June 2026 Grocery Challenge

Sallyp2

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82032368#Comment_82032368

wondered why you had spent more for less as you are so good … then i saw the ex vir olive oil. I think crude oil is cheaper … but not practical or healthy x

dollypeeps

Tesco grocery spend = £45.81 ….. this includes £8.30 for Greggs steak bakes and sausage rolls. £3.30 for 2 packs of sandwich meat…. these items were not included in my meal plans for the coming week, but just to ‘stock up’…..thought provoking as per previous posts.

Total for this week £106.17 / £90 slightly over budget there …😳 although I can see where the errors/overspends occurred, why and what I can do going forward. ( slaps wrists)…..I did use cheddar to buy a gift card to pay for my Tesco shop so made £3.50 😬

Still have a small amount of cash in my purse which I’ll use to pay for my eggs on Tuesday and any bread, but I think I have enough to see me through until next week.

LotsOfTea

So DH spent £39.65 yesterday and partly that was going off piste with the list I gave him and buying extra snacks but I did know that was likely to happen. We're nearly two thirds of the way through the budget at nearly half way through the month so the second half will have to be more sensible.

£193.52/£300

Sallyp2

Since i've only got 30p of my cold turkey week budget left, its chores weekend 😒

totalled up spends since 1 june

eggs £2 (yoga class lady)

co-op 3 june £38.76 / tesco 3 june £28.17 / co-op 6 june £22.72 / co-op 6 june £7.11 / co-op 9 june £11.91 / co-op 11 june £6.10 / morrisons 11 june £5.28

4 spend days!

spent £122.05 vs budget aim £270

£147.95 left

Soontobeoap

£8.98 spent Aldi and sainsbirys on necessity's including loo rolls.

After freezer inventory yesterday I have made up the mince, odd bits of tinned tomatoes, left over beans, mushrooms and mashed potatoes into 3 shepherds pies and 3 lasagnas. Much more space in freezer and lots of meals ready to go

Shepherds pie tonight

Chicken in white sauce with rice tomorrow.

Shopping on Monday for veg and a few other bits.

C_J

One of the Community Fridges which I visit occasionally had a random extra pop-up this morning, and I picked up large salad tomatoes, garlic and shallots (which I will turn into portions of pasta sauce for the freezer), pak choi, green beans and portobello mushrooms. They didn’t want any donations either! Using existing stuff I’ve now got all the ingredients to make a chicken and prawn Pad Thai, a chicken and prawn stir fry, and roasted mushrooms stuffed with leek, garlic, wholemeal breadcrumbs, grated cheese and mozzarella. Yesterday I used some Community Fridge items to make a cauliflower/broccoli/leek/potato and ham in cheese sauce bake which I was going to have for dinner tonight, but I’ll probably shoehorn that into the freezer for another time and have the stir fry tonight.

No more spends since Wednesday, I’m pleased with how I’m doing.

thriftwizard

Dashing in to record this week's spend of £75.51, just between the butcher, the supermarket & the greengrocer; I was down in a Bronze Age ditch on Friday so couldn't get to the market. This will result in a top-up spend early next week to make up a shortfall in the fruit & veg supplies, but it's not looking too bad - yet!

K9sandFelines

Officially here now for the month.

£24/30 Bulkbuy fund on protein bars (15) and bamboo loo rolls (27) from Joybuy.

£5.11 @Joybuy (groceries)

£35.63 @ Sa|nsbury's (groceries)

K9sandFelines

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82030326#Comment_82030326

If you bake, you can put it in cakes or make Moroccan Baghrir (sp)? - these are little American style pancakes

I love semolina 🥰

Suffolk_lass

Semolina is also the coarse durum wheat from which most store-bought pasta is made (mixed with water it is excellent for a firm, chewy pasta base that is better for making shapes. If you have a grinder or blender that chops, to make it into a finer flour, you can just add egg yolk and a little salt to make more tender fresh pasta like tagliatelle. Being fresh (you do not need to dry it for days), it cooks in 2-3 minutes