tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post3906682243862816814..comments2023-10-07T21:22:42.209+10:30Comments on Quilting in My Pyjamas: Mrs. P Goes Grocery ShoppingShayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11032969125788408807noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-21298750991956899822011-01-28T12:13:35.439+10:302011-01-28T12:13:35.439+10:30Do you seriously eat something called "bung f...Do you seriously eat something called "bung fritz"!?! And do you guys earn more money than we do, because your groceries sound super expensive to me. But what fun to go shopping with you at FOODLAND (I sure hope no one got a bonus thinking up that name). Of course, we have a FOOD LION. Why lion? It makes absolutely no sense! Is it the king of grocery stores? I don't think so, but it has the widest aisles and the fewest people and the carts with the pretend cars for the boys to drive, so that's where I prefer to go.Vesuviusmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08447649002367621196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-62530637476620862902011-01-23T06:59:22.967+10:302011-01-23T06:59:22.967+10:30I think groceries are decidedly more expensive dow...I think groceries are decidedly more expensive down under. I'm going to have to rethink my move there.<br /><br />This was a really fun post. I loved seeing what you shop for.<br /><br />xo -ElElizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07980461113595763030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-81366636502788738662011-01-22T22:27:25.665+10:302011-01-22T22:27:25.665+10:30Good to see you are a Foodland Girl. Did no one th...Good to see you are a Foodland Girl. Did no one think you were a little strange taking photos of your shopping trolley. Mmmmmm fritz.Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17288635333245893039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-67508104873995697122011-01-20T02:12:35.357+10:302011-01-20T02:12:35.357+10:30Great post LOVE all your pics - did you get any lo...Great post LOVE all your pics - did you get any looks? taking photo's at the shops??Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06859635446679188039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-21548193506013703392011-01-19T04:48:38.501+10:302011-01-19T04:48:38.501+10:30Don't faint, Shay--yes, it's Lurky Linda!
...Don't faint, Shay--yes, it's Lurky Linda!<br /><br />I was pulled from anonymity by this post when I checked in to see if you are one of those poor flooded places we hear about on the news. So glad to see you are high and dry!<br /><br />Chicken boobies and bung fritz just cracked me up!<br /><br /><br />Went to a grocery/electronics/tires/optical/snack bar yesterday--Sam's Club, a huge megastore with only enormous portions of groceries available at "great savings"! Sometimes yes, sometimes no. I call it the Hundred Dollar Store. I go in for a book (40% off for a best-seller) and a big bag of bagel chips and spend a hundred bucks on other stuff I don't need in order to "save money". Sometimes it goes bad before I can use it up in my 2 person household, especially if it's chopped salad--an enormous bag for $2.50, and I am the only one who eats it. Still, throwing away half a bag is cheaper than buying the regular grocery's tiny bags at $2.99 (and I'd need 2). But oh, the guilt! No wonder Americans have a bad rep with the world. <br /><br />I did buy a 3 lb. hot roasted chicken for $4.99--one of their specialties. I can get 3 meals off that sucker, so maybe that justifies the salad. And buying the other stuff I didn't really need.<br />Miss you!vawriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02776688234339103879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-5992285995373384432011-01-19T02:37:09.244+10:302011-01-19T02:37:09.244+10:30Thanks to both of you for sharing your shopping ad...Thanks to both of you for sharing your shopping adventures. Ms. P, there IS something exciting about the Aussie shopping trolley/cart--in the US, only the front wheels turn in all directions compared to the Aussie carts which have 4 turning wheels. I often have a wrestling match with my cart and come out of the store exhausted from the struggle! As for prices, my Aussie ex-SIL was amazed when he arrived here at how cheap our food is. That may explain why we Americans are so obese!Barb Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05744581949539579718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-77050661363112640392011-01-19T01:03:26.838+10:302011-01-19T01:03:26.838+10:30okay, I just re-read my post on a weekly grocery t...okay, I just re-read my post on a weekly grocery trip....<br /><br />your stuff is way more expensive<br /><br />http://kirstenscooking.blogspot.com/2010/10/what-i-bought-today.htmlKirsten's Cookinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09129971420086685005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-47876426366472803552011-01-18T23:03:54.681+10:302011-01-18T23:03:54.681+10:30Your grocery store looks remarkably similar to tho...Your grocery store looks remarkably similar to those here. I think I'd feel right at home.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01805403370463885686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-197263607870490672011-01-18T21:39:13.359+10:302011-01-18T21:39:13.359+10:30I wish I could get in and out and home from the su...I wish I could get in and out and home from the supermarket in 45 mins on a weekly shop.