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Basic costs
Posted: 14 May 2025, 07:13
by Airspeed
I don't know what it's like where you are, but 1Kg Coffee beans is now AU$58, and the humble 180g Chocolate bar AU$8.
Just as well petrol just dipped below AU$1.70/L, which is cheaper than milk now (AU$4.60 for 2L)
Re: Basic costs
Posted: 17 May 2025, 08:50
by Airspeed
So, nobody has any local comparisons to share?
Re: Basic costs
Posted: 17 May 2025, 08:57
by Brian Franklin
Need a jar of coffee myself so seeing the Bank manager on Monday..
Re: Basic costs
Posted: 17 May 2025, 12:39
by Airspeed
Brian Franklin wrote: ↑17 May 2025, 08:57
Need a jar of coffee myself so seeing the Bank manager on Monday..
Re: Basic costs
Posted: 18 May 2025, 16:45
by blanston12
I just purchased a 32 oz of Peet's Organic French Roast from Costco, it cost me about 21$US (tax included). So convert pounds to KG and then USD to AU and that's about 35.9AU/KG.
Cheapest gas (petrol) around me is also at Costco at 4.59$US a gallon. So doing a similar conversion its about 1.88AU/L, but then gas prices in California are usually higher than the rest of the country.
Re: Basic costs
Posted: 19 May 2025, 03:16
by Airspeed
blanston12 wrote: ↑18 May 2025, 16:45
I just purchased a 32 oz of Peet's Organic French Roast from Costco, it cost me about 21$US (tax included). So convert pounds to KG and then USD to AU and that's about 35.9AU/KG.
Cheapest gas (petrol) around me is also at Costco at 4.59$US a gallon. So doing a similar conversion its about 1.88AU/L, but then gas prices in California are usually higher than the rest of the country.
Hi Joe,
That petrol price surprised me; I thought that they just about gave it away in the US. I guess the global giants have it all under control.
Re: Basic costs
Posted: 19 May 2025, 13:25
by Tako_Kichi
Here in my city in SW Ontario, Canada we currently pay $1.25 CAD per litre for gasoline/petrol (but it can vary daily) which works out to $1.39 AUD per litre (I don't know if that's good or bad).
We usually buy Folgers filter coffee when it is on sale and that costs $15.00 CAD for a 816 gm drum so that would be $16.69 AUD per drum (again I don't know if that's good or bad).
https://www.folgers.ca/En/Our-Coffee/Ground-Coffee
Re: Basic costs
Posted: 19 May 2025, 13:43
by Airspeed
Tako_Kichi wrote: ↑19 May 2025, 13:25
Here in my city in SW Ontario, Canada we currently pay $1.25 CAD per litre for gasoline/petrol (but it can vary daily) which works out to $1.39 AUD per litre (I don't know if that's good or bad).
We usually buy Folgers filter coffee when it is on sale and that costs $15.00 CAD for a 816 gm drum so that would be $16.69 AUD per drum (again I don't know if that's good or bad).
https://www.folgers.ca/En/Our-Coffee/Ground-Coffee
Both would be regarded as cheap here, Larry
Petrol AU$1.70, Coffee beans AU$58 Kg
Re: Basic costs
Posted: 19 May 2025, 16:46
by Vancouver
Costco in Abbotsford (1127 Sumas Way)
Costco
1127 Sumas Way
Abbotsford, BC
Station Prices
Reported Gas Price
Regular 158.9¢
Premium 172.9¢
4-10 cents more elsewhere
Costco (Kirkland) coffee is great I have no idea what it costs.
Re: Basic costs
Posted: 19 May 2025, 20:33
by blanston12
To keep things constant, I looked up the price of Folgers Coffee from our local Safeway Grocery store,
25.9-oz. canister of Folgers Classic Roast ground coffee (734g) is on sale for 13.19USD after tax. Doing the math that would be 28.07AU/kg.