February 2025 Grocery Challenge

Black_Saturn

Another £35.08 spent yesterday, which brings my total for the month to £141.39/£600. We’re going to a local farmers market on Saturday, which will likely bump up spends if the regular vegan stalls are there, along with the veg stalls 😊

cheerfulness4

A biggish spend for us this morning with a Tesco delivery costing £43.09.  Had lots of basics to replace from my January Pantry challenge last month but still we have good stocks in the freezer etc to go into February so I'm hoping to have another underspend to go into my May holiday food pot.

Really trying hard to scratch cook everything including snacks and treats this month as we did last month.  Wanting to try some more recipes from the Recipe Collection at the beginning of the thread.

 Does anyone have a tried and tested coconut cake recipe? 

sams247

Really trying for a NSD today.  I have enough food in the house but I know if I stray into a supermarket I'll buy buy buy, so planning a stay-at-home day!

cheerfulness4

Remembered a tiny spend on a large jar of peanut butter yesterday @ £2.19. 

AnimalTribe

My first spend in February £13.28 for bread, milk, fruit and crisps for DH. DH and I did go out to a local cafe for paninis and coffee (but that is taken from my holiday fund).

JingsMyBucket

£5.50 in M & S for bananas, loose clementines, and Braeburn apples. 

£181.84 / £330.00 spent. £148.16 remaining. 

£4.50 to last me through February 7th. £13.63 of bulk funds left

LotsOfTea

Well I've started with a bang as I've a supermarket delivery arriving later today which comes to £115.14. I'm aiming for that to be my only big shop for the month though and just to buy top ups of fresh stuff as and when I need it for the rest of the month. I won't need anything else for at least a week and then we'll be halfway through the month so being nearly halfway through the money won't seem so bad.

£115.14/£300

Wraithlady

MissRikkiC said:

All this talk of carrots too which coincides with me googling what are horse carrots having seen cheap nets of them twice this week. Does anyone use these in place of supermarket carrots? 

From what I am told by some horsey friends, the thing to remember about horse carrots is they are not for human consumption so on things like taste, texture and gunky bits they are really not up to supermarket carrots. Horses are not noted for gourmet tendencies. 

But if you're making industrial quantities of carrot soup and prepared to spend time sorting through the carrots and making up for the deficiencies in taste etc, I suppose they would be ok.

ancientmum

A spendy start to the month, £22 at Lidly, £8 at Sains and £7 today on eggs and sausages at the market making a total of £37. I need to get some meat and hopefully not much more for the rest of the month.

cheerfulness4

Another late night spend at Lidl because DH remembered he had a free veg item reward that runs out tomorrow so picked that up with a couple of basics.

Free        Leeks 500g
93p         Sugar  (15% discount)
£2.18      2x Bread flour
£1.45      Falafels
77p         Chocolate oaties

Total spent - £5.33