Tuesday, June 22, 2004
foreign exchange dealing
There has been some good discussion around the kiwi~mission~diet. I live in New Zealand, so my figures for food costs are obviously New Zealand dollars. Tammy commented, asking how this might translate in her currency.
Can any of my blog readers
a) take the kiwi~mission~budget shopping list, and price it in their currency
b) ring a budgetting agency and find out what the average person spends on food.
I would appreciate such information.
Posted by steve at 10:51 AM
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your shopping list is about twice as expensive as our food here in the USA, assuming you’re talking in american dollars.
and i found this:
‘As of December 21st, the exchange rate was $NZ 1.00 = $US 0.44.’
so there you have it. we americans need to take the numbers on these posts and divide by half. which sounds pretty reasonable to me.
Comment by tammy — June 22, 2004 @ 1:45 pm
ok – you asked for a list from the USA. here’s my estimate of what these things cost in rural ohio, USA — some of these i don’t buy very often, so it’s only an estimate (signified by ?), and some of them i’ve not heard of. and i shop at discount stores, where i bag my own groceries, so some people in the USA spend up to twice this amount at regular grocery stores. and things are more expensive on the east and west coast as well.
here it is:
Bacon (one pound) $3.00?
Bananas $.50 a pound
Beef Pork or Corned Beef (kg) $5.00?
Beef Stock (tbspns) $.50 for 16 ounces
Beetroot slices (415gm can) (never heard of this)
Bread (Sandwich – slices) $1.50 a loaf
Bread Long rolls $2.00
Bread – Hamburger Buns $1.00
Breadcrumbs (cup) -less than $1.00
Butter /Margarine(gms) $2.00 a pound
Cabbage $1.00 (?)
Carrot $1.00 for 2 pounds
Celery Sticks $1.50
Cheese (gms) $2.00 per pound
Chickens $.50 per pound
Corn $.75 per pound, canned
Cucumber (Slices) $.50 for one, fresh
Eggs $1.25 per dozen
Fruit – Canned $.89 per pound
Flour $2.00 for 5 pounds
Lettuce $1.00 her head
Maggi Mushroom Soup (Pkt) ???
Milk $2.50 per gallon
Mince (gms) ???
Mushrooms $0.50 for 8 ounces
Oil Canola $2.50 for 32 ounces
Onions (ea) $.35
Parsley $2.00 per ounce, dried
Pasta $1.00 per pound
Peas Frozen $1.00 per pound
Polonies (ea) (don’t know what this is)
Potatoes $3.00 for 5 pounds
Rice – white $2.00 for 3 pounds
Salmon Tinned $2.00 ?
Spaghetti $1.50 per pound
Sugar – white $2.00 per 5 pounds
Sugar – brown $2.00 per 2-3 pounds
Tomato Sauce (can) $.50
Tomatoes $1.00 for 2
Lemons $2.00 for 6-8
Muesli Ingreds – Coconut (cups) ???
Rolled Oats $2.00 for a large canister (12 cups?)
Bran (gms) ???
Wheatgerm $3.00 for a several cups
Sultanas (gms) (don’t know what this is)
Sunflower seeds (gms) ???
Sesame Seeds (gms) ???
Vitawheat crackers $2.00 for a pound
S&P (don’t know what this is)
Curry $1.00 for a large amount
Dressings $2-$3 for a 16 ounce bottle
Basil & Thyme $2.-$3. for a few ounces, dried
Vinegar $1.00 for 16 ounces
Cinnamon $2.00 for a few ounces
Mustard $2.00 for 8 ounces
Custard Powder (Tbspns) ???
Comment by tammy — June 24, 2004 @ 6:30 pm