Thread: Fighting the rising cost of groceries

Originally Posted by dobbo

Just apply more funds towards shopping and do without unnecessary **** like duel diflocks, etc..........

Yep... Agreed...

Learn to drive the terrain better, drive smoother, more fluidly and you can get anywhere without them


As for shopping... We shop daily... We dont have a garden patch etc....

More to do with our shift habits than anything else....

But if I want a steak, I buy a steak... Chicken? We buy chicken....

Just the nature of the work we do...

And the boys consume a goodly amount of milk and bread for sure....

Food isnt that expensive, neither is fuel.....


The best advice I can give... Go where the money is high and the cost of living is less....

Originally Posted by tombraider

Yep... Agreed...


The best advice I can give... Go where the money is high and the cost of living is less....

Exactly what I did, I have to travel for all up 6 hrs a day but I feel my family is worth it. Besides, I don't pay for the travel.

we also keep a good stock of cheap extenders like 2 minute noodles, croutons, dried vegies and frozen bread. In bulk it turns up cheap, its filling and generally it picks up and carries the taste of whatever your cooking with it....

WE buy the cheap bulk pack meats and minces seperate it out, trim the fat from the meat then freeze it and boil the mince to lift the fat from it before cooking it.

Originally Posted by dobbo

Exactly what I did, I have to travel for all up 6 hrs a day but I feel my family is worth it. Besides, I don't pay for the travel.

unfortunately we dont all have this luxury, althought it would be good to have free travel to and from work.

I only have to drive 15km to and from work so fuel isnt really that much of an issue, i set aside $50 a week for fuel and if i go over that i try and cut back on other trips that arent needed.

As for the diff locks, its personal choice, i had been saving here and there since i got the vehicle because that was what i wanted, at no point have i skimped on my family or put the car first, i have sold projects uncompleted because money was more useful paying bills etc. We all spend money on accessories to make our vehicles better at what they do. Besides this thread was for how to cut the shopping costs and grocery costs not how to get the extra money from other things. Saving money is always a handy thing and if you dont need to waste money on expensive cleaning products because you can do what NM suggested why should i go without diff locks so i can keep buying shower power and a toilet duck for the rest of my life.

Originally Posted by Ace

why should i go without diff locks so i can keep buying shower power and a toilet duck for the rest of my life.

Simply because all the difflocks in the world can not get the germs off your toilet seat, therefore your ar53. Fine you can climb a rockwall with your car, I can too, I just have to use my body, it's still capable to walk partially due to the fact that sitting on clean toilets over the last few years have kept the germs/desease away, therefore wear and tear due to healing and recovery time, therefore arthritis from my body.

Originally Posted by Ace

..............I only have to drive 15km to and from work so fuel isnt really that much of an issue, i set aside $50 a week for fuel and if i go over that i try and cut back on other trips that arent needed............

got a pushy? 15km is only about 30 minutes and it's free exercise...

do this 5 times a month and that's $50 a month still in your pocket... do it 5 times a month for a year and you are $600 bucks up over a year...

that'd enough for a family holiday, a major repair around the house, a much needed new appliance...

Originally Posted by dobbo

Just apply more funds towards shopping and do without unnecessary **** like duel diflocks, etc..........

No Diff Locks That would be ---k--. You Have to live

Originally Posted by EchiDna

got a pushy? 15km is only about 30 minutes and it's free exercise...

do this 5 times a month and that's $50 a month still in your pocket... do it 5 times a month for a year and you are $600 bucks up over a year...

that'd enough for a family holiday, a major repair around the house, a much needed new appliance...

Or a years supply of toilet duck