GLP'ers from all over the world, help me up on a research

USA
Black beans one pound. $1,79
Coffee one half lb. $6'99
Sugar four lb. $2,99
Salt two lb. $2,00
Noodles one lb. $2'00
Toilet paper four rolls. $2,50
Soap two bars. $1,80
Steel wool. One box. $2,00
Arches one box $1,30
Laundry powder. One pound. $3,00
Powdered milk one lb. $4,00
Tomato paste six oz CNN. $ ,80

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Thank you! So, judging by this sample, I can safely assume that the full list won't cost $100 is it?

Those were one pound costs, you need to multiply them based on the quantities your list

Yeah, I know... but judging by the prices he/she mentioned, I hardly doubt that even making the correct multiplications, the whole sale will not reach $100. But thanks!

5kg (11 pounds) white rice $8
2kg (4 pounds) black beans $4
2 liters of soy oil. $10 (guessing)
250g (0.5 pounds) of cofee $3
1kg(2 pounds) cornflour. $1
2kg(4 pounds) white sugar $2
1kg(2 pounds) salt. $2
1 can of tomato extract. $1
500g(1 pound) noodles. $1
250g(0.5 pounds)margerine. .50
4 rolls of toilet paper. $2
2 body soap. $1
1 toothpaste. $1
500g(1 pound) washing powder$3
2 bars of soap. $2 (if household.soap)
1 pkg. steel wool $1
1 match box. .10
400g(0.5 pound) powder milk $3
So $45ish and no fresh fruit, vegetables, dairy, protein. Lame.

Thank you! I'm expecting that the prices will be lower ANYWHERE in the world. There is actually a second list of products including milk, meat, eggs and some more stuff, but I'm affraid the results will be the same. The prices gonna be lower than here too. Also the meat cuts might not exist in some countries.

And thanks for the pine!

Those are cheapest prices, I mean, you can get deals here and get some of the stuff cheaper, or you might pay more. Those are prices I would expect to pay where I am, the least I would expect to pay but prices are changing constantly and there are sales, so could go either way. If you did incorporate dairy, eggs, meat and fresh produce, it would definitely be enough for one person.

4 rolls of toilet paper is suppose to last a whole month!

America, avg of cheapest bargain store to name brand grocery store
white rice $20 black beans $10 coffee $3 sugar $6 salt $4 noodles $3 margerine $4 toilet paper $2 body wash $3 toothpaste $2.50 detergent $3 bars soap $2
pack of matches free gallon of milk $3.75

Here in the US we have dollar stores, where everything costs a dollar, sometimes 2/$1.

So you could get the laundry soap for $1, oil for $1, a pound of rice for $1 and so on. Maybe not all items would be there, but you get the picture. They all sell canned goods, so you can get vegetables for minimum $1 for a standard can, often 2/$1. In many areas now they have a cooler or freezer section with dairy products. In California I was in one which had fresh vegetables in bags for $1. The veggies looked pretty good too.

A lot of people on fixed incomes shop there, and a lot of people like me who are just thrifty,

Yup. There are some deals here to get things cheaper and I agree, it would technically be enough for a person to survive for a month if we include the meat, eggs and the rest. The thing is, it costs half of a minimum wage salary(people here are paid every month), so only to eat, it will cost one person half its payment. Since the payment is never full(mandatory taxes in the paycheck with no choice to opt out), it will technically cost more than half your monthly pay to just eat, and between us, eat badly, just barelly enough to survive. But people have other stuff to pay, like rent, clothing, electricity and water. The bottom line is people here are pretty much slaves. One can argue "we are all slaves to TPTB" and I agree. But in Brazil we are ACTUAL slaves.

I do not buy a lot of expensive food, but I would not want to have $100 a month for food budget. :-(

According to our government "specialists", yes.

Thank you! Another one to confirm my suspicion. It will cost less than $100, that's for sure.

Well, that's pretty much life around here. I know people that feed a whole family of four with less than that. I mean, a minimum wage pay for a provider(someone working and earning a salary), can feed 4 for less than that.

I don't purchase most of the things on the list. Of those which I do, I choose quality - I would never buy cheap coffee and always buy organic. Even though I grow some of my own food, $100 wouldn't even cover a week for two of us.

