June 2026 Grocery Challenge

thriftwizard

I'm declaring with a thankful sigh at just over £5 below my target figure - close but done! It's been a madly busy month but mostly great fun, though the last few days were far too hot to be scraping around in Bronze Age ditches on a south-facing chalky hillside! So we were "cancelled" and I spent them sweltering under the garden trees instead, trying to stay out of air-conditioned supermarkets…

Off in a mo to dig up some lovely new potatoes from the plot for dinner, and harvest a couple of courgettes, plus some blackberries & raspberries too.

Sallyp2

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82049061#Comment_82049061

i like the idea of reviewing receipts to see what you can eliminate & reduce

Sallyp2

we stopped our milkman just before May heatwave - will resume september - have noticed small saving & that co-op milk lasts longer … although i have switched up to the irresistible unhomogenised Cornish full fat milk … which i can report is delish with a nutty muesli on a morning after an early dog walk to beat heat … not so g8 in a cup of tea though

Nelliegrace

June Grocery Budget for food for 2 pensioners at £5 a day, £150.

We had our members’ free pot of tea at the garden centre, 40 minutes without his phone or screen twice a month.

Stopped at Asda on the way home for a new washing up bowl, £2.

I bought a nice cauliflower £1.19, yellow stickered courgettes 32p, pears 47p, and bananas 26p, Allinson’s bread flour on offer 3kg for £3, muesli 1kg £2, and tinned sweetcorn in water 50p.

Food shopping £7.74.

I shall make a banana cake tomorrow.

Total spent £139.63.

PipneyJane

I am declaring for June at £195.30/£195.30

Every penny spent.

See you all in July.

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wishus

Just done my meal plan for the week ahead of my final shop.

I'm going to need to buy eggs and salad, but aiming to keep the spends at zero as we enter July. Will be able to declare later.

I have some frozen KFC from the Zero Waste shop. We are going to someone's house on Saturday but leaving at 7.

Breakfasts	toasts/porridge
Lunch	salads with meat/fish
Snacks	fruit/egg
Dinner
Mon	Spaghetti with greens and anchovies
Tue	sausage and pea risotto
Wed	Cheat’s beetroot biriyani recipe | Good Food
Thur	Meat and aubergine lasagne
Fri	Cauliflower, kale, chickpea cheese
Sat	KFC (frozen) and chips
Sun	Chinese pork steak and potato wedges

dollypeeps

Golly! I am so far behind this month!

I shall declare week 3 at £71.51 / £90 A bit better this time

Week 4 🤔 £99.51 /£90. Not so good! And I still have a few things to get from Lidl but we shall see if we can ‘limp’ along without!

Junes summary so far

Week1 £84.01/£90

Week2 £111.87 /£90 forgot to add the eggs

Week3 £71.51/£90

Week4 £99.51/£90 …. So far!!!

Nelliegrace

June Grocery Budget for food for 2 pensioners at £5 a day, £150.

DH made a wholemeal loaf this morning and bought milk x 2 and a cucumber 69p from Aldi on his way back from the library.

£3.98 spent.

Total Spend on Groceries for June £143.61.

K9sandFelines

I'm not officially here til the 13th but I've just done a bulk buy of Fabric conditioner. This should last me a year or longer. As I bought 5L a long time ago on offer, and that's only just ran out (though I did do the odd Smol order in-between)

£20.81 to add to Bulk Buys

This should have been posted in the July thread.

Matron_Midge

Declaring June at £577.88/£400. I have gone over but I do work to an annual total. Lots of expensive items needed a restock this month and we got a bulk meet order from the farm shop.

At the 1/2 year point I am £2230.09/£2500 so actually under budget.
My garden is starting to produce courgettes/green beans and the greenhouse is burgeoning with toms, cucs and peppers - none ready for picking yet but we won’t be long and that really helps with the budget.

It’s a 4 shop maximum month and I will be being as frugal as I can with the hope I can claw a bit of budget back for the autumn meat delivery and the festive period.

See you over on the July thread.