April 2008 Grocery Challenge

Keeping_Positive

Tesco value midget gems are never in stock online but Ive never not found them in store.

Zend

May is going to be expensive in our house due to birthdays and wedding anniversaries. Really torn about grocery budget for this month, do I try and stick to £150 for two of us, or blow the budget and stock up because of daily price increases and my cupboards are bare

russetred

I know I'm way over this month.I'll update my sig later. I'm in for May Mrs M can you put me down for £375.I think I need to start higher and reduce slowly:rolleyes: .Maybe a more realistic budget might help.I'm a monther too 1st to the 31st.Good luck everyone.

betterlatethannever

Popped in to SM just before they closed and got two lovely, fresh curries with rice for 67p each. I also get staff discount so total dinner for two adults £1.19:T and they were lovely:D
Also got two cod steaks in breadcrumbs for 67p, so tomorrows dinners looking to be another cheapy

Going to come in very underbudget this month, which is good, but i did cheat a little by going to a friends for 10 days so no food buys then.

gunsandbanjos

betterlatethannever wrote: »

, but i did cheat a little by going to a friends for 10 days so no food buys then.

I'd say that is definately cheating:rotfl:

angelatgraceland

jinky67 wrote: »

My GC will be starting on the 1st May
Have failed this month ....will update tomorrow with total
At least now I have an idea of how much I spend
Does not make pleasant reading
Will have to pay more attention to all your ideas on here for saving here and there

Thats not failure!!!
Id call it success and I think many others would too. Don't be too hard on yourself.

betterlatethannever

gunsandbanjos wrote: »

I'd say that is definately cheating:rotfl:

Yes, but i'll have to return the favour so will end up with a big food bill soon.
Hope they like food bought at the last minute with huge yellow stickers on them:rolleyes:

angelatgraceland

MrsBartolozzi wrote: »

Hi, not been able to post much these last few weeks, but I have been keeping receipts and am over budget by £21.73!!:mad:
April grocery challenge I am declaring £221.73
I know I should have set a budget of £220, but I was hoping to beat that. I blame the price increases that appear every time I hit the shops, and my compulsion to stock up while things are cheap(ish).
My latest moan is on the 20p rise on T's passata from 29p to 49p!! So far the plain tomato is still 29p so I am stocking up whenever I am in there.

Has anyone noticed that many cheap items especially value things are not on tesco.com for delivery, but are plentiful on the shelves? The only one I can think of at the mo is Tesco value sardines in tomato sauce only 17p, but not available on tesco.com. I shop at the store that my delivery would come from so it's not that my store does not stock them. Also value sultanas, we have them in store, but not online...
Does anyone have any more examples of this? Maybe it is a ploy to counteract the mindset of people who buy online to save money on impulse buys.

Anyhoo, off to start reading the many pages of this thread I've to catch up on. MrsM, please count me in for May, my budget will be £220.

MrsB.

Yes! They are up to something! Another reason I changed to Asda. Ive got my 700g bottles of passata for 29p this week and the tinned sardines at either 17p or 19p
The other thing is, Tesco charge full price on subs whereas Asda pricematch!

angelatgraceland

betterlatethannever wrote: »

Yes, but i'll have to return the favour so will end up with a big food bill soon.
Hope they like food bought at the last minute with huge yellow stickers on them:rolleyes:

Well your "real" friends should be proud of you!

chocolateteddy

MrsBartolozzi wrote: »

Has anyone noticed that many cheap items especially value things are not on tesco.com for delivery, but are plentiful on the shelves? The only one I can think of at the mo is Tesco value sardines in tomato sauce only 17p, but not available on tesco.com. I shop at the store that my delivery would come from so it's not that my store does not stock them. Also value sultanas, we have them in store, but not online...
Does anyone have any more examples of this? Maybe it is a ploy to counteract the mindset of people who buy online to save money on impulse buys.

Yes I noticed that on Asda.com I buy the sp cheese but they said it was being replaced? with a more expensive one. I went to the local store (from which home delivery is done) and on the shelf were boxes of the stuff. When I asked if it was being discontinued the girl looked at me and said 'of course not!!'
The same goes for other sp things I too reckon they are trying to get people to order online more expensive groceries!