July 2018 Grocery Challenge

MadamMim2013 · 2 July 2018 at 3:04PM

Already in for £49.60..

shall be trying to keep it reigned in for this month, need to make some savings!

CRANKY40 · 2 July 2018 at 5:08PM

It's a 5 week month for me this month as I take my grocery money out of the bank on a Monday so £250 for me please. I also have the £3 that I left in my grocery purse from last month to try and build up an emergency fund (if it's any time soon it had better be a very small emergency).

Elsiepac I notice that there's nobody updating who is taking part or updating to see how we did at the end of the month. I'm sure there used to be at least two or three people running this thread. Is it time to ask for a few more volunteers maybe? It's a lot for one person to do.

I'm still laughing at thriftwizards "notes on kittens". I knew....now they're 8 and 9 ours have calmed down a bit but they're not known collectively as "the housewreckers" for nothing.

Ginmonster · 2 July 2018 at 5:22PM

Blimey - July already! Since the school holidays will be starting this month I think I'm going to up my budget to £150.

Good luck everyone!

Doom_and_Gloom · 2 July 2018 at 7:26PM

Okay so £22.57 spent to date for July.

2kg white onions, 1.5kg red onions, 1.5kg oven chips, 1.5kg crinkle cut chips, 2kg frozen peas, a 1,334g butternut squah, 1,076g cabbage, iceberg lettuce, 1kg easy peelers, 1kg peanut butter, 2 tins aduki beans, tin of beans, 2 crispy seaweed (in freezer), bottle of sriracha, Alpro coconut yogurt and 5 packs chewing gum.
Not too bad in my opinion.

£22.57/£155.
£132.43 left.

stoopy · 2 July 2018 at 7:28PM

Just spent another £13.19 on the stuff I forgot making a total of £36.94.

JingsMyBucket · 2 July 2018 at 7:50PM

Evening everyone. Just one spend to record today. €21.08 at Delhaize for yoghurt x 2, lettuce, green beans, cream, YS ground lamb, dietetic ice cream, and some other stuff. One of the items I got was a bag of "funny vegetables" in French or what would be "wonky veg" in British English. Delhaize is one of the supermarkets that's touting weirdly shaped veg as a way to reduce food waste. The bag was only €1 and had a large eggplant, a long cucumber, a zucchini, and a big red tomato in it. None of them look funny at all to me! I think this particular branch is using it as a way to reduce stock in general. Fine with me; I'm willing to try it.

TOTAL SO FAR:
€59.08 / €400.00
0 / 12 NSD

When I got home and started making dinner I realized that we're low on olive oil. I'll have to buy some later this week. Phooey! I was trying to keep things down for the rest of the week, even by putting back several items while at the store. Anyway, after getting olive oil this week, I'll also stop by Lidl to buy a new supply of toilet paper so I don't have to worry about that for the next month either. Between the veg I bought yesterday and today, we should be just fine for the week.

Which leads me to...while trying to Tetris the YS ground lamb in the freezer drawer, it hit home to me how much there is in the freezer right now and I took a mini inventory:

Pork belly strips
Lox (smoked salmon from Ikea)
Salmon fillet
Small sandwich buns
Good sourdough bread
Beef and pork soup base
Duck leg
Ham shank
Pumpkin soup
Ground lamb
Broccoli
Cauliflower rice
Cauliflower
Cubed pumpkin
Black Forest ham
Frozen berries
Black pudding
Leeks

:eek: When you count that plus all the stuff I bought in France from M & S that is currently in the fridge, I really need to start eating everything down! That is quite sobering.

Snorky6 · 2 July 2018 at 9:23PM

Completed first weekly shop. I had a list and stuck to it, paying attention to all the prices to get the cheapest version. I'm hoping as I have done a meal plan I won't have to do a top up shop. This also includes household items as well so not too bad. Better than last week which was over £100.:eek:

Total £70.39/£300
£229.61 left

Mrs_Cheshire · 2 July 2018 at 9:56PM

Popped to B$M today managed to get some lunch box bits as well as some meal items like passata and egg noddles, spent £11.26. Then popped to Mr T's, got fruit, some other meal items and some wine, whilst it's on 25% off. I also had some MOC's off the wine so made it pretty cheap. Spent £33.66.
I've got a MOC for Mr S so will use that on wed/thurs to get some more fruit/veg and some bread etc for the weekend.

Flowergirl72 · 3 July 2018 at 11:11AM

Hi All

I've been a lurker for quite a while but now have to really put my mind to cutting down on our food shop due to a cut in income. We are a family of 4, 3 adults and a nearly 5 year old most of the time but have my sons family (2 more adults and 2 small grandchildren) for Sunday lunch/BBQ most weeks. I really don't know how folks manage on their budgets and can only hope to get better myself bit by bit. I've only got £215.00 left this month due to a family party last weekend but myself and husband are away on hols for a week so it will be a shorter month to stretch the money. I've loads in the freezer so will be relying on that and my cupboards. I also have a veg box for the next 2 weeks which is already paid for.

Flowergirl72 x
July 18 £0.00/£215.00

Sewinglady · 3 July 2018 at 3:32PM

So, it's payday and time for my first shop. I have planned the week's meals out, checked the freezer and store cupboard and stuck to my list. So - how did the bill end up being £78.68? / £250 Well, truthfully, there was three weeks worth of dog food there but I have still got some work to do! On a more positive front, I wanted some cooked chicken but spotted a yellow stickered set of chicken breasts which I will cook tonight and slice - freezing some for next week. If nothing else, this challenge is keeping me focussed.

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