Keeping tabs on inflation

Just a few minutes ago I got back from grocery shopping and getting gas (not to be mistaken with getting gassed😃).

Groceries for one person for seven days came to $81.31 (75.6 Euros). The only nonfood item was a single 2-liter Diet Pepsi.

Gasoline was $3.59 per gallon or something like .94 Euros per Liter.

How does that stack up with where you are?

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OogieBoogie · F

The other day...one shop, two grocery bags. Food for two people for a week not including snacks I'm gonna buy today and milk during the week, (so it'll be well over $200, with no laundry or bathroom stuff...or coffee)
$181 AUD ...(€107)

Just veggies, fruit, meat, milk, bread, ...all the basics.
This is twice as expensive as this time last year .

Petrol per liter : $2.03 (€1.20)

Ontheroad · M

@OogieBoogie So, $128 USD for two people. That's actually a bit less than here (in the US). Still, if it's twice what it was a year ago, that's painful. Ours is about 25-30% higher. Not good, but not near the increse you are experiencing.

OogieBoogie · F

@Ontheroad so much has doubled .
Your average suburban 3 bedroom house is over half a million now .

I weep for future generations.

Ontheroad · M

@OogieBoogie It used to be relatively inexpensive to buy a home here, but since Covid, we are seeing the same thing... average homes now cost a half million or more and rent has gone crazy too.

The overall cost of living has taken a real beating in the last several years. Most of that is totally unwarranted and comes down to greed.