its Officilal, supermarkets are expensive
Nov 9th 2009, 8:26 am
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Re: its Officilal, supermarkets are expensive
I am doing just the average of everyone, not hundreds of different averages, I will let someone else do that, if they really want to find some averages that suit them, instead of the average of all averages.
You are prepared to accept the figures of high food prices, which are average figures supplied by exactly the same source, but not wages, because they don't suit ?
How about we exclude Supermarkets from food prices to see what the real prices are that sensible people pay ? Or do you prefer to see the average of all averages, that are being quoted, as they are higher ?
You are prepared to accept the figures of high food prices, which are average figures supplied by exactly the same source, but not wages, because they don't suit ?
How about we exclude Supermarkets from food prices to see what the real prices are that sensible people pay ? Or do you prefer to see the average of all averages, that are being quoted, as they are higher ?
Nov 9th 2009, 8:35 am
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Re: its Officilal, supermarkets are expensive
I will be happy when I see boarded up strip malls next to gleaming, massive hypermarkets with full car parks.
Nov 9th 2009, 8:43 am
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Re: its Officilal, supermarkets are expensive
lol. Or even a supermarket where I dont have to push my trolley through the shopping centre to get it to my car!!
Nov 9th 2009, 9:47 am
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Nov 9th 2009, 10:28 am
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Re: its Officilal, supermarkets are expensive
Sticking to shipping I would question whether the per unit cost was more. It may be twice the distance but I doubt if the extra shipping cost would be more than the volume savings.
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Nov 9th 2009, 10:43 am
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Re: its Officilal, supermarkets are expensive
I lived through it all.
Nov 9th 2009, 11:01 am
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Nov 9th 2009, 11:04 am
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Nov 9th 2009, 7:43 pm
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Re: its Officilal, supermarkets are expensive
Last trip back to UK was 2 years ago, our shop there was about 80GBP at the time we were spending about $240 - $280 here. Items as similar as possible.
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Nov 9th 2009, 7:52 pm
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Re: its Officilal, supermarkets are expensive
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Fake Jaffa Cakes ? Oh.. you mean not a 'British' Brand of Jaffa cake.
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Whacky post of the year moment
. The race of jaffa cakes. 
I couldnt give a toss what country food comes from, maybe you with your 57% payrise stats, can be more choosy than us mere mortals.
Fake Jaffa Cakes ? Oh.. you mean not a 'British' Brand of Jaffa cake.
/QUOTE]
Whacky post of the year moment
. The race of jaffa cakes. I couldnt give a toss what country food comes from, maybe you with your 57% payrise stats, can be more choosy than us mere mortals.
Nov 9th 2009, 8:06 pm
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Re: its Officilal, supermarkets are expensive
No it wasn't. I made the trip to the UK in 2007 and it wasn't any cheaper. Some things were cheaper, some things were more expensive. For my buying habits then Aus was cheaper but I could see that the UK was cheaper for people who live in frozen pizzas and crisps. (Not saying that's your buying habits but I suspect they are different to mine.)