March 2008 Grocery Challenge

mikeD

iRememberSleep wrote: »

Here :snow_laugit is snowing... Here in the US we do taxes and I get some play money for food. Dh says $500 woohoo~~! So I buy restock of what I need
for the year for dry goods spices flour beans lentils rice and yeast etc.
My Dh told me just now how much I get I am so excited. Tell me your advice
on what all of you would buy for stock up I have good size pantry (I am lucky) but I want new Ideas for what are must haves. This is strickly for
stock up for this year... not for fresh goods. I will still get my regular $100
for that. So please before I go shopping please advise me. Thanks

It's nice to welcome somebody from the Colonies! :rotfl::rotfl:.

Mrs._Irwin

So, my first shop of the month, on Friday, at Asda came to £81.49, but I'm deducting £4.99 which was DH's magazine. So £76.50 spent so far in March. He was gobsmacked (he was paying) but £6.36 of that was fresh pizzas which were his idea! However, I have sworn to him that he never has to go to Asda again, as I will be getting it delivered from now on. I'm going to have a go at home-made pizzas soon as well.
This shop should take us through to the 15th, with the occasional top-up of milk etc.
And back to the magazine, he is going to subscribe to it, as he does buy it every month, and this month's subscription offer is a free Wii game, so can't complain.

Mrs. Irwin
xx

Frugaldom

Hello 'oldies' and welcome 'newbies', hope everyone is fine and dandy. My shopping strategy has changed this month - I have a meal plan and went out today for the entire month's shopping. As it was Mother's Day, I opted for a trip away for the day - to the new Mr T store about 40 miles away! :rotfl: The superspend came to a whopping great £75.24 in total (including popping into Mr S on way home) and this will, hopefully, do 3 of us for the entire month. What's left (£24.76) should cover the extras needed and the Easter break. Fingers crossed, as that's the plan! Every available space in freezer, fridge and cupboards is packed with food and baking ingredients and, if this works out the way I'm planning, there should be no need for any more supermarket visits other than local Co-op for milk when needed. Updating signature now.

Hope all you mums out there had a good day. :T

lilmissmup

Hi can i join as a newbie please.

After all bills i only have £100 left for food anyway so can that be my budget?

I have decided to start getting into OS money saving so this will be my first step!

curly_cabbage

Evening all
Well, done the Bulk of my March shopping and spent £103.00 ish, which leaves me with £27 over the next 3 weeks, not too bad so i have planned meals for all of this month and have made and frozen four out of the next 5 days. All the ingredient needed for the meals is now in my cupboards or frezzer.

CC

searching_me

hello everybody hope your all good tonight.... its been a nsd... which spending £122 of my budget already :eek: i need to lol... me and my little un spent the day bakin so not only have i save on not spendin i also saved on pack up stuff for her so very pleased with myself... now just another 27 days to go lol xxx

mikeD

Hi Y'all

Well wotalota posts! I've just got up to page 12. I was out yesterday so could not access the best Forum in the world!

My spend to date is £40, but need to order the next fortnights groceries from Mr T tomorrow. Would really like to keep it around £70, but really have no idea at the moment what it will come. As a matter of interest when I use MySupermarket.com the Tesco order is always cheaper than Asda. Not by much I admit, still "Look after the Pennies and the Pounds will look after themselves"

Thanks for all the recipes, will try them when I get a "Round Tuit"
Love the FM

cherrypie556

Right decided on getting a Bread maker, does anyone suggest which one to go for. I want one that does big ish loaves (6 of us to feed), makes cakes too? and one that i can programme to start a few hrs later (like for early morning fresh bread) I have been told that the panosonic SD-255 is the best to get, but its dear! I don' t mind paying if it will last and is worth it. What does anyone suggest?

Thanks

rockie4

Just done my first online shop from MrT :eek: It took ages!!!!!
I had a £10 discount voucher through the door so after using that and paying delivery it was £57.07. If I'd gone to the shop I would have spent more so I'm quite pleased. Other bits and pieces from Iceland and JS bring my total so fat to £78.30.
I'm hoping to come in at £150 so there might be a bit of belt tightening by the end of the month...........

Bobbykins

mikeD wrote: »

How you decide what your weekly budget is, is up to you, but I feel sure that will not cause an intelligent, down-to-earth, gorgeous person like you any problems .

Oooooh, Mike, what a smoothie you are!....Should I buy a hat for the wedding? Oh no, hang on , Mrs FM might object! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: