March 2026 Grocery Challenge

TravelCrystal

Thanks for the new thread @JingsMyBucket

£300 please for March

However, I think it’s going to be tight.

I can already declare £415 bulk for my forthcoming meat. Half a pig, lamb and quarter of a cow.

With my last Ocado order as I started using the app they have given me a 10% off voucher so that had to be done.

Of course it’s coming just before my holiday so I have had to split the order and have frozen and non perishable’s coming at the very end of Feb and Fruit and vegetables on my return. Definitely my last Ocado shopping for now.
I did buy a tomato sauce from M and S in one of my orders and it is going much further than the usual Lidl one. A stronger consistency. So am pleased with that for £1

Have a good month everyone

T.C

Quantaqa

Thanks for the new thread @JingsMyBucket. Please put me down for

£150 in March.

This is for 2 adults. Month runs from 25th to the 25th.

jivjules1

£400 for March

Allowing a bit more as Might be tricky as I want to be healthier, loos some weight and DD likely to be around more and possibly DS1 when out of hospital but I’m going to try and keep this going, it’s definitely making a big difference to how much I’m spending and I enjoy coming up with ideas too!

Pennypincin

£40 per week/£160 per month please.

PipneyJane

Count me in, please, @JingsMyBucket . My budget will be:

£180

Unless there’s any cash leftover from February, in which case, it’ll be added to the above. This is for all supermarket spending for two adults, including toiletries and cleaning products. Our month will run from 1st to 31st March.

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Soontobeoap

Thank you @jJngsMyBucket

£200 for us please

JingsMyBucket

Budgets updated to here.

K9sandFelines

£120 please @JingsMyBucket , but may adjust according to February spends.

Thanks for managing the thread.

RedLipstick

First shopping this budget round. I was considering a big monthly online shop, but decided against it in the end. Since the beginning of the year I'm budgeting with cash only for variable spending and I worry if I get groceries online and pay with card, I will break my own order. 😅 I'm also trying to watch every penny on my account this month, as this time next month I should be able to pay off one of my CC cards and get my debt down to circa £6k. Aiming for a bit of a "rice and veg" situation this month but it will be worth it. Cat still eats like a princess though so no change on that front! 😅

£31.85/£200

Nelliegrace

Thank you @JingsMyBucket.

Still here, though I don’t feel like going shopping, cooking, or eating, I have been making comforting soups. It is Lent, a good time for using what is in the store cupboard, especially last year’s dried pulses.

The March budget is still £5 a day for 2 pensioners, cooking from scratch, using weekly ration quantities, avoiding UPFs. We are down to the last tray of stored apples.

March Grocery Budget £155.