Is Sydney any cheaper than Perth ?

[bell123321]

Hi,

Ive only read up to pay 6 but thoughts are:

Can you write down a diary listing what you buy and the cost and then after a week look back at it and reflect ont it to see what can be changed.
$700 is the same as $100 per day maybe instead of doing a weekly shop do a twice a week shop and look for special offers. I think I remember when I was in Coles earlier this year they did a feed your family for x amount and showed cheap recipe ideas. Not sure if they still do that. IGA I also remember being more expensive then Coles unless they had special offers on.
Go to butchers for meat. I remember when I was in Sydney earlier this year it was a lot cheaper to buy from the butcher for meat and the selection was also better.
Drop a band level, instead of maybe premium or semi premium brands drop a brand as this could save money.
Maybe list a breakdown of a weeks shop on here and others can suggest the cheaper place to buy the products from?
I am sure with determination the $700 can be reduced a lot.

Good luck :)

[PomPrincesses]

Well my last comment on this for today is
The bloody fair must be in town because not even clowns would spend that much on shopping without having their conscience tapping on their shoulder in utter disgust.
Please list those items you shopped for with individual prices so we can all see what not to buy it would be of great assistance to us all to avoid cleaning cloths sponges or bleach costing $50 each product
that is all.
Many thanks.

Hilarious, people buy what they/want/need can afford I guess. We cannot afford this in the long term hence my asking the question. But thanks for your contribution. Very helpful.

[*Fiona*]

I actually had steak and salmon last night for dinner...it was rump mind you...

[Fisher1]

A final word from me, pomprincesses. As someone has already said. eating cheap neednt mean eating crap. I mentioned lentils - take on board the concept of vegetarian food, and non- processed food. The most helpful thing I ever read was a cookery article which pointed out that the fish in fish fingers costs the same per pound as the fresh salmon. Process your own food. Folk recipes are mostly ways to make more of small amounts of food. Buy a slow cooker and cook tougher cuts. Learn to make schnitzel. Learn to make bread pudding. Learn.

I have never eaten rubbish, but by golly I've eaten wisely!

[PomPrincesses]

Hi,

Ive only read up to pay 6 but thoughts are:

Can you write down a diary listing what you buy and the cost and then after a week look back at it and reflect ont it to see what can be changed.
$700 is the same as $100 per day maybe instead of doing a weekly shop do a twice a week shop and look for special offers. I think I remember when I was in Coles earlier this year they did a feed your family for x amount and showed cheap recipe ideas. Not sure if they still do that. IGA I also remember being more expensive then Coles unless they had special offers on.
Go to butchers for meat. I remember when I was in Sydney earlier this year it was a lot cheaper to buy from the butcher for meat and the selection was also better.
Drop a band level, instead of maybe premium or semi premium brands drop a brand as this could save money.
Maybe list a breakdown of a weeks shop on here and others can suggest the cheaper place to buy the products from?
I am sure with determination the $700 can be reduced a lot.

Good luck :)

I hear what you are saying , but drop down a level in quality when you don't even know which brands are nice/ that you like ? I simply cannot be a brand snob here because none mean a thing to me. As for $10 of meat feeding 4 people I am sorry but that simply is not true, it just isn't. As for making bread pudding, I know how, but since we don't have desert at the moment I fail to see how an additional meal is going to save me money. Nobody would want to eat it anyway tbh.

[*Fiona*]

I hear what you are saying , but drop down a level in quality when you don't even know which brands are nice/ that you like ? I simply cannot be a brand snob here because known of them mean a thing to me. As for $10 of meat feeding 4 people I am sorry but that simply is not true, it just isn't.

and there we have it...we buy gravy beef, you buy fillet steak, we buy $6 a kg minced beef, you buy...Goodness knows what...we buy a large chicken to feed 4 costing $10 (our dinner tonight) you buy the one I saw that cost $35..free range, organic, rspca rated, gold plated one....

It is true, for me and many others at least....$10 buys the meat for one meal..not every meal..but everyday ones yes....

and before you say it..Im not knocking your choice to buy whatever you like but I am purporting that your spending/shopping habits are the exception not the rule....

[paul1977]

This must be Perth. I know of no one who budgets that much for food. Given that the median household income in the 2011 census was $1234, most households would be unable to spend anywhere near a grand on food.

Not saying the census is wrong but how many of them brought property years ago for next to nothing now sitting with little or no mortgage. Look 600 bucks a week in the face for rent or mortgage and 1234 bucks can't be lived on

[Skani]

As for $10 of meat feeding 4 people I am sorry but that simply is not true, it just isn't.

It is quite possible. A leg of lamb roast - which is not particularly cheap meat at the moment - can be bought for $20. That would certainly feed 4 people for at least 2 meals.

[Skani]

Not saying the census is wrong but how many of them brought property years ago for next to nothing now sitting with little or no mortgage. Look 600 bucks a week in the face for rent or mortgage and 1234 bucks can't be lived on

I was disputing that everyone considered $1000 a week for food as the norm. Even if you have paid off the mortgage you couldn't afford a grand a week for food.

[Bob1]

one kilo of premium mince beef in Woolsworth this week 0 $11.99. Are you guys obese or something - 1 kilo is easily a meal for four adults. Pack of homebrand spaghetti 74cents. Tinned toms 74c One onion Spag bol for four adults less than $15. . Add a yogurt each and there's a meal for $20.
Whole fresh free range chook is $13 - feeds a family no probs. - unless you are all obese.