Every day to the super around the corner or once a week all the bargains? With the current cost crisis, we are more critical of our expenses, also in the supermarket. In the section The Bonnet every week we talk to a Dutchman about his supermarket strategy in times of inflation.
How: Hella Together (54)
Earns a living: Office manager at a bank
Lives in: Abcoud
Hella’s receipt
- 4 bags of noodles (chicken) 2.36 euros
- 5 beef chipolata (25 percent discount) 2.99 euros
- Tomatoes 2.99 euros
- Pepper 1.19 euros
- Verse jus 2,19 euro
- 1.5 liter semi-skimmed milk (organic) 1.99 euros
- 150 grams of chicken fillet strips 2.62 euros
- Verspakket risotto 5.49 euros
- Coriander 1.19 euros
- Total: 23.01 euros
instant noodle! Do you happen to have teenagers?
“I do have teenagers at home, haha.”
How long will these groceries take you?
“This is for this afternoon and tonight. We may need to catch up later.”
We used to pack what we needed, we were hungry and everything was possible. Now I look closer and we go for offers.
Do you feel the price increases in the supermarket?
“Yes, we used to grab what we needed, we were hungry and everything was possible. Now I look better and we go for offers.”
It is said that these prices are the new normal and we have to get used to it. How do you like that?
“Spicy, with almost adults in the house who do not really make a financial contribution yet. I am amazed every day at what I pay for a few simple things. We are not even talking about detergents and care products.”
“I have a good income, but I don’t have much left at the moment. I’ve started to earn a little more, but then it’s about tenners’ work: 80 euros net. That’s nothing when I see what I’m rushing through one day money for groceries. And we also have two cats. They also have to eat. So I’ve become really more careful. More frugal. Skimp on everything a bit.”
Hunting for offers is all new to me, but I do it. I teach it to my children too.
Do you find the shopping you did now standard or luxurious?
“A bit of a luxury. Those chicken strips are quite pricey. The sausages were on sale, the fresh packs were on sale, but the risotto happened to not. Hunting for offers is all new to me, but I’ll do it. I’m learning it my kids too.”
“It used to be a baguette here, a salad and toppings there, but now they are no longer allowed to do that. Now I buy a few loaves of bread at the bakery, freeze them and eat them. It’s about finding a balance, because we love I do like good and healthy food. It’s not like I’m getting a kilo of meat now. Then meat or fish less often.”
Your kids will want to fly out soon. Do you ever worry about whether they will manage in these financially challenging times?
“My son will soon be moving to a room. I told him: ‘You really have to find someone with whom you can cook together to share costs.’ Because if you have to buy it all for yourself, it will be even more expensive. And everything is very expensive. You can still play a bit with groceries, but that will end at some point.”
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