Cost of living in Australia

[drive carephilly]

Interesting. Parliament calls them in for a sit down. They say, "no thanks, we're good." Parliament says, "if you don't show up you'll go to jail." they say, "right then. why do we charge more? well, because we can."

Apple, Microsoft grilled over Australian prices - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

[minibrings]

Originally Posted by BCC_1

The problem with Coles and Woolies is the variation in the quality depending on where you live. If you live in the East, Inner West or North Shore of Sydney the quality is generally pretty good. If you live outside that area the quality of produce deteriorates markedly. I guess they send their best produce to the stores where the average spend/customer is higher (which makes sense). And to be fair, around here they're competing with guys like Thomas Dux, Fratelli Fresh, Norton St Grocer, even Harris Farm, so there's a fair bit of decent competition. FF and NSG both allow you to order online and deliver.

Man I wish we had had that competition in Adelaide. OK we had an IGA in North Adelaide.. it was a brand new store.. but ugh.. At least we had the CEntral Market which was.. as one of my favorite places ever to shop. I do check their web cam once in a while and cyber stalk.. one of the best borscht ever.. was to be found there.

[BCC_1]

Originally Posted by minibrings

Man I wish we had had that competition in Adelaide. OK we had an IGA in North Adelaide.. it was a brand new store.. but ugh.. At least we had the CEntral Market which was.. as one of my favorite places ever to shop. I do check their web cam once in a while and cyber stalk.. one of the best borscht ever.. was to be found there.

I love borscht. I love any soup really!

[sossie]

I loved the big markets in OZ-and I don't mean Paddy's! I spent alot of time going to both the Sydney and Newcastle produce markets-except we would be there at 1 or 2 am unloading produce for the morning sale-you could walk around the agents sites and see fruit and veggies coming in from all around the state-was just amazing!