Noodles and paise, beans,and cents, milk and pennies..

...Hi thea, Hope you are doing well. Here in the U. S. prices are creeping upward, although they say inflation is under control, that's only because the oil and gas prices have come down. Other items are not going down. A gallon of milk is about $4, beans would be around $1.20, instant noodles $1.00. If you go to one of the dollar store, you may find the Ramae noodles for $.15 a bag. Take care.

What kind of noodles are we talking here? I can get the Ramen noodles those are the very cheapest and would cost me .17 of a dollar. Milk 1 Gallon (we don't have litres here - so some mathematician is going to have to figure out the difference between that and a gallon too- because frankly, I have been up all night and just can not do it.) also this is 1% milk not whole milk! (Whole milk does cost a bit more but I do not buy it) anyway, I got a Gallon just yesterday for $2.19. (and that was a very cheap price at my local gas station) And I don't generally buy baked beans so I don't know what the charge would be.. But I do know (and answering someone elses question) that I personally would not bay over $3 dollars for a large pack of gum. It is maybe selling for about $1 her in the US... (I don't chew it either - but I see it at all the grocery check out stands).

Welllll we use dollars but of course they are different value than the usd. A Litre of milk cdn dollars is 1.68 (1.60usd) Instant noodles like ramen noodles is .24 cents (.22usd) Baked beans - tend to cost about 1.79 i think (1.70) but since they arent something i normally buy im guessing. I know kidney beans are on for 99cents this week. (.94)

Sorry Thea dearest I am absolutely hopeless in maths and figures Whatever the price at Tesco, I'll accept that as that's the cheapest food place I know of so far

hi thea. noodles half packet---- 6 rupees noodles full packet-----10 rupees one litre milk-----16 to 20 rupees can of the cheapest baked beans---24 rupees.( in india,assam) do u know that from last couple of weeks the prices of vegetables are growing high and high. onion---- 40 rupees, potato----30 rupees, cabbage--- 25 rupees and so on. please give the price list of those items of your country. thanks.

Hello, Thea. You're making my brain hurt this morning - why can't we have another useful discussion on how us serial killers can avoid detection? I don't drink milk, as I tend to live off the blood of my victims, and intestines make a good substitute for noodles, but in the interests of accuracy, I've done some research, so here goes: 75 cents for noodles $1.80 for a litre of milk 55 cents for baked beans You need to move to Spain!

Aha...thea, most often our dollar is compared to the US dollar, and today our "Loonie" ($1.00 Cdn. coin) is valued at 97.1 cents US! Now comes the shopping;a pkge. of Instant Noodles here; 99cents to $1.09! Litre of milk..depending on the category..from $2.69 to $2.99! 454 gms. Butter--$5.19, and a simple can of beans, in the area of $1.59! One does shear cents off the prices, if one does NOT shop on this small Island (but then Ferry fare) must be included in the pdse. price. Some items are absolutely unaffordable here...like Good Quality Olive Oil! So bring a pocketful of money for your visit..HUGZ!

Hiya Thea... for $1 USD, I think it's roughly around $1.39 SGD (in Singapore dollars). So with $1.39 I think I can buy roughly around 10 eggs, some places have it 2 bucks plus. So that's about it. As for milk and all that, I think it costs around a dollar something too. Instant noodles $1.20, but if those raw noodles, around $0.60 or so. A can of milk will cost a dollar plus and the same for canned beans too. Here's most things are a dollar plus or 2. A roughly grocery expenditure might cost around $20-$50 each time; depending on which to replenish and all. And that's just basic necessities.

but but but we don't use liters... A quart of milk, which is close, is probably around $2 Beans, maybe $2, no doubt you can get it cheaper, but I'm not in a store, I'm online... Noodles, 99 cents...

OH, now you're asking us to do maths here???? Not my strong subject but let me try and work it out. cheap instant noodles would be around 50-60cents a litre of milk... I usually buy 4 pint bottles which would come out at around $2.50 so about half that I suppose cheapo baked beans... managed to get some for about 50cents today but the branded ones are well over $1 for a single tin when it comes to petrol, we're paying around $1.70 per LITRE

the approx values are noodles (400 gm. pack) $0.21 milk (skimmed / lt.) $0.22 we don't get canned beans here, instead...raw beans $1.90 per Kg. but then this may be misleading as prices depend on the earnings (per capita income)in different countries. so you may find these things to be cheap but for many people here these things are expensive..

Hi thea, it is definitely cheaper here. We get milk for half a dollar. The current worth of a dollar is 44 rupees, so accordingly, milk is less than half a dollar for a litre. It is 21 rupees for 1 litre. Noodles (instant and for a pack of 8)it is 72 rupees, again less than 2$..I have no clue about baked beans as i havent bought or used it. I will add one more item here, for normal olive oil it is 145Rs for a bottle of 100ml. Hmm that is compared to the regular cooking oil which comes at 60 rupees a litre!!!

