Guess how much I spent on veggies!

[Azerane]

I did a big veggie shop at the market this morning, and thought to myself that I should compile this same stuff at the supermarket and compare the price (which I haven’t done yet). That got me wondering how much people around the world spend on their veggies. So I thought I could turn it into a fun game where you guess how much I spent on all of this fruit and veg (itemised list below the photo). Keeping in mind I spend in Australian dollars

While we may look like healthy eaters, truth be told, 80% of this is for Dory (it’s parrot chop making week), then about 15% for the bunnies, and 5% for the humans

In approximate top to bottom, left to right, we have;

Kale (1 bunch), coriander (1 bunch), fennel, radishes (1 bunch), romaine lettuce (1 head), silverbeet (1 bunch)

Apples (3), carrots (1 bag 1kg), tomatoes (2), button squash (1), kiwi fruit (3), continental cucumber (1), zucchini (1), snow peas (1 bag)

Bananas (5), butternut squash (1/2), corn (4 cobs), red capsicum (4 small), sweet potato (1).

I also bought 2 brown onions which I forgot in the bag for the photo.

Guess away!! Once there’s been a fair amount of guesses, I’ll tell you how much I spent (and try to remember how much each individual thing cost). When I’m at the supermarket next week I’ll take the list with me and compare prices there as well

[WRXFamily]

I will estimate about 65 dollars in Australia which is about 50 dollars American.
Ha ha!
My husband says 34 American dollars which is 45 dollars Australian ?

[Q8bunny]

Chewie and I guess $20

[Tony's Mum]

I would guess about 20 euro, so €28 dollars?

[Q8bunny]

We guessed in AUD, by the way

[Bam]

35 euros if you’d bought it here. That’s like 50 Aussie dollars.

[jerseygirl]

Im not sure how much at market but for the supermarket, it would be around $58. I looked up the items online for one of our popular supermarkets here.
Maybe $45 at markets??

[Vienna Blue in France]

32.58 EUR => 46.32 AUD

[Q8bunny]

You would guess that, Vienna.

[sarahthegemini]

I don’t know but I want to raid your fridge 

In England from Morrisons (supermarket where I shop) I would estimate that to have cost around £30.

[Jellie]

I’m in America on the west coast. We’ve got great agriculture and local produce here so I’d estimate it to be about $30-$40 depending on where you shop. Farmers markets are big here and you can get great deals on veggies and fruit during the spring and summer.

[Azerane]

I’m loving all these guesses Nice variety.

[Vienna Blue in France]

Yeah but yeah but…. i know some fruit like bananas can be reeeeeeally expensive in oz (or was that a few years ago? Or just in Sydney? ….. although im guessing you wouldnt have bought five if they were. So i think its a tricky one. I would follow Jersey’s lead !!!!

[Azerane]

lol, several years ago there was a cyclone (i think, or flooding, or both) that destroyed most of the banana crops so they went up to around $20+ /kg. They’re fine now

[Vienna Blue in France]

Oh well then….. I’ll reduce my guess from 46,32 AUD down to 44,44 AUD.

[Azerane]

Well, some of you were close… really only Tony’s mum  well done

All that food only cost me $29.70. If it had cost as much as some of your guesses, we would never be able to afford to feed ourselves or the pets. I’ll have to check the supermarket cost on Thursday.

Here’s where most of it went… 80 serves of parrot food. Minus one snow pea that I stole for myself Estimating that the parrot food came to about $20 of that total, that’s 0.25 cents per serving. $1.75 a week (just a breakfast serve daily). Budget pet  Apart from the toys 

[jerseygirl]

It looks so YUM.

Well done Tony’s Mum!
@Vienna, never, Never follow my lead with anything regarding finances or food budgets. Im hopeless.

ETA: On a technicality, I think Q8’s estimate of $20AUD was closest as TM used Euro symbol.  Im guessing TM meant $28AUD. 

Maybe the prize (a bag of parrot chop) could be split between them? 

[Tony's Mum]

Yay! It actually looks so tasty, I’m jealous of your pets!

[jerseygirl]

My next meal, inspired by Dory Parrot Chop.

Disclaimer: No parrots or animated fish were used in this salad. 

[Vienna Blue in France]

Posted By jerseygirl on 4/24/2017 5:15 AM

@Vienna, never, Never follow my lead with anything regarding finances or food budgets. Im hopeless.

I am soooooo disappointed Jersey – you failed me !! I TRUSTED you !!! 

[jerseygirl]

Lol! I wasn’t trying to lead anyone astray, I promise! Im really just that clueless.

[Q8bunny]

Thanks for acknowledging how close I came, Jersey

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