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Estimated Cost of  Living in Cebu City

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Cost of Groceries (recent December 1, 2004)


Name

Price
Ruffles Potato Chips (6.5 oz.) 93 pesos

Delmonte Ketchup (340 grams)
26 pesos
Spaghetti (1 lb

50 pesos
Pringles Potato Chips (195 grams)
77 pesos
Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup (can 40 pesos
Hunts Pork & Bean (390 grams) 29 pesos

Fruit Cocktail (15 oz.)
49 pesos

Can corn (418 grams)

34 pesos
Smuckers Strawberry Preserves (12 oz.) 1---00 pesos
Wesson Oil (64 oz.)
250 pesos
Armour Vienna sausage (9.25 oz.) 71 pesos
Ragu Spaghetti Sauce 60 pesos
Whole Chicken P99/kilo
Pork Chops
P135/kilo

Beef Steak
P158/kilo
Beef Ribs P115/kilo
Pork Adobo P135/kilo
Ground Pork P125/kilo
Dozen Eggs 48 pesos
Fresh Milk (1000 ml) 50 pesos
Sugar (1 kg) 28 pesos

Blue Bonnet Margarine (1 lb.)
110 pesos
Corn Flakes Cereal (300 grams) 81 pesos
Rice (1 kg) 28 pesos
Motts Apple Juice (64 oz.) 40 pesos

Coke (1.5 liters)
28 pesos

San Miguel (1 bottle)
17 pesos

Pepsi (can 33 ml)
13 pesos
Kraft cheese slices (12 slices) 126 pesos

Kraft Cheddar Cheese (block 8 oz.) ---
218 pesos
Maxwell House Instant coffee (7 oz.) 299 pesos

Coffee Mate Dairy Creamer (8 oz.)
114 pesos

Surf Laundry Detergent (2.5 kg)
185 pesos
Skippy Peanut Butter (12 oz.) 86 pesos
Ground Beef P140/kilo

Johnson's Baby Shampoo (500 ml)
127 pesos
Head & Shoulders Shampoo (200 ml) 88 pesos

Listerine (500 ml)

216 pesos
Safe Guard Bar Soap (large) 2---8 pesos
Kleenex (medium box) 47 pesos
Kleenex Toilet Paper (4 rolls) 61 pesos

A Sample Budget (Cost of Living) for Cebu City


JAN 2003 (XR: $1 = PHP 53.70)

BUDGET

 
House Rent PHP 12,000
Electricity PHP 3,000
Bottled Gas PHP 250
Telephone PHP 1,500
Cell Phone PHP 150
Internet (DSL) PHP 2,500

Cable TV (Sky Cable)
PHP 505
Maid PHP 2,000
Visa Extension PHP 1,260
Mail Service PHP 350

Medical Treatment
PHP 1,000

Dental Treatment
PHP 1,000
Medicine PHP 1,000
Food (Groceries) PHP 10,000
Food (Restaurant) PHP 2,500
Distilled Water PHP 450

Household

PHP 3,000
Personal Care
PHP 1,000
Clothing PHP 1,500

Entertainment (Bar Hopping & etc)
PHP 20,000
Computer (Hardware/Software Purchases)
PHP 1,000

Home Liquor Cabinet / Beer
PHP 2,500

Miscellaneous, Taxis & etc.
PHP 4,000
PESO TOTAL
PHP 72,465
Peso Totals in USD $1,367

U.S. Mail Box (USABox.com)
$20
Insurance (Health & Dental for children) $140
Postage $0

Credit Card # 1
$0
Savings $473

Miscellaneous
$0

DOLLAR TOTAL
$633

Budget Total In USD
$2,000

 

 

 

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