interesting price comparison challenge

I was reading the Austin American Statesman and they had an article about food prices having gone up in the past year, and how this was affecting a family of nine. I am posting their 20 item comparison list here. Tonight I will go to the grocery store here in Norway and see how much things cost as compared to Austin prices. I bet it will be interesting to see the difference! For right now, here are the Austin prices and I stuck the Austin price in kroners on the end. Wait til you see the Norwegian prices!

JANUARY FOOD PRICES (Austin)

	2007	2008 usd/nok
1-pound bag whole carrots	68 cents	79 cents /4nok
1 head green leaf lettuce, conventional not organic	$1.49	$1.59 /8nok
2 pounds fresh broccoli	$3.84	$3.58 /18nok
2 pounds Red Delicious apples, medium	$2.58	$2.58 /15nok
1 dozen large eggs, Grade A	$1.32	$1.99 /11nok
1 gallon nonfat milk	$3.17	$4.29 /24nok
1 pound unsalted butter	$1.89	$1.99 /11nok
16-ounce loaf whole wheat bread	$1.79	$1.66 /9nok
4-pound bag granulated sugar	$1.56	$1.52 /8nok
12-ounce can frozen orange juice concentrate	$1.29	$1.39 /7nok
15.5-ounce can kidney beans	44 cents	48 cents /3nok
10-ounce can chicken noodle soup	99 cents	75 cents /4nok
18-ounce box corn flakes	99 cents	99 cents /5.5nok
18-ounce jar smooth peanut butter	$1.80	$1.57 /8nok
1-pound bag dried lentils	50 cents	59 cents /3nok
1-quart jar mayonnaise (Hellman's/Best Foods)	$2.98	$3.17 /17nok
1 pound ground beef, lowest fat percentage (per-pound price)	$3.89	$3.99 /22nok
1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts (per-pound price)	$3.99	$3.99 /22nok
1 (4-roll) package 2-ply toilet paper	$1.14	99 cents /5.5nok
13-ounce can ground coffee, Folgers	$3.19	$2.99 /16.5nok
TOTAL	$39.52	$40.89 221nok

I can already tell that is ridiculously cheap by Norwegian standards. I wonder if I can even find peanut butter and a can of noodle soup?