Weekly Grocery Shopping #4

I haven't done one of these posts in ages, I really liked doing them but we have been slacking in buying groceries only once a week! I as well want to see what we are buying, I find it quite interesting and I noticed by looking back at the other posts that our milk has gone up in price, not a lot (and that is why I didn't notice before). I noticed as well that we buy a lot of limes. 

Fruits & Vegetables
Avocados (2x)	3.40
Broccoli	1.60
Chives	0.90
Cucumber	1.40
Limes (3x)	2.10
Onions	1.15
Sweet corn	0.90
Tomatoes (on sale)	2.65
	14.10
Dairy
Butter (on sale)	2.95
Cream Cheese (2x)	4.30
Crème fraîche	2.65
Milk (2x)	3.50
Sliced cheese (2x)	4.40
	17.80
Baked Goods
Le Croquant	3.70
Pain Genevois	2.30
Soft mini Tortillas (2x)	7.40
XL Toast Vitality	3.40
	16.80
Other
Agnesi Olive	3.60
Balsamic vinegar	4.50
Basmati rice	5.90
Chicken cold cut (2x, on sale)	7.80
Chicken Mix	1.30
Condensed milk	3.65
Cup-a-soup Minestrone	2.50
Cup-a-soup vegetables	2.30
Farmer Croc Pecan	4.70
Farmer Flakes Chocolate	5.40
Filets de maquereaux	2.70
Heinz ketchup	1.65
Raw cane sugar	2.30
Refried beans	3.60
Shredded coconut (on sale)	0.80
	52.70
Total	101.40

All in all it was 101.40 Chf ($113,40/£66,50), it should last all week since we have quite a lot of stable items that we need to finish.

Sadly one of the avocado was molded on the inside and the other one super unripe. I hate buying avocados here because of this, they go from unripe to moldy in less than a day. It happens every single time we buy avocado and I try never to buy them because of this but sometimes I just really want an avocado!

What is always on your shopping list?

Bisous

Weekly Grocery Shopping #3

I am so annoyed by that picture, it was taken in bad light and with my phone. Horror.

Fruit and Vegetables

Tomatoes     1.35
Onions         2.40
Limes           2.30
Mixed Salad  3.90

Dairy:

Milk (2 liters)                             3.40
Cheddar Cathedral City                4.50
Assortment of Cheese                  5.55
Cream Cheese (2x)                      4.30
Philadelphia Herbs and Garlic        2.60
M Budget Mozzarella (2x)             6.00
Mini Babybel                               2.55 (on sale)
Excellent Truffle Yogurt (4 cups)  3.80

Baked Goods:

Pan Bianco (gluten free bread) 3.40
Baguette (gluten free)              4.20
Aha! Crackers (gluten free)     5.50
Gran Pavesi Salted                  3.10
Apéro Baked Goods                7.70 (on sale)

Desserts:

Snickers (6x50g)                          2.10
Aha! Farmer Crunchy (gluten free) 3.60

Other:

Shrimps in Cocktail Sauce      4.60
Frozen Shrimps                   10.10
Pistachios                             6.90
Chorizo Picante                     7.60
Chicken breasts                   10.70 (on sale)
Beef Stew (2x)                      9.60
Lasagne                                7.70 (on sale)
Yellow Lentils                        1.90
M Budget Pickles                   3.00
Canned Tomatoes (2x)           1.80
Tom Ka Paste                        1.30
Tom Yum Paste                     1.30
Aha! Penne (gluten free pasta) 4.20
Aha! Gluten Free Flour           6.20
Noodle Soup (4x)                   4.40
Condensed Milk                     3.65

Household:

I am Natural Cosmetics Cleansing Gel    7.50

This weeks total was 164.70 CHF ($182.93/£112.79)

Last week, the food didn't last all week so we are hoping this week it will last all week. And since we spent more than 100 CHF we got as well a 2x Cumulus Points Bonus that we can use when we got to Migros next time. 

In this shopping trip we earned 1 790 Cumulus points, when turned into money is about 17 CHF. But I will talk more about the point system in another post!

