22 Jun 2018

A question about : May 2011 Grocery Challenge

Hi everyone,

Welcome to the fifth Grocery Challenge of 2011, title=Hello

If your new month starts early feel free to join this thread, or if you're still working on your April budget, then keep on posting in the April 2011 Grocery Challenge

As always this challenge is to reduce your own grocery budget to levels that you will be pleased with, not forgetting that we always recommend that you stay inside your own comfort levels and take things gently one step at a time. Remember that this is not a competition....it's designed to take you and your grocery spending to a level you are happy with.

If you are new to the challenge I have quoted the advice from Galtizz below which will help you get started.

Please post into this thread for help and advice and support at any time. Good luck to everyone taking part! title=Smile

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I have said this before, but for all the newbies to the challenge;

For the first month I took a guess at the budget but I really had no idea how much I was spending.

I found the best thing is to have a guess the first month but SAVE ALL OF YOUR RECEIPTS (and yes, that does include the ones from the local shop when you run out of milk ), then at the end of the month add them all up and have a look if you were on budget, if not, it doesn't matter because your budget was a guess. For the next month you can use the total of your receipts and take a bit off to get a realistic budget, just shave off as much as you think you can, it could be Ј1 a week or Ј20 a week.

If you are currently spending Ј200 a month don't suddenly drop it to Ј100 - you'll never do it but if you cut Ј20 a month off for a few months you'll get there eventually without feeling you're missing out on anything.

You might think you've done everything you can in the first month but someone always comes up with a new idea and, if you try it you often find you save a bit more (unless you are SarahSaver who is an expert at this and could only save more if she turned her back garden into a paddy field and lived on rice ) In the first month I thought, I'm planning meals, I couldn't possibly save any more, but then I started double cooking and freezing, and making soup instead of buying it in tins.

I've been doing this since Feb but only saved ALL of my receipts last month, it has given me a much better idea of where it is all going. Budget for next month is Ј80 for 2 of us, I'll start on 30/4. I could probably save more, by eating different foods but I can afford to live on Ј80, I have saved a lot of money since Feb. and I don't waste food or money any more. So I'm happy with my budget.

For quidelines on posting in this thread please read the second post in this thread.

For everyone's targets and totals for the month please read posts #7 and #8 on this thread.

For the Grocery challenge Recipe Index please see posts #3, #4, #5 and #6 on this thread.

I hope everyone has a great month!

