Grocery Bills Around the World

xoxoxoBruce · 06-08-2007, 03:30 PM

Time Magazine Online, has a photo essay of families around the world with their weekly groceries. They range from $1.23 in Chad to $500.07 in Germany, in US dollars. I suppose some of them are growing much of their own food, or buying it from neighbors, in rural areas.
I've also added the number of people in the family, in parenthesis.

Japan: The Ukita family of Kodaira City (4)
Food expenditure for one week: 37,699 Yen or $317.25
Favorite foods: sashimi, fruit, cake, potato chips

Italy: The Manzo family of Sicily (5)
Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11
Favorite foods: fish, pasta with ragu, hot dogs, frozen fish sticks

Chad: The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp (5)
Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23
Favorite foods: soup with fresh sheep meat

Kuwait: The Al Haggan family of Kuwait City (8)
Food expenditure for one week: 63.63 dinar or $221.45
Family recipe: Chicken biryani with basmati rice

United States: The Revis family of North Carolina (4)
Food expenditure for one week: $341.98
Favorite foods: spaghetti, potatoes, sesame chicken

Mexico: The Casales family of Cuernavaca (5)
Food expenditure for one week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09
Favorite foods: pizza, crab, pasta, chicken

China: The Dong family of Beijing (4)
Food expenditure for one week: 1,233.76 Yuan or $155.06
Favorite foods: fried shredded pork with sweet and sour sauce

Poland: The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna (5)
Food expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27
Family recipe: Pig's knuckles with carrots, celery and parsnips

Egypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo (12)
Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53
Family recipe: Okra and mutton

Ecuador: The Ayme family of Tingo (9)
Food expenditure for one week: $31.55
Family recipe: Potato soup with cabbage

United States: The Caven family of California (4)
Food expenditure for one week: $159.18
Favorite foods: beef stew, berry yogurt sundae, clam chowder, ice cream

Mongolia: The Batsuuri family of Ulaanbaatar (4)
Food expenditure for one week: 41,985.85 togrogs or $40.02
Family recipe: Mutton dumplings

Great Britain: The Bainton family of Cllingbourne Ducis (4)
Food expenditure for one week: 155.54 British Pounds or $253.15
Favorite foods: avocado, mayonnaise sandwich, prawn cocktail, chocolate fudge cake with cream

Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village (12)
Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03
Family recipe: Mushroom, cheese and pork

Germany: The Melander family of Bargteheide (4)
Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07
Favorite foods: fried potatoes with onions, bacon and herring, fried noodles with eggs and cheese, pizza, vanilla pudding.

You can compare your spending, but it's interesting to see the pictures of the families with the weeks groceries all laid out.

Sundae · 06-08-2007, 03:37 PM

Slightly off topic, but I noticed the (Time) typo in this, whereas I didn't notice it on the original link.

Collingbourne Ducis (which is in Wiltshire)

Cllingbourne Ducis sounds like something out of a fantasy novel.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-08-2007, 03:39 PM

Maybe after showing what they are eating they lied about where they lived. heh heh heh

SteveDallas · 06-08-2007, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

United States: The Revis family of North Carolina (4)
Food expenditure for one week: $341.98
Favorite foods: spaghetti, potatoes, sesame chicken

Holy Cannoli! That's darn near twice ours (and we have four people as well).

Cloud · 06-08-2007, 03:52 PM

soup with sheep meat? pigs knuckles? mayonnaise sandwich?

blecch. I'll pass.

jester · 06-08-2007, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

soup with sheep meat? pigs knuckles? mayonnaise sandwich?

blecch. I'll pass.

word sista

HungLikeJesus · 06-08-2007, 04:31 PM

Did the cost include alcohol?

xoxoxoBruce · 06-08-2007, 04:34 PM

By the looks of the German picture, I'd say yes. That could be why their bill was so high.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-08-2007, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

Holy Cannoli! That's darn near twice ours (and we have four people as well).

You're more in line with the CA family.

skysidhe · 06-08-2007, 05:06 PM

Very intriguing!

I am attracted to the Bhutan familys budget and mushrooms are yum

I think our American diets and budgets is pretty accurate. I like all those things as well.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-08-2007, 05:32 PM

The Mexican's 12 big bottles of coke, for a week, struck me as a giant sugar rush.

Cloud · 06-08-2007, 05:33 PM

it's medicinal!