Bisous

P.S. How much do you spend on your weekly shopping?

Weekly Grocery Shopping #2

I decided to change the title of this post from Weekly Food Shopping to Weekly Grocery Shopping and just add the other things we actually buy at the grocery store. You can see my previous Weekly Grocery Shopping here. 

I decided this time to organize the items I bought into groups. 

Vegetables: 

Celery            2.35
Corn salad      3.20 (on sale)
Green Onions 1.90
Cucumber      1.70
Potatoes         3.90 

Dairy: 

Butter                                                                  3.10
Half Cream (pack of 3)                                          3.05
Cream                                                                  1.65
M Budget Mozzarella                                             3.00
Cheddar Cathedral City                                          4.50
Sour Cream (two packs)                                        5.30
Philadelphia Cream Cheese with Garlic and Herbs      2.60
Excellent Truffle Yogurt (4 cups)                            3.80
Milk (1 liter)                                                          1.70 

 Desserts:

Flan Chocolate (6 pack)     2.50 (on sale)
Snickers 6x50g                 2.10 

Other: 

Aha! Penne (Gluten Free pasta)    4.20
Pane Bianco (Gluten Free bread)   3.40
M Budget Pickles                        3.00
Beef Stew                                  4.80
M Classic Coca Cola Syrup          5.10
Berry Syrup                                3.00

Household: 

Toilet Paper 24 rolls                        13.00 (on sale)
I am Natural Cosmetics Body Lotion  6.00 (on sale)

 The total this week was 88.85 CHF ($97.65/£61.22) 

While there are things on here that will last us more than a week, there are as well things that we will need to buy again next week. We didn't buy any fruits this week since we still have some from last week that we need to eat. We as well have way to much of other things so I have to start using up what we have! 

I as well only bought four things that were on sale, I usually buy more and I want to try to buy much more on sale. Sadly the gluten free stuff is never on sale! 

What I like about doing these posts is too see the price change as well, in April, the Philadelphia Cheese was 30 cents more than this week! Something I never would have noticed!

I might write more posts on how I try to stay on budget when grocery shopping in Switzerland, since groceries are really expensive here! 

Bisous.

Weekly Food Shopping #1

Some time ago, I was talking to some girls on twitter about the fact that I don't like haul posts and the only type of haul post I might like to read would be food haul posts!

First I would like to explain the household that this food is eaten in, there is Mr. Handsome, a meat eater, and I, a person that doesn't eat mammals or birds. We try to only go to the store once a week and we try to always go shopping on Thursday evenings. 

And some explenations of the lingo I'll be using:

chf - Swiss Francs (since I live in Switzerland)

Migros - this amazing supermarket 

What we bought (in Swiss Francs):

Shrimps                     14.15 (on sale)

Orange juice 2 liters   7.60

Red Curry Sauce       3.10 (on sale)

Coconut Milk            2.00 (on sale, not pictured)

Hamburger Buns        2.20

Fish                           10.40

Fish                            9.80

Chinese Noodles        2.90

Corn                          0.80

Peas                          0.90

Mayonnaise               1.10

Philadelphia Cream Cheese Garlic and Herbs 2.90

Kellogg's Toppas Mini 4.20 (on sale)

Kellogg's Frosties       5.50

Broccoli                     1.45

Garlic                         0.75

Gran Pavesi crackers  3.10

Blueberry Yogurt (two cups) 1.10

Leek                         1.20

Parsley                      1.10

Potatoes                    3.50 

Caprice Des Dieux    4.30 (on sale)

Strawberries (two boxes) 3.60

Cream                       1.60

Brown Mushrooms    2.00 (on sale)

Bagels                       3.20

Milk (two liters)         3.40 

Total Amount:            97.85 chf ($105/ £68)

Hopefully we won't have to go to the store again until next Thursday! More likely is that we have to go to the store Monday/Tuesday to get some milk and cheese. But I will post about that then next week!

Bisous!

Hey, if you have any food related posts please comment them so I can check them out!