Supabarn: $17.06
Aldi: $58.01
Woolworths: $55.82
Coles: $100.87
Reject: $6.00
Total: $237.76
In my first post here I said that our grocery spending was getting close to $400 a week. I went through our bank statements for 2011 and worked out that (at least for purchases made by credit card), we spent an average of $340 a week for the year.
To help save for our holiday up north this summer, I'm planning to drop our weekly average to $240 a week and putting the $100 difference into the savings account. If I can stick to it for the whole six months, that'll mean $2600 to help cover the costs.
This week I picked up 10 bottles of passata (tomato puree) for 99 cents a bottle, a dozen and a half cans of beans for 68 cents a can, and 8 small (375 ml) jars of peanut butter for 2 dollars a jar. I would've liked to buy more of all of them, but I couldn't do it and stay under that $240 limit.
My average for the last three weeks has been $256.91, so that gives me $189.28 to spend next week and still have a $240 a week average. That shouldn't be too hard if there aren't too many unexpected extras, and if I can plan meals that make use of my stockpile. Anybody know any good recipes using peanut butter, tomato puree and beans?
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