October 2022 Grocery Challenge

gill5blue

Soontobeoap said:

£1.00 spent on greaseproof paper in Poundland. I am declaring at £184.41/£190. Cant believe I have actuall done it. Still quite a bit in freezer too. Going to use meatballs in shepherds pie or Lasagna now DH has gone off of them. Will continue with freezer clearance through the first week in November. Happy bargain hunting everyone. 

hi, just wanted to say, you can use the plastic paper inside the cereal boxes for wrapping food-it is food grade.
gill5blue

Soontobeoap

Thanks @gill5blue. I rememer back in tbe 60s taking my sandwhiches to school in cereal paper. I still use it for food storage. Grease proof paper is for lining cake tins. 😊

gill5blue

Soontobeoap said:

Thanks @gill5blue. I rememer back in tbe 60s taking my sandwhiches to school in cereal paper. I still use it for food storage. Grease proof paper is for lining cake tins. 😊

I've only just come across this, can't believe that I never knew.
gill5blue

SausageDogSandwich

Went to HB today, got toothbrushes, new toothpaste as the other is hurting my teeth, hand wash, dog bags, dentastix, also includes a bath bomb for daughter. Totalling £12.35. And that’s it for this month for me so I’m declaring at £179.99/200 spent. Will carry the £20 over to November as that will be a big help, could of spent a lot less but stocked up on “rubbish” as we call it  and will stay out of the bargain shop for a few weeks now while we make a dent in what we have. 

See you all in November   

Blackcats

@Soontobeoap - I admire your honesty on declaring the small overspend.  I have similar wrangles with myself - honesty is the best policy 😇

declaring October with a £5 underspend.  I thought it would be better than this and I suppose without tracking spends I could delude myself that I'm spending less than I really am.  

I've made a dent in the freezer supplies but there's still plenty in there.  Cupboards are well stocked and my end of month shop included plenty of milk, fruit and veg.  I've got lots and lots of apples from the garden which I'm trying to store so they last as long as possible.  We are enjoying stewed apples in a variety of dishes.  We strain the cooking water into a jug for a glass of "apple juice" which is surprisingly nice.

hazeldreams

Morning all,

We didn't hit target this month, but I'm ok with it.  We've purchased extra this week as we've have had time off together and we wanted to batch cook some meals to restock the freezer. We've also consciously bought extra fruit (mainly frozen) and veg as we want to up the the healthy intake of seasonal stuff as we head into winter and the deluge of winter bugs. All veg will be used up in batch cooking by the end of the weekend. We also needed loads of household products. They all seem to run out at the same time which is annoying (but then we've been in the house more avoiding spending money so more cleaning has been done!)

We've finished the month with a spend of £639.83 on a target of £580. Over the last 3 months our average spend per month has come down from £1029.35 to £740.57, so I'm really, really pleased. We still have a way to go and much to learn, but this is the first time ever we've had complete control over our grocery budget. 

Thanks to everyone on this thread! We're learning so much!

mumtoomany

Called into Aldi for milk, lettuce and eggs, total spent £4.60. Toal for the year now is £2462.64/£2640

Hugs to all, mumtoomany.xxx

joedenise

A couple of small shops this week to declare:  now spent £166.34/£250.  This includes a TGTG bag which needs to be collected from Morries after 5pm today.  Hoping it will be mainly fruit and veg again like the last couple I've had.  Any bread will end up being frozen as don't need any at the moment.

LadyWithAPlan

Grocery  spend yesterday - £22 at Mr L. They had ran out of all DF and long life milk.
 Mainly veg and some YS GF sausages. 

Apparently almond milk is really not good for the environment so going to cut down to max 2  a week. I just have for cooking and my DF lattes 

I was away 6 days this month so less spend plus I have eaten a fair few crisps/sweets (different budget) so I will track my junk food spend next month.
I have a fairly packed freezer  - some HM and some meats/veg so will eat that down

I have another £5 off if I spend £15 from Amazon so I will get some coffee beans again..


Grocery Oct  22 GC £109.42/145   +    0/£55.30 for bulk
NSD Oct 14/17

bupster

Declaring today at £231.14 - that's thirty quid over budget. It's not life changing for me but it does underline that I need to go through my actual spending and not keep doing the same things over and over without thinking - cutting down on main shops didn't work so I need to look at what I'm spending on in those shops and in my smaller top ups.