<br />I'm an egg snob too, only organic eggs for us but at $7 for 10, not a dozen, they are very expensive, but at least they taste like eggs,not like chlorine like the last time we had free range non-organic eggs.<br />It was a great exercise comparing with Larri, I'll need to sit down and do the math to see how they compare once the weight is converted.<br />Thanks for doing that and it was good to see the stock is pretty much the same down there as it is up here. Except for that thing that you call bung fritz, I would be very worried if I saw that in my supermarket, it looks very very dodgy!Marghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09659940271976716013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-84121420329118835522011-01-18T19:28:58.819+10:302011-01-18T19:28:58.819+10:30I have been shopping with my 19 y.o. daughter and ...I have been shopping with my 19 y.o. daughter and her 22 y.o boyfriend and not only does it cost me more but they love to walk behind me saying "mum,mum,mum, mummy, mummy, mum!!!" Drives me nuts. Plus have you bought Quilton toilet paper? Have you read what it says inside the toilet roll? Hahaha! It says Quilton loves your bum!!!<br />Cheers<br />AnneAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15360715750788737820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-44901902472069856562011-01-18T17:07:17.277+10:302011-01-18T17:07:17.277+10:30No wonder you get so much done...out and back in 4...No wonder you get so much done...out and back in 45mins!!!! It takes me 1/2 hr just to get to the supermarket LOL!Baa-Me Kniitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00532601173550095905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-11876124934232518132011-01-18T16:51:15.326+10:302011-01-18T16:51:15.326+10:30Hey, stop complaining...all I get is a mini size O...Hey, stop complaining...all I get is a mini size Oreo box (4 Oreos in a pck) for €1,..it´s unbelievable. On the other hand I was shocked at the prices. Things seem a lot more expensive in Australia than ove here, which really surprised me. Wish I´d known about that, I would have joined you guys.Kirstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04605700713786543166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-30339660186819371812011-01-18T15:37:00.847+10:302011-01-18T15:37:00.847+10:30I am afraid I am an egg and a milk snob. Only org...I am afraid I am an egg and a milk snob. Only organic eggs $7.50 a doz and A2 milk as the kids complain of tummy upsets on the other stuff and husband is mildly lactose intolerant (though he hasn't officially been diagnose but I have noticed the difference). <br /><br />My uncle was a butcher and he told me that if you knew what they put in bung fritz you would never eat it, I pretty much live by that, my husband loves it but only Conroy's its hard to get though since the food poisoning scare a couple of years ago (still he doesn't learn).seabreezequiltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05210564993790938890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-83233443353016169592011-01-18T14:16:40.607+10:302011-01-18T14:16:40.607+10:30Interesting post Shay.
I think I may come visit y...Interesting post Shay.<br /><br />I think I may come visit you to buy some chops ( its only 6+ hours . I don't know when the last time was that I saw loin chops for that price... years. They are usually double that ( or triple on the odd occasion).<br />We are sometimes able to get bung fritz ( for about the same price) even if we are on the 'other' side of the borderDeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01813796834290807079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-50209766316589662002011-01-18T14:02:17.405+10:302011-01-18T14:02:17.405+10:30Interesting and educational. Loved all your photos...Interesting and educational. Loved all your photos, though I bet the store thought you were a Mystery Shopper sent to evaluate them...were they nicer than usual this trip? :)Susan Entwistlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12637371699937967807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-46460165104309746612011-01-18T13:59:27.348+10:302011-01-18T13:59:27.348+10:30thanks for sharing your grocery shopping. I enjoy...thanks for sharing your grocery shopping. I enjoyed both post. Although I can't figure out the conversions (where you didn't do them for me), I think the prices here in Northern California are about the same.<br /><br />I avoid shopping of all sorts, grocery and otherwise. <br /><br />Oh, and when any of my children go shopping with me it costs me more and takes longer ..theahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08621187880594813876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-81974009047400320082011-01-18T13:21:07.448+10:302011-01-18T13:21:07.448+10:30Love it, Shay! What fabulous photos you took. Than...Love it, Shay! What fabulous photos you took. Thanks for playing "Let's Go Shopping" with me. Lots of fun! :o)<br /><br />PS...I still don't think I'd eat that bung fritz. Ummm, stay away from mystery meat! LOL<br /><br />Happy Tuesday! :o)Larrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05551141093395055894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-76772714005994502132011-01-18T13:14:46.926+10:302011-01-18T13:14:46.926+10:30That bung fritz thing....that's scary looking....That bung fritz thing....that's scary looking. If I saw something like that at one of my local grocery stores, I'd have assumed somewhere was a giant moth laying giant eggs. Imagine the damage they would cause to the flour aisle when they hatch. Ack!