• @Xcf456
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    78 months ago

    Is this like when they ask CEOs about their ‘mammoth’ working days up at 5am etc when they count stuff normal people wouldn’t like going to the gym, and lunch and travel time and so on.

    I saw a comment on another platform saying this could be the budget of someone who eats out every night and doesn’t count that spending as groceries.

    • @DaveMA
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      58 months ago

      The article quotes where he pretty much says he never cooks and just buys all his food ready to eat.

      However, in post-debate comments, Luxon said his shop was for breakfast supplies and some lunch ingredients, and that he grabbed most of his other meals on the go.

      His weekly supermarket shop seems to be breakfast food and occasionally something for lunch.

      The only outstanding question is whether he has McDonald’s every night or if he’s eating at restaurants.

      • @Ilovethebomb
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        18 months ago

        The only outstanding question is whether he has McDonald’s every night or if he’s eating at restaurants.

        More importantly, do we care either way?

        • @DaveMA
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          48 months ago

          How else will we know if he’s a normal everyday New Zealander?

          • @Ilovethebomb
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            08 months ago

            You’re the one fixating on a single remark.

  • @absGeekNZ
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    68 months ago

    FFS $60/wk is a little expensive for just breakfast and some lunch ingredients for one person…assuming you are trying to be frugal.

    Our total spend for all meals is around $250/wk for 5 of us, admittedly we make almost all of our meals, very little processed food in our diet.

    • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶OP
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      38 months ago

      Are you cooking together and buying in bulk? That really decreases the cost per person

      • @absGeekNZ
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        48 months ago

        Well 3 of the 5 are under 10 so…

    • @Ilovethebomb
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      08 months ago

      It’s almost like he’s quite wealthy or something. Why do we care? It’s his money.

      • @absGeekNZ
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        28 months ago

        Because it’s callous, he is either a complete cunt or completely out of touch. Either way not a great situation, it would have been very easy to say nothing…

        • @Ilovethebomb
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          08 months ago

          It’s absolutely incredible how wound up people are about this.

      • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶OP
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        18 months ago

        Because he is drastically understating the struggles that many Kiwis have. His weekly food spend is far greater than $60 per week.

  • @liv
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    8 months ago

    Shades of “how much could a banana cost, Michael, $10?”.

    • @eagleeyedtiger
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      58 months ago

      He’s been a CEO for more than 10 years, I’m not surprised he’s out of touch with the average person

  • @Ilovethebomb
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    18 months ago

    However, in post-debate comments, Luxon said his shop was for breakfast supplies and some lunch ingredients, and that he grabbed most of his other meals on the go.

    All the information you need, really. He’s not claiming this is his weekly shop or anything.

    • @DaveMA
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      28 months ago

      He’s not claiming this is his weekly shop or anything.

      That’s exactly what he’s claiming. It’s his weekly shop, he just doesn’t really eat supermarket food.