Leewales

Hello everyone again, just a quick one, some one as just told me that you can but roughly the same with a $ as you can with a UK pound, is this correct or is this person selling me a lemon? if so what is the price comparison? anybody got any idea? i am sure you lot have, thanks for your help, cheers Lee

mcuddy1

Sorry but I reckon that person is having a laugh. prices are roughly the same as the UK. There are exceptions as someone will certainly tell you.
We spend the same as in the UK.
One french stick 2.70NZD at Fresh Choice,ouch!!!. 40 pence at Tesco.

TeamEmbo

Hi, just after we got here I posted a thread called 'Hopefully useful food prices' and listed all the stuff I'd bought from the supermarket for people back in the UK, like you, who were due to emigrate. I don't know how to post a link but you should be able to find it under the search thingy if you're interested - I think I also posted on the same thread some furniture prices too.
Hope this helps
Mandie xx

Leewales

teamembo your always a big help and a little sweetieif you can find it or tell me how to find it that would be cool

TeamEmbo

Have cut and pasted it for you, these prices were from beginning of June this year.

Cadbury's Picnic bar $0.99
Table Salt 700g $1.80
1kg Golden Syrup $2.69
Large pot of Greggs Mixed Herbs $3.57
Tin of Tuna in Springwater $1.87
Pasta spirals $1.69
Johnsons Baby Talc $3.69
Hot Chilli Table Sauce $3.68
Maggi Beef Stock sticks $2.72
125g Marmite $1.95
Jar Pataks Mango Chicken sauce $4.99
Jar Pataks Balti sauce $4.99
Snickers bar $0.89
3 boxes of 6 chewy bars (similar to Tracker bars) $5.00 (special offer)
Large bag of Rolled Oats $3.39
2 tins of Watties (Heinz) Spicy Winter Vegetable soup $5.00 (special offer)
4 tins of Watties Pasta sauce (different varieties) $5.00 (special offer)
Honey caramel popcorn $2.99
750g salted roasted peanuts $3.99
A Frame clothes airer $14.95
Corkscrew and bottle opener $1.59
Vege peeler $1.29
Set of wooden spoons $1.59
Plastic lunch/sandwich box $4.91
Measuring jug $2.50
1 pair thermal socks $3.95
6 slices Wiltshire ham (from Deli counter) $7.99
Chicken tenders/stir fry $9.26 (special offer)
Premium beef mince $7.51 (special offer)
Cherries $16.98 per kg - 0.235g = $3.99
Courgettes $7.99 per kg - 2 courgettes - $2.12
Loose white mushrooms $8.99 per kg - 0.270g - $2.43
Pack of 4 corn on the cob $5.98
6pk yoghurts $2.99 (special offer)
2 litres Trim (low fat/skimmed) fresh milk $2.95
2 medium French/Italian bread sticks $2.34
6pk Viennese whirl type cakes $3.68
1 litre Just Juice Orange juice $1.59
1kg Pams Basmati rice $2.35
1kg Watties frozen mixed veg $1.99
6 Lamb Loin Chops $6.41 (special offer)
Pork Loin Chops $9.37
1kg Anchor Tasty Cheese $7.75
Maggi Instant Cheese Sauce mix $0.89
4 very large Braeburn apples ($1.79 per kg) $2.14
1 fresh Cauliflour $1.59
New loose Potatoes $1.59 per kg
Plain Vienna Bread (similar to Bloomer) $1.69
Green Grapes $4.99 per kg
500g Mainland Butter $1.95
Masterfood Mint Jelly $3.30

... And we've also bought 3 oil filled radiators (one for each bedroom) - 11 fin with 24 hour timers so that we can set them to come on before we get up in the morning and before we get in from work/school. They cost $79.95 each (special offer, original price $99.99) although there are many portable heaters around in shops and supermarkets and all seem to be on special offer at the moment.

We got three electric blankets - singles at $29.99 each and a queen/double for $59.99. Do you think we've a fear of being cold??!!!

We needed various new bedroom stuff. Single mattress for our 11 yr old $199(his bedframe is in the container), pine bed with firm mattress and trundler under with foam mattress (second bed for sleepovers) for our daughter was $299 and a new double mattress for us $299 (our pine bedframe is in the container). We shopped around for ages and these were the best deals we could find. The bedframes and mattress seem really expensive to us at around $2,000+ for a nice double/queen.

Got the kids a set of 6 drawers each, white melamine $269 each. Matching bedside table with 3 drawers $99.

Large dining table and 6 sets $899 - that was on special offer too.

A set of solid pine, 6 drawers/dressing table with large pine framed mirror attached $589 and matching 6 drawer chest $489.

We didn't need wardrobes - the house we've bought has large built in ones in each bedroom - but I don't remember seeing any in all the furniture shops we've been in, new or second hand. I mentioned this as I've seen on another thread that they're hard to come by so I guess if you have them, bring them in your container. If you end up with a house with built in ones you can also put them on Trade Me - should go like a rocket as they must be like gold dust here!

Hope all this helps. Good luck and safe journey to those yet to come out. xx