June 2026 Grocery Challenge

thriftwizard

Back from my hole in the Bronze Age to report a mildly-horrific weekly spend of £121.79; two trips to the supermarket, plus the butchers & the market added up rather! I also had to take my mother to get her pacemaker battery checked, which was quite a performance as she can no longer walk at all. Luckily DD2 came with me; she's wonderful with Mum and also very good at getting people to help her!

I'm still at the dig next week but helping with Finds (i.e. pot washing!) which means we get off a bit earlier. So I should be able to stick to my menu plans a bit better, provided the other inhabitants of our house haven't eaten the ingredients before I get home! I should be able to stay within the £70.62 left in June's kitty, despite the heat; there's plenty in the freezer that needs eating up.

K9sandFelines

Edited a previous post to add a spend at Ald! and HB

Also, DD2 has bought some reductions for me twice from Tesc@, so we have rounded that up to a tenner.

Soontobeoap

Well I am very pleased with my spends this.month but using freezer and store cupboard food and only shopping for essentials does have its disadvantages! Half way through making chicken noodles tonight I discovered I had no noodles! Fortunately I had chicken! Anyway quick trip to Aldi as I had already fried the veg and couldn't change the meal at short notice. Luckily the roads and Aldi were empty as everyone is either at the isle of wight festival or avoiding the roads because of imagined traffic heading that way. We went down to Cowes waterfront and sat on the beach this afternoon and there was barely a soul in site for exactly the same reason. £1.90 spent on 2 pks of noodles.

MrsFrugalLiving

Hello All 😊

Third shop for month June at Lidl.  I had £74.78 left so hoped to spend about £35.  I was trying to be extra careful but still got a things not on the list and not needed for this week 🙄

So decided to try next week to follow what some if you are doing and not do a ‘weekly shop’ and just use stuff up - especially from the freezer.  Only will get absolute essentials to top up if need be.  Let’s see if this works. I  casually informed MrFL who looked worried 😂

Spend this week £40.44

Total spend  £140.66/£175

New Balance £34.44

Lidl - tomatoes, potatoes, walnuts, olives, mackerel, black beans, green olives, almond butter, oats, freezer bags, oat milk x2, green beans, cottage cheese, noodles, pumpkin seeds, feta x2, chicken, desiccated coconut, apples, blueberries, kiwi, bananas and avocado.  

Nelliegrace

Grocery Budget for 2 pensioners for June £150

16/6 DH bought milk 2 x 4pints and cherries 2 packs for £2 from Asda.

£5.30 spent.

19/6 I did the weekly grocery shop at Aldi. Milk 2 x 4 pints at £1.65, cream £1.29, yoghurt 1kg £1.49, medium chicken 1.822kg £4.15, British, free range, mixed size eggs 99p, super 6 offer; cucumber 69p and Jersey Royal potatoes 89p, peppers £1.69, red stickered lettuce 36p and small oranges 69p, oranges 99p, 5 bananas 78p, wonky grapes £1.37, wonky blueberries £1.19, nectarines 1kg £2.39.

£22.28p spent.

Total spent £95.73

This morning’s loaf from the bread maker, wholemeal 400g. I shall make a white sourdough loaf midweek.

dollypeeps

A little bit late to the party this week

Concluding Week 2 ( 12 June) at £111.87 over budget of £90 from bank account although I still have a small amount of cash left in my purse. I’ll sweep that over into the odd change jar…haven’t been on my game although I stuck to the meal plan…..hoping to do better this week.

Week 3 ( 20th June)

Tesco. £41.57

Aldi. £29.94

Total. £71.51 budget £90 (£10 in purse for eggs etc)

Menu for the week is pretty much salads looking at the weather

K9sandFelines

£4.33 at Ald! on laundry liquid, cola and dairy free cheese.

Sallyp2

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82040396#Comment_82040396

re nectar points on app. I did Sainsburys self scan yesterday and noticed for the first time that my nectar prices were on there. I don't use app's and haven't used nectar prices until yesterday

carboot_karaoke

Evening all,

l did three shops at Lidl, Aldi and Tesco today. I spent quite alot £111.24 in all. However £45.81 was for entertaining on the weekend and included £10.90 for beer and tonic water, not normally paid for by the grocery budget.

l do at least have all the fundamental ingredients for meals until the end of the month

Grocery Budget £331.63 / £400

Bulk Fund £27.59 / £50

Grocery Challenge £ 359.22 / £450

carboot_karaoke

I tweaked the food plan due to the incoming hot weather, so instead we will be eating

Fake Nando's chicken legs, spicy rice, garlic bread, corn on the cob, salad, coleslaw, olives, homemade apple crumble with custard and or ice cream - Dinners don't normally come with so much choice this is because we have guests. Hoping to have enough for leftovers one day.

Gammon, new potatoes, salad

Chicken Gyro with tzatziki, flatbreads and salad

Jacket Potato with various filling, cheese, beans, tuna etc

Chicken Fajitas

Fish, chips and peas