March 2023 Grocery Challenge

sarahj1986

sarahj1986 said:

£52.83 spent 

I only did it today as the offers in Tesco ran out. Big pack of Pepsi 24 for £7 instead of £9.50 not on offer, plus a few other offers expiring today. Made sense to get it today instead of tomorrow. I won’t need anymore fizzy pop till probably end of March or early April but I’ll keep an eye out at the offers. A few things out of stock that I find bizarre - coffee and chicken noodles, no suitable substitute? Weird. I used my £3 points also.  

£197.17 left 

£6.92 spent

As Tesco didn’t deliver a few items I cycled into town to get them. Coffee and noodles. My husband asked for some more biscuits too and I picked up another bag of apples on Clubcard as I only put 1 bag on the shopping instead of 2

£190.25 left 

Ginmonster

I nearly forgot to report that I bought a couple of items yesterday  : £1.75 on some tomatoes and £4.50 on an enormous seeded sourdough loaf that is made locally and is really delicious.

£6.25/£250

I've got absolutely tons of root veg to use up at the moment so my menu for the next few days will be :
veggie wellington from the freezer with hm potato wedges & carrots

Carrot & coconut dhal

Beetroot & lemon soup

Spiced parsnip & lentil soup

Hopefully that'll stop me needing to buy much!

Nelliegrace

£30.23 of the £135 budget spent, leaving £104.77

We have spent £23.83 of the £30 weekly grocery budget, at Asda, Sainsbury’s & M&S.
£5 went on an M&S To Good To Go which has done buns for tea, and 4 meals each for the two of us.
9 grocery items were yellow stickered.
11 were full price.
The Blue light Card saved £1.49.
DH had two free meals out, the usual sandwiches and cake at bowls, and a generous buffet at a funeral. He took sandwiches when he went on a course. I took a flask of coffee when I had an appointment, so savings there. 
I have added two week’s ration of cheese, which was yellow stickered, to the stock in the freezer.
We have used some of our stores. 

Our hens gave us 14 eggs in the last week. We had boiled eggs, an omelette, and I made a rice pudding and a bowl of baked egg custard at the same time in the slow cooker. Surplus egg sales, £1 for 6 large fresh eggs which goes towards their food budget. 
The problem with selling eggs to other seniors is that they forget to pay and I forget to ask, and neither of us can remember which it was. 

I was going to get meat out of the freezer for Sunday dinner, but DH announced that he had a lunch / meeting so that is postponed. 
£6.40 added the the grocery bill for a meal for one.
One member had a Blue Light card which saved them 20%.
It put us 23p over budget for the week, and one member phoned the next day to say he had just tested positive to Covid, one other member has it now. 

JingsMyBucket

I just nabbed Morrison's TGTG bag for £3.09 due for pick up tomorrow. I'll wait until actually collecting it before I add it to the GC running total, just in case they cancel it beforehand. 

Blackcats

Hello everyone!
I've decided to succumb to inflation and increase my budget this month.  I'd rather be realistic and strive to achieve it than know I'm going to fail and then allow myself to not bother to try - if that makes sense?

£300 for March please.

thriftwizard

Not happy - I've spent £88.33 on this week's supplies, between the supermarket, butchers, bakers & market, rather than the £80-odd I was aiming for.  Which means I'll have less to spend next week... ah well, it is what it is. Nearly halfway through my grocery "allowance" for March already and it's only the 3rd! 

gill5blue

hI all,
spent £52.62 on week one starting the month brilliantly.

so far month spend £52.62/£300 

good luck all
gill5blue

gill5blue

thriftwizard said:

Not happy - I've spent £88.33 on this week's supplies, between the supermarket, butchers, bakers & market, rather than the £80-odd I was aiming for.  Which means I'll have less to spend next week... ah well, it is what it is. Nearly halfway through my grocery "allowance" for March already and it's only the 3rd! 

do you have a 'shop' that gives away short dated foods, or have you considered using olio app to eek out your food budget- I find these really help with the staples.
gill5blue

KajiKita

Seems like quite a few of us are really feeling the pinch this month already. 

I haven’t run my numbers yet (I’m waiting till later today when I see what I do / don’t keep from the Mr T delivery) but last Saturday I was already at 52% of my March budget! 😳

KK

TracyS66

update on my GC for March. Shopped in Tesco and Aldi this week total was £61, got all i need and using up the freezer too so that helps. Feeding 3 extra people this weekend as the family are here for dinner, pudding will be Angel delight!!. I normally buy a pudding but i have the food in the larder so i must use it.
I have also got a sperate purse for shopping, i only use and if there is any change left at the end of the week i have been putting it in a jar for a "rainy day"

Total for 5 weeks in March £300 leaves £239