January 2026 Grocery Challenge

carboot_karaoke

JingsMyBucket said:

I really hit the YS jackpot today! @carboot_karaoke, I’m going to copy your style of displaying your numbers. Let me know if that’s okay with you 🙂 

It most certainly is 😊

itsthelittlethings

£36.91 on my posh cleaning products.

£88.09 left.

Christa27

Can I join at £400 a month please

Finstickle

First shop of the New Year (the New Year budget anyway if not technically the New Year) done today - Asda delivery.  Didn't order veg and the greengrocers has closed early so no mushrooms on toast for my breakfast tomorrow 

Currently £56.33/£400

Soontobeoap

I am feeling very smug. I cut 2 large steaks off of the end of my beef roasting joint and have made 2 beef wellingtons using a cross between Jamie Oliver and Mary Berry's recipes. I mixed the chicken pate with finely chopped onions and mushrooms and spread over the seared beef steaks. A little bit of seasoning and some home made pastry from store cupboard stuff and my first 2 meals for both of us from the £9.65 price of beef have been made. They have been put into freezer for when we get back from our hols in Feb. I want our first week back to be planned from the freezer. After we have had roast beef tonight I will see what else I can get out of it. There is just over 1lb of meat left.

ShelivesintheShire

PLEASE MAY I JOIN WITH £350 BUDGET .

Hello all. I did this challenge many years ago when I was paying off my mortgage and would like now to rejig my finances.
I have 2 full freezers, plenty of dried food and lots of flour. 
Bring it on!

RedLipstick

Good evening! Can I join please? Will be my first time, very excited I found it! I did my full flag 2025 spending summary today, and feel like I could get the groceries budget in a better shape for 2026. Good luck everyone xx

£200 per month please

remmie

Can I come back please? I did this earlier in the year until ill health took over. I'm still not out of the woods but getting there.

I would like to set my challenge at £3600 for the year.

I tried £300 per month but I think a yearly budget will suit me better. Thank you Jings for taking on looking after us all.

Nelliegrace

@remmie, it does focus the mind to realise how much the cost of bit of shopping every week adds up to in a year. I have added it to my budget header.

whitecatcreamsofaDOH

Happy New Year GCers!

Starting 2026 with a refund of £3.87 as I’ve paused milk deliveries for January. I signed up for sustainability reasons a few years ago but recently finding that the milk only lasts a day before going sour. Not sure yet if I’ll cancel fully, will ask round locally and see if anyone else has had issues. 

Off work today so meal planning and hopefully a no spend day.