For the veggies and fruit, its a whole other story here. Fruits and vegetables are very inexpensive and in rural areas we have "trade off stands", where agricultural communities trade goods for other stuff they can't produce. Salt, clothes, car parts, pait, varnish and lots of other stuff are traded for 100% fresh organic fruits and vegetables. Last month, I've traded some nails, screws and a roll of barbwire I had and was not using, for 2 gallons of honey, about 2 gallons of fresh squized olive oil and 2 dozen eggs. No money involved. This goes for everything.

Everything you need for Australia can be found here.

[link to www.woolworths.com.au (secure)]

That's awesome!

For one person? I could definitely do it and do it well.

The way OP describes the money situation sounds very similar to how my families first years were. Two paychecks a month at about $500 each, 650 to rent 80 to electricity 20 to phone bill 100 car insurance 50 in the gas tank and $100 for food, for two and a baby. Plus my meager income cleaning houses, which was $60 twice a month. Those where early 2000 prices, though. Don't know how we managed, but we did and I got really good at making the food budget stretch! (Hint, I learned how to cook, garden and keep stores)

Well see, since most of what the poor person can afford of these are the GMO processed ones.
If you want to eat well and not get cancer from eating this stuff, double and maybe triple the prices of all the foods for the non GMO versions.

Non gmo soy oil is 12-15$ usd for a 12 ounce bottle.
Finding non gmo corn powder in 2 lb bag is near impossible.
There's toilet paper for 89¢ a roll, and 2$ a roll.
Depends upon how pampered you want your ass to be.

When I was unemployed, I still bought non gmo milk eggs etc . I stopped eating all non gmo soy and corn products years ago.
I ate less, but I wasnt eating their poisons.

They purposely make all the shittiest most unhealthy foods for the poor.
Kill em off faster.

Definatelly gonna check! Thanks!

Seriously, it is! Who needs the rice and beans! Those things you describe OP are the things we have to pay through nose for. Screws and nails are dirt cheap.

Live in Vegas near newish 99 Cent Store in middle class area. So 4 rolls of soft, 2-ply, 100 square per roll toilet paper costs only 99 cents. The other items would be also less expensive.

My argument against the welfare food allotment is that it falsely assumes recipients are physically and mentally healthy enough to cook (lifting a kettle of beans isn't easy if you're disabled or injured,) have the utensils including cookware needed, live in a very safe environment where a roommate won't steal your food or get the electricity turned off spoiling everything you've made etc.
Many welfare recipients have to move every few days just to find a secure place without extremely drunk and abusive landlords and neighbors.

Worse is if you're renting a room from someone as you can't afford your own place and that person won't tolerate the smell of beans cooking all day. Or if getting food aid requires you spend so many hours seeking work or attending training you don't have the time or energy to spend all day cooking IF you knew how to do so.

Knew an old, disabled man on food aid. He was very allergic to beans. Same problem with diabetics who aren't allowed to eat white rice, noodles, sugar, or white flour as it causes major health problems. Many people can't drink any form of dairy milk including powdered milk.

There's absolutely no fruit or vegetables in any form in this list. Nor is there any means to wash and dry dishes. Or to dry your body or wash your hair. Washing powder assumes you have a washing machine and/or coins to operate a public machine.

How would you wash your sheets and clothes by hand? Hope you have the physical strength. Where would you dry them? Many places don't allow clotheslines even if you had the rope.

Coffee is useless without paper coffee filters. Each person was told by state welfare authorities to find someone with which to exchange food. Excuse me? That's not all that easy for many people.

The entire system of welfare falsely assumes you have friends and/or family you can consistently rely on to drop everything and come help you without demanding payment in any form in return.

I've helped many, many poor and elderly and extremely sick people on food aid and welfare so I know a lot more than most about the system which is largely run by those who got their jobs because they know the right people.

I've yet to meet ANYONE who has an ounce of common sense, has ever been really poor, or even someone who really knows a person who is truly poor, disabled, seriously ill or so elderly they can barely survive on their own but don't have any alternatives. All of those working in government say the craziest things to those way too "out of it" due to the lack of mental or physical health to even process the most basic suggestions.

Sorry my post is so long but you really need to see why this list is totally impractical for so many.