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Forums > General Discussion   Shooting the breeze...

Price Gouging...

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Created by Simondo > 9 months ago, 21 Oct 2011
Simondo
VIC, 8020 posts
21 Oct 2011 3:12PM
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I reckon my wife doesn't look at prices at the Supermarket.... I think she just shops in blissful harmony safe in the knowledge that it's not her money!!

I think a Supermarket could happily display a price of $10 per mango, and if they look big and fat, she would still pick one up!

There, got it off my chest!

Maybe it's not Price Gouging, and just preying on the blissfully unaware!

At least she cooks nice stuff....

Mackerel
WA, 313 posts
21 Oct 2011 2:17PM
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Too true Simondo, Mrs Mackeral spends $350 at least each week on food shopping!! The bit that gets me is when I see her throwing out all the unopened items that have been in the fridge going off and replacing them with the ones she just bought from Coles. I swear I should own a third of that company by now!! But alas, she is a supurb cook and I wouldn't have it any other way....

mineral1
WA, 4564 posts
21 Oct 2011 3:50PM
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Mackerel said...

Too true Simondo, Mrs Mackeral spends $350 at least each week on food shopping!! The bit that gets me is when I see her throwing out all the unopened items that have been in the fridge going off and replacing them with the ones she just bought from Coles. I swear I should own a third of that company by now!! But alas, she is a supurb cook and I wouldn't have it any other way....


Date codes were put there for females only. Us blokes couldn't give a toss, as long as it taste OK, then bugger the date codes
Yep females in my family do just that, check the code, and in the bin, then get a replacement....just in case

kiteboy dave
QLD, 6525 posts
21 Oct 2011 5:54PM
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That is a bit excessive but I've noticed how much the Woolies bill has gone up in the last few years... Can't blame the missus really... blame the Duopoly

BarryDawson
WA, 175 posts
21 Oct 2011 9:14PM
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Mackerel said...

Too true Simondo, Mrs Mackeral spends $350 at least each week on food shopping!!


Look, I know no one cares about spelling mistakes, but could you at least make up your mind on your surname!!!!!

Or......

Is it a different Mrs Mackeral....

OMG, I'm confused

ockanui
VIC, 1307 posts
22 Oct 2011 12:25AM
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there was a good discussion recently to get rid of either the best before date or the use by date as there is lots of perfectly good food thrown out because of the presumed date is past and its straight in the bin whilst still being edible, back in the old days it would all be done by the smell test....my family say I am past the used by date or maybe I just smell?

BabaORiley
WA, 434 posts
22 Oct 2011 6:00AM
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Thought Mrs Baba was a bad shopper but readin a few of these post i will be happy to give her an extra 50c a week

elizabethb
QLD, 2081 posts
22 Oct 2011 8:45AM
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lol Simon I feel for you!

and Mrs Mackerel! My goodness that's a lot of money each week on food!

We average $120 a fortnight including fresh fruit and veges (for two adults and a 7 year old every now and again)., but I think I'm pretty savvy when it comes to using 'random' assortments of food in the pantry.

Considering I'm a coeliac (aka Gluten free) not by choice, we eat a lot of rice based food including making our own sushi, and are growing:

-corn
-snow peas
-lettuce
-baby yellow tomatos
-large red tomatos
-silverbeet
-corn
-strawberries
-lemon
-lime
-carrots
-chilli
-basil
-eschallots
-parsley



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BulldogPup
6657 posts
22 Oct 2011 3:39PM
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^^^^^ Now that's a sensible garden!Great job.

dinsdale
WA, 1227 posts
22 Oct 2011 5:29PM
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Mrs Piranha is a very astute shopper too. We have a vege patch, not overly comprehensive yet, but growing (pun intended), and a few fruit trees. We catch fish and I hunt too (rabbits and 'roos). Only we 2 ol' farts at home now with a typical weekly food shopping bill around $30 to $40. It also helps to live in a rural area and have farming friends.

Greazy
QLD, 94 posts
22 Oct 2011 9:26PM
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elizabethb said...

lol Simon I feel for you!



2 weeks ago


Today





Nice setup

Mackerel
WA, 313 posts
24 Oct 2011 10:43AM
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Great garden Elizabeth, we are bit slack really... I bet we could save heaps by growing a decent veggie garden as that seems to make up alot of the bill!

I only have chilli's and parsley (staples for my famous chilli mussels) at the moment.

I have been looking at starting an aquaponics set up. Anyone into this? Looks like a great way to grow some veggies / yabbies / trout and also give the daughters a bit of education. Kinda like a Dad / Kids project.



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