June 2025 Grocery Challenge

LadyWithAPlan

Popped into my Morries on way back from gym to get some more organic spinach (4 for 3. I am really enjoying eating loads of spinach whilst prepping my lunch with apple cider and balsamic vinegar,

Spent £20.01  on more greens, nuts (£5), lemons, limes, guac and salsa etc - no meat/fish
£112.91/£200 11 days in ..

I bought lots of food for family this weekend which ended up getting frozen  plus I am planning to empty fridge/freezer before I go away so I need to eat down all the food so hopefully I wont blow my budget.

@Suffolk_lass I have ordered online before but not that impressed with its freshness and as its only me I dont like wasting food. I live surrounded by supermarkets all walking distance so think that helps. My mum now gets online orders and really enjoys it plus less carrying.

C_J

Hello everyone. Another £1 to add to my total after visiting my favourite Community Fridge. I won't list it all as I'm not sure anyone is overly interested, but suffice to say it's about three Aldi bags full including a catering sized bag of KFC chicken (now portioned up and in the freezer), Pret salads, wraps (my favourite hoisin duck ones this week) and bircher muesli breakfast pots, 15 eggs, bread, semi skimmed milk, and more fresh fruit and vegetables than you could shake a stick at. It's fabulous and bonkers at the same time

I'm going to sit down now with a cup of tea to plan what to cook this week based on the above.

My June total currently stands at £22.08/£150.

JingsMyBucket

@C_J I am definitely interested! Please do continue listing your hauls, if it’s not too much trouble for you. 🙂

otb666

500/600 leaves me 100 quid for next week as i go from 23rd to 23rd.  Lots of 30 % and 50 % discount vouchers in aldi today but as the items were well past their best decided to swerve them as would be having to cut out bad bits from veg and fruit and you would not be left with anything. Also the fish smelt really bad.

C_J

JingsMyBucket said:

@C_J I am definitely interested! Please do continue listing your hauls, if it’s not too much trouble for you. 🙂

Well, if you’re sure! I’ve put everything away now, so this is from memory :

4 large baking potatoes
Small handful of new potatoes
Red onions
Cauliflower (enormous!)
Leeks
Aubergines
1 butternut squash
Red and green peppers
Vine ripened tomatoes 
2 very large portobello mushrooms
Romaine lettuce
Giant spring onions
Bag of baby leaf spinach
Bag of stir fry mixed veg
2 large avocados
Handful of apricots
4 eating apples
2 cooking apples
2 large lemons
2 punnets strawberries
1 punnet raspberries
2 bananas
4 small easy peeler satsumas
4 chocolate-iced ring doughnuts (given to my daughter, for the grandchildren to demolish)
1 tin tuna in spring water
1 catering size bag (5kg, maybe?) breaded KFC chicken (now portioned up and in the freezer)
1 sag aloo ready meal
4 pints filtered semi skimmed milk
15 free range eggs
1 pack thin sliced breaded ham
1 Hovis granary sliced loaf
1 San Francisco sourdough boule loaf
1 mini Pret cheese sandwich (for small granddaughter’s lunch when she visits tomorrow)
1 M&S egg and cress sandwich
1 Pret hoisin duck wrap
1 Waitrose Thai prawn noodle salad (had this for dinner tonight, it was lovely)
2 Pret Bircher muesli pots with grated apple

2 whipped Skyr high protein coconut and white chocolate yogurts (had one for dessert tonight, with some strawberries, very nice)
1 tub Tzatziki
1 tub hummus
1 pot of a trio of herbs (sold as being for ‘making mojitos’). I had one of these pots the other week too, now doing well in my herb garden.
1 Waitrose ‘Summer Bouquet’ of mixed flowers and sunflowers


I bet I’ve forgotten something! It’s like the conveyor belt on the Generation Game 🤣


ETA: I did forget something! A twin pack of corn on the cob, six shallots, and a bag of mixed chillies.

weenancyinAmerica

I could live for a week on that C_J. Wow. Egg and cress sandwich sounds good right now. Afraid to go out to get anything at the store at the moment as ICE agents are just up the street. I do carry my old passport with me just in case. 

