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Country Living Not Necessarily Expensive

​Living in a country town doesn't always mean paying a small fortune for your fruit and vegetables, which are often older and of a lesser quality than what you would find in a big supermarket chain or green grocer.

We live in a small town of about 800 people, which is a 3 1/2 - 4 hour return trip to the nearest city of Hobart. We used to travel once or twice a month to do a big grocery shop at Woolworths or Coles, then buy things in between at our local corner store (we like to support the locals too). Then we found a brilliant little deli/grocer in Hobart, that you can email your order too and they will pack it up for you for nothing!

We then contacted a freight company who delivers to our area, costing us $4 for a large poly box (we usually get 1 box per week). Not only do we save time doing the shopping, we also save money (fruit/veg prices are half that of what we pay here plus the petrol savings), and we have access to a whole range of fruit and vegetables/deli items/bakery goods/health foods etc that are fresh, fresh, fresh and delivered straight to our front door!

Since we have started doing this there have been even more green grocers offering this service. As long as there is a freight company delivering to your area, you can do it too! 
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