Grocery Haul #11
The most reliable sign that the seasons are changing is what is available in the supermarkets. I know that spring is nearly here because there are strawberries! Even better, the strawberries don’t cost $10 a box. I thought the changing of the seasons merited another grocery haul so you can see what I’m able to get now that things like bell peppers (aka capsicums) and strawberries are back on the shelves for reasonable prices.
L&P Soda - 8 330ml cans - $11.99
Bundaberg - 10 pack - $15.49 (to put this in perspective, our local grocery store in Austin carries 4 packs of this ginger beer at US$7.29 per pack. That’s US$1.82 per bottle. Here, it is the equivalent of US$1.01 per bottle)
2L organic milk - $6.49 per bottle x 2 - $12.98
McCoy pineapple juice - 1L - 2 for $5 - $5 (sale)
Carefree pantyliners - 24 count - $3.89
Pic’s Smooth peanut butter - 1kg - $16.99
Grin kids’ toothpaste - $4.49 (sale) (side note: if you’re used to using Tom’s toothpaste for kids, this is the only substitute we’ve found that the kids like.)
Strawberries - 2 x 250g punnets - $7.38 (sale)
Salada crackers - 250g - $3.29 (These are saltines.)
Vegetable stock cubes - 12 - $2.49
Green & Black 70% chocolate bar - 90g - $2.99 (sale)
Capsicums - 2 for $5 - $5 (sale)
Chicken tenders - .734kg - $12.54
Crown cut pumpkin - $3.49
Porcini risotto - 250g - $5.79
Garlic naan - 3 pk - $4.49
Steam BBQ Pork Buns - $6.99 (sale)
Butter - 500g - $5.99
Baby carrots - 300g - $3.69
Free range eggs - 1 dz - $7.49
Brown onions - .376kg @ $1.69/kg - 50¢
Parsnips - .536kg @ $5.29/kg - $2.84
Romaine Lettuce - $3.79
Israeli Couscous - 400g - $6.49
Brioche rolls - 10 pk - $4.49
Champagne ham - .134 kg - $2.51
Peanut Butter Pretzels - .20kg @$27.90/kg - $5.58
Bluff salmon, skin on - .69kg - $23.38
White vinegar - 750ml - $2.29
Gold kiwifruit - .576kg @$5.99/kg - $3.45
Sweetango apples - .581kg @$3.49/kg - $2.03
Carrots - .491kg @$1.99/kg - 98¢
Spring onions - $2.69
Telegraph cucumber - $3.49
All of these prices are in New Zealand dollars. My total bill was NZ$207.06, or about US$134.59. This shopping trip was heavy on the sodas. My husband is the only one who drinks them, and even he drinks them rarely, but every once it awhile he gets on a kick and will go through a lot in a short period of time. Apparently we’re in one of those phases. I should note that there are “regular” sodas in the grocery store. An 8 pack of 330 ml cans of Sprite goes for NZ$11.99, for example.
Check out all of my grocery haul’s here.
