March 2023 Grocery Challenge

Ginmonster

I bought another delicious seeded sourdough loaf yesterday for £4.60 and spent another £2.35 on smoked tofu so that's definitely it for the month. The best thing is I managed to come in under budget at £244.42/£250. I'll take that! Over to April now. 

ancientmum

Well that's March done with and I'm pleased that my spend for the year so far is just under the budget.  I managed to get some bread from Olio and some breakfast pastries and bananas from the community "food waste rescue" so that helped keep costs down.

diminua

Declaring at £239.08 - almost £50 over my target. Better luck next time. 

Saver-upper

My total grocery spend for March (family of 2 adults, 3 teens at home, and 20yo visiting holidays/ weekends) was £369.32 out of a goal of £300. (My grocery spend in March 2022 was £246.35).

Soontobeoap

@Saver-upper, just out of interest were you catering for the same number in 2022. I was higher too. 

K9sandFelines

I can't remember whether I was running month end to end or 13th to 12th.

So, I'm on £83 odd. If it's the month end then I'm below target.
If I've got til the 12th to go then I'll be struggling.

Off to April

PipneyJane

Good morning All

I’m declaring at £143.80/£156.50.

The remaining £12.70 will be rolled forward to April.

There have been multiple shops since I last posted.  I won’t go into them all but I did want to draw your attention to one of them.  If you get a W8flower voucher for money off something, be warned - it’s for one item only.  After a previous shop, when I stocked up on black turtle beans - W*flower is our cheapest local source - I got a 50p off voucher from them on their app.  Thought “Great!  I’ll get some more.  They’re dried; they’ll keep!”.  When I next went near the store, I was in a hurry and a bit distracted.  Picked up 6 packets of the beans and my lunch.  Only got the discount on one of the packets of beans.  

When I realised, I was angry, but I was half-way into London by then, so couldn’t dispute it.

Oh well.  The beans will get used eventually.

- Pip

Saver-upper

Soontobeoap said:

@Saver-upper, just out of interest were you catering for the same number in 2022. I was higher too. 

Hi Soontobeoap<
Yes, our situation was exactly the same last year-eldest daughter studying in London,visiting when she can.

happydenial

PipneyJane said:

Good morning All

I’m declaring at £143.80/£156.50.

The remaining £12.70 will be rolled forward to April.

There have been multiple shops since I last posted.  I won’t go into them all but I did want to draw your attention to one of them.  If you get a W8flower voucher for money off something, be warned - it’s for one item only.  After a previous shop, when I stocked up on black turtle beans - W*flower is our cheapest local source - I got a 50p off voucher from them on their app.  Thought “Great!  I’ll get some more.  They’re dried; they’ll keep!”.  When I next went near the store, I was in a hurry and a bit distracted.  Picked up 6 packets of the beans and my lunch.  Only got the discount on one of the packets of beans.  

When I realised, I was angry, but I was half-way into London by then, so couldn’t dispute it.

Oh well.  The beans will get used eventually.

- Pip

To be honest, I don’t quite understand why it would be for more than one of the item. Generally vouchers are only valid for one thing unless they specifically say otherwise and the terms and conditions do state they are valid for one item only. I use the Waitrose app vouchers every week and it never occurred to me to try and use them against multiples of a thing. 

Suffolk_lass

happydenial said:

PipneyJane said:

Good morning All

I’m declaring at £143.80/£156.50.

The remaining £12.70 will be rolled forward to April.

There have been multiple shops since I last posted.  I won’t go into them all but I did want to draw your attention to one of them.  If you get a W8flower voucher for money off something, be warned - it’s for one item only.  After a previous shop, when I stocked up on black turtle beans - W*flower is our cheapest local source - I got a 50p off voucher from them on their app.  Thought “Great!  I’ll get some more.  They’re dried; they’ll keep!”.  When I next went near the store, I was in a hurry and a bit distracted.  Picked up 6 packets of the beans and my lunch.  Only got the discount on one of the packets of beans.  

When I realised, I was angry, but I was half-way into London by then, so couldn’t dispute it.

Oh well.  The beans will get used eventually.

- Pip

To be honest, I don’t quite understand why it would be for more than one of the item. Generally vouchers are only valid for one thing unless they specifically say otherwise and the terms and conditions do state they are valid for one item only. I use the Waitrose app vouchers every week and it never occurred to me to try and use them against multiples of a thing. 

@happydenial the ones I get from Nectar and Sainsbugs in the same notification have "multi..." on one and not the other - I can never remember which is which