<br /><br />Seriously, that was interesting. I like your TP brand: Quiltoh. Somewhere, in an office in some highrise, some guy thought of that, and probably got paid quite a bit for it. <br /><br />Interesting that Kellogg's Rice Krispies (here) are called Kellogg's Rice Bubbles there. Do they snap, crackle and pop?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-56314168956770417562011-01-18T13:11:38.871+10:302011-01-18T13:11:38.871+10:30Wonderful post. Not sure I can add anything to wh...Wonderful post. Not sure I can add anything to what has already been noted in the other comments. I don't do most of our grocery shopping, my guy does most of it (on the condition I make out the list). However, he is out of town this week so I had to go, with the 12 year old kiddo. I need to remember to feed her before I take her grocery shopping! <br /><br />Thank you for the tour. I had to laugh at the "chicken boobies".Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02876375845688651131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-26762494149700714122011-01-18T12:11:45.133+10:302011-01-18T12:11:45.133+10:30LOL... Shay, you made me realize one more time tha...LOL... Shay, you made me realize one more time that things are much more cheaper here in India!!! my MONTHLY groceries come down to about 2500INR thats like 55 USD plus another 1000 bucks (thats about 22 USD more) for veggies & fruits that I buy fresh twice a week... Thats in all 77 USD!!! FOR A MONTH!!! Not to mention all the $1.5 / yd fabric that I manage to find at the Local Shops here!!!<br /><br />BTW I have nominated you for an award... Check my blog for details...Shrutihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01030241763554093561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-9659427067726289772011-01-18T11:46:26.197+10:302011-01-18T11:46:26.197+10:30Chicken boobies...........gave me a great laugh! W...Chicken boobies...........gave me a great laugh! What kind of meat is silverside? Just curious so when I come to the land down under, I know what I am eating. Looking at the cereal isle, I see they call our Rice Krispies, Rice Bubbles there. Looks like the same packaging.Ann Marie @ 16 Muddy Feethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18043510561974011878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-32713962487768698372011-01-18T11:18:22.773+10:302011-01-18T11:18:22.773+10:30My sister works in the meat unit at Woolies and th...My sister works in the meat unit at Woolies and they really do call chicken breasts "boobies".<br /><br />I work at Woolies too.<br /><br />Bung Fritz is awesome (living so close to the border, we have victorians come over and get 10-20 kilos of the stuff to take home)<br /><br />Again, being so close to the border, it seems sometimes like every second customer is from interstate, and we have to explain that no, we dont have free bags, no it wasn't our idea, yes, it is a bit stupid, and look, do you want to pay the 15c or not?<br /><br />Do you drink Milo? I think we need to spread the word about it to our international friends, because I feel that they're missing out on it's sheer, unrelenting awesomeness.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11266313274046316499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-60414284067202844702011-01-18T11:02:13.231+10:302011-01-18T11:02:13.231+10:30Not sure what chicken boobies are, but a fascinati...Not sure what chicken boobies are, but a fascinating trip nonetheless. (In our stores here in the US, no cameras allowed - what don't they want us documenting?)Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11123520405709193418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-62034031076021891702011-01-18T11:01:31.001+10:302011-01-18T11:01:31.001+10:30Very interesting. I had to look twice at the bung...Very interesting. I had to look twice at the bung fritz. It looks like...something else. Even the name sounds a euphemism for something else. No offense to any bung fritz lovers.<br /><br />You shop in a very clean and organized looking store, and everything looks very appetizing. My weekly shopping involves trips to 3 different groceries, the really cheapest store for essentials, the big box cheaper store for things I can't find at the cheapest store, and the regular store (mostly for meat that is not questionable). Thankfully they're all within proximity to each other or I'd drive myself nuts about whether it's worth the gas to drive to all 3.Paulettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181665241824945247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-21423058929258505842011-01-18T10:21:06.472+10:302011-01-18T10:21:06.472+10:30What a great idea for a post, Shay.
When we go ove...What a great idea for a post, Shay.<br />When we go overseas ( sounds like we do it all the time - we don't but wish we could !!)the thing we love most is trying to live like the locals and this involves shopping at the supermarket. In the UK they have a lot more supermarket chains to choose from and the whole experience is fun. I have to say , from my experience, food is much cheaper over there.<br />I'm off to check out Larri's shopping now .<br />Cheers<br />HelenHelsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.com