Pink

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  • Guidelines for posting on the Grocery Challenge thread.
    What is the Grocery Challenge thread?
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  • Main Meals & Side Dishes
    Bacon and Cheese Fritatta with Tomato Salsa
    Bacon and potato salad -Warm
    Baked potato pizza
    Bacon and Onion Dumpling
    Bacon and Veg Risotto
    Bacon Roast Chicken with Potatoes (ext link)
    Baked Beans (home made) ... Baked Beans (home made)
    Baked Bean Tart
    BBQ Cannelini Beans with sausages
    BBQ Sauce
    Bean Curry (Slow Cooker)
    Beef - Brisket
    Beef Casserole
    Beef Curry Dopiaza (Delia recipe)
    Beef Stifado (Jamie Olive recipe)
    Beef - Stir Fried Beef and Onions with Brocolli
    Beef Stroganoff
    Beef and Root Veg Curry
    Belly Pork
    Bolognaise (Remoska) .Bolognaise (2) Bolognaise (3) Bolognaise (4) Bolognaise (5)
    Brie Burgers
    Brisket (Slow Cooker)
    Broad Bean Burgers
    Burgers
    Calamari
    Calzones
    Carbonara ... Carbonara with cheese triangles
    Cashew Curry
    Cauliflower Egg and Potato Curry
    Cheese and Onion Flan
    Cheese and Onion Fryits
    Cheese and Onion Pasties
    Cheese and Potato Pie
    Cheese Pie - School days recipes thread
    Cheese Scones
    Cheese and Lentil Loaf
    Cheesy dough
    Chicken Adobo
    Chicken Cannelloni
    Chicken - Cheat's Chicken Cassoulet
    Chicken - Chinese Chicken
    Chicken and Bacon Pasta
    Chicken and broccoli bake
    Chicken and Bacon Lasagne
    Chicken - Cheat's Chicken Lasagne in the SC
    Chicken, Cheese, Ham and Brocolli Pie
    Chicken and Chickpea Curry
    Chicken and Chorizo Pasta
    Chicken and Chorizo Pasta Bake (ext. link)
    Chicken Fried Rice
    Chicken, leek and bacon pie / pasties
    Chicken - Monker's Honey and Orange Chicken
    Chicken - Parmesan Chicken
    Chicken Prawn and Chorizo Paella
    Chicken - Rubber Chicken (thread)
    Chicken - Sticky Chicken
    Chicken - Sweet and Sour Chicken with Rice
    Chicken with Cannellini Beans
    Chicken with Garlic, Cider & Cream
    Chicken and Potato Curry
    Chicken and Vegetable Slice
    Chicken or Quorn with Ginger and Coconut Milk
    Chicken in White Wine Sauce
    Chickpea Curry
    Chilli....Chilli (2)...Chilli (Remoska)
    Chilli Bean Tortillas
    Chilli Chicken Ramen
    Chilli Cheese Crostini
    Chilli chicken with jasmine rice (BBC food)
    Chilli Meat Loaf
    Chilli Pizza
    Chinese Stir Fried Noodle or Fried Rice thingy
    Chinese Pork Balls & Sweet & Sour Sauce
    Chinese style cabbage
    Chorizo, Haddock and New Potato one pot
    Cobbler (topping) see below for Minced Beef with Cobbler Topping
    Coconut Rice
    Cod - Crunchy Topped Cod
    Coleslaw
    Coq au Vin (SW)
    Corned Beef Hash - MrsMCawber's recipe ... Corned Beef Hash
    Corned Beef Pasties
    Corned Beef Stew
    Courgette Fritters (1) Courgette Fritters (2)
    Courgette Pie
    Courgette and Tomato Layer Bake
    Couscous with chorizo & chickpeas (ext. link)
    Cowboy Hash
    Cranberry & Soy glazed cocktail sausages
    Creamy Chicken and Potato casserole
    Creamy Lentil and Rice Dish (Khircheri) (BBC website)
    Curry - Bhoona Curry in a hurry LOW FAT
    Curry - Fruity Chicken Curry
    Curry Sauce
    Dahl
    Dairylea Cheese Triangles ideas
    Diet Coke Chicken
    Duchesse potatoes
    Dumplings - Mushroom Dumplings
    Easy cheese biscuits
    Faggoty Pea Stew
    Falafel Burgers
    Fajita Seasoning
    Falafel burgers
    Feta and Potato Patties
    Fishcakes
    Fish Pie and Fish Pie
    Fritatta
    Fusilli with Broccoli
    Gammon and Leek Crumble
    Haddock - Grilled haddock on lemon leek and pea rice
    Haddock and Pea Risotto