Can't find apricots anywhere - and this is supposed to be apricot season around here. Very frustrated. 

carboot_karaoke

C_J said:

JingsMyBucket said:

@C_J I am definitely interested! Please do continue listing your hauls, if it’s not too much trouble for you. 🙂

Well, if you’re sure! I’ve put everything away now, so this is from memory :

4 large baking potatoes
Small handful of new potatoes
Red onions
Cauliflower (enormous!)
Leeks
Aubergines
1 butternut squash
Red and green peppers
Vine ripened tomatoes 
2 very large portobello mushrooms
Romaine lettuce
Giant spring onions
Bag of baby leaf spinach
Bag of stir fry mixed veg
2 large avocados
Handful of apricots
4 eating apples
2 cooking apples
2 large lemons
2 punnets strawberries
1 punnet raspberries
2 bananas
4 small easy peeler satsumas
4 chocolate-iced ring doughnuts (given to my daughter, for the grandchildren to demolish)
1 tin tuna in spring water
1 catering size bag (5kg, maybe?) breaded KFC chicken (now portioned up and in the freezer)
1 sag aloo ready meal
4 pints filtered semi skimmed milk
15 free range eggs
1 pack thin sliced breaded ham
1 Hovis granary sliced loaf
1 San Francisco sourdough boule loaf
1 mini Pret cheese sandwich (for small granddaughter’s lunch when she visits tomorrow)
1 M&S egg and cress sandwich
1 Pret hoisin duck wrap
1 Waitrose Thai prawn noodle salad (had this for dinner tonight, it was lovely)
2 Pret Bircher muesli pots with grated apple

2 whipped Skyr high protein coconut and white chocolate yogurts (had one for dessert tonight, with some strawberries, very nice)
1 tub Tzatziki
1 tub hummus
1 pot of a trio of herbs (sold as being for ‘making mojitos’). I had one of these pots the other week too, now doing well in my herb garden.
1 Waitrose ‘Summer Bouquet’ of mixed flowers and sunflowers


I bet I’ve forgotten something! It’s like the conveyor belt on the Generation Game 🤣

I'm lost for words...incredible. I'm glad its all going to a good home 🥰

carboot_karaoke

Evening All,

l have 3 more spends to declare from today. I went to Asda this morning for bacon, cheese, cream cheese, hand wash and squash. Then came home to discover we needed bread, leeks and peppers...argh. On my second visit l also picked up a reduced ready meal for tomorrows lunch, and a bananas.

l've been feeling unwell so l also went to home bargains for Vit C tablets, paracetamol, throat sweets and colour catcher sheets. While there l spotted the toothpaste l like for 59p so l brought 10. 

Total spent across the three shops £30.04.

New Total £210.79 / £446

C_J

weenancyinAmerica said:

I could live for a week on that C_J. Wow. Egg and cress sandwich sounds good right now. Afraid to go out to get anything at the store at the moment as ICE agents are just up the street. I do carry my old passport with me just in case. 

Can't find apricots anywhere - and this is supposed to be apricot season around here. Very frustrated. 

I do pretty much live for a week on the things from the Community Fridge, there is very little extra that I have to buy. I know nothing lasts for ever so I don’t let myself expect to find such amazing hauls every week, but I do avail myself of them - very gratefully - while they are there. Such a lovely bunch of people too, both the other customers and the volunteers who run it. It’s a bit of a drive from where I live, but so worth the time and effort!

How terrifying for you @weenancyinAmerica to have scary Immigration agents out on the streets, that must feel very unsettling. When I worked in Hong Kong it was against the law to be out on the street without carrying your ID card, you got used to it but I never really liked it.

Soontobeoap

£2.94 on milk and bread for us today.