Tanya went shopping yesterday and dropped about $150 as she had not been for about 10 days. I grabbed the receipts and set out to determine unit prices. Everything is in Ukrainian of course but I was able to figure out about 90% of the items myself and Tanya gave me the rest, some of which I should have known. The FX rate is today's off the internet but is close enough even though the actual bank charges will be different.
I would love it if people would send me equivalent prices from Canada or USA in the comments.
Oh my.
ReplyDeleteJust at apples our prices are MUCH higher. Green apples are a good buy at anything less than $4.50 a kilo here. Chicken breast is usually $10 or so.
The government invested a great deal in large scale poultry production to make sure that inexpensive meat was available to all. They are also investing in large commercial pork production. Bread is also heavily subsidized. Our apples MAY be Turkish and if so can be trucked here quite readily.
DeleteWe import far too much of our food. Foodstuffs which could/should be grown and produced here.
DeleteHi Al. AUS$ @ 21.71 is 2-3 cents weaker than the CAD$ @ 22.39. So, I might have to move to Ukraine to live the good life. Shame about your neighbor though. Chicken breast here is $9.50-$16.00/kg depending on whether it is free range, organic, macro ??, RSPCA approved ?? and so on. Green apples are $5.50/kg If you are really bored and interested, google Woolworths Australia to find their on line shop. Not sure if your country will get it.
ReplyDeleteyour processed foods are less, but, not that much. eg. juice per litre is similar price here; flour can be about $1 a kg for the no label flour. Interesting.
DeleteYes, the AUD is about on par with the CAD, close enough for me anyhow. That is an awful price for chicken breast. Why does anyone eat it anyhow? Our cats get chicken breast though we do eat it.
DeleteI should see if there is an on-line shop for Regina stores. eg Superstore. Sausage (kielbasa) is a big thing here. It is eaten cold and ranges from very dry to not so dry with a variety of spices. I can see your flour being inexpensive. Limited home market and most needs to be exported. I wonder about Canadian flour.
I'd say overall your prices are cheaper than here (Ontario). Ground beef is about the same but your sausage and ham is pretty steep. I'd season some ground beef and make my own salami. Whole chicken is $3. a pound. Eggs about $3. dozen. 10K of all purpose flour is from $9 to $13. depending on brand. Butter usually $6. # but sale price is $3.50 to $4.# from time to time. I find that if I stick to buying real food and in season, we can eat very well.
ReplyDeleteSpanish dry ham is a delicacy and we don't buy it very often. A couple of the items labeled sausage are sliced cured beef and sliced real ham. One of the items I miss when in Canada is good sausage. We buy our eggs from the neighbour next door. Our butter is about $6 per pound too. There is cheaper with less butter fat.
DeleteTanya usually buys bulk chicken parts. Prepackaged chicken breasts were for our granddaughters who were coming for supper.
I'd say your prices overall are cheaper than here in Arizona. And we grow a lot locally here, but I suspect they export most of it.
ReplyDeleteFood prices are very reasonable here. Tanya shops mostly at the best supermarket in town and doesn't skimp, even though she cooks almost everything from scratch and we grow our own vegetables in season. She also buys stuff for her family.
DeleteYou could open up some of the weekly Grocery Special flyers on the internet to determine prices in Canada. Try Metro Supermarkets, or Longos, or Loblaws.
ReplyDeleteThat is a good idea. I remember seeing them when I was in Regina for two years.
DeleteI think our grocery prices here on the Island are about the most expensive in Canada (excluding the remote communities). An equivalent grocery order here would probably be at least three times what you paid.
ReplyDeletePrivatizing BC Ferries was a terrible decision. The government could run them much better and much cheaper. And just living on The Island is expensive enough as it is the best place in Canada to live. Tanya and I would love to live there but we could never afford it.
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