Does Australia have Dollar store like here in the US?

Question

I have noticed Sydney housings are way too expensive. What about food and other supplies? Here you can go to Dollar store or Walmart, everything is so cheap. Does Sydney have Walmart or Dollar storelike store chains and prices are relatively low?I know they have K-mart, how are the prices? How much is a gallon of milk? Here at Sams you can buy a dozen of bananas for $2.00? How much a dozen of bananas in Sydney.

Answer 1

We dont have walmart. If you're asking about grocery stores with lower prices, we have aldi.. But you have to bring your own shopping bags, because those cost extra :)

Kmart isnt that cheap.. and doesnt sell groceries. Its a department store...

We do have dollar stores, like golo and  the reject shop, which sells alot of things at cheaper prices... But it might not be like the ones in america...

We sell milk by the liter, instead of gallon. The prices of milk are different, depends on what brand. Its around $4 for 3 liters of milk, thats how much i buy it for anyway. We have whole milk, skim milk, soy milk.. We dont have those 2% etc milk.. Bananas are sold by the kilo. Here in Sydney you can get bananas for around $1 - $2 a kilo.

Answer 2

Well, the equivalent I know if is ALDI. It is more of a 'no frills' type of supermarket with cheaper prices compared to the major chains. The packaging, storage and staff are kept to a minimum with you requiring to being your own bags or paying a fee for one.

K-Mart is not a supermarket. It is a discount department store like BIG W.

We also have '2 Dollar Shops' or variety stores which sell cheap and unusable GARBAGE imported from God knows where. They also have forged versions of real items which annoy the h**l out of me.

Answer 3

In Perth (which is the opposite side of the country to Sydney) bananas are about $3.50 a kilo and milk about $5 for 3 liters.

The US does sound cheaper but it would depend on what wages were like to know if stuff really does cost less.

We have 'two buck' stores where you can buy some nasty cheap imported rubbish :-)

Answer 4

Australian wages are generally higher than in the USA. Our minimum adult wage for permanent workers is $14.31 per hour plus benefits and our adult casual minimum is $17.17 per hour. We also have universal health care and better social security than in the US.

Because wages are different, it's pointless trying to compare the cost of grocery items on a $ for $ basis. Some things will cost fewer $$ and others will cost more, but we have far less real poverty than in the US and nearly everyone enjoys a good standard of living.

Answer 5

Not sure about Sydney, but up where I am, where we have an ALDI, we pay $2.10 for 2 litres of milk.  

$1.99 Kg of Bananas.

$1.10 a decent loaf of bread.

However, go to the wrong shops and you can pay double or more!

Answer 6

you would have to embrace the metric system!!

my grandad talks about miles and gallons? how cute

things are generally more expensIve here especially food but the quality of life and the environment is nicer than the USA ive lived in the states and England and if your working in a western country its all relative after a few weeks you stop comparing prices and just do it maybe 10% more expensive here but the exchange rate is always changing

Answer 7

That place is a rip off. Buy a burger and fries for 20 bucks and pay 40 cents for a ketchup pack.