Grocery prices

It's enough to make you quit eating altogether.

(However, my backyard avocado tree supplies all we can use.)
 

We grow them here....should be cheaper. I suppose if I go to the stands, they might be.
 

Ameriscot said:
That's roughly the same as the ones I just got which are from Scotland, not England. They were on sale. During berry season the first row you see in our market is the berries on sale - normally 2 for £3.
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For those who have such difficulty converting prices, it really isn't so hard if you just highlight the price listed and hit search.

https://www.google.com/search?q=£3&oq=£3&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i65l3&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=0&ie=UTF-8.

[COLOR=#878787 !important]3 British Pound equals[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#212121 !important]4.58 US Dollar[/COLOR]
 
AprilT said:
For those who have such difficulty converting prices, it really isn't so hard if you just highlight the price listed and hit search.

https://www.google.com/search?q=£3&oq=£3&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i65l3&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=0&ie=UTF-8.

[COLOR=#878787 !important]3 British Pound equals[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#212121 !important]4.58 US Dollar[/COLOR]
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It's really not an accurate reflection to convert $ £ which is why I usually don't do it. Since I've lived here the pound has been worth between $1.42 and $2. So when it was $2 it makes it sound like things here are twice as much as in the US and they weren't. And when your income is in £ not $ it always sounds like we have an extremely high cost of living. It is more, but not that much more.
 
LynnD said:
I have lived in different countries and what you say is true.
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I have to deal with it every time I visit my family in Michigan. They ask me what we pay for things and then what that is in $. And then are shocked that things are soooo expensive here. No, they aren't! I'll admit to enjoying converting the price of petrol to $ and telling people it's $8-10/gallon. LOL.
 
Ameriscot said:
It's really not an accurate reflection to convert $ £ which is why I usually don't do it. Since I've lived here the pound has been worth between $1.42 and $2. So when it was $2 it makes it sound like things here are twice as much as in the US and they weren't. And when your income is in £ not $ it always sounds like we have an extremely high cost of living. It is more, but not that much more.
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OH, that conversion isn't accurate? My apologies than, but, I'm sure it would still be easy enough to highlight and ask for specific locations to convert to.
 
AprilT said:
OH, that conversion isn't accurate? My apologies than, but, I'm sure it would still be easy enough to highlight and ask for specific locations to convert to.
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No the conversion is accurate it's just not a reflection of what we pay for things. If your income is in £ and you pay for things in £, converting it to $ makes it look much more expensive than it actually is.
 
When we had new windows put in our house 5 years ago they cost £22,000. At the time the exchange rate made that $32,000. So my family thought we paid a fortune for our windows because $32,000 seems like such a huge amount. If we'd bought them in 2004 when the rate was 2 to 1, I would have had to say they were the equivalent of $44,000! The exchange rate fluctuates, but it doesn't means things are more or less expensive for us, just for those using $. Clear as mud?
 
Ameriscot said:
No the conversion is accurate it's just not a reflection of what we pay for things. If you're income is in £ and you pay for things in £, converting it to $ makes it look much more expensive than it actually is.
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Oh, Ok, Thanks. I was just posting it as a way for people to be able to see what $3 US dollars translated to in print elsewhere, not so much budget wise. Everyone is on their own with that more complicated balancing of the differences. LOL!
 
It is good for at least knowing just in general what the price is...you do get a rough idea at least.
 
AprilT said:
Oh, Ok, Thanks. I was just posting it as a way for people to be able to see what $3 US dollars translated to in print elsewhere, not so much budget wise. Everyone is on their own with that more complicated balancing of the differences. LOL!
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I got it. And we have 5 different currencies on this forum!
 
I think California produces at least 95% of vegetablea and fruits for the country.
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Saw a report this morning that said California produces 1/3 (33%) of vegetables and 2/3 (66%) of fruits and nuts consumed in USA. Still a lot, comparatively speaking.
 
