Saturday, April 16, 2011

The real cost of food?


Went to the grocery store today for our weekly re-fill. It seemed that, on a per serving basis, fruit and veg are a lot more expensive than meat or grains. So I did a little calculating on our groceries.....





Per Serving, from low to high:


couscous: .43


spinach pasta: .45


canned tomatoes: .53


broccoli: .59


apples: .83


cottage cheese: .86


yogurt: 1.06


kransky's: 1.40 (an Aussie sausage Jeff has fallen in love with)


lamb chops: 1.49


grapes: 1.50


avocado: 1.75


chicken thighs: 1.90


kale: 2.12 (called silverbeet here; because it cooks down so much you have to buy a lot to get one serving)



fruit juice: 2.59


Pepsi: 3.29


So, it's not as overt as I thought standing in the check-out line but there are some surprises here. Anyone have any ideas how this would compare to prices in the US?

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