Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living
Jan 10th 2011, 10:21 am
#511
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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living
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.
Jan 10th 2011, 10:21 am
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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living
Jan 10th 2011, 10:21 am
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Jan 10th 2011, 10:23 am
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Jan 10th 2011, 10:24 am
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Jan 10th 2011, 10:30 am
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Jan 10th 2011, 10:31 am
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Jan 10th 2011, 10:32 am
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Jan 10th 2011, 10:34 am
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Jan 10th 2011, 10:38 am
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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living
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.
Jan 10th 2011, 11:03 am
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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living
wasn't gonna say no at that price and they're lovely in them cook in the bag things *drool* - Feeds 5 easy for less than $10 
Chicken breast was $7.99 per kilo, and tenderloins were $9.99 per kilo - but it was the end of the day
Jan 10th 2011, 11:08 am
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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living
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!
Jan 10th 2011, 11:28 am
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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living
see, there are advantages to living in Adelaide no matter what anyone says
Stuff are cheaper here compared to what everyone else is putting! 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!
Jan 10th 2011, 12:05 pm
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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living
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
Jan 10th 2011, 2:33 pm
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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living
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.
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.