January 2023 Grocery Challenge

JingsMyBucket

Evening all, just one spend to declare from Tuesday. After a quick doctor's appointment I went back to Tesco because it's only 2 blocks behind the doctor's office. I spent £3.79 on YS smoked salmon, some Philadelphia cream cheese, and a bunch of parsley. 

£93.79 / £300.00 spent so far. £206.21 remaining. 

We've been doing pretty well cooking and eating food at home this week. I'm getting a bit of cooking fatigue though so I may try to convince Mr. Jings to just have random food / whatever for dinner tonight. 

Gettingmyshiztogether

Just come out of sainsburys, £3 spent on Veggie suet for dumplings. I buy the branded one beginning with A, does anyone recommend anything cheaper? Thank you

To date £184.36/£250
65.64 remaining

CynicalPinnacle

January 2023 target £500 / Annual target £6000

Spent £242.05/£500

I fell off the GC wagon last August but have just looked at YNAB for last year, and we were averaging £598pm plus £229pm on eating out 😱. The target is for 2 adults and one picky child, we mostly eat plants and shop at Aldi these days, so I'm hoping we can bring those totals down.

cherry_22

Today's grocery spends - £79.85

I wanted to get my weekly food spends below £70 each week so didn't quite make it. Currently on £150.48 out of £300 so should still end up within budget. Spending the evening going through my receipt to see where I've gone wrong or whether Sainsburys are just sneaking things up in price every week. Think we need to move house so I'm closer to an Aldi as neither of us drive We have a full cupboard and fridge now so we won't go hungry looking on the bright side 

Gettingmyshiztogether

We had this for dinner tonight and it was DELICIOUS!! I swapped the red pepper out for mushrooms instead and added in some Celery also (29p in l!dl is chopped and in the freezer) 

https://skinnyspatula.com/butter-bean-stew/

With these...

https://www.thevegspace.co.uk/recipe-vegan-dumplings/#recipe

So so good! Now to switch around my meal plan for the rest fo this month to get this in again! 

Sayschezza

2nd shop of the month £54.71p and no top up shops last week. Really pleased. 

white-rabbit_2-2

That’s me done for January. A few pence over but very happy with roughly £50 per week for 2 adults a teenager and a ten year old. I’ve definitely got enough to do another 16days until pay day at least. 

joedenise

Have done a couple of small top up shops and have now spent £48.74/£200.  I'm really pleased with this as only have this week until we go on holiday.  There will need to be another shop when we get back which should be enough to take us into February.  I forgot to get stock cubes when I went shopping but taking my friend into town to take her dogs to the groomers so will pick some up then, will try not to pick up anything else!

Clutterbug07

Cor this group moves fast!

Just been going through my receipts, and so far have spent £181.18 this month out of a £400 budget.  Considering that included NYE treats and birthday treats, I don't think that's too terrible.  Jan's payday is a looooooooong way away though, so have to stop spending money on everything now tbh, not just groceries!

PipneyJane

Soontobeoap said:

I have a problem to work out! My lactose free cathedral city cheese is £1.90in Asda at the moment. £2.65 in Tesco. I usially by about 6 packs when it is on offer so that is a saving of about £4.00 but it is slightly out of our way. So petrol costs may negate the saving. 🤷‍♀️. I am off to check what else they have on offer to make it worth my while. 

HI @Soontobeoap.  You may be paying an unnecessary premium for “lactose free” cheddar.  All cheddar is very low in lactose and the more mature the cheese, the lower the lactose content.  Dairy Australia has a very useful article on their website, which lists the lactose content for several different types of cheese.   (I’m also lactose intolerant.)

I have a moderate spend to declare from today.  Had to go to L!dl to collect our free bread product.  Stocked up on butter - now £1.99 - “Simply” brand baked beans (28p/tin), and high protein granola (on offer, 10% off).  The 800g packets of Wykes Farm extra mature cheddar are now £5.29, so I decided to try their 900 “Simply” mature cheddar at £4.38.  Will let you know if it’s strong enough.  £24.56 spent.

The above brings our total spend for January to £105.96/£148.40 leaving £42.44 for the rest of the month.

- Pip