Grocery Spending #1 {February 2012}

It’s my goal to keep our grocery spending below £2,600 (£50 per week, £216.67 per month) for 2012. We are three adults and one extra during school holidays. I’m trying to eat healthily and lose weight, as well as move further towards a more local/organic diet. 


Okay so this month I’m trying to keep my grocery spending under £150 as part of Carla’s February Low (No) Spend Challenge
  Up until today I’d only spent £7.49 as we’ve been eating from our cupboards but things were starting to look very bare, especially the fridge, so I organised a food delivery for today. I spent £52.24, which includes the £3 delivery charge – I’d taken cash out of the bank for grocery this month, so I’m going to have to put that amount back in as I paid on my debit card! 


Grocery Spending:

  • £6.00 1kg Organic Mince Beef 
  • £2.15  6 Organic Pork Sausages
  • £5.50 600g Salmon
  • £1.65 20 Sausages
  • £0.64 2 x Garlic Baguettes
  • £1.29 2 x Naan Bread
  • £1.38 2 x Wholemeal Loaf
  • £1.30 Frozen Broccoli
  • £1.00 Hash Browns
  • £1.00 Rustic Oven Chips
  • £1.79 4 x Tomato Soup
  • £1.69 Organic Milk
  • £0.49 Yogurt
  • £3.00 2 x Juice
  • £2.85 Organic Spread
  • £1.99 Organic Blueberries
  • £1.00 Bananas
  • £1.00 Organic Onions
  • £1.00 Organic Carrots
  • £4.00 Organic Apples
  • £4.49 Coffee
  • £0.63 500ml Family Shampoo
  • £3.40 Personal Products
  • £3.00 Delivery

Total Cost £52.34
Grocery Spending February £59.73/£150

Tomorrow I plan on making a Bolognese sauce and a Chilli with the mince – I’ll use one portion of Chilli for Friday, and everything else will go in the freezer (in portions). There should be enough to make 5/6 meals.

So with three weeks to go I have £90.27 of my budget left. Think I can do it? I hope so :)

Are you trying to lower your grocery spending this month? If so, let me know how you’re doing.

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Grocery Spending #1 {February 2012} — 18 Comments

  1. I have 75p left out of my £100 budget to last me until 23rd February. My milk stock may run out, in which case I’ll go over by a fraction. The cupboards and freezer look much as they did when I photographed them before I started this on 26th January. I take a small amount of something out of the freezer, but a lot more seems to go back in by the time I’ve made meals with it!

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