How much does food cost where you are?

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SergeantSunshine_reused
SergeantSunshine_reused Posts: 5,382 Member
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Noticed that Iowa has some good prices I guess xD Would like to see how much you are paying where you all live!

Just list a food item and its price! Or more than one :] Lets compare!

I live in Ames, Iowa

Strawberries are $1.98 at walmart, or $1.19 at aldi's
5 pound bag of red potatoes are around $3
Silk unsweetened almond milk $3.19
Asparagus $1.69
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  • RunChinni
    RunChinni Posts: 149 Member
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    I'm not even gonna bother posting. Just add a couple of $ extra for all of them and then a 9.75% state tax.
  • misskerouac
    misskerouac Posts: 2,242 Member
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    I'm in Langley, B.C. and at the grocery store right now Strawberries are still 2.50 IF you can get them on sale, if not it's 4-5$. Asparagus is also quite pricey here.
    My Rice Dream rice milk is 2.99
    a bag of 3 bunches of Romaine is about 3$

    I am excited that it's spring now as I'll be able to go buy at the produce/fruit stands (I work in an agricultural area and a lot of farmers have stands at the edge of their property that you can just stop and buy direct from them, there's even free range eggs and grass fed beef on our road)
  • MissFit0101
    MissFit0101 Posts: 2,382
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    At the local grocery store strawberries are usually 3.99 unless they are on sale
    3 lb bag of red potatoes around 4.00
    unsweetened almond milk (blue diamond) 3.69
    asparagus 2.99
  • skywa
    skywa Posts: 901 Member
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    so expensive. @_@
    i live in hawaii.
    everything cost more because a lot of it is shipped.
    thats why i buy my veggies at the farmers market.

    i get 4 lbs of ground turkey at costco for about 15 dollars.

    strawberries at the grocery at 3-4 dollars. i can get them cheaper if i buy them from a local farm though (like 2 dollars)

    at the farmers market i can usually get 2 weeks worth of veggies (A LOT for me) for maybe 15 dollars though. lots of agriculture here.
  • SergeantSunshine_reused
    SergeantSunshine_reused Posts: 5,382 Member
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    Oh yes can't wait for farmer's market!
    You guys can put any food :D

    Mushrroms are 2 for 5 on sale this week ^-^ 8 oz packages
  • HorrorChix89
    HorrorChix89 Posts: 1,229 Member
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    $1.10 a sandwich at McDonald's. All I can afford.
  • Alliwan
    Alliwan Posts: 1,245 Member
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    Noticed that Iowa has some good prices I guess xD Would like to see how much you are paying where you all live!

    Just list a food item and its price! Or more than one :] Lets compare!

    I live in Ames, Iowa

    Strawberries are $1.98 at walmart, or $1.19 at aldi's
    5 pound bag of red potatoes are around $3
    Silk unsweetened almond milk $3.19
    Asparagus $1.69

    im in nw indiana and my prices are about the same as yours. Our walmart price matches to anything in a 3 hour drive from here, so we get food really really low each week PMing the sale prices to the grocery stores that are too far for us to drive to. But the prices are similar, the potatoes are about $1 cheaper and asparagus is usually $.99 or so.

    Milk (almost every week since june) $1.99 a gallon
    Eggs $.79 to $.99 a dozen
    Butter $1.29 to 1.39 a lb
    Avocado's right now $.69 to $.99 each, will go down to $.19 in the summer
    Cereal $.87 to $1.29 a box, but i wont buy for more than $1 a box with coupons
  • whallvr
    whallvr Posts: 153 Member
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    $4 for a gallon of milk
    $9 for a tray of Fugi apples at Costco
    That is in Anchorage, Alaska
  • JPod279
    JPod279 Posts: 722 Member
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    Who can afford to eat with gas prices what they are now? :sad:
  • SwimKitty
    SwimKitty Posts: 122 Member
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    $1.10 a sandwich at McDonald's. All I can afford.

