Thread: Fighting the rising cost of groceries

I'm currently on a fairly decent wage and we have just started to make a budget due to a) the amount of wastage we have (use to buy alot of foods on impulse and then just throw them out not having touched them), b) need to get fitter and healthier and take-aways dont help the cause. we don't go down to the shops anymore 'just for something do' as we always end up buying stuff we don't necessarily need,the wife only buys nappies for our daughter when they are on special, usually save $10-$15 a box by doing that, she reads the junk mail and buys whats on special, we tend to walk down to the local supermarket/bakery and buy whats needed on the day now more than ever (exercise and less wastage) and I've started to eat left-overs. i 'spose the biggest saving is me working away, only need to buy a third of the food we used to and dont have the daily expense of running the landy. i'm lucky that my folks live close to the airport and i no longer have to pay parking ( i park at theirs and just put fuel in their car when they drop off/pick me up and still save over $100 a fortnight) the gym at work or rather the village i stay at is free, (unfortunately the squash courts down the road aren't, but trying to talk work into paying for the hire - healthy, happy workforce = increased production) everything is provided from meals to soaps/shampoos. when i'm away, the first day i land i buy breakfast and lunch (usually asleep on the plane before take-off so miss the breakfast they serve) as opposed to buying lunch every second day as i use to (even though meals are supplied). i no longer buy treats/snacks and have found that fruit and water isn't as bad as i thought, basically i have gone from spending $200 plus a fortnight whilst i'm away to just over $50 this last trip and that included buying a second hand GPS unit, so should be cheaper next trip away, haven't quit the ciggies yet but thats the next item to be done, managed to do this last trip on only two packets a week, hopefully be one packet a week next trip and then none from then on. i know this doesnt really show how we save on groceries, we've just tried to save in all areas and still give our girl everything she could possibly want (well for the time being, dare say it will be a different story when she gets older).

Originally Posted by rovercare

Used to eat it kinda fresh a fair bit Fresh= blam blam, cut off the backstraps fresh

Bah, sooking about germs, how will you ever build up an immune system

Not the only one

Originally Posted by loanrangie

In this financial climate the repayments on 361k would be a lot more than the incoming rent .

My original post was regarding someone buying Woolies shares to fund their grocery bill. The assumption there was a cash purchase of shares. My assumption was for a cash purchase of a house.

I don't see where any repayments would come into it. No repayments means all of the rent goes into your pocket (less taxes).

Originally Posted by EchiDna

I know you are stirring, but if you could pay cash for the house, fine... but borrowing to create an income source in the current fiscal environment? no thanks...

if I had $20k to either put towards a house deposit or shares, right now it would go on shares or managed funds.

See above, the origianl post was talking about purchasing $361 000 dollars worth of shares. There was no mention of finance/borrowing. I didn't mention finance/borrowing either. I didn't see you jump down anyone elses throat about the repayments required on the loan to buy the shares.

If you blinkers allow you to see shares as the only viable investment, that is fine, but you are making assumptions that were wrong in this example.

I bought pizza for dinner last night, two large for $5. They were a bit old (been in the warmer for a while), but I couldn't resist the bargain! Now I have pizza for lunch and smoko today as well .

Originally Posted by BigJon

I bought pizza for dinner last night, two large for $5. They were a bit old (been in the warmer for a while), but I couldn't resist the bargain! Now I have pizza for lunch and smoko today as well .

Yum,

Salmonella pizza, the meal you can enjoy all week long and still have a supermodel figure

Originally Posted by dobbo

Yum,

Salmonella pizza, the meal you can enjoy all week long and still have a supermodel figure

so thats what i'm doing wrong

supermodel figure here i come

Originally Posted by dobbo

Yum,

Salmonella pizza, the meal you can enjoy all week long and still have a supermodel figure

No spews or squirts yet . At least I keep the uneaten portion in the fridge.