January 2024 Grocery Challenge

Pennypincin

Hi everyone.
I need to drop the budget to £25 per week for the time being with the bills going up.

Bashfull55

Hi everyone, lurker unlurking. I intend to eat from my store cupboard and freezer. Need to keep weekly spend below £40 

LunaCatty

I've been so on-off through 2023 and still haven't worked through most of our freezer or cupboard stocks as planned. It does mean that going into 2024 we have plenty of food, a few things still growing too, and incentive to get better with sticking to meal plans over the next few months in that we're hopefully going on our first overseas family holiday in May (kiddo is 10 and very excited by this, but due to ASD we've been reluctant to fly until now) and as many savings as we can make can go to holiday funds.

So, instead of a monthly budget I'm splitting my budget into quarters this coming year as I think I will stick to it better this way. It allows better for me to bulk buy if I see something I do need to restock, whilst also focusing this first quarter on using up the cupboards and freezers.

My budget for January-March is £750 - so £250 for January roughly depending on the above!

pastmysellby

Thank you @Soontobeoap .  I will be following with interest for tips.  I would love to be able to take advantage of the bargains on offer at the moment  and no doubt after Christmas / New Year but, despite trying to run the freezer down, it is full again.  I'm normally very good at budgeting but when it comes to food, budgeting seems to go out of the window.  This seems like the right place to be to make amends 

curlywurly82

Hello, please may I join this year?

My budget will be £180 monthly.

this will include all groceries and the butcher.

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Mamaofmanybudgets

** £400 **

Thanks so much @elsiepac for the new thread! I'm in it to win it this time after novembers fail and decembers non attempt! 😂
I'm giving myself £400 for the month. 
A much higher budget for me but want to be realistic and give myself more chance of succeeding. 
I've done a huge inventory plan and the freezer is stocked with half price meat joints I've been collecting over the past couple of festive weeks! 
Time to get my backside into gear 😀 January here we come! 

boultdj

I need to get back on track, so I'm joining in again, 

£200

please @elsiepac starting from the 28th.

basketcase

I've been lurking all year but feel I've got to bite the bullet and join, if I may? 

I'm guessing at roughly £220 pm, but I like - and feel I need the flexibility of - LunaCatty's quarterly amount.  So could I say January to March I'm aiming for £660.

I may exceed that - DS is Type 1 diabetic and I'm wheat intolerant, which makes groceries a bit more expensive. That said, there's still a lot I can do to try and stick within it.  I've got a fair amount of stuff stored in the cupboards and freezer, so I'll try making meals with those.  And I must do a meal plan  I used to, but I've grown really lax.

Cooking from scratch is on the cards too - especially since I've just read about Ultra-Processed Foods.  Maybe I can save £s and lose lbs!

Merry Christmas all!

diminua

Hi Elsiepac. 

Could you put me down for £200 again please?

thank you.

leftatthetrafficlights

Merry christmas to all who celebrate 🥳