March 2025 Grocery Challenge

Optimistic_Saver

Please put me down for £130 for March.

zafiro1984

Can you please put me down for £200 - I need to do some adjustments to the way I spend before it gets out of hand. Thank-you

£200 for March please

AnotherNewDay

First spend of the month as follows  : Cats = £14.98 and me = £45.16. Hopefully, this spend will cover me for most of the month and the cats for the next 10 days to fortnight. V annoyed that I didn't wait a day until 1 March as the lidl app vouchers start again, which means instead of free sweets I would have go a free bakery & veg item. 

Cassingtonbear

£650 budget for March please. 

For our family of four. Came under budget in February but over budget in January. Let's make it another month of staying under budget.

BudgetingBelinda

550 for March

So hope I can achieve this! So far 140/550 for online shop on its way. Have not kept in budget yet 😢 I know it’s achievable and I’m determined to prove it. March for the win 💪🏼 Will try and update weekly here as I haven’t so far and need accountability. 

RandomOne

First spend of March so far. £55 on fruit, veggies and some cleaning bits. 
I have everything we need for the week now, so shouldnt need to go food shopping again until the end of next week. 

AnimalTribe

£240 for March

£10 less than last month, but I'm doing baby steps. This is for 2 adults, 2 large dogs and wild bird seed. Also, all cleaning, bathroom and personal hygiene supplies. It doesn't include food on days out as this comes from the holiday budget.

Suffolk_lass

Just been through my March Shopping list and culled £60 off it. Mostly because DH has to be on a low fat diet and has to lose weight so he can have his gallbladder removed. So it's a health driven kickstart to the Mediterranean diet we generally pick up in May, after a winter of starchy loveliness. The thing is, I had no idea how much he snacked at night until this week. After a week in hospital, virtually no milk, cheese, butter or cream was used.

There will be no more making his porridge with whole milk, or topping it with cream and no more cheese-monster on thickly buttered crackers or bread for him. I found I only use milk in tea, as a sauce or just occasionally, as a glass to drink! I do eat too much sweet stuff though so in the interests of my own health, and solidarity with him, we are starting the diet today!

Blackcats

I'm sticking with £80 a week budget and aiming to have a surplus at the end of the month.  My psychology is that if I set a lower budget and go over budget then I stop even trying and go even more over budget.  I'm much better at trying to keep money in the kitty.

£400 for the 5 weeks of grocery shops

ancientmum

Thank you for running the thread elsiepac.  
I'm still going by my annual budget but this month I'm trying to keep my spending down to £60.  I'm going away for a long weekend where I'll contribute to food costs so I'll need spare cash.