March 2008 Grocery Challenge

rb6ac

As it is the first of the month, may I join in? Can I be added to this list for £110? Last month I spent £174.45 for two of us... and I'm going to drastically reduce this in March.

Cleosmum

Doom_and_Gloom wrote: »

I have 2 new rapidly growing rats that need quite a bit more food than the mice I used to have did and have no idea what they cost a month yet :rotfl: .

I've got 3 rats and spend slightly under a tenner a month on food, bedding and a couple of treat sticks.

ETA to be fair the hamster shares the bedding, so its probably nearer £7 a month...

beemuzed

Hi Mrs M
Please I'd like to be in again, for £280 as I was over by £45 last month!
Will do my sig. soon.
Thanks!

Frugaldom

Good evening everyone and Happy Mother's Day to all the mums tomorrow. O haven't spent anything yet but am going to do the main monthly shop tomorrow. Will update my sugnature once I know what damage has been done - I don't often get the chance to visit Tesco, so wish me luck! I promise to restrain myself and I won't forget to use my Clubcard.

mumzyof2

Hello everyone just an update really i did my meal paln for the month... and i have 27 meals out of what i have in my kitchen )))
So hopefully bake some things as well as have lots of baking stuff in...and may only need to buy say cheese for cheese and onion pie etc etc. Hopefully make it last to near end of month as then im off on my hols 1st week in april

iRememberSleep

MUmzyof2
Cheeze and Onion Pie....:drool: recipe please. I have a very large bag of
onions(50 pounds ) *that is by American weight* I think it is like
22.70 kg anyway, I would love all the recipes you all have for onions.
Thanks so much for all the help! I got the onions from a veggie store here
for $5 dollars. Very cheep.

iRememberSleep

I need recipes for Lentils (Veggie or fish*no meat DH does not like meat*)

iRememberSleep

Fallen Angel Shelly Thank you so much for your welcome!

iRememberSleep

I am looking forward to reading all your post tomarrow night while I drink my tea.:coffee:Monday I will go shopping ...maybe if I get brave. (I have 3month
old and a 2 year old Harry Houdini.) LOL:rotfl: Give me loads of recipes and
Ideas for stocking the pantry before I go.

mama67

purplevamp wrote: »

My OH says it's price fixing. I was always lead to believe that Mr S was one of the dearest supermarkets. But I've always shopped there and feel at ease, does that make sense? When we went to Asda it was a strange experience, I put it down to not knowing the aisles and where things were. I hope Mr S forgives my moment of weakness :rotfl: . Actually I don't like Morrisons either, aren't we snobby?!

I mentioned this before on the feb GC I put my grocery list into www.mysupermarket.co.uk and Mr S was the cheapest, by easily £5.

What I do now is look to see who has offers on anything we use/need then do the remainder at Sainsburys. Mr S, Mr T and Mr A are all within 10 mins drive of each other so this is quite easy.

I also stop off at Lidl for a couple of things on way home as they have certain things we really like and the others don't compare.

I have in the last week signed up for weekly newsletters for Mr M. Aldi, Netto, and Mr Fields, and I also check online for Co-op deals.

It could work out that over a month I might go to all of the above supermarkets just to get the best deals; but as long as what I save is more than the petrol to run around then it makes sense.
And it should mean eventually I will only be shopping for deals apart from fresh stuff and basics as I will get the cycles and know how much to buy of things.

HTH