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April 2022 Grocery Challenge

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  • pamsdish
    pamsdish Posts: 2,585 Forumite
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    pamsdish said:
    Something I noticed is that they’ve reduced the size of their packs of cooking acorn, 750g cooking bacon for 99p instead of 1kg for £1.49.  One pack bought. 


    @PipneyJane that`s cheaper. 3/4 the size, 3/4 of £1.49 = £1.12 ish
    Very true, @pamsdish.   Thank you for doing the maths.

    - Pip
    Once an accountant always an accountant.
    Do I need it or just want it.
  • PipneyJane
    PipneyJane Posts: 4,652 Forumite
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    pamsdish said:


    pamsdish said:
    Something I noticed is that they’ve reduced the size of their packs of cooking acorn, 750g cooking bacon for 99p instead of 1kg for £1.49.  One pack bought. 


    @PipneyJane that`s cheaper. 3/4 the size, 3/4 of £1.49 = £1.12 ish
    Very true, @pamsdish.   Thank you for doing the maths.

    - Pip
    Once an accountant always an accountant.
    What?  You too?  That makes two of us and I’m a Pam as well IRL.

    I must admit that I was bemoaning the fact that they’ve reduced the quantity when I wrote my post, and hadn’t considered the increase in value.  It’s all rather arbitrary but 1kg of bacon seems to stretch much further (4-5 meals plus HM pork scratchings) than 750g, which only gets 2-3, once you trim off the fat.

    - Pip
    "Be the type of woman that when you get out of bed in the morning, the devil says 'Oh crap. She's up.'

    It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it - that’s what gets results!

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  • pamsdish
    pamsdish Posts: 2,585 Forumite
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    £22.80 In a1d1, veg mostly, needed butter and a 2.2 k leg of lamb with 30% off, going to try to cut it in half.
    Do I need it or just want it.
  • OrkneyStar
    OrkneyStar Posts: 7,025 Forumite
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    I have now decided how I am going to do shops this month - once a week to bigger town 13 miles away (Lidl/Tesco/butcher/diesel), and smaller top up shops locally (Coop, which is more expensive but I do find we top up on things from there that run out more than once a week, such as bread/local rolls, local eggs, sometimes milk, sometimes fruit - especially if the money off offers come up). With that in mind I withdrew £60 cash today, spending £40 on diesel and a Lidl 'atypical shop', leaving me with £20 for throughout the week. Future weekly withdrawals will be £50 - £40 to do bigger shop/get diesel and £10 for 'through the week' top ups. It will be tight but it's doable and I am already much more motivated to keep within a budget than I have been in a while. This weeks 'through the week' money is more than it will be other week, so I might see if I can snap up any yellow bargains in the Coop, it will be in the evenings and it's nice to get a walk in the summer nights. Thanks for reading and good luck all. :smiley:
    Ermutigung wirkt immer besser als Verurteilung.
    Encouragement always works better than judgement.

  • pamsdish
    pamsdish Posts: 2,585 Forumite
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    pamsdish said:
    £22.80 In a1d1, veg mostly, needed butter and a 2.2 k leg of lamb with 30% off, going to try to cut it in half.
    Got a piece roughly 50% off boneless,  frozen, the remainder, with the bone sticking out I will cook for lunch tomorrow and Monday.
    Do I need it or just want it.
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