For our overseas readers, I thought you might like to know the prices for groceries in my neighbourhood in Texas. Straight from the paper. Not even shopping around.
I think it is a really good deal.
Meat:
sirloin steak, $3.49 per pound lb, $7.70 kg
Ground beef, $2.69 lb, $5.92 kg
Slabs of brisket, $2.99 lb, $6.60 kg
Chicken legs and thighs, $0.79 lb, $1.73 kg
whole cooked Lobster $7.00 lb, $15.40 kg
Veg:
Iceberg lettuce $0.88 each,
Potatoes $0.49 lb, $1.08 kg
Big avocados, $0.99 each
fresh Broccoli $0.99 lb, $2.18 kg
Can baked beans $0.99
And gas aka petrol, was a sweet $3.40 a gallon,
$0.90 per litre (about 0.70 a litre!!)
How does that compare?