Grocery Haul #15
We are deep into winter season grocery shopping, which means limited variety of produce readily available in the stores and some prices are two to three times higher than other times of year - here’s looking at you $5 cucumbers! While this may sound scary, it really isn’t as bad as some people would have you believe if you are willing to eat seasonally. That means we eat a lot of pumpkin, silverbeet, apples, kiwifruits, etc. this time of year and stay away from the $10 a punnet strawberries - if they’re even available. Things like raspberries, which were an option for my last grocery haul in June, aren’t available now at any cost. This is my least favorite time of year for groceries, but I’m forced to get creative and try new things.
The items purchased came from the Lunn Avenue New World unless specified otherwise.
Quilted triple ply toilet paper, 16 rolls - $8.89
Handee Ultra double length paper towels, 2 rolls - $5.29
Chicken thighs, bone in - 10 count - 1.34kg @ $7.98/kg - $10.73
Waitoa Free Range whole chicken - $13.67
Silverbeet bunch - $2.99 (on sale)
Spring onions bunch - $2.69
Carrots - .806kg @ $1.99/kg - $1.60
Tomatoes - .386kg @ $14.99/kg - $5.79 (yes - nearly $15! a kg, but that is about US$4.76 a pound which isn’t crazy for out of season tomatoes.)
Portobello mushrooms - .152kg @ $18.99/kg - $2.89
Pickling onions - .326kg @ $1.99/kg - $0.65
Red capsicum - $3.79
Ceres organic black beans - $2.29
Ayam red curry paste, 195g - $4.19 (on sale)
The Collective Straight Up yogurt, 900g - $7.79
Mazada Toastadas - $4 (purchased from Martha’s Backyard)
Celery, half bunch - $1.99
Grapefruit - .331kg @ $6.49/kg - $1.65
Brown onions - .301kg @$1.49/kg - $0.45
Karajoz coffee, 200g - $6.99 (on sale)
Palmolive dish soap, 750mL - $2.99
Plain round rolls, 6 pack - $3.19
Rotel tomatoes and diced chilis - $4 (purchased from Martha’s Backyard)
Avocados, 2 count - $3 (on sale)
Panadol tabs, 20 pack $3.99 (on sale. This is the equivalent to Tylenol.)
Grin toothpaste - $3.99 (on sale)
Peanut butter pretzels - .180kg @$27.90kg - $5.02
English muffins, 6 ct - $2.99 (on sale)
Gold kiwifruit - .456kg @ $6.49/kg - $2.96
Wilcox potatoes piccolos medley, 700g - $4.99
Ogranc milk 2L - $6.49 (purchased 2)
Bluff salmon - .514kg @ $36.99/kg - $19.01
My total bill for everything, including the purchases from Martha’s Backyard, is NZ$157.44, or about US$110.
