July 2024 Grocery Challenge

Soontobeoap

So pleased with myself today. Cancelled the tesco online delivery and we did our big shop at Aldi in advance of our gds arrival for the week. I never cease to be amazed at how much 2 young girls can eat. 🤣. As I have shopped early for some of next weeks stuff to make my life easier I am happy with my total. £286.42/£250.

carboot_karaoke

Afternoon,
l filled up my car with petrol today a bit more than l expected at £57.79 and a few bits totalling £7. 

New totals 
£687/ £601.93

1. Petrol £180 / £178.02
2. Food/Cleaning £350 /£269.55
3. Camping food £100 / £115.45
4. Toiletries £57 / £38.91

diminua

Declaring at £24.44 over. Definitely slipping back into the coffee shop habit. I need to set a cap of one a week or something. 

Pennypincin

£7.59 spent in Aldi.
More fruit, salad vegetables plus cheese slices and a loaf of sourdough bread that was reduced.
I'm hoping to not spend too much more, but let's see.
I need to pull it back on the treats as I've gone mad on sweets, crisps since Saturday and have been struggling with the diet.
I've some more salad bits to add in a bit 

SausageDogSandwich

Hi, hope everyone is doing well. We were away for almost a week so that came out of the holiday pot. Did a shop when we got back and been to get kids some ice creams today. Have gone over due to the ice cream and husband going wild when he went to pick up toilet roll   After all the shopping didn’t realise need butter and squash but should just make it through July with the bit that’s left. Won’t declare yet though as husband may have other ideas lol. 

314.12/300 spent

Nelliegrace

I made a batch of vegetable soup to use up stuff lurking in the fridge. DH has made the bread. 
Sainsbury’s have kilo bags of dried pulses for £1 with Nectar card, in the world food aisle. I bought just what I can be sure to use.
Gressingham duck 1.9kg, was £7.50 with Nectar. I shall cut it up and freeze portions as we are keeping our meat and (cooking) bacon ration to £3 each a week. 
I bought perfect yellow-stickered bananas at 4p each and used some in a banana cake. It cost just 25p with eggs from our hens, sugar which was bartered for eggs, butter from the freezer made with yellow stickered cream at 2p for 300ml, basic flour and just a little milk. 
We have a few plums and some blueberries from the garden which will save a bit on fruit. There are a few blackberries, with a lot more to come. I shall start freezing some for winter.

LadyWithAPlan

Pennypincin said:

£7.59 spent in Aldi.
More fruit, salad vegetables plus cheese slices and a loaf of sourdough bread that was reduced.
I'm hoping to not spend too much more, but let's see.
I need to pull it back on the treats as I've gone mad on sweets, crisps since Saturday and have been struggling with the diet.
I've some more salad bits to add in a bit 

I also can go mad with crisps/sweets. Try adding cinnamon to coffee as it helps regulate blood sugars - Also the magic food Kale.... it is proven to lower the blood sugar levels when eaten with carbs... so I try to eat some daily to get me off the sugar fix. Just had a few YS blueberries and raspberries in the eve to keep me away from the sweets.

Reporting in - budget blown - I have  a family member here this week - although she did arrive with foods but I think I have used it as an excuse to fill my freezer and fridge  plus some abroad food 
Grocery target was £160 + £30 bulk - blown
Actually spent  £375.52 (inc abroad) plus £36.22 bulk (coffee)
£200.26 groc +accidental HelFresh £28.98 + junk £30.88 (crisp/sweets)
Plus £14.48 airplane snacks and £51.57 abroad subs + £49.35 abroad meals.

Planning to get back on track and eat less in August! 

PipneyJane

Good afternoon All

After adding in a couple of small spends from Wednesday and Thursday (£6.63 in MrT’s, £1.28 and £2.21 in Sainsbugs) plus another £2.16 in shrapnel, to go in the money boxes,

I’m declaring at £123.10/£165.40 leaving £42.30 to roll over to August.

That looks considerably better than it was, given that we were away in France for a week, where all food was purchased from the holiday fund.  See you in August.

- Pip

Blackcats

Bit late adding my final update for July and this is where I start to fudge it a bit as I could declare as over budget or under budget 🤷‍♀️.  We did an extra Lidl stock up shop on Monday in order to qualify for the 10% discount in August.  We stocked up on cat food, cat litter, cat treats, some milk and bananas.  This took us £8 over budget for July but should help us save some money in August.

I'm going to reduce August budget by £8 and call it quits for July.  

Going to run over to the August thread now.

Pennypincin

£15 left on all sorts of bits and bobs while camping.
Hopefully will live and learn with what to buy and take with me.