December $50 - $100 Weekly Grocery Challenge

[MakeADollarHollar]

I did my shopping today but everything is stuff needed for next week so I thought I'd kick off the new thread.

I'm high this week. Had to renew our BJ's membership and that always comes out of groceries.

Produce Market - 1.67
Aldi - 20.59
BJ's (food) 17.27
BJ's (renewal) - 50.00

Total - 89.53

[nuisance26]

~I guess I'll try again. The usual budget should be $300/month but my parents will be visiting us for 2.5 weeks so I'll need to spend more. I'll aim for $100 week X 4.42 weeks. That make my budget $442. We have three family birthdays in December so I buy special stuff for those. Still, I think I can do it since I stocked up a bit in November. ~

[imagine]

Shopped today

First December one $104.96

over the $100 a week we will have to see how this averages out.

Included stuff needed this week, Christmas candy, some Christmas baking ingredients, and as always almost 10% in tax.

[peanut]

I'm in for $125/week this month again. I found an article online about frugal gluten free cooking. I don't know where she lives, but things just are not cheap here. Still, I'm going to implement some of her ideas. For anyone else interested, it's Squawkfox.

Have my grocery list all ready to go for tomorrow morning.

[baxjul]

I'm in. I'm going for $50/week. I have a good supply of canned veggies, pasta, sauce. Just need to get meat and dog food.

[peanut]

Started out the month by blowing the budget big time. I did a fair bit of stocking up. Plus I wanted to try some new cheaper fruits. So....

Health Food Store
$19.00 Organic virgin coconut oil - 750 ml
$19.00

Bulk Barn
$7.09 Pizza crust mix - .8 kg
$3.83 Sorghum flour - .62 kg
$10.92

Superstore
$3.96 Coconut milk - 2 cans
$3.99 Natural pb - DH purchase
$6.99 Almond Butter
$8.99 Canned pink salmon (6 cans)
$0.79 Fish Sauce
$16.00 L'Arabars in bulk (16 bars)
$4.31 2% milk - gallon
$7.94 unsalted butter - 2 lbs.
$8.99 Brown basmati rice - 10 lb.
$3.99 potato chips
$0.52 Mangos - 1 can 50% off - DH purchase
$2.18 Frozen green beans - 750 gm
$5.48 tuna - 6 cans
$12.98 sliced almonds - 2 kg.
$6.58 dried apricots - 1 kg.
$5.28 chopped walnuts - 400 gm (the only walnuts we could find)
$7.58 omega 3 eggs - 2 dozen
$5.89 grapeseed oil - 750 ml
$14.99 frozen wild blueberries - 2 kg.
$3.49 lemon juice
$3.70 tapioca starch - 50% off
$4.98 mint tea - 2 containers on sale
$3.87 tortillas - pk of 10 ww
$0.59 donut - 1 - took DH with me again
$3.99 dulse
$3.29 breakfast sausage - DH purchase
$2.04 bananas - 1.2 kg.
$1.28 green cabbage - 1.2 kg.
$2.47 cantaloupe
$5.78 apples - 5 lb.
$9.98 dates
$0.97 yellow onions - 3 lb.
$8.98 pistachios
$3.48 organic apples - 3 lb.
$0.83 Asian pear - 1
$1.98 pineapple - 1
$2.88 pomegranates - 3
$0.48 prickly pear - 1
$194.98

$194.98 + $10.92 + $19.00 = $224.90

In all honesty some of this was stocking up stuff - tuna, salmon, rice, blueberries, butter, tapioca starch, L'Arabars - but a lot of it is just the cost of buying stuff.

Another thing that happened was I got to the store and found things on sale. I don't need them this week, but I will in the future, so I bought them. For example, basmati brown rice, coconut milk, tea, tapioca starch, blueberries and L'Arabars.

Then there was the Christmas shopping - pistachios and pomegranates.

Kind of blows my budget for this month out of the water. But I'll see what I can do to keep it down next week. First of the month is always bad for me.

[nuisance26]

~Made my first stop today while picking up fabric at Walmart(for homemade gifts). Spent $37.50 on bananas, coffee, tea, tube steaks and applesauce. We're good on pretty much everything else for a week I think.~

[auntie2many]

Here is what I got:

2 lbs. mini carrots .68 each
Zucchini $1.14
Red Onion .60
1.27 lb. Pumpkin Spice Coffee $10.15 (We splurged! I wanted a holiday coffee.)
80/20 ground beef over 5 lbs. $5.98 (Absolutely unheard of price! I had not planned on adding to the freezer, but I couldn't resist this price.)

Second Store

4 dozen eggs $3.96
2 lbs. Cheddar Cheese $4.99
Low Sodium Ham lunchmeat 2 lbs. $5.98
Whole Wheat Flour 5 lbs. $3.79
5 large salad tomatoes $1.05

Except for a gallon or two of milk and perhaps a loaf of bread that is my list for the week.
Otherwise, we are eating out of the freezer, fridge or pantry.

A2M

[peanut]

Found recipes online for making my own coconut milk and gf pizza crust. I'll have to modify the pizza crust recipe, but that's par for the course... That should help with future costs.

[Domestic Gal]

I am in this month again. I spent $115 Last month $15 over budget but I am ok with that.
This month I want to try and keep it at $125. Need some sort of meat for Christmas. Thinking a big old pot roast.

[alaska_tiger_36]

We're in this month. We are shooting for $50/week.

[Susanscraps]

Morning! I am joining this month with my budget of $100 a week. My 2 DS will be home for Christmas break, so that could be a real challenge!

[pcaltman]

First off thank you for starting this new thread

Ok Goal this week $50. Nuts for 6 of us, but don't have a choice. Son comes home from college on Thursday, very happy, but he will eat everything in the house Went shopping already and will pick up a few more things today. The store we went to is awesome with very cheap prices. We live pretty far away from it, but hubby had to be in the area so I sent him to get lots of stuff to last the week.

Global Foods:
10lb bag potatoes $ 2.99
celery $0.99
cauliflower $1.99
2 bags apples $3.78
2 heads lettuce $1.98
2 lbs carrots $1.29
green peppers $1.31
jalapeno peepers $1.98
cilantro $0.50
garlic $0.67
oyster sauce $1.49
bananas $1.17

Total = $20.64 w/tax

$50-$20.64 = $29.36 left

[peanut]

pcaltman, I want your store prices!!! Ours make me want to

[pcaltman]

I know great hun? These prices are only at this store (it's an Asian market) and they do change on a daily bases. So we try to make it there once every 2 weeks or so. So worth the drive but I never know what I will come home with Totally helps with the budget.