November 2026 Grocery Challenge

K9sandFelines

Whilst I'm here catching up, I think I may aswell add my target.

I think I'll leave things the same as they are @JingsMyBucket

I don't need want (m)any bulk buys from Nov/Dec, apart from coffee mentioned in the previous GC. If I've any leftovers, I may use that to clear the coffee I bulk bought previously, rather than buying it from myself. Then I can hopefully have a clean state for next year's GC.

Good luck everyone and thanks for running the thread @JingsMyBucket

I hope your eye is healing now 🤗

Finstickle

Kicking off my month on payday with 2 spends:

£27.10 for protein powder from Amazon and £8.20 for wine and greek yoghurt from Co-op (chocolate protein powder mixed through Greek yoghurt\Skyr is my default post dinner snack and if I don't have it I head for something else sweet like DD's sweets or chocolates).

Current:

£36.30/£350

mandco

thanks for the new thread @JingsMyBucket

Going to up my budget to £850 for November please

Aim is £750 for gc - this lower than usual and probably a bit optimistic as I struggle to come in on budget anyway but I have quite a bit of stuff I’d brought for meals I ended up freezing as we we unwell last month and I really really need to make some space in the freezer ready for Xmas.
£100 for Xmas related items

Starting the month @ £21.47 for this months share of the rabbits bulk buy forage

wishus

Please may I join again… I'm ratcheting up to £248!

Suffolk_lass

First spend here is £8 for milk that will be delivered (keeping me out of the shops!)

Quantaqa

Morning @JingsMyBucket, please put me down for £150 for November. Thanks as always for running the thread.

wishus

First spend £23.61. Must admit, I treated myself to a little junk to celebrate sending off invoices, and to commiserate having a shocker of an October. Jalapeno cheese crisps, and some peanut munchy bars. A few cleaning products, some milk, cheese and pasta.

Soontobeoap

First spend is a whopping £136.00 in Tesco. £12.00 of that was on Christmas chocolates for each childs house.and ours but still keeping those in the challenge. I had a £21.00 voucher off of a £140 spend. Last night I went through the Tesco website planning my shop to use offers on things we can keep in store and use. The best offer was £6.00 for 3 on frozen Birdseye battered pollok and chunky breaded fish fingers. What a bargain! I just wish I had more room in the freezer .Anyway overall I bought £192.00 worth of shopping for #136.00. that's a win on my book and we'll worth an evening of research.

Pennypincin

Thank you, I'm in for another month.

My budget has already started at it seems 4 weekly and seems to start at the end of the previous month.

I'm in budget, but really need to do a stock of what I have to then get what I need

JingsMyBucket

Budgets updated to here.

Evening folks! I’m going to start my November shopping tomorrow (Saturday). My budget for the month will be: 

£350 for Oct. 31st - Nov. 30th (about £60/wk for 4.3 wks + bulk buying)

Does anyone know the best way to sign up for Sainsbury’s to get good discounts as a first time customer? A Sainsbury’s just opened in our town and I’d like to swing by there this month to see what specials they have on lamb, beef, etc. Should I use someone’s code when signing up to Nectar to get more discounts and have them receive discounts too? Thanks!