June 2008 Grocery Challenge

Hi, newbie here, please could I join in on this. Having added up last months spends on groceries only it was a horrible £480 for 2 adults and 3 boys age 10, 8, and 3, 2 rabbits and a tortoise! I've picked up loads of ideas from following last months thread, so am ready to go. I'll be doing from the 1st of the month and have a target of £350. Thank you Mrs M.
Have a freezer full of stuff and the cupboards aren't too badly stocked.

Jude

My month doesnt finish til saturday, but i'm pretty confident i have enough in to do me til sunday when i have to shop again. I may have to buy food while out on saturday as i'm at a funeral/wake but i shall take that out of my personal money. I'm over budget but only a little and most of that was due to doing a big shop at tesco to take advantage of a money off voucher i had.

May declared as £193.31 spent from a target of £175, overspent by £18.31.

Morning All- and hello fellow newbies! :j

Am going to switch to June now as I have declared my cross month budget as June rather than May- well it had to go somewhere! Have spent quite heavily to cover essentials but having tidied out the freezer I think that its veggies only for the next few weeks-- hurrah!

Also made Twinks Hobnobs, some Millies cookies and the wacky chocolate cake which is absolutely scrummy:T

Am just going to pop back to May to catch up on any recipes that I may have missed!:D

Congratulations Merfe!!

Right, must try and actually keep a track of what I spend this month instead of giving up two weeks in :rolleyes:

My goal is £300 for the month - includes all food, cleaning stuff, toiletries etc. 2 Adults and 2 kids for half the week.

Got 2 wedding anniversary presents and an engagement present to get so the month will be expensive and will have to keep a check on the grocery budget

Lizzieanne wrote: »

I failed miserably in May (again! :mad: ) but as June approaches I feel positive again.

Please put me down for £375, MrsM - thank you!

And I promise I will try my hardest. Cross my heart and all that! Although the cat food situation isn't helping (puss has pancreatitis and is on Hills zd at £2.29 for a small tin! It's not available anywhere else except the vets, but he's also allowed white fish. Buying him cod and coley is actually cheaper than the tinned food, so he's currently enjoying a mixture of the two)

Good luck everyone. :beer:

Hi Lizzieanne,

Have you tried your local farm shop if you have one? I get my dog food from mine and have to get a sensitive one (he's a Rottweiler/Alsatian 1yr old pup and wolfs anything he can, walls & skirting included, but can't eat regular dog food - don't figure eh!)
They sell loads of stuff cheaper than my vets and even cheaper than the online shops as I don't pay postage!

There is also a thread on last months GC regarding pet food, I will see if I can find it for you.

HLH
Denise

Here is the info - originally posted by chocolateteddy:
Hi have you ever thought of looking online to see if it is cheaper I looked into it thanks to someone on this forum and have ordered my cat food £5 cheaper (and I was already ordering online which was £5 cheaper than the vets!!! So a saving of £10 a bag:rotfl: ) they also do flea stuff and wormers The flea stuff the vet wanted to charge £31.95 :eek: and online it was £18.80 delivered:T I can't do links but have copied top line so you can find it Home » Forums > Home, Work & Play > MoneySaving in Marriages, Relationships & Families > Pets & Pet Care » Cheap and reliable online pet supplies

This will give you a list of links to look through and compare.