August 2025 Grocery Challenge

AnotherNewDay

AnotherNewDay said:

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

Final scores on the doors for August = £38.65/£45 for the cats and £89.48/£70 for grocery + household

Overall total = £128.13/ £115 = overspend of £13.13 - see you over on the September thread

themsthebreaks

weenancyinAmerica said:

People keep talking about taking an inventory of their freezers. How many freezers do people have? 

I have two, @weenancyinAmerica One is part of the fridge/freezer, the other is a freestanding under the counter type.

Suffolk_lass

themsthebreaks said:

weenancyinAmerica said:

People keep talking about taking an inventory of their freezers. How many freezers do people have? 

I have two, @weenancyinAmerica One is part of the fridge/freezer, the other is a freestanding under the counter type.

I have more - a meat freezer, one for garden produce, a small FF in the toolshed where I put leftovers or home-cooked ready meals, plus the one in the kitchen for opened packets and a few bits like bread or a bag of prawns. Oh, and a freezer in the workshop that has bee frames in it (freezing kills the wax moth eggs and larvae) - so five in total, but two large, two small and a bee one

elsiepac

September Challenge is up - sorry guys, thought I'd done it already!!!

themsthebreaks

Suffolk_lass said:

themsthebreaks said:

weenancyinAmerica said:

People keep talking about taking an inventory of their freezers. How many freezers do people have? 

I have two, @weenancyinAmerica One is part of the fridge/freezer, the other is a freestanding under the counter type.

I have more - a meat freezer, one for garden produce, a small FF in the toolshed where I put leftovers or home-cooked ready meals, plus the one in the kitchen for opened packets and a few bits like bread or a bag of prawns. Oh, and a freezer in the workshop that has bee frames in it (freezing kills the wax moth eggs and larvae) - so five in total, but two large, two small and a bee one

I'm envious @Suffolk_lass 😂 Sometimes, I wish I had more space, especially when there are lots of yellow-stickered items available, but nowhere to put them 😊

JingsMyBucket

elsiepac said:

September Challenge is up - sorry guys, thought I'd done it already!!!

Hey @elsiepac glad to hear from you! Because people have already contributed, maybe we should just pin the September thread I've started for this month and then for October you could go back to handling it? Maybe we can ask the board mods (not sure who?) if I could start doing it if you're too busy? 

carboot_karaoke

weenancyinAmerica said:

People keep talking about taking an inventory of their freezers. How many freezers do people have? 

I currently have two. One as part of my main fridge freezer and the other in an under counter one in the utility.

I did used  to have another large FF in the garage used occasionally for instance in the summer for ice lollies or Xmas to store meat. It was very handy but not a proper "outside freezer" it was our old main one. This resulted in it causing condensation and damp so we had to get rid of it.  

Naturelover22

Two more shops to add, only 1 receipt though.
A*di £6.86
energy drinks, crackers, bagels, greek yogurt, 
YS doughnuts

I'm going to say another £10 spend will no receipt
cat food, cat litter, butter, some other bits.

August total £318.68 out of £310

For 2 adults and 2 senior cats.

Summary

I preferred buying the cat food in bulk as we did not have the worry of running out and getting to a shop for a more expensive smaller box. I liked using a gift voucher to cover this with discount from work, will do again in September.
We have scraped through and had a few too many takeaways when we did not have energy to cook, need to prepare for these days and have freezer better stocked with ready made food. Other commitments also meant that what we had planned did not end up working out timewise and the same with lunches, I spent too much on convinence food from my treats budget for basic lunches and still felt hungry!
See you in September 😊

Pennypincin

£5.09 left from this weeks/months budget.
I will transfer it to the bulk fund.

Finstickle

A bit late finishing up the month of August - a few spends to note.

£12 - missed Lidl receipt
£60.58 - shopping whilst on holiday

Total for August - £387.91/£400