Back in this thread here, Sue put out a basket of average shopping. For comparison stakes I just took it around the local supermarket, Coles, and did a reccy.
Sue's prices ($US) are on the left, ours ($Au) on the right, at present $1.00 AUD = 0.994189 USD
*Bananas are twice the normal price due to the Queensland floods and tornado
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
I guess I wouldn't eat many greens, reds and yellows in Ausland! In college, I had a roommate from New Zealand who refused to buy cheese it was so expensive. But peanut butter was cheap so he ate a lot of that. A specialized theory of relativity.
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SisterMaryFellatio wrote:lmao....No Sean am guessing Gob does the groceries in his house! When you do them on a regular basis you learn prices!
Grocery shopping is normally a joint responsibility, but Hen is incapacitated at the moment.
I love grocery shopping, though having Hen about to curb my extravagance is a very good thing.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
I do all the grocery shopping and without going into specifics with Strop and Sue's comparisions just from my experiences, in my area, I see several of the prices from Sue to be remarkably lower. However, the price difference between the the US and AUS quite a difference. I would be interested in knowing what the wage scale difference is between the two countries to give an evaluation of the actually cost of living differential.
I expect to go straight to hell...........at least I won't have to spend time making new friends.
PS on the a the actual OP - We are currently heading into out autum crops and a number of those items would NOT be considered by us at this time of year. The produce that is in season is far cheaper.
