A stunned British expat asked Aussie shoppers for saving tips after revealing his very basic grocery haul cost more than $60.
Financial adviser Ryan King, 25, recently moved from London to Melbourne and has been left shocked by the price of Australian groceries.
For a whopping $61.90 bought some apples, garlic, mushrooms, bananas, chicken, a capsicum, stock, onions, honey, flour, soy sauce, and bread from Woolworths.
‘I want to show you what I got and how much it all cost. If any Australians are watching and have any hacks on how to get better or cheaper food, please let me know,’ he said in the TikTok.
‘It’s quite expensive.’
Financial adviser Ryan King (above) recently moved from London to Melbourne and asked for tips on how to save on groceries
Mr King then walked through the prices that stood out to him the most.
‘One pepper (capsicum) for $3.29… Two onions for $2.19, four bananas $3.25, this 1.4kg of chicken was $14.67,’ he said.
‘I’ve not bought a huge amount of stuff, I would normally get more meat and maybe rice, pasta, potatoes, dips and sauces.
‘So this might be, like, 60 per cent of a food shop.’
He added he wasn’t happy with the cost and asked for Aussies shoppers to leave their advice on how he could save money.
‘If anyone in Australia can please give me tips on how to shop better because I feel like this isn’t a very good shop,’ he said.
For a whopping $61.90 bought some apples, garlic, mushrooms, bananas, chicken, a capsicum, stock, onions, honey, flour, soy sauce, bread options (above) from Woolworths
Australian commenters were quick to respond by sharing the lessons they’d learnt while grocery shopping.
‘Aldi is elite, you’ll save heaps and I personally like the meat produce there better,’ one person wrote with several others adding Aldi has affordable options.
‘Shop between different shops. Fruit and veg from the grocer instead of Woolies or go to the markets,’ another said.
‘Get your soy sauce from Asian supermarkets and get the home brand flour,’ another commenter wrote.
A third said: ‘Woolies has frozen prepared capsicum for cheap. Not good for salads but good for pasta and stir fries.’
Grocery bills may be set to spike even further with the end of Coles and Woolworths’ price freeze programs.
Australian shoppers left their tips to save (above), including shopping at different places and trying local markets, under Mr King’s video
Retail giants Coles and Woolworths declared a price freeze on hundreds of everyday staples and popular products in June last year to help households deal with soaring cost of living and interests rates on top of inflation hitting its highest level in in 32 years.
Woolworths ended its price cap on everyday essentials on December 31 while Coles’ ‘Dropped & Locked’ initiative is scheduled to end January 31.
Despite the price freeze, the cost of fruit and vegetables soared by 16.2 per cent in the 12 months to September, dairy products by 12.1 per cent while bread and cereal items rose 10 per cent, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Both supermarkets have assured the prices of many products will remain the same.
Woolworths has taken a seasonal approach to its discounts and recently slashed the price of more than 300 summer grocery staples as part of its Prices Dropped campaign, which continues until February 21.
Woolworth’s price freeze program ended on December 31 while Coles’ is set to finish on January 31 but both grocery giants said many prices will remain the same (pictured, a Woolworths worker)
‘We know cost-of-living pressures are being felt by Australian families, and throughout 2023 we will continue to work hard to help them save each time they shop with us,’ a spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia.
‘While the Price Freeze program has come to an end, we remain focussed on maximising value for our customers, and many of the products from the program currently remain at the same low price.
‘We will continue to review each cost increase request from our suppliers on a case-by-case basis, working together to sensitively manage market-wide inflationary pressures.’
Coles hailed its current price freeze as an overwhelming success and said many of the essential items featured in the program will remain the same price until later this year.
‘Dropped and Locked has received an incredible response and has helped save Australian households millions of dollars since it launched last year,’ a spokeswoman said.
‘We are looking at how we can best use these promotions to support customers with rising cost of living beyond the end of January.’
