Price food shock NZ v UK
#46
Re: Price food shock NZ v UK
No, It's Pie & Chips or Surimi (Yuck) & Chips & a Red Bull.
I would say about 90% of the apple packing workforce (I work with from Feb to June) have those every dinner break 6 days a week!! Only us johnny foreigners who work there eat proper food
BP Stations are always full of pie eaters.
I would say about 90% of the apple packing workforce (I work with from Feb to June) have those every dinner break 6 days a week!! Only us johnny foreigners who work there eat proper food
BP Stations are always full of pie eaters.
#47
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And planes. Last time I travelled on Air New Zealand I was given a pie.
Surimi would have been good, but not with chips
Surimi would have been good, but not with chips
#48
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Oh & I forgot, the other cornerstone of the nutritional Kiwi diet - Muffins
#49
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I found free range chicken breasts in Countdown today, not organic but at least free range.
There were only 2 packs mind you so they're now safely stashed away in my freezer
There were only 2 packs mind you so they're now safely stashed away in my freezer
#50
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Re: Price food shock NZ v UK
There's a point, how is it that the Asian stores can sell all manner of imported and local foods for a fraction of the prices in the other big supermarkets? However, it somehow conflicts and makes a mockery of the 'live like a local; eat like a local' brigade. If it weren't for the Asian demand for foods just like at home, where would we be?
#51
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There's a point, how is it that the Asian stores can sell all manner of imported and local foods for a fraction of the prices in the other big supermarkets? However, it somehow conflicts and makes a mockery of the 'live like a local; eat like a local' brigade. If it weren't for the Asian demand for foods just like at home, where would we be?
Do Asian supermarkets in Auckland supply such large pieces of real estate to park cars?, not the one of the K Road that I have been to anyway.....
#52
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I rarely buy tinned stuff.....beans and spaghetti,tomatoes,kidney beans,chick peas are about it. I make most meals from scratch and use what is in season. We have a large glasshouse and veg patch which are well used so we are getting lots of fresh produce just now. I also look at the prices and buy what we use if it is on special....have a chest freezer now which helps. The prices do vary from week to week but I have become a better shopper,and we waste a lot less than we did in the UK. As for choice I think in Uk we had too much and that just confused me more. Not had any problem here doing weekly shop.
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#53
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Re: Price food shock NZ v UK
They say that almost 30% of people in NZ eat 'out' more than they cook at home. When they say 'eating out', it's mostly fish n chips, pizzas and KFC. The article also mentions ready meals; these are not the quality chilled / fresh types of meals you get in the UK - they'll be the utterly crappest Watties frozen pasta, macaroni cheese and lasagna type efforts because that's all there is.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10697598
You only have to take a gander at what's in the average trolley of shopping in the checkout queue to see what features highly on the menu. The cheapest bread, tinned spaghetti, tinned fruit, beer, wine, budget label biscuits, icecream, frozen chips, frozen veggies and sausage 'sizzlers'.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10697598
You only have to take a gander at what's in the average trolley of shopping in the checkout queue to see what features highly on the menu. The cheapest bread, tinned spaghetti, tinned fruit, beer, wine, budget label biscuits, icecream, frozen chips, frozen veggies and sausage 'sizzlers'.
#54
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Re: Price food shock NZ v UK
The price of food in the UK has been steadily rising (don't even get me started on petrol) - our weekly shop has increased by around £30 a week in the past year.
And yes while there is a lot of choice, it depends where you live. If you want to eat fresh organic food, don't live in Lanarkshire where the staple diet is lard, sugar with chips.
There are eight alcohol aisles at Asda in hamilton - it takes up more room than the fruit and veg!
don't get me wrong, I'm sure I'll miss Tesco when we leave, but you do get a choice...mainly the choice of which Tesco you shop in as that's all there is.
And yes while there is a lot of choice, it depends where you live. If you want to eat fresh organic food, don't live in Lanarkshire where the staple diet is lard, sugar with chips.
There are eight alcohol aisles at Asda in hamilton - it takes up more room than the fruit and veg!
don't get me wrong, I'm sure I'll miss Tesco when we leave, but you do get a choice...mainly the choice of which Tesco you shop in as that's all there is.
#55
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Ignoring the price debate for a moment, yesterday a friend who has lived in ChCh for years showed me round properly (as opposed to going to Countdown to shop) and I now know where the Lebanese, Mediteranean and organic shops are. This is in addition to my favourite, the Asian warehouse.
And I bought some real Italian Parmesan, felt like a real treat!!
Good food is out there if you look, and I still don't mind not having seven aisles of chocolate
Jan
EDIT: eight aisles of chocolate
And I bought some real Italian Parmesan, felt like a real treat!!
Good food is out there if you look, and I still don't mind not having seven aisles of chocolate
Jan
EDIT: eight aisles of chocolate
#56
Re: Price food shock NZ v UK
Ignoring the price debate for a moment, yesterday a friend who has lived in ChCh for years showed me round properly (as opposed to going to Countdown to shop) and I now know where the Lebanese, Mediteranean and organic shops are. This is in addition to my favourite, the Asian warehouse.
And I bought some real Italian Parmesan, felt like a real treat!!
Good food is out there if you look, and I still don't mind not having seven aisles of chocolate
Jan
EDIT: eight aisles of chocolate
And I bought some real Italian Parmesan, felt like a real treat!!
Good food is out there if you look, and I still don't mind not having seven aisles of chocolate
Jan
EDIT: eight aisles of chocolate
#57
Re: Price food shock NZ v UK
The price of food in the UK has been steadily rising (don't even get me started on petrol) - our weekly shop has increased by around £30 a week in the past year.
And yes while there is a lot of choice, it depends where you live. If you want to eat fresh organic food, don't live in Lanarkshire where the staple diet is lard, sugar with chips.
There are eight alcohol aisles at Asda in hamilton - it takes up more room than the fruit and veg!
don't get me wrong, I'm sure I'll miss Tesco when we leave, but you do get a choice...mainly the choice of which Tesco you shop in as that's all there is.
And yes while there is a lot of choice, it depends where you live. If you want to eat fresh organic food, don't live in Lanarkshire where the staple diet is lard, sugar with chips.
There are eight alcohol aisles at Asda in hamilton - it takes up more room than the fruit and veg!
don't get me wrong, I'm sure I'll miss Tesco when we leave, but you do get a choice...mainly the choice of which Tesco you shop in as that's all there is.
That was before the rise in GST.
Over the same time wages and salaries have been almost static, some people haven't had a pay rise for nigh on three years.
#58
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The price of groceries for people on a very tight budget in New Zealand has risen by about 10% over the last two years. For people not watching the cents quite so closely their bills have gone up 16% with one supermarket chain.
That was before the rise in GST.
Over the same time wages and salaries have been almost static, some people haven't had a pay rise for nigh on three years.
That was before the rise in GST.
Over the same time wages and salaries have been almost static, some people haven't had a pay rise for nigh on three years.
BTW, I think food prices will increase worldwide. Not only that, prices for nearly all raw materials will increase. There is big competion coming - not only for NZ and Europe but also for OZ.
Last edited by Assanah; Jan 6th 2011 at 3:53 pm.