August 2025 Grocery Challenge

JingsMyBucket

TravelCrystal said:

Many thanks @JingsMyBucket for your kind thoughts.
Feeling a bit better today thanks.
Think it’s easier to catch the nasties as you get older.
Muesli and Tuna roll was the order of the day

T.C

It's most definitely easier to catch nasties as we age. Take care of yourself!

JingsMyBucket

Well shopping today ended up being a much bigger spend than anticipated but we should be good for a lot of the week. It’s bigger than anticipated partially due to Mr. Jings being with me and he needed a few items we hadn’t discussed but that’s totally fine. The shopping is for both of us, of course. 🙂

£3.50 at Iceland for YS celery (50p) and a big box of Kellogg’s bran flakes. 

£37.71 at M & S for 4 pints of milk (£2.40), a big block of cheddar (£4.00), small cup of yoghurt to use as a starter (75p), skyr (£2.50), 4 cans of baked beans (£1.80), 2 bags of coffee (£9.50), block of butter (£2.00), shortcrust pastry (£1.75), double cream (£1.60), bananas (67p), nectarines (£1.50), carrots (55p), 2 packs of YS asparagus (£1.48 each), YS mango chunks (£2.19), mushrooms (£1.60), and sweet bell peppers (£1.95).  

£221.60 / £400 spent. £178.40 remaining.  

Naturelover22

Hello all,
Looks like we are all feeling the price increases recently. I am trying to fit in shopping around yellow sticker time to get a few bargains.
I have no idea why we have been to the shops so many times this week, it is ridiculous! We need to get a grip on this, I don't feel like I have even eaten that week this week either!

Reporting £125.59 this week.

6th al*i £19.52
alcohol, cat food £5.18, bread.

6th a*da £16.58
pepsi max, tissues, flash mop refill, 'asda fillet' (some meat?) sausages, yogurt, plastic tray.

7th al*i £40.60
cat litter £4.38
chicken, chopped tomatoes, cereal bars, breaded chicken, 3 x protein yogurts, pasta, ham, raspberries, teryaki pork, blueberries, cheese, noodles, rice, crisps, pork mince, stirfry veg, 2 pizzas.

9th Co*p £14.41
2 pints milk, 2 x garlic kyiv, lemsip powder
YS chicken pasta salad, bolognas ready meal for 4.

10th Al*i £34.48
2xpepsi max, cereal bars, cereal, 2x jaffa cakes, 2x flapjacks, grapes, bacon, 4xtuna, yogurt, carrots, red onions, yogurt, feta cheese,  crisps, 
YS cooked chicken pieces, cucumber, asparagusx2, corgettes, salad leaves, mango, bread.

This week's meal plan is
Sun Chicken stir fry
Monday Mince and rice (peppers, onions, corgette)
Tues Can't remember
Wednesday Pasta carbonara with bacon

Lunches - chicken and bulger wheat salad with cucumber yogurt.

AnotherNewDay

AnotherNewDay said:

AnotherNewDay said:

AnotherNewDay said:

Hi, I'm in for August again - overall total £115. I'm going to split that as £45 for 2 ravenous black cats and £70 for 1 human woman including all groceries, toiletries and household.

First shop of the month = cats - wet + dry food £14.48/ £45 & Human grocery + household £15.09/£70
Total = £29.57

Second shop of the month = cats - dry food + treats £7.70 = £22.18/£45 & Human grocery + household £19.57 = £34.05/ £70
Total =£56.23/£115

Small top up shop of £7.76 for human grocery and household. Bringing new totals to £41.81/£70 for grocery + household and £22.18/£45 for cats.

Overall total =£63.99/ £115

Finstickle

Asda was delivered at noon on Friday and by 2pm I was in Tesco getting the bits I forgot, only another £8.22 so still within the budget for the week :-)

Total: £232.53/£400

Changeyourlife25

£166.87/£600

Nothing much happening here! Very much on track and doing way better than last month. 

A few spends this past week just topping up on milk and some baking bits for DS2 other than that not much spent 😍

t14cy_t

Nelliegrace said:

@t14cy_t, I feel your pain.
Could he return them?
Perhaps pub visits should be forfeited for the rest of the month?

lol. i think he has seen the eror of his ways......no extra budget left for chese i think has done it!!l.,

Pennypincin

£5.05 from last week's budget, which I've transferred to the bulk fund.
£40 for this week's food shopping set.
I know I've got to stop shopping every day, plus change how I shop, I'm not sure how.
Other than needing and trying to eat healthier.
I'm tempted to try and write a shopping list, plus check what I have in as well as see what healthy budget recipes I can find to help.

Nelliegrace

A tasty, little white loaf from the breadmaker.
Flour, water, cold pressed rapeseed oil, dried yeast, sea salt.
It costs us less than the cheapest, UPF, white sliced loaf.
We make wholemeal loaves, or half and half. 
For a treat we used a seeded and malted bread flour, or make a fruited bun loaf. 
There is no waste, no plastic packaging, and we don’t run out of bread.
We had Mum’s old breadmaker for years, but the new one soon paid for itself.

t14cy_t

had a result yesterday  3 packs cooked tandoori chicken, chicken breasts, loaf speciality bread, 3 bags baking spuds, an orange, portabello mushrooms, 2 packs carots, a salad bowl, curry dips, soft rolls all for free!! phew.