June 2026 Grocery Challenge

ArgyllLady

I will stick to my £200 budget again.

For my first shop of the month I went to M&S as I had a gift card - I may aim to get there more often as their frozen fruit and veg section was fab. Particularly pleased with the frozen avocado which was fairly expensive at £3.80 for the bag but I’ve given up on buying fresh as I never time it right - could be a game changer if the texture’s nice! I think the only thing that felt noticeably expensive compared to elsewhere was 2 sweet potatoes for £2.25 (which were sold in plastic which felt pretty unnecessary). Totalled £21.50 including some bits from their plant kitchen range so overall I think compares fairly reasonably to the usual supermarkets.

Elizabeth49

£350.00 for June please

That's for all food and household items for two adults.

I've knocked £25.00 off of May's £375.00 budget as we're away for a few days in the middle of the month, and because I could do with saving some money. So, I'm planning to cut back on my trips to M&S and restrict it to things that we really like and can only get from there.

I'm also starting my month on the 29th not the 30th as I've been promised a lift to the retail park on the other side of town on Friday.

MrsFrugalLiving

Hello! Hope you’re not all melting like me in this heat 🫠

£175 in June please

Trying again for this amount but only for food. I will make a separate toiletries/cleaning budget as seeing others do this and £175 not quite enough for us (just 2 adults) no kiddies.

thank you

Soontobeoap

Our freezer is full

I am going to try and shop from there as much as I can this month. Meal planning seems to have gone out of the window and that is showing when I try to budget. Must be stricter with myself and DH. He is much better when shopping now and does look for the cheapest or at least best value for money when we are shopping.. must try also to stick to the list! DH opened a tin of tuna in spring water ( he prefers it in sunflower oil and didn't fancy it) so I have made it I to fsh cakes for our dinner. This is a double saving as it means we won't buy a meal at our club after crib tonight. I also got some lovely nectar reduced sausages in Sainsburys yesterday.so have boiled some eggs to make a sausage and egg pie. This will last is 2 -3 days. We are travelling up to DS near Watford tomorrow so will take some for a picnic rather than buy a sandwich at the services or make up my own. It's so much easier.

This is the recipe for anyone who would like to try it. Makes for a nice picnic meal.

I use 3 eggs.so I don't get a slice without any

cowboymum

Started the June grocery spends today - had a 10% off coupon in Tesco which expired today so would have been silly to not use it.

Monthly spending stuff from tesco £48.46 / £500

Greying_Pilgrim

I have spent £19 of June's budget today. I'm not proud about it, but I was in places ie fArmf00ds that had things that we'll need. Tins, packets, and dried goods - you know the drill.

I do think today has been a bit cooler, but I'm so over this heatwave now - been a bit grumpy this afternoon 😕

Greying X

Sallyp2

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82014815#Comment_82014815

Yeah i'm over it as well. Early morning dog walks have been lovely but i'm wiped out. Feel asleep during escape to country - snoring my head off on sofa

thankfully it was a repeat

PipneyJane

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82014370#Comment_82014370

Oohhh…. Thanks for the recipe, @Soontobeoap I’ve saved it to my “must try” folder.

• Pip

ETA: If anyone wants a text version of the recipe, I’ve managed to copy it off the photo!

Picnic Pie

225g/8 oz Wholemeal Shortcrust Pastry (page 10)
350g/12 oz pork sausagemeat
1 small onion, finely chopped
3 tablespoons fresh white breadcrumbs
1 teaspoon dried mixed herbs
2 hard-boiled eggs, shelled
beaten egg or milk to glaze

Make the pastry according to the recipe instructions. Roll out two-thirds of it on a lightly floured surface and use to line a 450-g/1-Ib loaf tin.
Prepare the filling by mixing the sausagemeat, onion, bread- crumbs and herbs together.
Place half this mixture in the base of the tin. Arrange the two hard-boiled eggs along the centre and cover with the remaining sausagemeat mixture.
Roll out the remaining pastry to form a lid.
Dampen the edge of the pastry with water and cover the pie with the pastry lid. Trim and flute the edges, and use any pastry trimmings to make leaves to decorate the top of the pie. Make a small hole in the centre to allow any steam to escape. Brush with beaten egg or milk.
Cook in a moderately hot oven (190C, 375F, gas 5) for 1 hour or until cooked. Serve cold with salad.

Finstickle

After finishing May on target I've also managed to keep my first weekly shop low at £46.52 at Asda. Almost entirely salad related items as that is all I want to eat. I grabbed a whole chicken to roast off last month which I haven't used yet and still have tofu \ tuna for lunches. Realising now though I should have bought some more ice-creams, I used 4 yesterday as challenge rewards for DD and her friend tidying the downstairs and DD's bedroom (a day of doing what they like while I mostly worked meant I was happy to pay for happy helpers - it took them 40 minutes altogether so definitely worth some ice-creams to my mind)

I also got myself a bottle of wine and butter the other day in advance of the Asda delivery.

Currently:

£59.43 / £350

Suffolk_lass

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82014370#Comment_82014370

I've added this to the recipes under P (as in Picnic Pie)