May 2025 Grocery Challenge

t14cy_t

budget £101/£100...oops. .in my defense i have stockpiled a few bits as on promotion!! have had 2 good olio hauls so full to the brim for the foreseeable!! off to a jumble sale tomorrow, very excited.

GSDMum

Thank you @elsiepac

Seems £300 is the minimum we need a month for all our shopping, including laundry and personal bits and bobs. No alcohol is included. I'll not sweat though if I need to stretch to £350 should I see a few bargains. 

Soontobeoap

Thank you so much @elsiepac for running the thread. You do an amazing job keeping everything updated. You have been a bit quiet lately since you lost your of beautiful budgie. I hope that you are OK.

We are nearly half way through our yearly budget. In my defence we have been covering all school holidays food for daughter and her 3 boys but she has also bought lots of bits with he. I think we are also being affected by rising prices. Meat especially. Our battered fish this week was 2 thirds it's normal size.  Anyway I am still going to try to make more cutbacks to stay inside £3300 for the year.

With that in mind I am cutting budget to £300 for May

We have son daughter in law and 3 GC coming for 5 days so it is going to be tight. There are no allergies so they will be easier to bake/ cook for. 🤞

Working_Mum

Please put me down for £250 (ordinary shopping) + £60 for toiletries/ cleaning / dog etc for May

Many thanks for doing this thread @elsiepac it has really helped keep me accountable in an area I find a challenge.

LiveSimply

£250 for May, to include everything  thanks  

remmie

Thanks for running this elsiepac.

Please can you put me down for £200 for May.

I had a massive overspend in April, so I hope to claw some back. My budget for the year is £3600, which divides into £300 per month, so time to get back on track.

PipneyJane

Count me in, please, @elsiepac.  Thank you for the new thread.

Our May budget will be £160.

That’s for two adults and covers all groceries purchased at the supermarket, but not meat purchased at the butcher’s shop.  (That has a separate budget.). Our month runs from the 1st to the 31st.

- Pip

Pennypincin

Please keep me at £40 per week please.
For a single person, as a vegetarian to also cover household cleaning products and toilet rolls.

Quantaqa

First shop of the month done, and in an effort to be better at recording my spends my breakdown is:

£12.33 in Home bargains on household cleaners/toiletries/loo roll
£48.74 in LIdl.  This was a stock up shop for things that will do us throughout the month.  Bits for the freezer and pantry as well as ingredients to make this weeks meals.
Total spent = £61.07/£200 ------- £138.93 left

Dinners this week:
Sunday & Monday - Spicy Mince Pilaf
Tuesday & Wednesday - Tuna Crunch
Thursday - Quesadillas
Friday & Saturday - Pasta bake

Lunches for me will be Sandwches on Monday and Tuesday and Baked potato with beans/cheese Wed and Thurs.  
Lunches for DH will be Roll & sausage and/or pizza slices

I'll do some baking tonight and make fruit scones and something else (as yet undecided) for sweet treats to minimise buying treats from the local corner shop.

Chloris

Thank you @elsiepac for running the thread.

New budget of £600, please.

I look like I’m coming in slightly under budget for April and I’ve been inspired by all you lovely folk so I’m going to challenge myself and drop a little again. We are a 4 adult home, mostly vegan, and budget includes all food, toiletries, cleaning, and cat food.

Good luck all!