How our spending habits have changed
based on the answers given by the focus group
We spoke to a group of people to find out what they spend
their money on now, as opposed to what they used to spend their money on when
they were younger.
The general gist of it tended to be that we are actually more
careful with our money than we were in the past. All of the group agreed that
they think more before buying things that, 30 years ago they would have bought
automatically. Also with supermarkets containing everything you could need as
opposed to going to the butchers for your meat, bakers for your bread etc we
now look for the best price; whereas, before supermarkets, there was only one shop
that sold what you needed and as such only one price. Things like chocolate are actually cheaper
then previously due to huge amounts being produced and shipped over inexpensively.
As for the type of thing that we spend our money on, some
feel that we treat ourselves more due to everything being right there in front
of you, without the need to go and find it in another shop.
Reporter:Fred!
