How Much Does This Cost Where You Live? (Union City, Union: sales, appliances)

[joe moving]

Originally Posted by ATLater

Today I was shopping and I was like "man, prices have gone up A LOT" so I wanted to compare with everyone else in the world - or at least NJ.

1. A gallon of milk $4.27

2. A loaf of bread $2.50 - Nature's own butter bread

3. A gallon of gas $3.07

4. One way bus trip $1.50

5. Adult movie ticket $10.50 AMC Movies

6. A Mickey D's double cheeseburger $1.00

7. An oil change from Sears $27.99
anyone care to share?

Gallon of milk around 3.29 at Trader Joe's or Whole Foods I think. Non organic of course.

Bread is expensive. 3 bucks or more for 12 grain at whole foods. This is one of those things that I should really be making myself.

Diesel is about 3.39. But at least we are getting 40 miles per gallon.

Don't do the movies or McDonalds or the bus.

[jstar41]

1. A gallon of milk - don't drink milk except in coffee.. that's $2.00 DD

2. A loaf of bread $2.50 - don't buy bread.. only sandwiches.. $7.
3. A gallon of gas- $3.10 - fill up tank w/ 42.

4. One way bus trip -.. no bus trip needed.. thank god!!

5. Adult movie ticket $10. AMC Movies

6. A Mickey D's double cheeseburger $1.00 - I agree.. dollar menu and those chicken wraps kick ass! !

7. An oil change from BMW - 98. dollars..

I don't want to keep on b/c then i'll get depress.. lol

[Len-NJ]

9. Average grocery bill $130 for two people no pets about once a month (favorites grocery stores for best deals – H Mart Korean grocery in Little Ferry for seafood and produce, Seabra’s Supermarket Portuguese grocery in Newark for meat)

HUH???
can you post your grocery list?? I want to try it out

kateb518 - I have to drag my boyfriend grocery shopping so we don't go often (use to be once every few months), we use to eat out a lot but are trying to change that - I guess a comparable monthly eating out tab should have been included but I wouldn't even know where to start. We're both foodies - I love to cook and he's starting to come to terms with his gourmet inner child (very funny since he’s a long-haired biker) so it's becoming easier to make trips to the store and as a result, our bills are growing but that's fine with me - cheaper and usually tastier than eating out.

[njkate]

Originally Posted by Len-NJ

kateb518 - I have to drag my boyfriend grocery shopping so we don't go often (use to be once every few months), we use to eat out a lot but are trying to change that - I guess a comparable monthly eating out tab should have been included but I wouldn't even know where to start. We're both foodies - I love to cook and he's starting to come to terms with his gourmet inner child (very funny since he’s a long-haired biker) so it's becoming easier to make trips to the store and as a result, our bills are growing but that's fine with me - cheaper and usually tastier than eating out.

Ok that explains the $130.00 a month grocery bill for 2

[EB2]

Here in St. Petersburg, FL:

Milk: Close to, if not slightly over 4.00. (I know OJ is about 5 a gallon, now. Ironic considering it's our grown fruit....)

Bread: 1.85 (Sunbeam)

Gas: Anywhere from 3.09-3.13 a gallon (I don't drive, so I had to look that up).

One way bus fare: 1.50 (it's cheaper to buy a pass for 3.50, can be used all day. They don't believe in bus transfers here...)

Movie ticket: It's been a year since I last went to a theater, and the last time I went I paid 7.50/8.00.

McDonald's Double Cheeseburger - 1.00

Oil Change - I believe it's around 20.00-25.00 at a local gas station.

[natalayjones]

Milk is $4.58

gas - i paid $3.05 from hess this morning but i saw some at $3.11

Bread - about $2.00 a loaf unless you go the mertia bread house then it's like .98

Oil change from Tuffy - $ 11- 18 depending on what they do. i hate this fee for dumping out the old oil now. I had free oil change coupons and they charged me a disposal fee

Yeah the all day lynx pas is better $3.50 or the montly for $38

Double cheeseburge from mickey d's = $1 but the 2 for $2 menu is sooo much better

$200 - to brighthouse cable for my internet connection, unlimited long distance phone coverage and digital cable that was a rip off

I probably spend $200 a week at the grocery store lol Hot Pockets and lucky charms are expensive. lucky charms are like $5 a box now! Thank god for wal-mart and the self check out - i probably actually take home about $600 worth.

just kidding - seriously - don't call the store security on me

[EB2]

Originally Posted by natalayjones

Milk is $4.58

gas - i paid $3.05 from hess this morning but i saw some at $3.11

Bread - about $2.00 a loaf unless you go the mertia bread house then it's like .98

Oil change from Tuffy - $ 11- 18 depending on what they do. i hate this fee for dumping out the old oil now. I had free oil change coupons and they charged me a disposal fee

Yeah the all day lynx pas is better $3.50 or the montly for $38

Double cheeseburge from mickey d's = $1 but the 2 for $2 menu is sooo much better

$200 - to brighthouse cable for my internet connection, unlimited long distance phone coverage and digital cable that was a rip off

I probably spend $200 a week at the grocery store lol Hot Pockets and lucky charms are expensive. lucky charms are like $5 a box now! Thank god for wal-mart and the self check out - i probably actually take home about $600 worth.

just kidding - seriously - don't call the store security on me

Cereal IS expensive (Except in NJ they make more [if that's where you're at. I know here in FL, we make a lot less, and pay nearly the same prices, it seems]) - I was looking at some last night, wanting something fairly healthy (I'm tired of all that sugary stuff), and picked up a box of Oatmeal Crisp for over 4 bucks. I was tempted to try Nature Valley's new cereal, but it was also over 4.00 - and only had 14 or 16 oz.....that made it less than appealing. The sweetened "kid" cereal runs anywhere from 3.50 (generally closer to 4.00) up to 5.00 - depending on the kind of cereal and the size of the box.

Oh, and our monthly passes here run 45.

[natalayjones]

Originally Posted by EB2

Cereal IS expensive (Except in NJ they make more [if that's where you're at. I know here in FL, we make a lot less, and pay nearly the same prices, it seems])

I'm right here in overpriced Orlando, Winter Park no less, which for some unknown reason is more expensive to live in. How do you build a city inside a city and then raise all the prices?

[neekah18]

Cereal in NJ is VERY expensive. I don't eat it unless it's on sale and I used to eat cereal for breakfast, lunch, and dinner!!! Most are $4.99 and the amount that comes in the box is just enough for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. But what bugs me out is when cereal is on sale for 2 for $4 the milk is $4.29 so what am I really saving anyway??

I love oatmeal but at $3.99 it is a steep treat and now it is creeping to $4.19 (the magic .19 that they figure means so little to us).

I guess the upside is I have lost a few pounds since I can't afford groceries

[EB2]

Originally Posted by neekah18

Cereal in NJ is VERY expensive. I don't eat it unless it's on sale and I used to eat cereal for breakfast, lunch, and dinner!!! Most are $4.99 and the amount that comes in the box is just enough for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. But what bugs me out is when cereal is on sale for 2 for $4 the milk is $4.29 so what am I really saving anyway??

I love oatmeal but at $3.99 it is a steep treat and now it is creeping to $4.19 (the magic .19 that they figure means so little to us).

I guess the upside is I have lost a few pounds since I can't afford groceries

I'm a college kid (well, I'm in my early 20's - so I guess you could say "kid"), still live at home, and split bills with my mom (it's just she and I, and our pets).


I fear the bills I'll get once I move out (I want to move there) - student loans, here I come!