February 2022 Grocery Challenge

pamsdish

£47.05 In M0rr1es Sat to take advantage of the fuel offer, got 3 y.s. packs with 3 nice thick slices of shin, 1 is a decent portion for a single person stew, a y.s. chicken which made lunch for myself and S.I.L. yesterday, left her a chunk of breast for today, brought the carcass home, will have a dinner tonight, boil the bones tomorrow for a chicken soup. according to my spreadsheet I have just scraped in budget, although I am slipping up to chemist. 

Blackcats

Sidling in at the end of the month to declare an overspend of £29. 46 which is nearly 10% over budget.  I could make excuses but better to learn and start again tomorrow.  

Even though I'm over budget OH just reminded me that we used to spend LOTS more.  This challenge definitely helps. 

diminua

diminua said:

What with the veg box, some wine, a drink with my Dad, and a lazy bought sandwich on Monday I'm now down to £2.94 for the rest of the month. I should just come in - the cupboards and fridge are very well-stocked and I have bread and milk. I do want my breakfast pastry for work on Monday (£1) but don't anticipate any other spends until March. 

Ahem. Popping back to declare an overspend of £5.06 because I went up to Highgate on Saturday and ended up buying myself lunch. 

goldfinches

I forgot to deduct the £2 for the loyalty card voucher I spent in Mr T's so am declaring at positively saintly £60.93/£112 for this month which is a very restrained average daily spend of £2.17.
The baking budget is also declaring at £11.38/£20. 
It definitely pays to be too unwell to go strolling round the aisles adding this and that into the trolley.
The other thing that I've noticed is that since my usual branch of M*rks started hiding the small trolleys so that I'm forced to either carry a basket or to grapple with an inconveniently unwieldy and deep trolley; I have begun being much better at sticking to my list so that the number of items I'm coping with remains small and manageable. I don't think I'll tell them that though, hopefully they won't work it out for themselves anytime soon.

Doom_and_Gloom

£17.30 spent on the last day of February grocery budget in Mr S; £5 on maple syrup (on offer) due to pancake day but there is no way OH will go out before they are done so in February. I count that as stocking up where we have holes in the stores though. One of those items we don't buy often but prefer to have in for certain recipes/meals. 

That is something I've been trying to keep an eye on, holes in our stock. Some items we have loads of and it isn't a problem eating them down even in the current climate (we have loads of rice for examplen likely 10kg or so when it is just two of us 😳. i love rice but still!), others are on a one (or however many used) out replaced policy. However certain items seem to have been left to become too low or non existent and that is a problem!

£147.73/£150.
£2.27 left. 

ancientmum

Going by what is in my grocery purse I've got £11.48 left at the end of February, so will put that aside to help out next month. March here has started chilly and wet.  Roll on spring!

Hummingbird0_12

Went over budget but not sure by how much as I lost track somewhere! This was my first attempt so I'm not going to be too hard on myself, I just need to work out a good system for keeping better track! 

Saver.The.Taste

Declaring for Feb at £79.83, going to knock the budget down again for next month and see how we get on!

K9sandFelines

I haven't had chance to read this month's thread. I will maybe do so shortly, as I can't sleep at the moment. So a bit of reading may help. 
I'm under for this month. I spent £178.72 of £225. This is solely groceries, nothing else. With the impending price increases, I will keep it at this as it will cover any bulk buys also. Theoretically though I am going to aim to try and be between £180-200 each month.

Off over to March now. 

mumtoomany

Milk to add, but not sure of the cost! Sent OH twice. Two bottles from local shop then one from petrol station. Am calling it £5, till i get his credit card statement. Also did big shop for March on 28th February, we are going into town anyway. So £55.48 across three shops. Total for year now stands at £353.16/£2640. Not too shabby for two months in. We'll see how it continues with all the price increases. Mumtoomany.xx