As a family of 2 adults and a small baby I thought setting a budget of around £450 a month on groceries would be more than ample. So I wanted to see how the savings would break down if I used my BaBeeCard to buy Waitrose vouchers at an 8% discount.
The vouchers are £50 in value but only cost £46 so I have ordered one voucher to begin with to see what difference it makes to buying baby essentials such as milk, baby food, nappy bags, wipes and nappies.
Out of interest I thought I would go back through my last few Waitrose receipts to see how much I could have saved if I had used vouchers to pay for my shopping instead of cash, I almost wished I hadn't as I am now kicking myself!
Grocery reciepts:
2nd Feb £38.82
4th Feb £24.07
10th Feb £57.47
12th Feb £75.90
16th Feb £60.56
19th Feb £53.01
22nd Feb £108.64
Total reciepts: £408.41
BaBeeCard price £375.73
Total saving of: £32.67
It's not very often that I am totally speechless but this has really shocked me! I budget £450 a month for groceries and baby essentials etc but by looking at the above I am spending almost the entire budget in 2 and a half weeks! (And no my shopping trolley isn’t full of champagne, chocolates and women’s magazines)
Anyway, onwards and upwards now and I am going to use the vouchers from now on, even if I stayed within my budget of £450 a month (£5400 per year), the savings on groceries alone would total a whopping £432!
Original voucher price: £50.00
BaBeeCard price: £46.00
Total saving of: £4.00
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Right, I need to start doing this. My grocery bills each month are shocking!!!!!
Hi PRmum, it's only when you actually sit down and work it all out do you realise how much you are spending and what you could save if you planned ahead.
I dread to think what I have spent on shoes and bags over the years :-)
On BaBeeCard there are discounts on giftcards / vouchers such as 7% at Selfridges etc, so the odd sneaky pair of shoes may not break the bank after all!!!
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