When I buy boxes of crackers or chips or frozen meals it always drives the budget up and then my kids scarf them down in a day with no nutrition so I try to buy as little as possible and focus on from scratch cooking and lots of fruits and veggies for snacks.Weird, we pay more for it.
Everything is cheap except rice. Last time I was there, a working middle class grade of rice was selling for approximately half a man's daily pay for 3 full servings of rice. So basically $4 per kilo. Massive corruption and price fixing.@nukes , what are the prices like in the Philippines?
Yaup, that's how we stay healthy is not buying snack food. Everything has to be prepared to consume for the most part.When I buy boxes of crackers or chips or frozen meals it always drives the budget up and then my kids scarf them down in a day with no nutrition so I try to buy as little as possible and focus on from scratch cooking and lots of fruits and veggies for snacks.
I don't buy organic though, that would make it lots more.
That's damn high.. There would be riots hereEverything is cheap except rice. Last time I was there, a working middle class grade of rice was selling for approximately half a man's daily pay for 3 full servings of rice. So basically $4 per kilo. Massive corruption and price fixing.
Weird and rice here is stupid cheap. I bought a 20lb bag for like ten bucks from Costco.. the yummy jasmine stuff too.Everything is cheap except rice. Last time I was there, a working middle class grade of rice was selling for approximately half a man's daily pay for 3 full servings of rice. So basically $4 per kilo. Massive corruption and price fixing.
I knew I was going to hate this thread. Thanks for nothing, Wickie.
Get into hydro growing. It's the best and the cheapest.Yaup, that's how we stay healthy is not buying snack food. Everything has to be prepared to consume for the most part.
We don't buy much organic, but grocery stores are more expensive than markets, plus I forgot to consider our entertainment food budget too. Ah heck, I have no idea what I'm doing. lololol
how does that work. fresh food is generally more expensive.400-500. We don't eat a lot of processed food so it's cheaper.
a days pay in the Philippines is 7 bucks or so, for the median.Weird and rice here is stupid cheap. I bought a 20lb bag for like ten bucks from Costco.. the yummy jasmine stuff too.
There's nothing cheaper than carbs. Potatoes and rice (in Murica) are dirt cheap. That's why fat people.
We know you don't. I buy from the grocery store but don't really entertain. We spend more around the holidays when we are.Yaup, that's how we stay healthy is not buying snack food. Everything has to be prepared to consume for the most part.
We don't buy much organic, but grocery stores are more expensive than markets, plus I forgot to consider our entertainment food budget too. Ah heck, I have no idea what I'm doing. lololol
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Can you delete this thing or what? This thread is straight out of KnittingCircle.net.