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November 2024 Grocery Challenge

elsiepac · 2024-10-24 20:25:15

Welcome to the eleventh Grocery Challenge of 2024! ******** Please post your budget in BOLD and HEADING 2 ******** If your new month starts early feel free to join this thread, or if you're still working on your October Budget then keep on posting in the October Challenge. As always this challenge is to reduce your own…

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Suffolk_lass Posts: 10,819 Forumite

2 December 2024 at 8:36AM

@MissRikkiC I used to have a handful of jumbo oats with two tablespoons of full fat Greek style yogurt, a handful of frozen (wonky or home grown) berries, and a handful of nuts, mixed first thing, taken in to work, and eaten when I got hungry. As the berries defrost, the oats swell. So filling, I often skipped lunch

Save £12k in 2025 #2 I saved £14,660.97 of £6000 or 244.35% of my target. The 2026 Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I finished the year at £2880.99/£3000 or 96.03% of my annual spend so I am sticking with a £3000 annual budget for 2026
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the grow your own in 2026 discussion thread
My keep within our budget diary is here
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