June 2025 Grocery Challenge

LadyWithAPlan

Suffolk_lass said:

LadyWithAPlan said:

Morries spend today: £16.83 today on lots green veg, salad and some pork loin, they dont do FR or corn fed chickens so I wouldnt buy one.
£16.83/£200

@LadyWithAPlan Oh yes they do... here's a link

Thanks, my local one does not but maybe I should think about home delivery

@goldfinches the pecan banana bread wins my vote

weenancyinAmerica said:

Avocados jumped a $1 since Friday. Most prices up by a lot today here. ....Our food prices will probably go up a lot more over the next few months as no one knows what is going on with the tariffs. Will probably need to start going to our town farmer's market again as they have had the best prices. I just need to get a garden hose for my backyard and I can start growing things here. Saving up for some raised beds in the back yard. 

Ouch!! I am aware how prices have gone up in the UK (my FR cornfed chickens in the same store from £6 to more like £11 now) but $1 over a weekend..

Groceries £92.90/£200 
As I had family here Saturday with lots of allergies and food preferences I kept buying bits! However most of it was not cooked so my freezer is now bulging... I do need more organic spinach but protein I have plenty of it)

Suffolk_lass

Ah @LadyWithAPlan, the thing about delivery is someone else choosing your stuff versus the removal of temptation (the temptation is there in the app with suggestions, but going back in for a cull before ordering helps.

Over here I did an indulgent M&S F&V shop with steaks for DH, who meeds building up. £77.85 spent which should last another week

themsthebreaks

I have a couple of spends to report.

£5 at the Local Pantry
£12.19 at the corner store
£22 for oat milk on Amazon

= £39.19

So, £116.03/£400.00

I’m going to be doing an Asda shop on Friday, which usually costs a lot, but this time I’m going to be mindful of what we already have in stock, and work around that. We will see how that goes.

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 🥰