‘Are you importing groceries from Italy?’: Hyderabad founder’s ₹80,000 food bill sparks debate
A Hyderabad-based entrepreneur has sparked a debate on consumption and cost of living claiming that he spends between ₹60,000 to 80,000 per month on groceries for a family of four. Ramsri Goutham Golla made the claim in an X post that has gone viral with half a million views and hundreds of comments.Ramsri Goutham Golla said that he spends up to ₹80,000 per month on groceries.“Groceries and food cost ₹60K– ₹80K”Golla claimed that his grocery and food bill is unusually high despite the fact that everything is cooked at home.“Groceries and food cost ₹60K– ₹80K a month for us with 2 adults and 2 young kids, with everything cooked at home and meat twice a week!” said the Hyderabad-based entrepreneur and data scient. “How is everyone surviving?” he wondered.Golla’s LinkedIn profile states that he is the founder of AiArt.io and Supermeme.ai, two revenue-making Natural Language Processing SaaS apps that automate quiz generation and meme creation using AI models.He further broke down his monthly grocery expenses when questioned, pointing out that the family of four consumes roughly 10 eggs every day, which cost ₹3,000 per month. Milk adds another ₹2,000 to 3,000 per month, while meat — eaten twice a week — costs up to ₹8,000 per month.Besides these major expenses are the cost of fruits and vegetables, dosa batter, cooking oil, nuts and dry fruits, rice and more, Golla added.(Also read:
