Food & Grocery Prices Still Go Up Although Petrol Price Keeps Going Down

Food and grocery prices have gone up so much these few months. Although the petrol price has been slashed a few times, prices for food and grocery do not seem to decrease at all.

In February 2008, I told you that food and grocery sold at my village were very cheap, and thus living in a small village did help in saving money.

Now January 2009, I must complain a bit that food and grocery expenses have increased two or two folds.

Here are some examples: a plate of chicken rice has shot to RM3.50 ($1.00) from RM2.50; a pack of instant noodles has increased to RM3.80 from RM2.50.

It seems that hubby and I must cut down the number of times we have our meals at nearby food courts or restaurants.

Fortunately, hubby’s petrol usage is still low. It’s even lower than the (RM210) $60 petrol expense per month I recorded in March 2008.

According to hubby, he spends about RM120 ($34) per month on petrol expense.

As for water, electricity, telephone and hand phone bills, and internet connection fee, they cost approximately RM250 to RM300 per month.

I am hoping to reduce the amount to less than $250 by controlling the air-cond and handphone usage.

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