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April 2018 Grocery Challenge

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  • elsiepac
    elsiepac Posts: 2,553 Ambassador
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    indigowarrior it's where the posts are copied each time, for some reason it retains the date!
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    I'm in for £200 for April - my month will run from 24th March to 25th April - just about 5 weeks with a slightly shorter first week as my "weeks" start on a Thursday.

    I have an Ocad0 order booked for Sunday evening (25th) which is just some cleaning stuff and a couple of cupboard items that were on offer, nothing too exciting!

    Going for a split something like: £50 (just under) for Ocad0 stock order, then £30 a week after as it's a 5 week month.


    ...............................£200 Budget
    Date.......Shop......Amount....Remaining
    25 Mar.....Ocad0.....£48.09....£151.91(STOCK)




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  • indigowarrior
    indigowarrior Posts: 745 Forumite
    edited 18 March 2018 at 8:42PM
    cancelled my order. Decided to cut down on Diet soda.
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  • Mrs_Cheshire
    Mrs_Cheshire Posts: 1,183 Forumite
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    Hi all, could you put me down for £370 for the month please from the 1st-30th April.
    It's been tight this month and April includes 2 weeks Easter holiday, when my kids always seem to eat more and we're also away for 3 days so may need to increase the budget slightly depending on where we eat during those few days. Hoping to use some clubcard vouchers to reduce the cost
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  • Tales17
    Tales17 Posts: 257 Forumite
    £600 again for April please, will stay on March thread until the very end though! :D
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  • pamsdish
    pamsdish Posts: 2,585 Forumite
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    edited 20 March 2018 at 8:51AM
    I will try for £200 for April, found it quite tight, but, did buy quite a bit of store cupboard/freezer stuff, looking at the recipe lists as scrolling through, really must try some that caught my eye, I am a serious carnivore and don`t eat carbs so will have a good look.
    SORRY ELSIEPAC I AM AMENDING BACK TO £200, JUST TOO TIGHT.
    Do I need it or just want it.
  • MadamMim2013
    MadamMim2013 Posts: 887 Forumite
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    Please put me down for £300 again!
    Still working on March, this challenge is really helping me focus on what is being spent willynilly.. So thanks and count me in :j
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  • try_harder
    try_harder Posts: 1,527 Forumite
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    £428 for April please but hopefully it will be much less as all savings are going into my savings pot. I must try harder .
  • Highland_Fling
    Highland_Fling Posts: 113 Forumite
    Good morning everyone
    could you put down Highland Fling for a GC target of £160 please for April.
    thankyou.
  • JingsMyBucket
    JingsMyBucket Posts: 791 Forumite
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    Hi everyone. Thanks again elsiepac, Coxy, and lynnejk for continuing these threads. It's been a huge help to me in shifting the way I think about food and grocery shopping.

    For April, I would like to set my budget at €400 covering April 1st –!30th, please. Some of the purchases I was supposed to make in March are being pushed to April I think. I also have a big event coming up in late April that I'm managing so I may be eating a lot more ready-food just to keep on top of things. Let's see how it goes.

    As a reminder, this budget covers two people in mainland Europe. My OH is vegetarian and I eat everything but eat a lower carb diet which means more fresh veg, fruit, dairy and meat for me instead of easy cheap fillers like potatoes, bread, pasta, etc. Sometimes I buy for OH but he's been going his own way food-wise lately so this budget mostly covers me and a lot of the household goods like toilet paper, etc.

    I'm still over on the March thread and will join this one again next week or so. Good luck everyone! :j
  • lynnejk
    lynnejk Posts: 5,732 Forumite
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    Evening all

    Thank you elsiepac and Coxy for running the thread again :D

    Please put us down for our usual £200 for the month from first to last day. This covers DH and me for all food, laundry, cleaning and toiletries.

    Hoping to come under again, as still running down stocks and freezers :D

    Good luck everyone and hope you all have a storming month
    Lx
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    GrocC.2014=2162/2015=2083/2016=218/2017=1996/2018=450..APR=17.13/200
    Bulk buy.......APR=233.76
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