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ENZ
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Joined: 14 Nov 2003
Posts: 1001
Location: New Zealand
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Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2003 5:55 pm Post subject: Groceries |
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andy
I Like It Here
Joined: 17 Nov 2003
Posts: 60
Location: Auckland
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Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2003 10:55 am Post subject: |
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| We are a 4 person family. Average shopping bill at Tesco was £120 a week roughly. Here its $150. Thats about £56 at todays exchange rate. |
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Gregg H
I'll Hang Around A Little
Joined: 15 Nov 2003
Posts: 11
Location: Darkest Britain
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Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 7:56 am Post subject: |
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andy, do you buy the same sort of things as you did back home?
Cheers,
Gregg H. |
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andy
I Like It Here
Joined: 17 Nov 2003
Posts: 60
Location: Auckland
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Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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I buy more fresh stuff and microwave meals are not big here so I dont get all the fast stuff I used to. Cakes are not like the uk either. I guess the answer is I still buy enough to feed the family but not so much junk. I miss microchips!
Incidently a large pizza from pizza hut is under £5 and there are always vouchers for buy one get one free and things. |
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John Miller
Valued Member
Joined: 17 Nov 2003
Posts: 102
Location: New Zealand
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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Andy is spot on about the lack of microwave meals or any half decent pre-prepared meals. NZ is a country where you have to start doing what you've seen all these TV chefs do. Take the raw ingredients and get to work yourself. As far as shop-bought pizzas are concerned, they are horrible. Have you tasted McCains pizzas Andy? 
I hadn't tried Pizza Hut until they started putting leaflets in our mailbox a couple of months back. As you say, a large pizza for $12 and a regular one thrown in free feeds two adults and two kids fine at teatime and they're much better than the supermarket ones. |
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andy
I Like It Here
Joined: 17 Nov 2003
Posts: 60
Location: Auckland
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Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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Not bought a pizza yet from supermarket. My son misses micropizza and micro chips when he wants to snack on the weekend!
Gravy is terrible here too. I want a big tub of bisto granules! A pack of prawn cocktail crisps wouldnt go a miss either! |
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rebecca
I'll Hang Around A Little
Joined: 04 Feb 2004
Posts: 28
Location: Hull, UK
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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 11:30 pm Post subject: Iron Bru |
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My husband's trying to bribe the removals firm into letting us sneek in a case of Iron Bru.
It is available in NZ, but it's made by an austrailian company. It just doesn't taste the same, apparently.
Being a a Scot he is addicted to the stuff (personnally I think it's minging), so we've got a few weeks of cold turkey ahead. Great. |
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Moorf
Future NZ Guru
Joined: 06 Mar 2004
Posts: 705
Location: West Sussex, UK
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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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I am sure there are websites where you can buy British products, check these out - I guess delivery might be a bit expensive but hey, if you need to fix a craving for property choc then no price is too high!!!
Here's a site that even ships Marks and Spencer's stuff !!! 
http://www.expatessentials.co.uk
All the best
Moorf |
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Cathy
Testing The Water
Joined: 10 Mar 2004
Posts: 5
Location: Leeds
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Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 10:23 pm Post subject: Internet prices typical ? |
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| andy wrote: | | We are a 4 person family. Average shopping bill at Tesco was £120 a week roughly. Here its $150. Thats about £56 at todays exchange rate. |
Andy, had a look at a couple of internet shopping sites e.g.Woolworths and and the prices seem very similar to the UK. Expected them to be lower. Are the internet prices not typical ?
Cathy |
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