CasG

A non- moaning thread !! Hooray

We buy our sausages from Victoria market in Mellie..and they are great (as is all the meat we have bought)

Choccy is nice to...Cherry Ripes are my fav
btw - 'Dove' chocolate is exactly the same as Galaxy

steandleigh

I bought some banana prawns (those 'whoppers') last friday to BBQ: Price; $6...how many did I get? Six!!! Thats a dollar each!!! :scared: By the time you take the head and tail off them, scale them and de-vein them, theres enough for a mouthful (per prawn), so if you're buying enough to feed four, thats at least $24.

kevinbloomfield

Not 100% sure what we paid for the prawns as we got some chicken drumsticks at the same time, I know we thought they were cheap enough at the time though. I'm not saying Woolies is the cheapest place to shop but it seemed reasonable (and they sold everything we wanted), no different to Tesco's really.

steandleigh

If I had to pay the equivilent for banana prawns in the UK then I'd be laughing - it is cheap compared to the UK but when you're earning aussie $$$ it's a different story. FWIW, I think Woolworths is one of the cheaper supermarkets, certainly a bit cheaper then Coles.

The annoying thing is things like bananas ( ) can be $1 a kilo one week and then $2.98 a kilo the next week, like they were here last week. Nectarines $9.98 a kilo...WHAT?! :scared:

possoms

bet you dont pay £4.50 a kilo for grapes like in our local shop :scared:

steandleigh

They've ben pushing the seedless red grapes up here for $9 plus a kilo recently. Don't know what the exchange rate is anymore but am guessing it's a rip off.

possoms

oh well thats not far off being the same is it, ridiculous price, media always ramming eat 5 a day down our throats and yet the price of fruit and veg is extortionate

kevinbloomfield

I couldn't understand why the fruit was expensive (well, at least some of the fruit). Grapes at $9 a kilo sounds expensive

fraser

Compared to other places in Oz it is, probably the most expensive place to shop in oz,

steandleigh

It is extortionate but you have to suss out where to shop for the fruit and veggies. If I get time I go to the 'Fruit Bat', a local roadside fruit and veggie seller. He does a tray of bowen mangos for $10 (12 mangos) and yet the mangos are $2.98 each in the supermarkets here at the mo! :scared:

kevinbloomfield

Oh, OK, no argument there. When we were on holiday, shopping around for the cheapest things wasn't high on our agenda!!

When we move over this will probably be near the top of the list (me being a tight sod )

fraser

Same here mate always thought it was dirt cheap, been here on holiday 3 times.

Try not to shop at supermarkets anymore, if I do I steer well clear of Woolworths/safeway.

steandleigh

Ditto..."OMG everyone (telling rellies in UK) it's SOoooooo cheap to eat in OZ"...Thats when we were throwing around holiday pounds stirling like there was no tomorrow.

Now it's 'home brands' all the way....

fraser

Yep Coles farmland

steandleigh

Reckon we should start a support group, for those affected by home brand mediocrity.....




Can't remember anything in the brochure about eating products in plain red and white packaging, can you?