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January 2022 Grocery Challenge
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I’d like to jump in and give this a go. I don’t really know what my budget is, I’ll be saving my receipts through January, so I’m going to say £580 budget for us 4 humans, & 3 cats during January. That’ll be cleaning/toiletries/pull-ups etc. I really hope I can spend less than that though!
Debt was £15,903 😬 Now £2718.14 £0 😲🥳9 -
After what looks like to be a very expensive December, I went back and the average weekly spend for the last four months has been £125 😱. I can’t quite strip out Xmas properly from December and so I can’t tell if my monthly shop had any impact at all.
I would prefer a max weekly amount for groceries, toilet roll, cleaning stuff etc to be £100, but that might be ambitious to do all at once. Will try for £115 a week, which will come out at £575 for the month.
Have done a very rough meal plan with lots of flexibility, with the aim of doing a massive monthly shop for cupboards, freezer, bread and meat. Then will do everything else weekly and try to run down what I have.£575 for the month for me please!
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Thanks @elsoepac - very on the ball this month
we really appreciate you keeping a tally. I'm in again this year but may well exceed my target in 2022 as inflation is rampant, and I intend adding a few additional things into GC (I realise I have one or two subscription deliveries and also want to include cat things (unless DH buys them at a pets store) - so when they are in the SM shop.
£3000 annual target please
Just realised you have added me with that presumption - thankyou. Please leave the contingency too. I also intend adding a row for treats and entertainment to my spreadsheet so I can track my monthly spend there properly (still won't include it in GC though). This is because I have bought quite a lot of wine and then wondered why I needed to juggle funds between three accounts!Save £12k in 2025 #2 I am at £4863.32 out of £6000 after May (81.05%)
OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I am at £1286.68/£3000 or 42.89% of my annual spend so far
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the Grow your own thread
My new diary is here11 -
I have read this thread for interest for the last 6 month and think it’s time l joined and a got a grip with my grocery spends. As it’s the first month lm going to set at £400 this is for 2 adults and a dog but l hope to be under, we shall see.Count down to retirement 202311
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Count me “in” please with a budget of £140.
That’s for all grocery shopping for two adults - food, cleaning products and toiletries - but excludes any money spent at our local butcher’s shop (separate budget). Our month will run from the 1st to the 31st.
Thanks for the shiny new thread, @elsiepac
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First spend from the January budget:
£10 on flowers and £4.60 on bin liners (for home and garden)
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Winter season grocery budget: £600.85/£900
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Hello all. Long time since I've done the challenge so wish me luck. Usual budget is 433 but I'm going for
483 this time please
I've spent 155 already. Whoops family of 5, fridge full but a lots of it has a hone already for xmas boxing day Jacob joins.
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Morning, I'm drinking tea in bed wondering how Christmas Eve has managed to sneak up on me despite months of planning and knowing that it is on the same day every year.
Thank you for the new thread elsiepac, please can you keep my challenge at £70.Grocery challenge 2025: £650/1500 annual budget8
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