Renovation cost of living sticky??

[Pesky Wesky]

How about renovating the cost of living sticky (with apologies to Stravinsky)??

It's over a year old and as we know things have changed here in Spain and all

over!! As we have people from all over Spain on the forum we should be able to

compare prices in a wide range of areas, but if we try to look at too many things

it'll get too complicated and people won't have time to do it. I propose looking at

a few basic items with brand names to make the comparison easier. For example

1l Lauki ordinary milk

1 pkt Bonka ground coffee

1 pkt Fonteneda digestive biscuits

1 doz eggs

1 baguette

6 pack Mahou beer

What do you think? Too complicated??

[xabiachica]

Originally Posted by Pesky Wesky

How about renovating the cost of living sticky (with apologies to Stravinsky)??

It's over a year old and as we know things have changed here in Spain and all

over!! As we have people from all over Spain on the forum we should be able to

compare prices in a wide range of areas, but if we try to look at too many things

it'll get too complicated and people won't have time to do it. I propose looking at

a few basic items with brand names to make the comparison easier. For example

1l Lauki ordinary milk

1 pkt Bonka ground coffee

1 pkt Fonteneda digestive biscuits

1 doz eggs

1 baguette

6 pack Mahou beer

What do you think? Too complicated??

funny that - I was thinking much the same myself

maybe we should include some supermarket 'own brands' too?

have we all got a mercadona?

maybe unit costs for gas, leccy & water too?

[Pesky Wesky]

Originally Posted by xabiachica

funny that - I was thinking much the same myself

maybe we should include some supermarket 'own brands' too?

have we all got a mercadona?

maybe unit costs for gas, leccy & water too?

I have a Mercadona nearish, but much prefer Alcampo. I think Mercadona is probably the best choice though as there seem to be loads south of Madrid. What about the north?
Definitely need info about other stuff too, tv's, computers, house prices, renting etc, but it gets a bit diff to handle all the info.
Another thing. I think we should steer clear of offers, just give the real price.
Is that the TIME!! gotta go!

[xabiachica]

Originally Posted by Pesky Wesky

I have a Mercadona nearish, but much prefer Alcampo. I think Mercadona is probably the best choice though as there seem to be loads south of Madrid. What about the north?
Definitely need info about other stuff too, tv's, computers, house prices, renting etc, but it gets a bit diff to handle all the info.
Another thing. I think we should steer clear of offers, just give the real price.
Is that the TIME!! gotta go!

we don't have Alcampo - or that brand of milk you mentioned


I think rental prces might be hard since they vary so much area to area

Strav only lives just over half an hour from me, but rentals are so much cheaper there


if it wasn't for my students we'd be more than tempted to move there

[Chica]

Maybe we could combine this with UK prices too!? The only problem is the branding whereby Mahou and Bonka are bound to be more expensive. It could be done say with Tesco's own brand and mercadonnas or are people not really interested?!

[xabiachica]

Originally Posted by Chica

Maybe we could combine this with UK prices too!? The only problem is the branding whereby Mahou and Bonka are bound to be more expensive. It could be done say with Tesco's own brand and mercadonnas or are people not really interested?!

I'd be interested in a comparison like that - with the caveat that I think Mercadona's own brand is vastly superior to the 'value' Tesco stuff iirc

do Tesco have a 'mid range' own brand - I seem to remember they used have an 'upmarket' one?

[Chica]

Originally Posted by xabiachica

I'd be interested in a comparison like that - with the caveat that I think Mercadona's own brand is vastly superior to the 'value' Tesco stuff iirc

do Tesco have a 'mid range' own brand - I seem to remember they used have an 'upmarket' one?

Yes I think they do have a mid range product. Is there anyone based in the UK willing to do this for us?? I suppose it doesn't have to be Tesco's as long as it's a major supermarket chain like Mercadonna.

[xabiachica]

Originally Posted by Chica

Yes I think they do have a mid range product. Is there anyone based in the UK willing to do this for us?? I suppose it doesn't have to be Tesco's as long as it's a major supermarket chain like Mercadonna.

someone must be able to get onto their online thingy?!


I tried a while ago but they wanted phone numbers & things I couldn't lie about easily



not that I lie easily, you understand.....................

[paul.I.O.W]

Originally Posted by xabiachica

someone must be able to get onto their online thingy?!


I tried a while ago but they wanted phone numbers & things I couldn't lie about easily



not that I lie easily, you understand.....................

I use tesco online all the time so i can do you a comparison on spanish prices to english,just let me know which items to compare.

kind regards
paul iow[vanessa]

[Pesky Wesky]

Originally Posted by xabiachica

we don't have Alcampo - or that brand of milk you mentioned


I think rental prces might be hard since they vary so much area to area

Strav only lives just over half an hour from me, but rentals are so much cheaper there


if it wasn't for my students we'd be more than tempted to move there

The idea for rental prices was to compare how much they vary. If we looked at a two bedroomed flat for example I could say how much one was in the centre of Madrid near a metro station and one in the centre of Galapagar a town 30km out of Madrid that many people commute from.