    Ham- Glazed Cranberry Ham
    Ham Hock (slow cooker)
    Ham Salad (sandwich filling) external link
    Harry Potter Stew
    Hummus and Garlic Pitta Breads
    Indian curried pork patties recipe
    Individual chicken pies
    Individual Potato Pies
    Jambalaya - Cheap and Cheerful Jambalaya
    Keema and spinach pilau
    Lamb curry and paratha
    Lamb Hotpot
    Lamb Stew
    Lamb Tikka
    Lasagne ... Mock Lasagne ... Lasagne with sausagemeat
    ............... Vegetarian Lasagne ... Chicken and Bacon Lasagne
    Leek and Cauliflower Puree
    Lemon Chicken
    Lemon chicken with basil and tagliatelle
    Lemon potatoes
    Lentil Shepherds Pie
    Liver and bacon pate
    Liver and onions stir fry
    Lobby (stew)
    Macaroni Cheese
    Marrow - Veggie stuffed marrow .... Stuffed Marrow
    Meatballs .... Meatballs Spanish Style
    Meatloaf (1) Meatloaf (2) Meatloaf (3)
    Mediterranean Mince and Potato 'Pie'
    Mediterranean Vegetable Pasta
    Mince - 1 recipe/2 dinners
    Mince & onion pie
    Mince and Totties and Dumplings
    Minced Beef Curry
    Mince - Mexican Style Mince
    Minced Beef with Cobbler Topping
    Mini Goat's Cheese, Pear & Walnut Quiche
    Monday Pie
    Moroccan Inspired Braised Chicken (ext. link)
    Moussaka
    Main Meals and Side Dishes continue into next post
  • Main Meals and Side Dishes contd.
    Nettle Pasta
    Nonya Laksa
    Onion Bhajis.... Onion Bjahis
    Open top 'pizza' pie
    Oxtail Stew
    Pasta - Cold Pesto Pasta Salad
    Pasta with Tomato Sauce ....... Pasta and Sauce
    Pasta Cheese and Onion Bake
    Pasta with Chicken and Asparagus
    Pearl Barley Broth the old way
    Pease pudding
    Pizza / Pizza Base Recipe / Pizza Base / Pizza - Home Made Pizza
    Pizza Toastie
    Pork - Barbecue Pork; . Barbecue Pork
    Pork Burgers with Salad
    Pork Cheeks - Braised in Red Wine - In Cider
    Pork - Creamy Honey, Mustard & Cider Pork for SC or Hob
    Pork and Beef Meatballs
    Pork Pasties
    Pork Ribs - cooking and sauces
    Pork Steaks in Mustard and Cider Sauce (SC)
    Pork Yuk Sung
    Potatoes - ideas
    Potatoes - Slow Cooker Jacket Potatoes
    Potato, Bacon and Onion Hotpot
    Potato bake
    Potato Kebabs
    Potato layer bake - with cheese, leeks and stock
    Potato layer bake - with cheese, onion and white sauce
    Potato layer bake - with chorizo and bacon
    Potato layer bake (Teisen datws)
    Potatoes - Lemon Potatoes
    Potatoes - Roast Potato Rosti
    Potato Scones
    Potatoes - Twice Baked Potatoes
    Potato Wedges, Home Made
    Prawns and Peppers with Saffron and Rice
    Quiche
    Quiche Lorraine
    Refried Beans
    Rice: Summer Rice Salad.....Rice Salad
    Risotto:. Easy Risotto with Bacon and Peas .. Risotto - oven baked
    Rumbledythumps Rumbeldethumps
    Russian Salad and Russian Salad
    Salmon Broccoli and Potato Pie
    Salmon and Dill Fishcakes
    Salmon - Thai steamed salmon
    Sausage and Bean Cassoulet
    Sausage and Bean Chilli
    Sausage Bean Stew
    Sausage, Black Pudding, Bacon & Bean Stew
    Sausage Casserole - Sausage Casserole - Sausage Casserole - Sausage Casserole
    Sausage Cassoulet
    Sausage Leek and Apple pie
    Sausage Meat Patties
    sausages - Spicy Sausage Casserole
    Sausages - Sweet Chilli Bangers
    Sausage Stew
    Sausage and Pasta
    Sausage and Potato Roast
    Sausage and Rice bake
    Sausage and Stuffing Plait
    Sausage and Tomato Spaghetti
    Savoury Crumble
    Savoury tarts - pastry-less
    Shepherds Pie
    Smoked salmon soda breads
    Smoked Salmon - Tagliatelle with Smoked Salmon
    Spaghetti Bolognaise ...Easy Spaghetti Bolognaise
    Spaghetti with courgettes, tomato and brie
    Spicy Bacon and Tomato Pasta
    Spicy Bean and Lentil Loaf
