BEVS

Nope.
This appears to be an orchardist shop in the Auckland area. That would come under farm shops really, like the ones in the UK.

Yup. Do that. I vaguely remember home deliveries
BUT remember you will not be earning UK pounds but NZ dollars so there isn't a comparison really. Work out the percentage of your earnings you spend on groceries and then apply the same for NZ.

It might be interesting if you were to put up your true average shop here if you can bear to. Then some of us could let you know how that would compare against our actual shop & how much % that takes of our weekly net income.

Yup ! Get the bike. In fact, buy anything you feel you may need or even want before you come here. It makes sense.

Oh ! and don't bring in cheese.

BEVS

Tried that.

Don't, unless you have nothing else to do with your life.

OOps
Of course it is a great way to spend some time and get great cheese.

I like that .So very true.

phyns

I was shocked how expensive it is back home. When I first moved to the UK i couldn't believe how expensive the UK was but in general costs, especially when earning dollars, NZ is more expensive.

When I get home one of the first things I do is dig a vege patch and get a new fishing rod.

Justcol

Asda vine tomatos £1.99 kg.

I dont mind the prices being a little higher, its just the way there is so much inconsistency
and dont get us all started on the whole "on special" thing again

BEVS

Please no !

'Specials' are rigged. End of.

Jan n Neil

Don,t get me started on "specials" theiving corrupt bunch of mother humpers


Neil

jmh

They might cost a bit more than that in winter though.

hazeandsteve

No water bill here in Taupo.
We dumped Telecom for Vodafone. free local calls, and we use cell phone if dialling afar. Far cheaper and they pay our Sky sport subscription. Saved us a fair bit every month. (All because TELECOM WOULDN'T GIVE ME A WIRELESS MODEM despite being a customer for five years.)
We get a fair bit of meat given to us.
It's cheaper to pop to Turoa than Zermatt.
My haircuts are free.......cheers Haze!
Give up on the idea of fashion if out of the big cities. You'll feel out of place in anything fancier than Top Shop.
Again, outside of the cities, you'll save a bomb on not sitting in traffic queues. We get "total gridlock mahn" in the head if there's half a dozen cars at our one set of lights.

Snap Shot

Fruit World on the North Shore is where my sister in law gets her fruit and veg. She says it's ok.
Water is paid for as part of the rates. So, no separate water bill for us either.

dannigirl

But this is how supermarkets work all over the world! All supermarkets here put their prices up on certain products, so that a few weeks later they can put the price down (to normal price) and trick us into thinking that there is an actual discount when there isn't. There is also the common trick of two for one, in some cases being more expensive or the same price as buying a single unit x2. It's all buying psychology.

Bo-Jangles

Those were the days, eh?

Some bills and wotnot that have recently hit the Jangles household.

$ 125.00 Check up at Dentist
$ 350.00 Tooth Out (Ouch on many levels)
$ 125.00 Scale & Polish with hygienist
$ 30.00 Prescription x 2 (Antibiotics and Painkillers)
$ 220.00 One filling
$ 90.00 Out of hours Doctor
$1,691.41 Household rates (water and sewerage is another bill)
$ 29.88 Water bill (new regime monthly bill instead of $70 every 6 month)
$ 99.95 Ladies 'sensible' shoes (Hush Puppies - reduced from $149.99)
$ 32.00 Pedicure (Birthday Treat)
$ 7.60 Coffee x 2 (Long Black & Flat White)
$ 14.40 Fish & Chips for 2
$ 111.47 Landline & Internet (excluding calls)
$ 264.94 Electric Bill for July
$ 49.00 WOF (six monthly)
$ 12.50 Noodles at a Noodle Bar
$ 5.50 Birthday card
$ 6.30 to post a small parcel (within NZ)
$ 12.00 for the privilege of having a credit card to pay for it all (6 monthly)

Soggy wet and snail chewed road tax bill was in the mailbox today, I think it is $278 something.

phyns

thanks Bo-Jangles. That is great. This is what I pay in the UK

$ 125.00 Check up at Dentist UK-£16
$ 350.00 Tooth Out (Ouch on many levels) UK-£45
$ 125.00 Scale & Polish with hygienist UK NA as part of the £16
$ 30.00 Prescription x 2 (Antibiotics and Painkillers) UK-£6 for perscription
$ 220.00 One filling UK-£45
$ 90.00 Out of hours Doctor UK FOC
$1,691.41 Household rates (water and sewerage is another bill) UK £1200 for our 2 bed detatched cottage
$ 29.88 Water bill (new regime monthly bill instead of $70 every 6 month) UK £25 per 1/4
$ 99.95 Ladies 'sensible' shoes (Hush Puppies - reduced from $149.99) UK-wife pays about £45 -99
$ 32.00 Pedicure (Birthday Treat) hmmmm no idea
$ 7.60 Coffee x 2 (Long Black & Flat White) UK-about £2.50 for a flat white in a cafe
$ 14.40 Fish & Chips for 2 UK-just paid £10.50 for the same yesterday
$ 111.47 Landline & Internet (excluding calls) UK-£37 for virgin 20mb and phone
$ 264.94 Electric Bill for July UK-around £60 for electric per month in winter
$ 49.00 WOF (six monthly) UK-mot is £35
$ 12.50 Noodles at a Noodle Bar no idea
$ 5.50 Birthday card UK around £3
$ 6.30 to post a small parcel (within NZ) UK- around £4-5 small parcel recorded
$ 12.00 for the privilege of having a credit card to pay for it all (6 monthly) don't have credit cards.

road tax around £190 for a 1.9 audi A4 but up to £400 for a big 4x4

Justcol

But until I came to NZ I'd never seen the "put the price up by 3 dollars on last
weeks price then put a special sticker on it to make you think its actually
cheaper" trick

Bo-Jangles

Not really a farm shop, just a chain of largish fruit and veg shops (supermarket sort of style) brighter and cleaner than your average greengrocer but IMVHWO not a great deal of difference to Pak n Save prices for most things; they just make a big deal out of a few blackboard / billboard specials plastered all over the outside of the shop.

For example I saw brocolli for 0.99 cents t'other day but then so did Pak n Save. Peppers there are still $3.99 each (presently imported from USA), white mushrooms (loose) are around the $10 per kilo mark, flat mushrooms $11 to $12 per kilo - no matter what time of the year.

Other things on par with supermarket, such as potatoes anything from $1.99 to $2.49 per kg, Kumara $6.99 kg, Grapes $6.99 to $7.99 (always imported Chilean or USA) and Butternut Squash $2.49 kg, 2 leeks for $3 and such like.

chocolate cake

I'd disagree re: fruit n veg. I absolutely never buy it from the supermarkets here, it's almost guaranteed to be way dearer than Fruitworld and other specialist fruit n veg places.

I certainly find general food much more expensive in the NZ supermarkets than UK equivalents that I used to shop in (even adjusted for inflation), Tesco, Morrisons & Asda et al.
Any of them would be ideal instead of the lack of competition here from Coutdown/Foodtown or New World/Pak n Save.

Food is bound to be 15% more expensive here, as there's GST on it, whereas there is no VAT in the UK. But that doesn't explain the big difference in meat, and particularly cheese n bread.
Cheese in particular is big disappointment here, a lack in variety and expensive to boot.