May 2026 Grocery Challenge

diminua

Declaring at £61.07 over - some of that is stocking up on store cupboard things like nuts and raisins, some is being too lazy to make a packed lunch, and some is a quite nice half bottle of wine I bought because I'd gone over budget anyway. It really does show how it stacks up if I take my eye off the ball.

carboot_karaoke

Afternoon all,

I've been MIA a bit this month 55 posts since l was last on the thread 😳 but l have been keeping hold of my receipts. I spent another £78.84 last week on food, snacks, ice cream and another £15.05 on various toiletries, and toilet roll. Declaring for May.

See you on the June thread

Grocery Budget £286.55 / £400

Bulk Fund £71.74 / £50

Grocery Challenge £ 358.26 / £450

Sallyp2

tallied up spends - bit deflated! Spends in last week: Co-op £100.41(£15 was on 5 small packs nuts/dried fruit)/ Co-op £18.90/ Jordans Mill £1.60/ Fshop £9 = £129.91

Final food & HH spend = £379.04

Budget = £310

Over £69.04

Good job i'm not chancellor of exchequer 🤣

teacher says do better in June by not buying treats & wasting seasonal fruit by buying too much in one shop

Suffolk_lass

Good advice re seasonal fruit @Sallyp2 - I bought a kilo of slightly bruised strawberries yesterday but my word, the generous dish we had was spectacular - at least half left. I might need to pick rhubarb and make a compote

PipneyJane

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82019683#Comment_82019683

You can always freeze them for later. Whiz up with double cream and some sugar, and you have instant ice-cream.

• Pip

Suffolk_lass

I could, but we would eat them Pip. Trying to lose the sticky winter weight over here!

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82019725#Comment_82019725

Nelliegrace

If they aren’t going to keep, I slice strawberries with a little sugar and put them in the fridge. The sugar draws out some of the juice, it is lovely with yoghurt.

K9sandFelines

£12.16 to daughter for Tesc@ and Ald! bits

£2.86 and £2.80 on Subscribe and save that I didn't actually need right that second but couldn't skip or cancel.

I will add the latter into Bulk buys

Off to update

I'm hoping we are good now for the next few days.

K9sandFelines

£11.06 spent today between Her@n and the co op.

I went to see if I could get the £1 Swedish Glace, but there was none left. Instead I managed to get 49p Barista oat milk. I can't even get the cheapest soya milk for that price!

So, I should be good for milk at least for the majority of next months grocery challenge.

I'm showing as under on the signature, but my bank isn't reflecting the same spends.

Oh, well it's a new month as of Saturday so I'm sure it will be fine!!