Hello 24 May 2022 at 8:48AM in Old style MoneySaving 5 replies 603 views

Desperadoo

Good morning. 

Like everyone the rising cost of living has .me thinking about what we are spending 

Until 2 weeks ago we spent so much money eating out / ordering in and buying food for home then it going into bin 🙃 

2 weeks ago decided to start budget and in June will join the groceries challenge.

We are 2 adults plus a dog and have allocated £100 a week plus £15 for one breakfast/lunch out a week.

At end of last week still have £35 of groceries money left which I put I to savings 😍

This week won't be as much as gave in to a chippy at weekend 😞

Have £17 til Thursday (pay day ) but plenty of food in house so apart from breakfast and milk will be enough.

Really need to sort out freezer and cupboards and start meal planning I am sure loads there

Wish me luck 

bouicca21

Welcome.  Lots of ideas here.

London_1

Welcome Desperado, (not an Eagles fan are you )

you've come to the right place to save a few pounds we are all in the mindset of doing that here.I live alone now sadly butwith careful budgetting and making the most of what I haveI too set a budget for the month and what's left over in my purse gets squirreled away. 

I menu plan every Sunday morning, and look through my freezer and tinned cupboard stock and see what I can build around them.
 Far better than just throwing stuff into the trolley and then possibly binning it a week later. I nere buy anything I'm not going to eat and will keep it in a suspended animated stae (the freezer ) if I want to eat it at a later date.

Careful shopping and keeping  a sharp eye out for bargains is useful, but its only a bargain if you are actually have a plan for eating it.

I hope you enjoy it on here we are quite a friendly bunch and NO question about food or cooking or storing it is daft or silly We all had to learn,sometimes the hard way ,but learn we did and we have all had things go wrong at times and I've been cooking for over 60 years  

JackieO xx

wort

Look at what you are throwing away too, are they things that can put in the freezer ? Grate cheese ,chop peppers, mushrooms,onions up and freeze. Potatoes are fine just cut off the sprouting bits . Par boil and freeze for quick roast potatoes or throw in tomato and chili sauce for potata bravas. As London1 says plan, check cupboards before buying,and don’t let things get to point of throwing away. Good luck

EssexHebridean

Welcome! One thing you might try is to set aside five minutes a couple of times a week to prioritise things in the fridge that you can see are going past their best, and rejig your meal plan if needed to get them used pronto. If you DO have to chuck anything out, why not make a note of what it was, and why it had gone over - ie "bought for X recipe, but changed mind" - then you can keep a track of not only the fact that the waste has occurred, but why it has, to, and that might help with stopping it in the future. 

Rosa_Damascena

London_1 said:

Welcome Desperado, (not an Eagles fan are you )

Love that song! You have to be a true fan to appreciate it. Warbles..."don't your feet get cold in the wintertime, the sky won't snow and the sun won't shine".....

OP, join us on the "Feeling the Pinch" thread?