    Spicy Bean & Sweet Potato Stew
    Spicy Mushroom and Bean Chilli
    Spicy Sausage Pasta
    Spinach pancakes
    Steak and Kidney stew/pie filling
    Steak Sauce - Quick Steak Sauce
    Steamed Oriental Buns
    Stifado (1) see also SW recipes below
    Stuffing - MrsMcawber's recipe ... Stuffing
    Suet crust pie with quorn
    Super Tasty Bacon, Bean and Sausage
    Sweet & Sour Chicken/Pork
    Sweet Potato and Pea Curry
    Sweet and Sour Sauce - Easy Peasy Sweet and Sour Sauce
    TexMex Skillett
    Thai green curry
    Toad in the Hole
    Tofu burgers
    Tomato paste (external link)
    Tomato sauce for Pasta Batch cook recipe or Tomato Sauce
    Tortellini - Easy Cheesy Tortellini
    Tuna Fish Mousse
    Tuna Fishcakes
    Tuna Lasagne
    Tuna Pasta Bake
    Turkey and Bubble and Squeak Pie
    Turkey Pasta
    Turkey Pasta Cacciatore
    Vegetable Casserole
    Vegetarian Bean Curry
    Veggie Chilli and some variations
    Veggie Haggis
    Vegetable Samosas
    Vegetarian Lasagne
    Walnut Sables
    White Fish with Spicy Beans and Chorizo
    White Sauce
    Yorkshire puddings
    Slimmers World Adapted Recipes
    12 speed/trumpy soup SW
    Balsamic Braised Beef SW
    Black Pepper and Lemon Chicken Goujons SW
    Braised Lamb Shank SW
    Cheesy Bacon Lasagne SW
    Cheese Topped Minced Beef and Potato Layer SW
    Chilli Beans (SW)
    Frittata/Tortilla SW
    Leonslaw SW
    Luxury Cauliflower Cheese SW
    Marinade - Sticky Ginger Pork Marinade SW
    Mechado Beef Stew SW
    Mushy Pea Curry SW
    One Pot Beef and Red Wine Pasta SW
    Ox Burger SW
    Pork - Slow Cooker Chinese Pork SW
    Slow cooker Goan pork curry SW
    Spanish Rice with Chicken and Chorizo SW
    Stifado (2) - SW
    Slimming Eats SW recipes (ext link)
  • Cakes, Biscuits, Sweets, Snacks & Desserts
    All in One Apple Cake
    Apple Braid
    Apple Charlotte
    Apple Cinnamon Cake
    Apple Delight
    Apple - Microwave Autumn Apple Cake
    Apricot Flapjack bars
    Baileys Chocolate Truffles
    Bakewell Tart
    Banana and Honey bread pudding
    Banana Cake (bread)
    Banana Ice Cream
    Banana and lemon drizzle cake
    Banana Muffins (wholemeal) (1)
    Banana Muffins (2)
    Banana Muffins (3)
    Banana and Walnut cake
    Banana and Walnut loaf (Gluten Free)
    Banana Ginger Parkin
    Biscuit recipes (Owens3116 thread)
    Blackberries - Grated Blackberry Bake
    Branflake cake
    Brownies
    Bottom of the Cupboard Bars
    Bounty Balls
    Bran Fruit Loaf
    Bread & Butter Pudding ... Bread Pudding
    Bulk pancake mix
    Buttercream topping
    Butterscotch squares
    Caramel Shortbread (Millionaire's Shortbread)
    Carrot Cake
    Cheesecake - Misers white chocolate cheesecake
    Cheese n marmite twists
    Chocolate Beetroot Cake
    Chocolate Biscuit Thins
    Cheesy Biscuits
    Chocolate and Pear Upside Down Pudding
    Chocolate Brownies
    Chocolate Concrete
    Chocolate Coookies - Cheap and Easy
    Chocolate Courgette Cake
    Chocolate Crispies
    Chocolate Custard (easy)
    Chocolate fudge
    Chocolate Fudge Cake
    Chocolate Krackolates
    Chocolate Log - gluten free
    Chocolate orange muffins see also Muffins
    Chocolate Pots
    Chocolate pudding (microwave)
    Chocolate pudding - self-saucing
    Chocolate Stuff (see also Tiffin)
    Chocolate Trifle
    Chocolate yoghurt cake
    Christmas cake - baked bean tin size
    Coconut Balls
    Coconut Cake
    Coconut Flapjacks
    Coconut ice
    Coffee Cake
    Coffee Fudge Frosting
    Cookie Dough
    Cornflake Tart
    Courgette Tea Bread/Muffins
    Cranberry And Chocolate Brownies
    Currant Loaf
    Custard Cookies
    D&DD's Apple Braid
    Date, Nut and Oat biscuits
    Easy Syrup Sponge Pudding
