‘Gulp’: Kylie Gillies grocery bill admission divides
A popular Aussie television personality has shared her grocery bill and it has caused divide online.
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Australian television personality Kylie Gillies has shared her grocery bill on social media. The receipt made her “gulp” and immediately garnered a mixed reaction.
Ms Gillies shared a photo of her lengthy receipt on Instagram, a total of $441.
The grocery shop included everything from cheese to crackers to avocados, and while Ms Gillies clearly wasn’t scrimping, it wasn’t exactly a lavish shop either, she wasn’t buying wagyu meat, but she was buying cheese.
“How did that escalate so quickly?” she wrote online, adding that her crackers only set her back $1.50.
She then joked that it was probably the cheese she was having with the crackers that was ballooning her grocery bill.
Ms Gillies who has been a co-host on Seven’s The Morning Show for 17 years added that she’d spent over $400 just because she “needed a few things at the supermarket”.
The cost of groceries has been a huge talking point among Aussies because of the cost-of-living crisis.
Financial comparison website Finder found that the average Aussie household spends $201 weekly on groceries. That’s up from an average of $182 per week in October 2023.
Grocery bill stress is also incredibly high, with 42 per cent of Australians ranking groceries as one of their top three most stressful expenses in October.
That’s even higher than the 40 per cent who rank mortgage as their most stressful expense.
In April 2024 Finder calculated the cost of a basket of 23 goods, with average prices from 2022 and 2024, using data from Woolworths and Coles.
The study found that people were now paying about $406 compared to $361 in 2022 – that’s an average increase on this basket of over 12 per cent or an extra $46 each week.
A clear sign that grocery bills are getting tough is when Aussie celebrities are shocked by how much they’re spending, but Ms Gillies’ receipt “gulp” drew mixed reactions online.
While people responded and pointed out she has a whole family to buy things for, and, therefore, the amount wasn’t unusual, others claimed buying grated cheese was a sign she couldn’t relate to the average Aussie.
“I don’t spend $441 on a month’s groceries,” one pointed out, while another said that Ms Gillies sharing her grocery bill was a misguided attempt at trying to “relate” to “poor” people.
“If she’s complaining us normal people are really f**ked then,” one pointed out.
“She should try and do it on minimum wage,” another advised.
“At least you can afford it. Please don’t act like you care that it is so expensive,” someone else said.
“She’s lucky to be able to afford to buy many of the items on her receipt!” one noted, but another replied, pointing out she was probably stocking up on items, and that wasn’t her everyday shop.
Originally published as ‘Gulp’: Kylie Gillies grocery bill admission divides
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