January 2025 Grocery Challenge

Sausageroll14

I'm going to try and really stretch every single ingredient to eak out every meal. I have big savings plans! 

So I am aiming for £600 for the year. I plan to utilise Olio alot and grow a few bits and finally use up my vast quantities of carbs, tins and freezer items. 

cheerfulness4

PipneyJane said:

cheerfulness4 said:

Sorry to be off topic but how do you all enlarge your font to highlight your budgets? I can't see a way to alter font size.

@cheerfulness4 select the sixth icon from the left, at the top of the text box.  It has a chevron beside it and will show you a menu.  The large text is the bottom one on the list:

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HTH.

- Pip

Thank you, Pipney, trying it now.   

edited,  Yay, thanks so much!

t14cy_t

please could you put me down for £100 this month? this is for all shopping including food for 15 chooks and a big dog. two adults only here. hoping to make use of the olio surplasses. good luck everone.

Cassingtonbear

Hi I'm new here, this is my first post. I think we are spending too much on eating out. I have given us(2 adults, 7yr old and 4 yr old boys) a budget of £650 for January. I hope to be able to reduce that in February. Let's see how we go!

otb666

£650 monthly 3 adults 2 tortoises  gone up by 100 to cover extra petrol costs over next fortnight due to family emergency.

Selina_C

Thanks for this challenge! As a proper newbie, mine is £450 for a month, covering all food, household goods, toiletries etc for two adults and a teen.

Last few months it has been coming in at over this even when I was trying. A couple of years back it was under £300! 

Ultimately I'd like to get back down to £300 but have struggled to reduce at all this year 

ancientmum

Hello lovely people.  I dipped out of the challenge in July but please can I rejoin for 2025 with an Increased Annual Budget of £1500. 

This is for all groceries, meat, fish, fruit veg, alcohol, basic toiletries and household stuff for one old bird.  It means I will save less but it will allow me to have family and friends round more often without being miserly.   I don't have any debts and can afford my bills so feel spending time with them is a better investment than money in the bank.  Life has not always been so comfortable so I count myself fortunate.

Thank you for continuing to run the thread Elsiepac.

Mags x

gill5blue

Hi,

£50 per week please

Gill5blue

BudgetingBelinda

550 for Jan please.

I need to get a lot better at groceries (and takeaways) I did not manage to stay in budget any month last year 😩 but I did spend £1193 (annually) less than the previous year so that was a positive. I’ve set a generous goal to kick me off for Jan and should be achievable, but still will need a lot of mindfulness to achieve as I’ve been going over this previously when I really shouldn’t be. I really need to sort this out now, it’s ridiculous how much I spend on groceries. Cutting this outgoing down will be how I can best achieve my financial goals and growth (not around the waistline) in 2025. Groceries are my Achilles heel. 

onashoestring2023

please could you put me down for £100 this month? (£20 per week) this is for all shopping including food, healthcare and buses, good luck everyone.