$500 to feed a family of 14

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Australian dollars that is, per week.

It must be a huge logistical challenge, and I'm sure their budget will increase substantially as the kids get older.

Watching the segment on TV, I noticed a heap of those instant noodles in cups in the trolley. Not sure that they're a very good food source. It also appeared that all bread was white.

I wonder how that expenditure compares to the statistical average?

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That sounds about right. Similar to us I think, doubled of course.

Noodles in cups, I assumed they would be too expensive for a group of kids. I must see how much they charge for them.

They would have to get two trolleys a week somehow, actually three as bread is bulky.

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They showed the parents pushing a trolley each through the supermarket - they looked a lovely young couple, even though their eldest is 17.

The mum was saying that she and one of the kids sit down each week and do a menu plan and shopping list. She involves the kids so that they learn how to shop carefully.

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I think they learn it anyway, well that has been my experience so far. Possibly through the foods available in the house.