July 2025 Grocery Challenge

Naturelover22

Hello all,

£32.82 in Aldi today. Total for month now £106.03/£215

This was on
cat litter and food £7.37
milk 4pints, pepsi max, greek yogurt, bananas, pasta, breakfast biscuits, cereal bars, noodles, eggs, washing up gloves, bread.
Hoping to avoid popping in during the week. The fridge is very well stocked and I'm doing a week back on slimming world after my holiday. Plan to use everything up and not have much waste this week.

Onions, in a cloth bag under the stairs which hangs up, they last a long time. I have a separate larger bag for potatoes too.

carboot_karaoke

Evening all,

Today we had some friends round for lunch about 20 of us altogether. I've only just sat down after tidying up. The afternoon was a real success. Tons of food left, freezer is full as well. 

I have three spends to declare from the weekend, £72.16 for food & snacks for the coming week about £7 of the spend was on some high protein shakes and snacks currently on offer which weren't on my list. A further £35.90 on food for lunch today.  Also l brought some flowers £6 for a friend l visited. Total spent £114.06.

New totals 

Grocery Budget £237.98 / £450
Entertaining £64.37 / £120
Grand total £302.35 / £570

Seems very early in the month to be over the £300 mark!! yikes . However, lots in stock to use up so just need to stay away from the shops until the end of the week. 

t14cy_t

collected lots of goodies from my olio lady yesterday, lots of things we wouldnt normally eat but its good to get creative and try new things!! mainly veggie inspired things. trying to cut down on our meat consumption but we do love meat!! made non duck wraps last week and they were a real hit!! so no spends over the weekend. 

Changeyourlife25

£359.66/£600 

Another £1.49 on a jar of pasta sauce 

Suffolk_lass

Changeyourlife25 said:

Nelliegrace said:

I do feel for you @Changeyourlife25, I remember Mum buying and extra loaf just for my teenage brother and he would tear it into big pieces and eat it plain. 

🤣🤣🤣 That sounds about right, great idea from your mum though! I might try it! 

I remember sitting in a pushchair, eating the inside of a sandwich loaf on the walk home from the bakery - well it was warm! - one of my earliest memories! Mum stuffed the shell with vegetables, lots of potaotes and some gravy, and we had that for two or three dinners (I am told)

wishus

Need to report a couple of week 2 spends.
I needed biscuits and a few bits so spent £5.29 in Al** on Saturday, determined to do a full shop on Sunday after doing the meal plan and list, however on Sunday I ran out of time, but found eggs, a sandwich and bag of salad in the corner shop with stickers, spending £1.53. Finally got round to do the week shop today and spent £22.88.

This brings me up to £74.07 spent, £75.93 remaining.

Meal plan:  (Friday we are out for dinner)
Creamy chicken and tarragon pasta again (a hit)
Sausage and mash
beetroot penne (with goats cheese)
Salmon and potatoes
chickpea dahl and rice
Sunday roast (after shopping for the roast)

TravelCrystal

Morning all
Report for the week 😊
Had to buy oranges on Saturday as we were out of fruit .98 Asda
Today I went to Lidl early, managed to snaffle 2 of the fruit and veg boxes. Grapes, mangoes, lettuce, herbs, apples and tomatoes. Crazy for £3

Additionaly I bought cabbage, carrots, lemons and bananas.
YS muffins, mushrooms, baked beans, sweetcorn, marg  and butter. Milk, yoghurts, cereal, eggs, mustard, soy, cheese and coleslaw. All for £34.40

Total spend so far £73.77/£200

There are going to be plenty of salads this week with yet another heatwave coming
Tonight we have homemade pizza using one of the previously cooked lamb burgers on it and rice salad together with some of today’s provisions. 

Don’t get too hot everyone, have a good week 

T.C

Suffolk_lass

My garden pickings are starting to drive what we are eating. I have runner beans and potatoes today (along with berries). I think another jelly with garden berries in for an easy dessert, and either poached eggs or fish with beans (carrots I can pull) and potatoes

themsthebreaks

Good afternoon 😊

Thank you all for the advice re. storing onions. I am going to pick up a big sack, and see how we get on.

I have a couple of spends to report:

£5 at the local Food Pantry.
£10.56 at Farmfoods.
£23.61 at Aldi.
£3.59 at the Chinese supermarket.

That’s a total of: £42.76, which leaves £210.49/£320.00 for the rest of the month.

K9sandFelines

Asking here as it's quiet on the June thread.
If you've alloted clubcard vouchers and spent it back on groceries, do you all still count it as money spent? It's been bugging me for some time.

I do, but I wondered what others do.