Tuesday, December 18, 2007

A week's worth of groceries: How different it looks!

Germany: The Melander family of Bargteheide
Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or$500.07


United States: The Revis family ofNorth Carolina
Food expenditure for one week:$341.98

Japan: The Ukita family ofKodairaCity

Food expenditure for one week: 37,699 Yen or$317.25



Italy: The Manzo family ofSicily

Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or$260.11

Mexico: The Casales family ofCuernavaca

Food expenditure for one week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or$189.09



Poland: The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna
Food expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or$151.27


Egypt: The Ahmed family ofCairo
Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or$68.53
Ecuador: The Ayme family of Tingo
Food expenditure for one week:$31.55
Bhutan: The Namgay family ofShingkheyVillage
Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or$5.03

Chad: The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp
Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or$1.23

2 comments:

Laura said...

This is amazing - thanks for the perspective - wow. Some countries sure eat more vegies than us.

Vicki said...

You should post a picture of 14 boxes of MRE's. The world might have forgotten that we still have troops that are living off of less than some 3rd world countries household food allowance. :)