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frtoretang
Btw bacon is a star in Sweden. 50 NOK a kilo.
Chicken breast 2 kilo bag 99 NOK. The pork cut used for a classic Nordic dish Flesk og Duppe (pork belly I think) is like 30-40 NOK a kilo. It is boneless so good price.
All of that seems very cheap compared to prices here, considering that the quality is higher (no GMO, antibiotics, etc. due to regulations), and as far as I know, you can't get meat used for Flesk og Duppe for less than 60-70NOK/kg - it is considered 'luxury meat'.
I'm surprised by the huge price differences between stuff - some cost way more, while others cost way less.
In any case, since those prices are in Sweden, I wonder why more Eastern Europeans don't go to Sweden instead to get jobs that pay a lot (to them) at construction, etc.. I mean, stuff is even cheaper than here. Perhaps no job market?
Well anyway, back to topic: how much does it cost to get to Sweden and back? I'm guessing taking a bus would be the way to do it, with an empty suitcase to fill your freezer for a couple of months when you get back, haha.
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Arne_J
You can eat quite well, if you use your head properly, for about 2500 NOK a month in Norway. Here's an "equation" or "principle" i always use when i shop food:
1) Roughly estimate how much food you eat every day. Myself, i like food, so i estimate myself at about 1 kilo food every day, including every meal and snacks.
2) 99% of all items in stores are priced per kilo or liter. The rest you figure out by yourself. If you make it a ground rule to keep everything you buy on average about 70 NOK / Kilo, your food costs will roughly end up about 2100 a month (70 kilo x 30 days = 2100 nok).
This goes for every type of food. You can buy 1 kilo of pork loin for 150kr, and potatoes + vegetables for 15kr/kg - then the average turns out to about 80kr/kg, if you use 50/50 pork/veggies.
Pork loin usually cost less than 150/kg, use Kundeavis.no to check for good offers every start of a week, i promise you'll keep food costs down -and- you will eat like a king every day.
Remember to check the PRICE PER KILO! Quick math saves money.
Well, 2500NOK isn't that little, I eat for around 700-1000NOK a month right now. I love food and cooking, but I don't eat much as I don't make a lot: usually 200-300g of meat and 2 eggs or so a day, sometimes I buy cheese as well (because I love cheese). Since eggs and cheese are rather costly there, I'm thinking I could switch those to hazelnuts/almonds and greens (like cabbage or lettuce), which would cost me even less and would be even healthier. However, if I can get meat for say 50NOK/kg in Sweden (let's take a bit more to include travel costs), I just calculated that I could live for around the same amount of money per month, +-100NOK, depending on how I adjust my diet and what I'll need to feel filled.
So adding that to renting a room (assuming it's okay for me to type at night on my non-laptop louder keyboard, and they won't mind me occupying half the freezer with meat, haha), it'd end up being around 3000-3500NOK/month with an adventure to Sweden every couple of months. Which is very affordable until I start making more money (thinking of getting into web design and I've some other ideas as well).
Anyway, back to your post: that's a pretty good way to predict and limit your monthly expenses, my godfather does something similar. He's a part-business owner, so he only takes out a specific sum of money on every Monday when he's in the bank. That money is for the whole week, no matter what, he's not going to take out more money, so he knows that if he's going to buy say a bag of chips or brandy or something, he's going to have less left to spend for potatoes or meat or fish. If I recall correctly, he takes out around 1000NOK a week though, so that's very generous. But he drives a lot, so he has to pay for gas as well, but still - that's more than enough, considering that I spend that much a month myself.
Personally I go about it a different way: I see how much I need to eat daily and predict the sum I'll need by the end of the month based on the prices at the store. I can be around 10% off due to discounts, price increases (usually before discounts, holidays, etc.), etc.. But I can do that only because I don't buy sweets, chips, beer, etc., and most people stare at me with huge eyes when they hear that.
That site just links to various store pages by the way, so it's not very useful in this case. Or have I missed something?
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Duckie
mattilbud.no is a great app for Android/iPhone. About the Coop offers (This one is exclusive to Coop Prix, yellow themed store inside), there's this special saving combo: a limited assortment of bread + a limited assortment of usually "pålegg" (things to put on your open face sandwich) = free bread. The great thing about the mattilbud app is that you can see all the offers of the most of the big stores.
It's a nice app, I just checked it out - thanks.