July 2025 Grocery Challenge

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

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.

joedenise

I don’t use my vouchers for food shopping but if I did I wouldn’t be counting it as part of the GC spend - that is just what shows in my bank statement.

C_J

I don't count Tesco vouchers, Nectar points or Boots points towards my grocery challenge, I think of them as extra perks which mean I haven't spent my own cash on the items.

Soontobeoap

I spend nectar and Tesco vouchers on my grocery's to help bring the shopping bills down in March. I don't record the savings I have made. 

goldfinches

Had a difficult time posting earlier today so here is the shortened version.

I discovered yesterday that Rancho Gordo beans are now available in the UK from this site Shop | Discover Quality Beans Today — The Heirloom Bean Co, bringing rare dried beans to the UK which has made rather a hole in my treat fund.

I've spent £1.46 at Mr T's, £4.10 at Mr T's and £21.05 at M*rks this week.

That makes my new GC total £51.74/£150 

My rough meal plan for the week is to make a coleslaw, green salads, marinated tofu again, the flatbread wraps again and to try this cauliflower salad too.
I'm also hoping to make some blackcurrant curd and some rhubarb curd later in the week.

Hope everyone is enjoying the good weather wherever you are.

K9sandFelines

Ok so going forward then I will not be counting any vouchers. Over the past months thats what I have been doing, to try and give a better reflection of what I'm buying. However, I am trying to save them up now for the end of the year; but just depends how desperate things get.

K9sandFelines

goldfinches said:

Had a difficult time posting earlier today so here is the shortened version.

I discovered yesterday that Rancho Gordo beans are now available in the UK from this site Shop | Discover Quality Beans Today — The Heirloom Bean Co, bringing rare dried beans to the UK which has made rather a hole in my treat fund.

I've spent £1.46 at Mr T's, £4.10 at Mr T's and £21.05 at M*rks this week.

That makes my new GC total £51.74/£150 

My rough meal plan for the week is to make a coleslaw, green salads, marinated tofu again, the flatbread wraps again and to try this cauliflower salad too.
I'm also hoping to make some blackcurrant curd and some rhubarb curd later in the week.

Hope everyone is enjoying the good weather wherever you are.

Please can you share the blackcurrant curd recipe ?

wishus

Spent £2.99 on a pastry bag from 2G2G. 

Brings me up to £77.06 spent, £72.94 remaining.