Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living
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You can buy bacon from the deli counter and they will weigh out whatever you want. It's also a little bit cheaper than the pre-packaged stuff. I bought a kilo yesterday for $8.99 - the packs in the fridge were $10.99 (we eat a lot of bacon lol)
Same applies to chicken! I bought some from the deli counter that was on special for $1.49 kilo. It was $4.99 pre-packed in the fridges.
Same applies to chicken! I bought some from the deli counter that was on special for $1.49 kilo. It was $4.99 pre-packed in the fridges.
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My local butcher is not much more cheaper than the Woolies, $13 to $14 depending on weight purchased. We try not to use Woolies for meat unless butcher is closed.
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Chicken breast was $7.99 per kilo, and tenderloins were $9.99 per kilo - but it was the end of the day
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Don't think we'd see $8/kl fillets anywhere around here unless it was frozen, it's $31/kl in the organic butchers in Paddington!
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see, there are advantages to living in Adelaide no matter what anyone says
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I just simply wouldn't pay that for chicken. I'd buy something else first!
My shopping bills are never more than $700 a month (4 weeks) for 3 adults and a child. Mostly because I will buy what's on special, and freeze it if needs be.
I am bad at eating packed lunches though, so probably spend too much on takeaways and stuff at work - I make everyone else in the family take them though!
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chicken breast is only $9.99 per kilo when on sale here otherwise its usually from $10.99 to $13.99. Anything cheaper has the skin on which just gets thrown away and can weigh almost a quarter of a kilo which goes in the bin
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Have now been in Australia 6 days and I've gone through $420 and not really done anything too expensive. I can't see myself spending 270 GBP in 6 days back in London.
I bought the staple ingredients for a good english breakfast for 3 people. Bacon, eggs, bread, milk. $18 or 11 pounds. I reckon I could get away with that for about 6 or 7 quid back in Sainsbury's. The locals did comment on the size of the 1kg package of bacon but I couldn't find anything smaller. I must be doing something wrong.![Blink](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/blink.gif)
I bought the staple ingredients for a good english breakfast for 3 people. Bacon, eggs, bread, milk. $18 or 11 pounds. I reckon I could get away with that for about 6 or 7 quid back in Sainsbury's. The locals did comment on the size of the 1kg package of bacon but I couldn't find anything smaller. I must be doing something wrong.
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