I was just wondering how much the basic things in life cost where you are in the world? I know it sounds quite sad, and looks it but hey, I was bored and I just realised the definition of "basics" in the food/items way is rather subjective, but anyway...
Just the average product which you may not necessarily buy (for example you may like an expensive brand for some reason which you can say, but this is just a regular branded questionairre). With Petrol prices here going down a fair bit and me being able to stomach small amounts of food now - it got me wondering. Feel free to add to the list, and just answer as many as you can. No need to go to the shops on my watch (could always use the Internet?).
For example if I saw 5 loaves of bread between £1.15 and £1.25, I'd say the average price is £1.20, also location helps.
This is for the U.K -
- A loaf of bread (no real difference between price for regular white or brown): £1.20
- A pint (568ml) of milk: £0.50
- A fruit of your choice (weight is 2lbs - 0.9kg of apples, in my case): £1.75
- A block of cheese of your choice + specify weight, (Stilton, in my case as it's by far my favourite): 220g, £2.00
- A 10 pack of bacon: £2.40
- A single tin of beans in tomato sauce (Heinz, if possible - with it being a branded export/import product): £0.70
- The average cost of one type of prescription drug (for example in the uk, if I were to get Tramadol, Morphine and a crate (32) of my medical drinks, it is classed as 3 seperate items: £22.95 (£7.65 x 3)
- A bottle of branded ketchup: Heinz, standard "squeezy" bottle, £1.95
Luxury items...sort of
- A 4 pack of beer: £4.50 (on average due to import of some brands)
- A pack of cigarettes (20): £6.66 (average of 10 packs)
- A litre of petrol (gas, in the USA) or Diesel if you run that*: Petrol - £1.31, Diesel - £1.38
- A drug of your choice, if you want (in my case, Cannabis, 8th of an Ounce): 3.5g, £20 (but an "eighth" is anywhere between 1.7 to 3g on average, depending on dealer and quality.
I could quite easily see something like this turn into a scavenger hunt...*rubs chin*
* 1 litre = 0.26 US Gallons
- The UK has the 2nd highest cost for Diesel in Europe, and the 10th highest for Petrol
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Gas - $2.98 a gallon
Bread - $1.98 a loaf
Milk - $3.80 a gallon
Can of Beans - .98 cents
Can of Black-eyed Peas - .80 cents ( I can literally live on these)
Nekot brand Peanut butter crackers - $2.50 for a box of 8 packages
Package of 3 Chicken Breast - roughly $8.00
Rice - $1.00 per bag for good brands (we grow tons here so that shit is dirt cheap)
Shoes - $50.00 for a decent pair
Shirts $20.00 for a Tee shirt
Pants $30.00 for name brand jeans or shorts
As far as luxury items go
Books - runs from $8.00 for trade paper backs to around $15.00 for others
New games - $59.99 before tax
Other than that the only luxury items I buy are new miniatures for my war-gaming habits which vary wildly in price, and the odd ticket to a movie which runs around $8.50
Brand new video games here are between £40 and £59 at most. I forgot to add that to the list..maybe as I download any PC games, and buy xbox games second-hand. Never in a rush to play a vidya game. Books can be pretty expensive, but with the new digital age of Kindles etc, they are slowly coming down in price.
As for food and fuel, that is not bad at all!
Thanks for taking the time to post here. It may seem odd, but I quite like hearing about how much things cost elsewhere in the world.
Whereabout are you based? Nothing specific - like I say, South UK here. Or don't say - if you prefer.
>two litres of milk: $2.00
>1 kilo of banana's : $2.00
>A 10 pack of bacon: $2.50
>A single tin of beans in tomato sauce: $1.00
>The average cost of one type of prescription drug: government subsidy (as i am a poor student); never more than $10.00 for me. The full price would be the same across developed nations.
>A bottle of branded ketchup: $2.00
> $15.00 for 6-pack of Victoria bitter.
> consumer cigarettes range from $15.00-$25.00
with an average income of about $35,000-$40,000 (although these numbers are always fiddled with)
Once again, thank you for taking the time to do this, including the average income :thumbsup:
PS. I recall seeing a news article about insane prices in a remote part of Canada. Will try and find it. Be glad you aren't there. Goes for everyone!
Edit: Once again, Reddit to the rescue. It's basically one huge bookmark site for me - $28 cabbage, $65 chicken, and other insane food prices in Northern Canada
:JDROP:
Luxury items...sort of
That's a surprising price difference when you consider we have a free-trade agreement and are right next to each other. The prices should be close to ours. Is there any competition between supermarkets?
I'll do some reading as that's really changed my view of NZ. For reference, the average annual wage here in the UK is -
Edit - this site seems to say that the average, or most popular wage is around the $49,800 mark in NZ. Seems like it should be more, logically, as things there are a ton more expensive than here in the UK, for example. A pack of fags costing $14!? Weed doesn't seem too bad. Average price for decent grade here is around the £250 mark, but I've seen as low as £160. depends who you know, as the world of business has shown.
Still can't get over the cost of bacon though. Dayum.
Our currency is also much less than you guys. At a guess without checking. You get a NZ-$ for around an AU-70c.
You can pretty much throw NZ's average wage statstics out the window. They've been fixed to make our shit smell good over here. Our government has simply taken the lowest income and the highest income and wedgied right in the arse crack and called it an average wage. I've been struggling to meet a minority of people on that pay rate here. I think any NZ totsean would agree with this except for the high income earners.
With the type of government we have the cost of living has gotten much worse. The high income earner is getting richer while the low income earner is pretty much struggling to make ends meet due to the taxes and overheads.
NZ use to be a great place to live, but we're getting financially raped in the arse. Good place to visit, wouldn't wanna live here.
I guess the average wage numbers are all a fix then, which wouldn't surprise me. The UK ones are never accurate and everyone earns different amounts, not to mention post-tax. A lot of the Welfare over here, and even university help, they look at your Parent's earnings pre-tax, but mine then fall below that threshold post-tax.
Not really fair, but fuck 'em. There's always ways of making money. I got my medical benefits confirmed yesterday, so waiting for those to come through - and my Dad needs to borrow money from me. It's a sad state to be in really.
The deli counter is a fucking crapshoot,you ask for 1/2 pound of roast beef and you get 1/4 pound of fucking salami drives me nuts.
Everyone else I know shops where they have English speaking people that can at least fill an order_but the catch is that it costs more.
Unfortunately the government seems to be only interested investing money into the city centre and fuck the locals. I don't wanna pay extra taxes fixing up the Christchurch business district, I'd rather invest it into the locals. There are people sleeping in cars and vans in the middle of our southern winter. When I was down there last I always thought to myself. "Its not a cathedral that makes this town, It's the people." They're awesome people and it rubs off on everyone, because even the tourist are more friendly (Me. :rolleyes:)
I'll agree. It's not really fair but as TDR mentioned "That is the economic future of every modern nation in the world my friend and it is all by design" It's a sad reality.
There's always a way to make money bro. It maybe under the radar but at least it's a way of making ends meet.