Its really important to track your expenses so that you know how much you spend, because in tough times, you need to know what levers you can pull to get by.
I was also fascinated with how cheap everything is, I am guessing you are form USA? I'm from Australia, and our fruit and vegetables are about 10-30% higher in almost all categories.
An example would be tomatoes, which vary by season, but we pay around $4-5 per kg, if I convert this to pounds and USD, this comes to $1.75 per pound, versus the $1.54.
It got me wondering why? perhaps bigger population more efficiency and economy of scale? sorry I know this is off topic, but reading your article triggered me to think about it.
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