“If more of us valued food…above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world,” said Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien. But then again he created Orcs, so maybe can’t be relied on for any sensible insights.
On the subject of food and money, we thought we’d compare the cost of a few 2019-friendly menu options with the omnivore originals to see if there is a hit on grocery budgets. We looked at a typical basket of options from Sainsbury’s*, and costed them per 100g/100ml or litre depending on the product.
That’s a pretty juicy 33% premium on the vegan versus standard options. One of the big surprises here is ‘sausages’: who’d have thought a shroom dog cost more than a British pork banger?
Whatever your taste in food, use HyperJar to plan and manage what you spend on the weekly or top-up shop. Open a Storage Jar for groceries, stick in your budget for that week or month and then just link it to your HyperJar Mastercard whenever you’re shopping.
Share your Jar with partners or housemates and see who’s paid in and spent what, where and when. Even create shopping-lists (and subtle hints) for each other using Notes.
HyperJar: Money. Sorted.
* All prices checked online 8 June 2019
** Not available at Sainsbury’s — price taken from Waitrose & Partners online