    Eggless Chocolate Cake
    Fifteens
    Flaky Bars
    Flapjacks and Flapjacks and Microwave Flapjacks
    Fruit Cake .... Fruit Cake
    Fruit and Mascarpone dessert
    Fudge Tart
    Ginger Biscuits (ext link)
    Ginger nut biscuits (ext link)
    Gingerbread Men (1)....Gingerbread Men (2)
    Ginger Raisin Crunches
    Ginger Refrigerator Biscuits
    Golden Syrup Tart
    Gluten-free Chocolate Log
    Healthy Snack Bars
    Honey Frosted Buns
    Honey Crunch Bars
    Ice Cream - slimmers world - Mint Ice Cream
    Iced Buns
    Impossible Coconut Pie
    Jam Buns
    Jammy Buns (1) ...Jammy Buns (2)
    Jam Roly Poly
    Key lime pie
    Krispie marshmallow bars
    Lemon and Cranberry Muffins
    Lemon cakes
    Lemon Curd Cake
    Lemon Curd Ice-Cream jenid's / MoneySavingDiva's
    Lemon Drizzle Cake
    Lemon Flan
    Lemon Madiera Cake (easy and cheap)
    Magic Lemon Pudding
    Malt Bread
    Malt Loaf
    Mango Cake
    Marshmallow Crunch Bars
    Marshmallow Squares
    Mascarpone and Lime Torte
    Mascarpone Ice-cream
    Meringues
    Microwave sponge puddings(Spotted Dick) Microwave sponge puddings
    Millies Cookies
    Mince Squares
    Miini Krispie Christmas Puddings
    Muffins: Basic Recipe / Chocolate Orange Muffins (1) / Chocolate Orange Muffins (2) / Fool proof Muffins Gingerbread Muffins / Kiwi Muffins / Sticky Date Muffins / Strawberry Muffins / Toffee Apple Muffins
    No fat sponge
    Nut, Apricot & Choc Chip Biscuits
    Oatmeal Biscuits (Be-ro Website)
    Oaty Pancakes
    Oaty Shortbread Biscuits
    Orange and Poppy Seed Cake
    Palmiers
    Parkin
    Peach Cobbler (Slow Cooker recipe)
    Peanut Butter Cookies .... Peanut Butter Cookies (without flour)
    Peanut Butter Fudge
    Peppermint Creams
    Petits Pots au Citron (Little pots of lemon)
    Pineapple (or Peach) Pud
    Pineapple, Fried
    Pineapple Sponge Cake (using tinned pineapple)
    Raspberry Frozen Yoghurt Ice Cream
    Rhubarb and Orange Jelly
    Rice Pudding ....Rice Pudding in the Slow Cooker
    Rock Buns
    Scones ... Scones
    Scotch pancakes
    Spiced Apple Bars
    Spiced Marmalade Cake
    St Peter's Mud Pie (no cooking required)
    Sticky gingerbread
    Sticky toffee apple crumble
    Teacakes
    Tiffin (1) Tiffin (2) (see also Chocolate Stuff)
    Treacle Toffee
    Twink's Hobnobs
    Weetabix Brownies
    Weetabix Cake
    Weetabix Fruit Loaf
    Welsh Cakes
    Wonderbites
    Xmas Pudding Loaf
    Xmas Pudding Scones
    Yoghurt: Homemade yoghurt, Slow Cooker Yoghurt
    Yoghurt Cake (the easy way)
  • Soups
    12 speed/trumpy soup (SW)
    Bacon and Carrot Soup
    Broccoli and Cheese Soup
    Brocolli and Stilton Soup
    Carrot, leek and butterbean soup
    Carrot, parsnip and lentil soup
    Celery Soup
    Cheats Minestrone
    Chicken & Sweetcorn Soup ... Chicken and Sweetcorn Soup
    Courgette & Tomato Soup
    Cream of Tomato Soup
    Curried Parsnip Soup
    Gammon and lentil soup
    Ham and Lentil Soup
    Iced cucumber soup
    Leek and Lentil Soup ... Leek and Lentil Soup
    Leek and Potato Soup
    Lentil - Golden Lentil Soup
    Moniker's Leek and Potato Soup
    Leek and sweet potato soup
    Moroccan Chickpea and Broad Bean Soup
    Onion Soup
    Oxtail Stew + Oxtail Soup
    Parsnip & Apple Soup
    Pea Soup
    Pea & Ham Soup
    Pumpkin Soup
    Red Lentil Soup
    Real Tomato Soup
    Red pepper, carrot & lentil soup
    Red Pepper and Sweet Potato Soup
    Slow Cooker French Onion Soup
    Spicy Carrot and Tomato Soup
    Spicy Lentil Soup
    Spinach Soup
    Spinach and Avocado Soup
    Split Pea and Courgette Soup
    Sweet Potato and Butternut Squash
    Sweet Potato and Carrot Soup
    Vegetable Soup .... Vegetable Soup