TheMercenary · 06-08-2007, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveDallas

Holy Cannoli! That's darn near twice ours (and we have four people as well).

I bet we spend something near that when everyone is home from school. Easily.

monster · 06-08-2007, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

mayonnaise sandwich?

blecch. I'll pass.

I think it would be an avocado and mayonnaise sandwich.

Griff · 06-12-2007, 08:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveDallas

Holy Cannoli! That's darn near twice ours (and we have four people as well).

I thought we were over-doing it spending about $200-$225 every two weeks for a family of 4. That does seem inflated, maybe they buy a lot of prepared foods.

(I just looked at the photo there looks to be a fair amount of prepared food there. My $ didn't include meals out)

06-08-2007, 03:30 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Grocery Bills Around the World Time Magazine Online, has a photo essay of families around the world with their weekly groceries. They range from $1.23 in Chad to $500.07 in Germany, in US dollars. I suppose some of them are growing much of their own food, or buying it from neighbors, in rural areas. I've also added the number of people in the family, in parenthesis. Japan: The Ukita family of Kodaira City (4) Food expenditure for one week: 37,699 Yen or $317.25 Favorite foods: sashimi, fruit, cake, potato chips Italy: The Manzo family of Sicily (5) Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11 Favorite foods: fish, pasta with ragu, hot dogs, frozen fish sticks Chad: The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp (5) Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23 Favorite foods: soup with fresh sheep meat Kuwait: The Al Haggan family of Kuwait City (8) Food expenditure for one week: 63.63 dinar or $221.45 Family recipe: Chicken biryani with basmati rice United States: The Revis family of North Carolina (4) Food expenditure for one week: $341.98 Favorite foods: spaghetti, potatoes, sesame chicken Mexico: The Casales family of Cuernavaca (5) Food expenditure for one week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09 Favorite foods: pizza, crab, pasta, chicken China: The Dong family of Beijing (4) Food expenditure for one week: 1,233.76 Yuan or $155.06 Favorite foods: fried shredded pork with sweet and sour sauce Poland: The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna (5) Food expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27 Family recipe: Pig's knuckles with carrots, celery and parsnips Egypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo (12) Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53 Family recipe: Okra and mutton Ecuador: The Ayme family of Tingo (9) Food expenditure for one week: $31.55 Family recipe: Potato soup with cabbage United States: The Caven family of California (4) Food expenditure for one week: $159.18 Favorite foods: beef stew, berry yogurt sundae, clam chowder, ice cream Mongolia: The Batsuuri family of Ulaanbaatar (4) Food expenditure for one week: 41,985.85 togrogs or $40.02 Family recipe: Mutton dumplings Great Britain: The Bainton family of Cllingbourne Ducis (4) Food expenditure for one week: 155.54 British Pounds or $253.15 Favorite foods: avocado, mayonnaise sandwich, prawn cocktail, chocolate fudge cake with cream Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village (12) Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03 Family recipe: Mushroom, cheese and pork Germany: The Melander family of Bargteheide (4) Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07 Favorite foods: fried potatoes with onions, bacon and herring, fried noodles with eggs and cheese, pizza, vanilla pudding. You can compare your spending, but it's interesting to see the pictures of the families with the weeks groceries all laid out. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-08-2007, 03:37 PM	#2
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Slightly off topic, but I noticed the (Time) typo in this, whereas I didn't notice it on the original link. Collingbourne Ducis (which is in Wiltshire) Cllingbourne Ducis sounds like something out of a fantasy novel. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

06-08-2007, 03:39 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Maybe after showing what they are eating they lied about where they lived. heh heh heh __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-08-2007, 03:52 PM	#5
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	soup with sheep meat? pigs knuckles? mayonnaise sandwich? blecch. I'll pass. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

06-08-2007, 04:31 PM	#7
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Did the cost include alcohol? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

06-08-2007, 04:34 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	By the looks of the German picture, I'd say yes. That could be why their bill was so high. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-08-2007, 05:06 PM	#10
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	Very intriguing! I am attracted to the Bhutan familys budget and mushrooms are yum I think our American diets and budgets is pretty accurate. I like all those things as well.

06-08-2007, 05:32 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The Mexican's 12 big bottles of coke, for a week, struck me as a giant sugar rush. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-08-2007, 05:33 PM	#12
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	it's medicinal! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

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