So....with it being payday this week I decided to try to lower our monthly food bill which seemed to be increasing every month....I set the over all food budget of £150 and really didn't want to go over that.
My inlaws had picket us up quite a few chicken breasts and we had various other items in the freezer like bacon, fish cakes, fish& pizza so it wasn't as if we didn't have one ounce of food available before our big shop.
I decided to give Aldi a go for our big shop as we had bought the news paper with the £5 off when you spend £40 at aldi along with other coupons for items in the shop.
I started to write a list of what I wanted to get for the big shop as i didn't want to go and pile unwanted things into the trolley just because they were cheap.
So here is what we got at Aldi along with the prices....
- Tinned sweetcorn x 2 - 35p each (quite big tins)
- Wheat biscuits 48pk - £1.49 (Weetabix)
- Wholemeal pitta bread 6pk - 49p
- Cheesy puff crisps 10pk - 99p
- Snack raisins boxes 12pk - 99p
- Dip-its (like dairylea dunkers) 3pk - 99p
- Breaded wiltshire ham - coupon in paper making it 89p
- 15 fish fingers £1.29
- Pack of nappies 44pk - £4.49
- Bin bags - 97p
- Fromage frais 8pk - 84p
- Lighter soft cheese - 49p
- Belgian chocolate waves - coupon made them 69p (putting these away for xmas)
- Frozen garlic baguette 2pk - 65p
- Creme caramel 6pk - 68p
- Nectarines 4pk - 79p
- frozen roast potatoes - 89p
- Tomato ketchup - 69p
- Raspberries - 99p
- Pate - 55p
- Cooked ham - 65p
- Bananas 1kg - 68p
- Cheese triangles 8pk (soft cheese) x 2 - 59p each
- Sandwich filler 89p
- Sandwich thins - coupon making them 39p
- Everyday sausages 12pk - 99p
- Pork Sausages 8pk - 99p
- Foil - 72p
- Fresh egg waffles - coupon making them 29p
- Malt loaf - coupon making it 24p
- Southern fried chicken goujons - coupon making them 69p
- Baby wipes 64pk - 64p
- Custard creams - 26p
- Small whole chicken x 2 - £5.98
- Beef Meatballs Fresh 12pk - £1.89
- Tinned spaghetti x 2 -29p each
- Mini cheese bakes 7pk (like mini Cheddars) - 89p
- Tinned Ravioli x2 - 37p each
- Tomato soup x2 - 42p each
- Premium baked beans x4 - 32p each
- Pasta bake x 3 - 79p each
- 2.5kg white potatoes - £1.59
- Tinned tuna x 2 - 69p each
- Sandwhich paste x3 - 25p each
- Dreemy bars 6pk (milkyway) - coupon making them 24p
- Rich tea biscuits - 23p
- Naan bread 2pk x 2 - 49p each
- Bag of apples - £1.49
- Eggs 15 pk (medium) - £1.25
- Part baked Baguettes 2pk - 29p
- Malted Milk buiscuits - 33p
All of this came to £52.36. I also had the £5 off voucher from the paper making it only £47.36
Obviously like i said.....I had various things left in the fridge/freezer like veg, salad so on a normal month this would have been more.
I still had some things that i wanted to pick up from asda....these were.....
ASDA SHOP
- Squash extra concentrate - 3 for £3 (we find that these last us the month)
- Sanex deodorant - £1.50 (on offer & had a 50p coupon)
- Dried pasta 3kg - £2.87 (If your into your pasta bakes i highly recommend this big bag!)
- Smart price ready salted crisps 12pk - 66p
- Kingsmill 50/50 bread - 79p
- Milk 4pt x 2 - £1 each
- Butter 1kg - £2
- 4 x large sausage rolls - £1
- Frozen potato waffles 15pk - £1
- Ice cream - 69p
- Smart price chocolate mousse 6pk - 27p
- Smart price Jam - 29p (we only use it when hubs has rice pudding)
- Innocent smoothie orange juice - £1.50 (had a £2 coupon so i got 50p overage)
- Magazine for my little en as a treat - £2.99
- Fairy concentrate 2.9ltr/116 washes - £4 (on offer)
So in total this shop cost me £22.18
Over all between the two shops I spent £69.54.
Obviously there were things that I wouldn't normally buy like the magazine and also the Fairy softener will last me ages and I know many of you are probably thinking well she isn't very savvy buying fairy softener however this is the only one that doesn't affect my sons skin....if it was just me and hubs I would prob give the Aldi brand a go.
So i have now allocated £30 for extra bread, milk, veg for the end of the month and because at the beginning I allowed myself £150 I can put that £50 into our savings! :-)
