October 2021 Grocery Challenge

so_very_confused

Hi @elsiepac Please may I join? Can I be put down for 
£160 please thank you

Suffolk_lass

I said I would update when my monster shop was delivered. It works out as follows:

£73.50 alcohol offers (not in this budget, it is in Treats and entertainment)
£27.75 more treats (crisps, ice cream, chocolate etc, in the same as the alcohol)
£64.00 stores (in groceries but a separate heading)
£57.93 groceries including cat treat, food and litter (£14.10).

Off to update my end of September tally (the above is all in October's accounts but will last a lot longer)

thriftwizard

Well, I'm "off" into October's budget with a supermarket spend of £41.50 on meat, cream, yogurt, bread and a few odds & sods. More will be spent at the market tomorrow on cheese, fish & fresh fruit & veg, though I did stop at the allotment on my way home from Down West & pick beans, leaves & more raspberries. Got soaked, but hopefully I managed to shore up the runner beans against the unrelenting wind. Lost one of our two tall sunflowers though, and the Jerusalem artichokes have taken a battering. Ah well, it's the roots we eat, not the flowers, pretty though they are!

ancientmum

Like joedenise I also use a Tesco Cc for the points and only shop there if they send out a decent money off voucher.  I’ve just paid for my senior railcard using Clubcard points

jozbo

Bit of a mad dash to L!dl after work in the dark and pouring rain as it’s payday and the last chance to get the £10 off £200 spend. Stocked up on monthly basics including most of the meat, fish, treats (and booze) for the month. 

Nice cashier on who let me break my shop into two halves so I could get the coupon in between. 

Spent £92.12/£280. Got the veg and fruit box being debited tomorrow at £75.20, ouch, that’s in arrears from last month. Should probably cancel it but the quality is really fab and I like the variety and the fact it isn’t all wrapped in plastic. 

joedenise

First spend of October for a Magic Bag from Morries for £3.09, so a nice low start.  £246.91 left.

flossyblog

Hello everyone budget for 2 adults  = €250 per month - Annual €3000. October food  inventory listed as follows

Freezer

4 Bolognese

3 Chicken fillets 

8 Chilli con carne

6 pkts Jalapeno burgers

2 butter

2 portions mirepoix 

3 roasted onion portions 

Store cupboard

2 tins chickpeas

1 jar garlic/1 jar ginger

1 pkt Basmasti rice

1 Passata

1 mayonnaise

1 ltr Olive oil

12 all bran cereal

10 red wine

Hendricks gin & tonic gift Box unopened (2016) 

Herbs & spices 

Salt & Peppercorns

Cayenne pepper

Turmeric powder

Fennel seeds

Cloves

Cumin seed/Cumin powder

Chilli powder/Chilli flakes

Black cardamom/Green cardamom

Cleaning & Household supplies

3 Ariel liquid 

2 Dettol kitchen cleaners

1 Glorix bleach

1 Viakal 

1 ecover camomile washing up liquid

6 Scourers

2 pkts Incense

25 Bin liners 

15 Toilet rolls

2 pkts edet wipes

Dishwasher tabs

Dishwasher salts 

2 ltr cleaning vinegar

Freezer bags

Toiletries  

1 OralB Toothpaste

6 Shower gels

2 Shampoo

1 Conditioner

2 Body mousse & lotion

1 deodrant

1 Nivea creme

4 x 30ml bottles lavender/tea tree essential oils

nannygladys

No spends today, should be ok until next week.
Nannyg

scotmumof3

£15 spend today on top up for next 7-10 days😊 it leaves £40 for the month which should be doable as I have everything but fresh fruit and veg 

leftatthetrafficlights

First spend of the month £14.24/ £300. 
I decided that I would get dh to go so that we would save fuel and time tomorrow- may not do that again! 😂 Gave him a list - he didn’t exactly stick to it 🙈 lesson learned!! 

However, the stuff should see us through the week now - although we will need soft fruit which we buy every few days.....

Quick query, are the bags of frozen fruit more economical to use?