all groceries, not just food.  It excludes meat bought at the Butcher’s Shop - separate budget - but if we do go there, I’ll mention it.  Our month runs from 1st October to 31st.

Apologies in advance but our October budget may change because we will have money left over from September.  I don’t know how much yet.  (We’re away this week on holiday, and there’s £70-ish left in the GC purse.)

- Pip

leftatthetrafficlights

elsiepac said:

Welcome @newroadahead, @leftatthetrafficlights and @Rainydaydreamer - as per @Suffolk_lass's lovely greeting, welcome to the GC!  Feel free to post in your meal plans or what you bought/what you'll make, what you ate or wish you had!  Any recipes and so on!  This is a really lovely friendly thread with no judgement and you'll get tons of inspiration here.

Budgets updated to here

Thank you @elsiepac! 😊

We have visitors until Monday morning from tomorrow so all food for that will come from a separate budget 😉 

Tonight we are having short-grain brown rice cooked in stock, artichokes and olives in a roasted pepper sauce and leaves from the garden - all from stores 😊 I'm hoping to not start on the October budget until Tuesday! 

MissRikkiC

Good morning everyone and welcome to October! May all of your spends be budgeted for! 🤪 

@elsiepac Could you put me down for £250 this month please? 

My month runs 24th- 25th this month and I’ve decided to add an extra £20 on account of struggling to stay within the budget. 

I think this has been mostly born out of me not including my 1 year old as causing extra spends but in reality she eats 2 meals a day at home, plus snacks which are mostly fruit and despite being tiny she had a very impressive appetite. We’ve also switched to cows milk for bed time feeds so this uses an extra 2 pints of milk every 4 days. It’s not a lot but all adds up.  

Throughout August, she had all meals at home since she wasn’t in nursery but even prior to that, I was supplying food for nursery as I wasn’t happy with their offerings for such a little one. 

I can’t even blame my husband for taking spends for beer from the food budget as he mostly pays for this himself and our terrible crisps habit doesn’t really cost us that much. 

So I have to assume her little belly full means we need extra funds. 

With all that in mind, the extra £20 may help keep things in order. 

We do already meal plan, use up cupboards supplies and often have 2 pick ups a week from Olio so I think with the extra, if it is that we are able to stick to this then I’ll keep it up until the year year and then try and pull back a little if i can. 

Phew. Wish me luck! 

Herbyme

Hi all, as my signature I’ve been erratic, not to say completely out of control, for many months. I blame COVID but it’s an excuse really. I’m embarrassed to say how much we spent in Sept but we will aim for £600 in October for 3 adults plus visitors, for food booze cleaning stuff and cat/rabbit food. Shakes head in disbelief….

elsiepac

Budgets updated to here

maryjane87

Hi everyone, I would like to join this month too please.

£200 for a family of 4 (2 small children) 

I have always been quite careful with the food shop but would like the motivation to try and reduce it slightly! Also if it’s any good to anyone, Aldi are doing their £5 off a £25 shop again just now, just started today for two weeks! ☺️