July 2024 Grocery Challenge

joedenise

LotsOfTea said:

Had another shopping delivery on Thursday which came to £100.33 and probably half of that was for entertaining over the weekend. 

I may end up with extra butternut squash to plan for this week as the recipe we're making for dinner tonight asked for a set weight of bns but you could only buy them online by the individual squash so I over-ordered in case I got tiny ones. It's happened before when I ordered a red cabbage to make coleslaw for a big party and got the tiniest cabbage you've ever seen in your life when normally they're the size of your head and ended up having to go out to buy another one. Online grocery shopping is very convenient except when it isn't! 

I'm up to £190.57/£300 for the month now but I'm hoping to not have to spend too much next week and use up what we've got.

If you don't need to cut into the extra butternut squash it will keep for months in a cool place.  If you do need to cut into it then I was chop it and then freeze ready to use another time.

TravelCrystal

Pleased you took advantage @carboot_karaoke. £5 is £5 😊



T.C

PipneyJane

carboot_karaoke said:

I took your advice @PipneyJane and @TravelCrystal. 

Made a very careful list incorporating things l would need to buy at some point this month anyway total spend £26.57 

New totals 
£687/ £276.41

1. Petrol £180 / £47.37
2. Food/Cleaning £350 /£168.17
3. Camping food £100 / £21.96
4. Toiletries £57 / £38.91

I did the same, this morning, @carboot_karaoke.  After applying the £5 off voucher, I spent £26.81 in L!dl on cheese, soft brown sugar, wraps, frozen fish, instant coffee, 4 litres of lactose free skimmed milk and several bags of nuts.  Everything is long dated, including the milk (best before 19th August!).

I missed a spend when I reported yesterday.  £2.44 spent in L!dl earlier in the week on puff pastry and Fruit & Nut Mix.  The latter cost £1.39 for 200g.  When I made up a new batch of breakfast cereal, I discovered that nuts really do make up half the package.  I was quite impressed.  (My breakfast cereal consists of 500g bran flakes, a 1kg sack of muesli and the Fruit & Nut mix.)

The above brings my total spend to £70.49/£165.40 leaving £94.91 for the rest of the month.

- Pip

Soontobeoap

5 small shops done at Aldi this week when we needed things came to £28.80 in total. We were in town on Monday so bought cheese at nectar price along with ham, fish, chips eggs and a few other bits. £29.10 spent DH is back to his best thankfully but my problem is that he nips to Aldi ( walking distance) at the drop of a hat! I am giving him a bit of slack at the moment. 🤣

otb666

510/550 so thats 40 left until 23rd, been away and left 2 in house who used dominoes when i was away (came outta food budget)
So not sure how i will be able to keep in budget and may go over again but will try my best not to.  We have full freezers as obviously they did not cook much whilst i have been away and the air fryer was caked in fat from when they did. Onwards and upwards

sarahj1986

sarahj1986 said:

sarahj1986 said:

sarahj1986 said:

I’m late but put me on for 

£450

that’s to go from 29th June to 11th August. 

Family of 4, my son is now on 3 meals a day. We go away on 12th August and I really want to keep spending to a minimum 

£162/450 spent already. The freezer is full. Next big shop is next Wednesday 10th

£30 spent 

this is from the past few days 

£20 Morrisons. I’m one of those saddos that stay up watch the election results. However I can’t do it alone so I got a few snacks. I also had a free chocolate bar to get as it’s my birthday month. I also had a 5000 points bonus which is effectively £5 off. That’s saved in my account for another day. Morrisons is expensive for a lot of things but for some items on offer especially what I got it’s cheaper than Tesco.

£5 reduced meat in M&S 

£5 meal deal and cookies. Ok ok I should have but this was Friday when I was so tired I wanted a quick fix lunch 

£192/450

may need a few bits between now and 10th. Pay day 20th I’ll do a big shop then. I’ve still got quite a bit of meat and fish in the freezer 

Spent over the last few days 

£10 in M&S on essentials (bread, milk, butter, beans, fruit, cheese). I find them very reasonably priced for basics 

£5 Tesco reduced fish cakes and chicken wings 

£8 Sainsbury’s reduced chicken (lots to choose from) 

£14 M&S I needed to get bread for the lunches but also found some reduced fish and grapes which I picked up 

shopping due tomorrow. My freezer is full of meat and fish thankfully most of it reduced price 

£229/450

£180 spent 

big shop plus a few M&S items. The freezer is quite full so work through that. I shouldn’t need much these next few weeks 

£409/450

Mrs_Cheshire

Just tallied up our spending for the month so far £385.08/£500. Going to have to be careful over the next few weeks. 

Pennypincin

I've £26.20 left of this week's food money, which I will put into the bulk fund.
I will probably just need fresh stuff next week, mainly fruit and salad.
My freezer is rammed with stuff and needs using, but slowly will get there

otb666

650/550 Well and truly blown my budget again however fully stocked up and no more spending this month til 23rd Will have to try harder next month as we dont have any way of upping budget as now retired.  

SausageDogSandwich

Morning all, ended up doing a small but expensive shop when picking up Milk from farmf as is always the risk, £23.54, that did include ice creams and another 3 blocks of cheese. Having an Iceland delivery this morning with bag fees it’s £51, this is for sons bday tea tomorrow as he wanted those hot dog crust pizzas, garlic bread, chicken strips and alphabites, all of which seem to have sky rocketed in price, haven’t had icelan for a while now. Did include some “offers” aswell for a couple meals in the future. Birthday teas would usually come from the birthday budget but there’s not enough budget at the moment so just using grocery money. And finally husband spent £11.11 on yogurt and not sure what else at work. 

All in all £220.97/300.