Food+and+Pharmacy

Food and Household Necessities Time to eat! Calculating food costs is tricky, especially for people who haven't lived on their own before. To make your budget estimate you will create a menu for one week, price those foods, and multiply your weekly estimate by four to get a month's cost. You will also generate a list and price a month's worth of pharmacy and personal hygiene items.

The worksheet for creating your menu will be provided on paper in class. Here is a copy of the worksheet if you wish to print out another copy.

Here are links to some grocery stores. Acme does permit you to browse their prices without registering, but it does not allow you to create a cart when you browse (so you will have to add up the prices manually). If you wish to register with a store, you can create a cart and get a final "cart price." It is recommended that you use your Gaggle email when registering. Grocery Stores > > > > >
 * [|Giant]
 * [|Genuardi's]
 * [|Acme]
 * [|Safeway]
 * [|Shoprite]

This is a bit tricky, so follow these directions carefully:
 * Do all of your food shopping first. Record the price of a week's worth of food space on the paper worksheet (then multiply by four to get the month's price). Make a PDF of your shopping cart and post it on the wiki.
 * Reset (empty) your cart and then do your shopping for your snacks, household, and personal hygiene products. Record that amount on the paper worksheet. Make a PDF of your shopping cart and post it on the wiki.
 * Add your food costs to your household and personal hygiene product costs and enter the total on the Google Docs Budget Spreadsheet.
 * Submit your paper worksheet (with your name on it).

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