Grocery Challenge 2009

[CalGalInFla]

She is amazing! I dont know how she does this! And she is on the dinner thread and makes scrumpy dinners.

If I got this house hold grocery budget down to $300 bucks I would have a statue erected in the park in my honor.

Amazing - really.

J~

[Johnnysgirl]

Cau, this is what I've been doing also the past 2-3 months. Once a month a big shop then fill in at the local stores with milk, fresh veggies, etc. This is working out better for me than weekly or bi-weekly shopping. We have to go a little over an hour to the city to shop where there are big supermarkets and WalMart, etc.

Like the rest of you I can't come close to Roberta's low totals, I don't use that many coupons and no one doubles here anymore. For Oct. I spent $447.93 on food only and $89.05 on non food items (HBA, pet food, etc.) for a total of $536.98, that's about average for me. I'd like to keep it to $100 a week for everything but haven't been doing that for quite awhile.
Jacki

[RobertaD]

well dang lost my post, said it was too short LOL was almost a book

I don't include eating out which we do 3-4 times a month, DH buying lunch, and the kids reduced school lunches so that would add another $250 a month to the food budget.

So $500 total eating in and out a month. I have been trying different meals so DH doesn't have the need to eat out but once or twice a month and he's packing a couple times a month to help lower the sodium in his diet.

Roberta

[RobertaD]

I got into some really good sales that I had coupons for too.

Budget $300
Spent $114.20
Coupons $103.64
Store Savings $120.64
Balance $185.80

Roberta

[Bernice]

I didn't post for my for October 30. Spent only $40. on groceries.

For November, I am planning on 4 Fridays for the month and factoring in my AFM box my projected budget with Thanksgiving will be $300.

AFM box (Signature box $30 & grilled box #2 $22 plus online processing fee) $54

$300 Budget Planned
-54 Angel Food Ministry pre-order
-60 Walmart
Leaves $186 left for the month.

I already have my Thanksgiving turkey, as my parents sent a gift card for $20. I still had $5 on the gc and used it to fill up the car with gas.

[Bernice]

Small grocery list on 11-13-09. My list was milk, eggs, greenbeans, sugar, gravy, coffee, tortilla,bacon, sausage & Cheese. Sausage and cheese were for sausage balls. Made a double batch one for girls night out and the other in the freezer for Turkey day.

Balance from 11-09 $186
Spent on 11-13 37
Leaves $147 for the month.

[Bernice]

Well this grocery trip, I orginally planned small, but time I added in the extra fixing for Thanksgiving, my grocery bill added up to $57.

Balance from 11-13 $147
minus 11-20 groceries -57
Leaves me a balance of $ 90.

That will be good, cause I need laundry stuff and personal toiletries.

[RobertaD]

Spent $106.43 this week saving 44%

Budget $300
Spent $220.63
Coupons $150.81
Store Savings $161.61
Balance $79.37

Roberta