July Grocery Challenge

Jet

Jet wrote:

Is it possible to post my meal plan for the week and my shopping receipt on here for you to analyse, I'd love some feedback on where I am wasting money.[/QUOTE

I went shopping at the weekend as I was walking around the aisles I noticed that I was very conscious of what I was buying as I knew I would have to put every detail on this site!

It actually made me think about what I was buying and it also made me realise how much I buy on impulse (something I really thought I didn't do!). I had a really low shopping bill because of this. :j

For the moment I'm not going to post my shopping bills but every time I go shopping, I'm going to threaten to myself that I will and then hopefully keep my bills down!

ancasta_2

Im planning ona budget for food of £25 per week for 1 monday-friday and 2 at the weekend (VERY hungry OH), this will include cleaning and toiletries altho i tend to stock up on them on pay day.

spendaholic

This weekend my shopping came to £58.94 on a weekly budget of £50. I'm not very upset at this as it came in quite a lot cheaper over the past 2 weeks, and I did have to buy a gift for someone in hospital this week and some injury gel that I wouldn't normally.

omega_2

Well, budget has kinda gone to pot this month - £28 or so OVER!!! Yikes!!
Had best draw a line under this month, and start the concerted effort next!

BoltonMinx

Hmm, so far so good, seem to still be topping up here and there. About £10.97 within budget overall, not as much as I'd hoped once I totted up all the bits n pieces. But seeing as I rarely spent less than £75 a week on groceries previously, its still brilliant Challenge for the rest of the week is not to make little purchases, tempting as my purse is currently full o coins. A diet coke here and an impulse purchase there can really throw you off track.

Also got shocked to find how much I spend on jars of ready made sauces It has to stop! To make my target of £60 per wk next month, Im going to get even more old-style and make my own bolognaise sauces from scratch, wish me luck!

squeaky

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Zziggi

Just out of curiosity, what do other OS'ers think is a reasonable monthly budget for a family of 4 (kids aged 2 & 3), both kids in nappies, & we're meat-eaters. Just wondering if my weekly shopping budget is too generous or too mean.

brummiebabe

It's hard isn't it! We still buy nappies (for nights) for both of them but do try to buy when on offer (Tescos normally have pampers on offer- Active Fit are the only ones we've found that don't leak!) If you buy disposable for 2 kids day and night you're looking at around £30+ per month just for those.

Don't know what reasonable amount is p/week but know that £100 (average) is probably too much! What is your weekly budget (out of interest?)

moggins

Zziggi, it's all down to personal circumstances, it's what is right for you. There's no right or wrong figure and it's not a competition on who can spend the least money hun

Personally my budget is £200 a month for 5 people. 2 cats and 2 guinea pigs. Usually I can cut this down to £160. This month I can't and will probably spend a bit more as my freezer is almost completely empty and I will be hitting the outdoor market with a vengeance.

Zziggi

brummiebabe wrote:

It's hard isn't it! We still buy nappies (for nights) for both of them but do try to buy when on offer (Tescos normally have pampers on offer- Active Fit are the only ones we've found that don't leak!) If you buy disposable for 2 kids day and night you're looking at around £30+ per month just for those.

Don't know what reasonable amount is p/week but know that £100 (average) is probably too much! What is your weekly budget (out of interest?)

I don't have one I just buy what i think we need, use as many coupons as possible and somehow get by. I am thinking about being a bit more organised and work within a budget, but i don't really have an idea about what i should be spending. I guess i aim for £60-£65 p.w. bu that's excluding meat as we buy that every 3 months and freeze it.