August 2022 Grocery Challenge

London_1

Just started my shopping list for next Monday ,at the moment I only need tomatoes so nothing too urgent as yet

JackieO 


                                     August budget £60.00 for food only

Finstickle

Hi @elsiepac

Please put me down for £450+£72 = £522 for the month


I've started the month with a very unnecessary trip to Co-op for bacon sandwich & lucozade supplies.
A long work day yesterday with lots of driving and I really needed the carbs, sugar and fat combo today

August - £8/£522

purpleybat

Hello all

long time since if done this but recently my spending has been horrific so thought now was a good time to start again, esp as i've been off work poorly for 6 weeks and know that 3 of those weeks i'll only get ssp.

its easiest for me to run the 1st to the 31st. it seems i cant big or change colour so.....

august has 5 shopping weeks for me, so please put me down for £200, thats for 2-3 adults with all household stuff included.

many thanks

katkin

Thank you @elsiepac for the new thread. I'd appreciate it if you can please put me down for:

August  - £250.00

This is the same amount as last month but I have more in stock to use up. Will need to keeping popping on here to get everyone's creative ideas and have a look at the reverse menu planning thread. 

It's getting tougher out there - keep on keeping on everyone. 

otb666

well its going to be a tough month Had to reduce from 600 to 400( attending funeral and extra petrol costs ) and already spend 120 that leaves 70pw Wish me Luck

adben12

£450.00 Please for August, two adults, two teenagers, allowing extra due to extra week for me (5 sundays until next pay day) and Sundays is when weekly shop is delivered. Thanks 😀

LadyWithAPlan

 £170 Grocery £30 bulk for month August - start 1st

I have not been around for a few months and my spending has definitely increased in every category. This does not include alcohol or rare meals out. I dont really do takeaways

The bulk fund was very useful last time I tried it, suggested by one of you Grocery regulars! It stops me busting the budget so I will do that for mung beans, rice etc rather than extra coffee or reduced meat that I inevitably will eat within a month. 

I still have my second fridge/freezer (it was free from a neighbour) but its currently switched off and empty due to me emptying it before I went away and the electricity costs at present.

I do live in Central London but use Lidl/aldi and other local supermarkets. Still £200 sounds like  a big budget for one person .. but lets start there - the 
I eat a lot of meat, I am very active and I am GF so that costs more and DF as well though dairy is a sensitivity rather than my Gluten allergy.
I used to use TGTG and Olio a lot but being GF I end up giving a lot away

I still have a half full fridge and half small freezer.  I won a 6 in 1 pressure cooker a few months ago and it has changed my cooking. I love the speed the taste and the cheaper energy costs. So I am having fun making up recipes.

I am still in my July food budget so I will start tracking on this once Aug 1st hits

Cheapskate

Hi

Please can I go down for £300 for August? 

Away for just over a week in August, and trying to use up from cupboards and freezer before children go back to school, so hoping to come in well under budget.

Really need to make more use of my second fridge freezer so it's more efficient.

Thanks for running the thread, very much appreciated! 

A xo

London_1

Well nice post this morning dropped on the mat my voucher from tescos for £4.00 so that will increase my £60.00 august budget to £64.00."Every Little Helps " and I shall spend it very carefully .

My 'bookcase storage' is doing well and filling up nicely, I use the top of the bookcase for laundry liquid, white vinegar ,washing crystals and loo rolls.

I use Aldi's non-bio liquid which is fine for me and I only use half the amount and top it off with boots washing soda crystals and white vinegar instead of conditioner, works perfectly and saves a few bob into the bargain  

So only thing on my shopping list at the moment is tomatoes and a cucumber which I will probably get on Monday I have squirelled away my left over July budget of £14.63 into my separate bank  account, and I'm quite happy with that.
If its not in my purse it won't be spent

New month ahead so even more eagle eys on the prices and my shopping list

JackieO xx


                                             August month budget £64.00   

Nisssha

87/150£ spend already, having a cat is expensive! So far it's been all spent on him, at least it should last for two months at least. I'm feeling pretty poorly at the moment, still recovering from my septum surgery, I went back to work too soon and now I'm feeling exhausted. At least it's almost weekend!

My budget started on the 25th and will run till next 25th, when paychecks come. My employer gave us additional 250 cost of living bonus this month, and as I was planning to buy a new fridge I decided to use that excess and splurged on a Samsung. A class in the new standard, I wonder how much difference I will see in my electricity bill - I have a fridge that came with a flat and have no idea how old or how efficient it is, the new one must be better though.

As for shopping for me, I probably will top up some veggies tomorrow on the market, but I still have lots of meat in the freezer, combination of lidl offers, ys and some olio. It works great in my area, lots of food going round. I will probably defrost a chicken and go off it for a week of meals. Trying to shed some weight at the moment, which is also pretty money saving:D