Wes and I are sitting down today to work on some less expensive menus-$600.00 a week is just crazy. We do eat healthy-and all of the girls we have currently love healthy food-fresh fish and vegetables. So I enjoy feeding them those things. Some of the other kids we`ve had won`t touch anything healthy. Two sisters wanted only Hamburger Helper and I won`t cook that stuff. Problem is,these girls are all BIG eaters-although none are overweight-and I have to buy LOTS of these things. The rule with foster kids is you have to feed them (or at least offer them) exactly what you`re eating. So we can`t have steak and feed them hamburger. And I couldn`t do that anyway. But I`m starting to wonder if we are allowed to limit their portions. It is very common for foster kids to have food issues-mainly from never having enough-but I`m not sure if we`re allowed to limit food. They will eat huge portions of fish-I have to buy for 7 or 8 when I`m only feeding five. I`m just glad I`m not feeding boys...
 
The rule with foster kids is you have to feed them (or at least offer them) exactly what you`re eating. So we can`t have steak and feed them hamburger.
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Mrs R, coincidentally last night “What Would You Do?” had a segment about this exact situation. Foster mother was limiting what foster child could eat (they were all actors), but allowing her biological child to get what she wanted. She was quite vocal about it, and the other diners chastised her.
 
Oh,I missed that AC! My 16 yo foster daughter is one of 8 kids-4 bio,4 adopted. Not foster-adopted. She was one of the adopted. She says that the "bios" were treated totally different than the "foster kids" (her words) Different food,no dinners out with the rest of the family,etc.etc. I started to doubt her a bit after about two weeks and now her social worker does as well. We`ll probably never know for sure though....Like I said,I couldn`t imagine feeding the kids something different-unless they didn`t like what we were having and preferred I make them a pizza or something. But this group pretty much eats anything. But if my own kids ate this much,I would be limiting them somewhat. The other day while grocery shopping,the 16 yo walked over to the cart with her arms out and four huge bunches of bananas cradled in them. We go to the grocery store every other day-why 24 bananas. I had her put some back and there are still two sitting on the counter turning brown. She won`t eat them like that. But she`s terrified of not having enough....she eats apples (huge ones) and bananas all day long-plus three huge meals and sometimes she`ll make herself a meal an hour or so before dinner...
 
Mrs R, in the show the (fake) foster mother told the little boy (about 7) he couldn’t have a hamburger or milkshake, only french fries. She said “you’re a foster child and I only get a certain amount of money for you”. The little boy (actor) was humiliated and sad…he had to watch the little girl enjoy her milkshake. The fake foster mother was Caucasian and very haughty, the little boy was Black…..which added another slant to the scene. The other customers were appalled (some were White, some were Black), and offered to pay for his food and gave the foster mother a piece of their minds. (A bit over the top, but the actors did a good job.) As I recall, only one group of diners felt it wasn't their business and said nothing.

Then John Quinones appeared! ;)
 
Years ago, I workd at a kind of reform school for kids; but it was for very rich kids. The cost was about $5000 a month for the kids to be there. So they were not from homes that could not feed them for lack of money, and most of them had grown up having any thing they laid their eyes on and wanted.
Except for being loved, and feeling loved.
The parents in many cases just showered the kids with any material things; but had no real time for them in their lives.
So, these kids would gobble food like it was the last bite of food on the planet, even when they were not hungry. They would take a beautiful huge apple from the fruit bowl, eat one bite, and toss the rest of the apple across the floor. We served food as a buffet; and the new ones always had their plates heaping with more food than they could possibly eat.

Apparently, the reason they did this was that what they were hungry for was love; and it came out as eating too much fod. Once they were settled in, made friends, and adjusted to the academy life; they happily ate just what they wanted and no more, for the most part.
Since I worked in the kitchen, and the kids came in every day to see what was for dinner; I interacted with the kids a lot. Kitchen workers were maybe as close a thing to having a "real mom" as life got for them. They loved to come in and help out in the kitchen, and being told afterwards what a great job they did and how much I appreciated the help.
Probably , the foster kids are expressing a need for affection and being loved in their eating habits at first, too.
 

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