    Bread
    Bagels
    Baguettes
    Banana Bread
    Bara Brith (Welsh Tea Bread) Bara brith teabread
    Basic white bread recipe (makes a 2lb loaf)
    Bread - Mrs McC's recipe for Remoska
    Breadsticks MrsM's / angelnikki's (No Salt Recipe)
    Chapatis
    Cheese, Onion and Herb Bread
    Cheese and Parsnip Loaf
    Cheese & Potato Bread
    Cheesy Bread Rolls
    Chewy Soft Flour Tortilla
    Chocolate Bread
    Chollah
    Ciabatta
    Courgette Flatbread
    Focaccia
    Garlic Dough Balls
    Herb Quick bread
    HM Bread
    Irish Soda Bread
    Lahmachun
    Malt Bread
    Malt Loaf
    Naan Bread .. see also .. Curry Queen's ...... Mrs McCawber's ...... OrkneyStar's
    Oatmeal bread
    soft bread rolls
    Soft white baps (ext link)
    Super Seedy Bread
    White Bread with plain flour
    Bread Recipes for Bread Machines (ext link)
    Pastry
    The best mince pie pastry ever
    Pastry economics
    Making pastry
    Basic pastry
    Flaky Pastry (BBC Food)
    Dips, Jams & Chutneys and Drinks
    Alioli / Traditional allioli
    Apple - No cook Apple Chutney
    Bean Pickle
    Beetroot and Apple Chutney
    Broad Bean Dip
    Brown Sauce
    Chilli Jam
    Compost Heap Jelly (using fruit peelings)
    Elderberry cordial
    Feisty Rhubarb Relish
    Jams & Preserves
    Lemon Squash
    Miser's Marmalade
    Onion - Caramelised Onion chutney
    Onion Marmalade
    Piccalilli - Diva's pick a lilly
    Pineapple Salsa
    Riata - Mint, yoghurt and Cucumber Dip
    Tomato/Chili Salsa
    Red Tomato Chutney
    Spiced Apple Chutney
    Tomato Chutney
    Mango Chutney
    Wine .. Wine
    Xmas Chutney
    and last but by no means least: How NOT to make marmalade
    Useful OS Threads
    The Complete Vegetarian Collection
    The Complete Cooking Collection
    and loads more in the Old Style Indexed Collection
    Black Saturn's Evening Meal Planner
    Batch cooking ideas
    Cheapest recipes? links to various OS threads, thanks Pink!
    Complete Menu Plans Collection
    Cooking for the Freezer
    Frozen food safety - misconceptions
    Grocery Challenge Top Tips
    Laundry Washing Gel/ Gloop, Fab conditioner, vinegar.....
    Meal building blocks for the freezer
    Microwave Recipes
    Mr Badexamples Cooking Index
    Store Cupboard Lists/Ideas threads
    External links
    Baking Mad (includes loads of bread maker recipes
    Batch Bake Minced Beef Recipe
    Easy and Cheap Biscuits (DowntoEarth forum)
    Cheap Family Recipes (our own Weezl's excellent site) and the Christmas Menu here
    How to feed your whole family a healthy, balanced diet... (Webook)
    List of conversions
    Love Food Hate Waste website
    Jamie Oliver Recipes
    Show Jamie How To Cook On A Budget Champagne Contest
    10 Great Tips for starting out with meal planning
    Sprouting Seeds and Beans - Free Guide (PDF)
    Home Made Dog Biscuits
    Home Made Dog Biscuits (2)
    Homemade Play Dough
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  • Could I have Ј170 for May please?
  • Please put me down for Ј450 please.
  • Ј372.00 for me for May please I am very determined this month that I will plan my menus and come in under budget.
    I have a well stocked freezer and would like to be able to defrost this so shall try to use up what I have.
    I see M&$ have their dine in for ten pounds meal deal this weekend - I am tempted but don't need it and shall try to resist. Do other posters think this is good value or a waste of money? Certainly when they did their mother's day deal - I thought it was poor value and avoided - simply adding a few extra nice bits to my mr t shop for the mother's day meal I made instead.
    Well off to meal plan....
  • Ј360 for May please.
    I'd really like to come in below this though- any extra will go into our piggybank which really needs building up.
    Spent Ј27 on the weekly shop last night and Ј2 on a drink and snack at work hopefully we'll get by without buying too much else till next Thursday's shop, though I'm almost certain we'll need more diet coke.
  • I'll go for Ј450 for May please
  • yey a new thread
    thanks to pink, mrsM and rosieben for all your hard work keeping the thread going
  • I'd like to be put down for Ј230 again for May please.
  • Please can you put me down for Ј60.00?
  • Thanks again for the Grocery Challenge. Can I please be included for Ј140 for 2 of us?
    Thanks
  • Please can I join for May? Can you please put me down for Ј300?
    This is for 2 adults, 3 children and a dog. For all food, drink, pet supplies, cleaning products, toiletries and nappies for DS and DD2.
    Samm x
  • Can I join in?
    My May started last week as bubbie got paid then. Have got receipts on fridge just need to add them up.
    Put Ј70 in an envelope for this week, so can you put me down for Ј300 please.
    Thanks
  • A new thread and we are already into the fifth month of the year - Xmas will be here soon!!!
    Thank you to Rosieben, MrsM and Pink for the thread and the lovely recipes
    Spent money already but need to find the receipts
    Have a lovely weekend everyone - I loved watching the Wedding today and have also been to the Lottie
    Helen x
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