What Is Going on with CHEESE?

Aliantha · 10-13-2011, 06:45 PM

Two litres (half gallon) of milk over here (if you buy a name brand off the shelf) is about $3. If you want to buy A2 (which is pure jersey milk and better for you) you're looking at about $5 and organic is over $6 for the same amount.

Cheese is an expensive luxury which we still make room for in the budget. For a 1kg block it's about $11. That's 2lb and is just basic cheddar or colby. Nothing fancy.

Icecream is about $8/gallon.

Au dollars are comparable with US at the moment, so that's a pretty even comparison.

I get the shits every time I have to go shopping. lol

HungLikeJesus · 10-13-2011, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

Two litres (half gallon) of milk over here (if you buy a name brand off the shelf) is about $3. If you want to buy A2 (which is pure jersey milk and better for you) you're looking at about $5 and organic is over $6 for the same amount.

Cheese is an expensive luxury which we still make room for in the budget. For a 1kg block it's about $11. That's 2lb and is just basic cheddar or colby. Nothing fancy.

Icecream is about $8/gallon.

Au dollars are comparable with US at the moment, so that's a pretty even comparison.

I get the shits every time I have to go shopping. lol

Maybe you're lactose-intolerant.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-13-2011, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

Cheese is an expensive luxury which we still make room for in the budget. For a 1kg block it's about $11. That's 2lb and is just basic cheddar or colby. Nothing fancy.

Icecream is about $8/gallon.

That's pretty cheap for cheese... but I guess they more than make it up on ice cream.

Aliantha · 10-13-2011, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

That's pretty cheap for cheese... but I guess they more than make it up on ice cream.

Yeah well, I still think it's a crazy price to pay for something we eat every day around here. Having the kids makes a difference. If it was just me and Dazza, we'd only be buying small amounts, or larger amounts would last longer.

These boys can go through a kg in a week without any trouble at all. That's a huge wack of the grocery bill, which is why I've put the stops on all the cheese gobbling. We're back to just plain eating now. It helps. lol

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Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Two litres (half gallon) of milk over here (if you buy a name brand off the shelf) is about $3. If you want to buy A2 (which is pure jersey milk and better for you) you're looking at about $5 and organic is over $6 for the same amount. Cheese is an expensive luxury which we still make room for in the budget. For a 1kg block it's about $11. That's 2lb and is just basic cheddar or colby. Nothing fancy. Icecream is about $8/gallon. Au dollars are comparable with US at the moment, so that's a pretty even comparison. I get the shits every time I have to go shopping. lol __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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