It’s my goal to keep our grocery spending below £2,600 (an average of £50 per week, £216.67 per month) for 2012. We are three adults and one extra during school holidays – For April my budget is £200
My spending for April so far is 83.97. I spent £46.99 on Saturday (sorry forgot to take a photo), and today £36.98.
Here’s the breakdown:
£3.00 Milk {£3.54}
£2.00 Bacon
£2.86 Steak Mince
£2.19 Yogurts x 8 {4.38}
£2.50 Tropicana
£1.00 Sour Cream
£0.62 Mousse
£2.10 Eggs
£2.07 Wholemeal Bread x 3
£0.75 Bagels {reduced}
£0.29 Bread rolls {reduced}
£0.37 Crumpets
£1.20 Tuna
£0.69 Spaghetti x 3
£1.88 Pasta Sauce x 2
£1.78 Conserve x 2
£0.68 Vinegar
£1.29 Cornflakes
£1.98 Nachos
£0.99 Pies
£0.49 Biscuits
£1.18 Pasta
£3.00 Crisps x 3
£0.71 Family shampoo
£1.19 Toothpaste
£0.89 Broccoli
£0.89 Carrots
£0.50 Sausages Rolls
£1.00 Potatoes
£0.50 Red onions
£1.39 Bananas
£41.98 – £5.00 Voucher = £36.98
I didn’t need to shop today but wanted to use the voucher before it expired on Sunday. If all goes to plan we should have enough food to last until next weekend….we’ll see. 
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Those vouchers require planning and organisation but do offer a good saving.
Thanks for sharing. I always look forward to seeing the photos.
Sft
I don’t normally have them but my MIL gave it to me last week and I didn’t want to waste it
I exclaimed to Spouse that crumpets are only 0.37 – here in Canada they are hard to get and a package like yours costs $1.77 (made in Ontario)!
Eek that’s expensive! They’re for my son – he loves them
It LOOKS like a LOT of food but I know how quickly it goes. I just did a good shop this week and it should last til the middle of the month because both Kazi and Michael are away all weekend!
Enjoy your weekend Jane – I love a weekend on my own!
Thank you for being so frank with us. Do you think you’re going to make it this month?
Hi Mr Moneybanks
Yes probably – we’re away for 10 days and the kids (young adults really) will live on pasta, tuna, baked beans and pizza…probably!
Oh I am positive I have gone over my budget as we will be having family drop in and out over Easter.
If only we did’nt have to eat…..
Lol yes, how much money that would save!
Laura, I have to admit I’m impressed with how great you deal with grocery budget becaue I have always the same problem to answer the question: if my grocery budget for one week is i.e. 50EUR and I have everything from my list in my cart and it’s smaller than 50EUR, should I:
a) pay for what I have in my cart, go out and be happy I saved a few eur;
b) buy something what is on sale that day (and I’m sure the price is lower than usually and I use that thing regularly, like sugar, flour, shampoo, etc.-things which are always useful and won’t be wasted)
c) any other idea appreciated.
There was a time when I thought “ok, when you have money left it means you overbudgeted your groceries” but sometimes I think “ok, next weekend our friends are coming for a bbq so I can take this bottle of wine and still be within my budget”. Honestly, I’m always confused. What do you think about that?
Hi Shovellicious
I treat my grocery money as a monthly amount. So if I see something that we use on offer I will stockpile it – my grocery spending often starts the month higher and then I reduce it as the month goes by.
If say I’ve spent £170 in weeks 1-3 of a month then I’ll try to keep my spending for £30 for the last week – so buy only essentials that week
-I always research the stores before I shop so I often know when something is on offer.
-I always allow for any socialising in my budget
I hope this helps
Thank you for that! I think I need to try to make it as a monthly budget. I’m still looking for my perfect grocery budget so I’ll try it in May