    If you can cook, a bag of rice ($1.79) and beans ($1.49) will feed you far longer and MUCH better than McD's - just sayin'
  • HarrietSabre
    HarrietSabre Posts: 186 Member
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    Strawberries are like, £2 ($3.21) a punnet pretty much everywhere
    McDonalds cheeseburger is £1.29 ($2.07)
    There's a place round here where you can get a steak (8oz I think), chips (fries) and a drink for £7.25 ($11.64) but that's the cheapest I've seen it, elsewhere you'd usually pay about £12 ($19.26) just for the steak & chips
    A can of pepsi is usually about 80p ($1.26)
  • mfp_junkie
    mfp_junkie Posts: 359
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    4L of milk is $4.59
    pound of gala apples is usually around $1.59, though we catch sales for $1.29 or 99 cents all the time.
    Dozen eggs are $2.59
    Loaf of good bread is $3. White bread is $2.

    No sales tax on food, but there is 13% tax on junk food.

    Mississauga, (just outside of Toronto), Ontario
  • asia_hanebach
    asia_hanebach Posts: 275 Member
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    Strawberries are 2.77 at walmart here. Plus there's the lovely 13% sales tax on just about everything that's not considered "necessary"
  • SergeantSunshine_reused
    SergeantSunshine_reused Posts: 5,382 Member
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    Ohh I can get eye of round steak from the meat counter for $2 each (6oz)
    A frozen bag of chicken breast tenderloins (3 pounds ) for $7
    Okios greek yogurts are $1 each
  • Dtho5159
    Dtho5159 Posts: 1,054 Member
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    I live near Knoxville TN. I shop usually at Kroger and Aldi's but will be migrating to Publix when it opens this summer. Here are the usual things I get weekly.

    Kroger:
    SIlk pure coconut milk $3.19 ($2.50 when on sale I stock the heck up)
    Yoplait yogurt .70 (when .60 I stock up)
    Bananas .55/lb
    I got a 3lb bag of boneless skinless chicken breasts for $4 last week, was on a 3 day sale. Bummed I didn't get 2 bags.
    Gallon 1% milk $3.09

    Aldi's:
    Strawberries .99 (got them for .49 about 3 weeks ago)
    Broccoli .89 (1lb package)
    Cauliflower .89
    We get all our snacky items here (granola bars etc)
  • SergeantSunshine_reused
    SergeantSunshine_reused Posts: 5,382 Member
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    Who can afford to eat with gas prices what they are now? :sad:

    That is about 3.67 here! I have been taking the bus :3 lol
  • ichbinsaege
    ichbinsaege Posts: 1
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    I live in a small village in central Mexico. The Driscoll strawberry farms are near by. I can get a plastic grocery bag full of freshly picked strawberries for about $1.50usd. Fruits and veggies are really cheap here and fresh - year round. Even the meat from the local farmer is fresh. I'm thankful to live somewhere where I can afford to eat healthy, unlike when I lived in the US and spent an entire summer eating ramen noodles so my teenage sons could eat healthy.
  • HarrietSabre
    HarrietSabre Posts: 186 Member
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    It's £6.62 a gallon for petrol where I live ($10.62)
  • HarrietSabre
    HarrietSabre Posts: 186 Member
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    Who can afford to eat with gas prices what they are now? :sad:

    That is about 3.67 here! I have been taking the bus :3 lol

    Is that per gallon? I just worked mine out in dollars and ours is three times as much :/
  • SergeantSunshine_reused
    SergeantSunshine_reused Posts: 5,382 Member
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    Who can afford to eat with gas prices what they are now? :sad:

    That is about 3.67 here! I have been taking the bus :3 lol

    Is that per gallon? I just worked mine out in dollars and ours is three times as much :/

    Yup per gallon! Just saw your post, that is insane! Im not complaining about gas prices here anymore xD

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