Despite keeping within budget my food shopping just lately has been anything but frugal - I haven't been shopping around, or using the farm shop. However I'm hoping to do better over the coming weeks. For starters we're going to be eating from the cupboards for the rest of the month, and then in February I'm going to do much better with my purchases.
Grocery buys this week;
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Total spent: £26.92+ £3.81
£1.00 Clementines
£0.75 Wholemeal bread
£0.79 Break Stick
£1.82 Organic eggs x 6
£2.50 Bacon
£1.75 Sausages
£6.00 Organic Minced Beef (£6.44)
£0.89 Penne
£1.59 Ryvita!
£0.34 Basics Rich Tea
£0.68 Basics Food Bags
£0.84 Mousse x 6
£1.55 Organic Milk
£1.05 Water 5L
£3.13 Soup x 5
£0.74 Barley water
£1.50 Pepper Stir Fry
£2.52 Balti Sauce x 2
£1.29 Fruit Bread!!
I made a mistake with the soup. I meant to buy 5 for £2 but mixed in a different type of soup and so missed the offer! Oops!
Total grocery spending for January £131.48
I'm still very hopeful of hitting my reduced target of £180 for January. How's your grocery budget looking this month?
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I went grocery shopping last night and spent too much. I thought I was only going to spend around $20, but ended up spending $80. I should be good for awhile though.
ReplyDeleteOops - at least it should last a while :)
DeleteDo you include non-food items bought at the supermarket? We include food, toiletries, household paper & cleaning goods, and alcohol in our budget. What I have found is I have trouble keeping that below $125 a week. I had hoped to lower it to $110 a week without impacting our lifestyle much. There are two of us eating. I think your budget converts to about $77 a week and I would have great difficulty eating well on that.
ReplyDeleteHi Juhli, yes I include everything. Though I only buy vinegar, baking soda etc for cleaning, so don't spend too much there. Only paper product is toilet roll.
DeleteI'm going to keep persevering with it by cutting out a lot more processed food and see how it goes. :)
We've also bought some organic mince for next month.
ReplyDeleteGood luck Laura.
Sft x
:) What are you going to make with it?
DeleteWow, I nearly fell over at the prices! 34p for a box of tea?! No wonder my brother was complaining about the prices here on his visit at Christmas. I can't imagine staying under $50 for a week (and it's just me in the household serving 3 cats), but it just means I need to do a lot more cooking out of the cupboards. It's not like I don't have the food, I just don't make the time or plan what I'm going to have. I'm lazy like that. Good luck with your goal - I'm enjoying following along!
ReplyDeleteHi Northern Living Allowance and thank you!
DeleteSorry for the confusion the Rich Tea are biscuits :)
I'm a really lazy cook as you can tell..hubby is away and we're living on canned soup!
Well done to you - we also have 3 adults and 1 extra during university holidays (sure they weren't this long when I went!!) and have been aiming at £240 per month, but hoping to reduce that further. Last year we were spending between £100 and £150 per week, particularly before Number 2 moved out, so have already reduced substantially, but work still to do.The boys (17 and 19) eat a lot (very tall and very thin and always very hungry). £212.01 so far this month.... mmmmm - not sure I'll make it this month but we shall see.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mrs Thrifty and Hi!
ReplyDeleteI must admit my son moving out - he's 21 and eats a lot too - has made a big difference to our food spending. My daughter eats well but not really between meals so things don't really disappear from the cupboards all the time (like they did before!)
I think with just the three of us at home I can keep to £50 a week, when B. is home from uni it won't be so easy.
Good luck for the rest of the month :)