I really do not understand how currency works. Right now the dollar is varily hanging as being worth more in other countries. I do remember that when I was 13 which was 26 years ago.(best I can do) my dad went to Peru for 3 months. At that time he brought us back some of the beautiful hand-made ponchos and purses. If we bought them over here in our country these would be worth anywhere from $45-60 dollars. He bought them over there for the equivalent of $15 dollars. We know the dollars value has changed dramatically over the years, but I did wear and carried that purse for all the care that was put into it. Now I was in the gas station the other day and seen the same type of handmade item except it was a throw. It was from I believe Brazil and they were selling for $17.99 each. God, what a change over just a 25 year period.

Wow, the answers here are astounding! I am in southwest US. cheap noodles are about a dollar for a 16-0z bag. Milk is low right now, about 2.60 per gallon, which I think is about 1-1/2 litres. I'm terrible at conversions. Cheapest baked beans is about 60 cents. Gum is over a dollar per pack, 1.50 to 2.00 for the big pack, I think. I don't buy it so I don't really know. But different parts of the US are different. Meat is cheaper in the midwest due to the number of processing plants and farms. Fruit and veggies are really seasonal, so they can vary greatly within a few short weeks. Beef is plentiful in the contiguous states, but not in Alaska or Hawaii where almost everything is much more expensive. Even locally I have noticed a difference in pricing between the higher-class neighborhood stores in the next county, and the stores by me. Each city has its own added sales tax which makes a difference. Many stores here now ask you your zip code at the checkout, so you pay the correct amount of tax according to where you live.

I am in Michigan and the cost of living is going up here. And the wages are going down. However the housing costs are way down because no one can afford to buy. For example, there is a huge house for sale for 30,000.00 But the layoffs are astronomical and when you are layed off you are lucky to find a job for over 9.00 per hour and have it be full time. The amount of people unemployed is I think either the highest in the US or the second. I can easily spend 500.00 for a family of six to eat for 2 weeks. And that is with shopping the sales.

The prices you are quoting are really higher than mine. Cheap instant noodles--- does that mean Ramen noodles that cook in three minutes, for us it is less that fifty cents/one half dollar. A GALLON of milk costs about $2.59 (1 gallon is 3.8 liters) A really good extra large can of baked beans, best brand over 20 oz. costs a little over $1. So our dollar goes further.

hi thea well lets see noodles might be on sale for about 98 cents to a dollar, thats the really cheap ones. Milk is higher here about three dollars, and a dollar and thirty five cents for the cheapest can of baked beans on sale. Ca prices are a bit higher than in some of the other states too. Milk prices do tend to vary but right now its between two fifty and three dollars.

A cheap pack of noodles is like 66 cents. We buy milk by the gallon and I normally pay $1.99 or a half gallon for the same price. Baked beans are normally about $1.50 a can. Bread is probably my most expensive staple because a cheap loaf is about $2.25 and expensive brands can go up over $4 a loaf.

Yeah thea 1 kg of rice in India (AP) fine quality = Rs.33 to 38 = Roughly $0.83 cents. Wheat flour is about Rs.30 per kg. i.e., $0.65. We dont use baked beans but an equivalent would cost around $1.25. Eggs cost us 36 rupees a dozen, that is $0.78 per dozen (12). Bread would be 30 rupees long loaf consisting of 15 small slices equivalent to $0.65. Noodles differ as per weight and brand, so I think I will go with the information given in the first post. Litre of milk is Rs.26 i.e.$0.0565 (less than half ur bill). Cabbage in my state would be around 12 rupees for half kg or 24 for full kg = $0.521, peanuts one kg = Rs.55 Indian = $1.1956. Tea best quality - 200 gms - Rs.70 = $1.5217. Coffee 200 gms = Rs.45 or $0.978. Fruit juice tetrapak (guava) - 1 litre = Rs.55 = $1.9565, sugar kg = Rs.37 = $0.80, bathing soaps ordinary Rs.17 for 92 gms = $0.3695, for washing powder - Rs.128 for 1 kg = $2.78, Toothpaste Rs.60 = $1.30. (160 gms) Oil - 1 litre = Rs.100 = $2.1739. Toilet cleaning liquid = best quality = 1 bottle = Rs.55 = $1.1956. That is just the indication. Telephone bill is about Rs.1000 (including internet and cells) = $21.7391. Electricity bill varies for reasons already explained to u in another post from Rs.1000 to Rs.3000! Maximum being $65.217. Maid charges Rs.1500 per month - sweeps, mops, washes utensils, does dusting, drying and removing clothes, washing bathrooms, chopping vegetables, and other chores if any - $32.6087. Transportation is a bit difficult to compare because we use petrol vehicles, and u all use gasoline. We incur about Rs.1500 pm on transportation = $65.217 or so. That is a car. But unlike u all, v dont have business districts that are too far from our homes. Therefore, weekly and monthly purchases are all done at shops within walking distances. Hope this information helps to compare ur cost of living. Please dont hesitate to ask any other information. For those who dont know how to convert into dollars - please divide the cost in ur currency by how many units of ur currency would be required to purchase a dollar. For example 1 dollar = 46 Indian rupees, so all the above information has been arrived at by dividing the cost with 46.

1 dollar=7rmbs,and I found that you cited the price of noodles,milk and beans was so closed to my hometown's. But the money we earned is only a seventh of yours.What a pity.