February 2022 Grocery Challenge

DawnW

Spent £11.19 plus some nect*r points in Mr S today.

So 11.19 / 200.

I have an upright freezer plus a small under counter one, which I do keep fairly organised, though this does inevitably fall by the wayside after a while. I have an old diary where I write down what is on each shelf, and it is fairly up to date at the moment. A chest freezer is much harder though.

Focus27

I’ve seen a few people mention the L!d! bulk offer of tinned tuna.  My local store is doing it next week.  Can anyone tell me, will I find it in the middle aisle or on the shelf with the other tins of tuna?

Thanks in advance 

elbree

Hi @elsiepac and thanks for running.

Can I be £200 for February please?

I have already spent £77 on a big Mr T shop and a little S shop to stock me back up. 

So £77/200 spent so far. 

MissRikkiC

So nice to see everyone here now, I’ve been using my evenings ‘relaxing time’ as forum reading time and just love the contributions to the food related topics! 

Love everyone’s freezer plans! Can’t wait for ours to arrive Friday so I can fill it (probably 1/10th) full of what we already have as tonight I put away a cottage pie (probably should have been frozen yesterday!) and due to all the ice build up had to squash the foil tin to get it in! 

Thanks for the heads up on beans and tuna! I eat a lot of tuna (a few cans a week) as it’s so easy for working from home lunches and we like beans for weekend breakfasts and for my little one too. Shame I haven’t got a bulk fund any more but… it’s a short month so I might see if I can manage to get them anyway! 

boxofpaws

Hello 

First spend today was at the work discount shop

Cat food £35.95
Household £4.99
Groceries £15.40
Total £56.34 of £400 spent

bargainbetty

First spend of the month waa £6.87 for wraps, fruit and pickles in Lidl. I'm still running down old stocks in the freezer and had to consciously make myself walk away from the fresh meats - I have stuff to use first! 

I did a full inventory of my frozen supplies and have a running list on my fridge freezer door and mark it as I use it/add things. It's a bit of a faff to start, but it's helped me keep to a minimum spend last month, because I can't say I have nothing in when the list is staring me in the face!

NeverendingDMP

146 out of 400 spent so far.
We have food for this week and it also includes expensive snacks on a day out this weekend. (Venue wouldn't allow own things) 
Not ideal 7 days into my pay month but I am very aware of my spends this month so hoping to still do okay

StickyTheStickInsect

Focus27 said:

I’ve seen a few people mention the L!d! bulk offer of tinned tuna.  My local store is doing it next week.  Can anyone tell me, will I find it in the middle aisle or on the shelf with the other tins of tuna?

Thanks in advance 

When I got mine the tins were by the door as you walk in, they had a couple of different bulk offers together. They weren’t with the other tuna.

thechubbyunicorn

Can I join in please? I feel like all my money goes on food and takeaways and I really need to drastically reduce this. There are only 2 adults here and yet we are spending a ridiculous amount. I've never counted how much we spend but I'll go for...

£400 this month (1st Feb - 28th Feb) and that's for all groceries, my own takeaways and cleaning products.

Focus27

When I got mine the tins were by the door as you walk in, they had a couple of different bulk offers together. They weren’t with the other tuna.

Thanks @StickyTheStickInsect. I’ll look there when i go along.  It’s a good offer and I don’t want to miss it if I can help it