May 2023 Grocery Challenge

leftatthetrafficlights

Thanks for the thread again @elsiepac 😁 

My month starts this Thursday- I'm on an annual budget so will post my running total on Wednesday night! 


ETA: I definitely won't be spending anything today and my month starts tomorrow so annual running total is now £508.81/£3000. A bit of a heavy month really but included a meal out so not too bad! 

Nelliegrace

Thank you @elsiepac

May Grocery Budget for two pensioners, £150.

My aim is to avoid wasting any of the food we have stored in the pantry and freezer. We are eating well using the WW2 ration portions.

PipneyJane

Count me in, please, @elsiepac. Thank you again for running this thread.

We'll go with the usual £140 for the month

but it may increase depending on what is left over from April.  It is for two adults and covers all groceries purchased in supermarkets (food, toiletries and cleaning products).  Exclusions are meat purchased at the butcher (paid from the Meat Fund), C0stc0 bulk spends (paid from the Bulk Fund) and wine/beer/spirits (purchased with the Booze Fund).  Our month will run from the 1st to the 31st May.

- Pip

JIL

I will cheer on and collect inspiration from the sidelines but I will be attempting a max spend of £250. 

gill5blue

Hi @elsiepac

£240 for May please

and thank you for running this thread-it is so helpful
gill5blue

otb666

@elsiepac £600 for May 3 adults and a tortoise month runns from 24th to 24th

leftatthetrafficlights

First spend of the month - £25 on fruit, veg and a few other bits

Ginmonster

Can you put me down for £250 for the month please?

I did an inventory of the freezer today (with wooly gloves on!) and OMG I had no idea what was in there! Apparently I have 5 bags of peas. 5! I also found 2 bags of sweet potato fries so I immediately went and took them off the grocery order I've got coming on Thursday. At least that's a win.

At some point in the past I bought a bag of frozen avocado chunks. Who can tell why. 🤷 I've got 8 blocks of cheese in there too. Looks like there will be a lot of cheesy peas in my future! 

I'm on a mission to clear it all out so I can properly defrost it now (and some of the stuff at the bottom is about 3 years old now so definitely needs using!). It should help with the budget at least. Wish me luck!

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Ginmonster said:

Can you put me down for £250 for the month please?

I did an inventory of the freezer today (with wooly gloves on!) and OMG I had no idea what was in there! Apparently I have 5 bags of peas. 5! I also found 2 bags of sweet potato fries so I immediately went and took them off the grocery order I've got coming on Thursday. At least that's a win.

At some point in the past I bought a bag of frozen avocado chunks. Who can tell why. 🤷 I've got 8 blocks of cheese in there too. Looks like there will be a lot of cheesy peas in my future! 

I'm on a mission to clear it all out so I can properly defrost it now (and some of the stuff at the bottom is about 3 years old now so definitely needs using!). It should help with the budget at least. Wish me luck!

This made me laugh - I am in the same boat with my freezer.  OH rummaged around in there last night and came out with 6 banana muffins I had made and frozen a while ago and forgot about - score!  I've been munching my way though them this week as snacks at work.  Going into the freezer just now is like a magical mystery tour so I really need to do an inventory and I really, really need to get it defrosted.  I think I'm going to make it a goal this month to just get this done.  It's so easy to just keep putting it off.  Does anyone have any tips on defrosting a chest freezer without getting water all over the floor?  I don't have a fancy wet hoover so maybe just lots of towels?  Any advice gratefully recieved.  Also, any advice on organising a chest freezer would also be gratefully recieved 

Soontobeoap

When I had a chest freezer I had a couple of baskets that sat on top so that I could keep desserts and veg seperate. These then lifted out so that I could rummage for other stuff underneath. If you have a reasonably new freezer I think you can even order them to fit your model. I always found it difficult to get to the bottom though. I am quite short with big boobs! I will leave you all to work out the problems I had! 😅