Yes, i agree with you. I definitely didn't expect to find the selection of items that they have up there, but I'm sure it is very appreciated by locals :)
@@theRTWguys I generally say that while we may not be able to get 10 versions of everything, we generally have at least 1 version of most things you could need up here. The history of having been a mining "company town" with all the associated infrastructure, combined with today having lots of international students, residents, scientists, and tourists makes it so that we are better equipped with most goods or services than pretty much any similarly sized small town in the world.
@@svalbaripolaricebergwater2305 What is the mobile network and the internet connection like there? what is the average internet speed and how much is the cost?
@@markdelta7146 All very good. We have two undersea fiber cables connecting us to mainland Norway and the wider internet. This is because we have the world's largest commercial satellite receiving station next to town. They download a huge chunk of the world's vital climate information as well as a lot of other data, so they have big data needs. Called SvalSat. That benefits all of us residents where we have fast fibre connections at home and good 4G in and around the immediate vicinity of Longyearbyen. Telenor has done some 5G testing up here too. Once you get much outside of the town though it gets poorer quickly and then disappears. You can see the coverage map at this link, just scroll up to Svalbard - www.telenor.no/privat/dekningskart/#map When heading out on ships, once you get to the edge of Isfjorden and turn north up Forlandsundet, that's when you disconnect from civilization (a nice feeling). Same thing heading south. The research settlement of Ny Ålesund in Kongsfjorden to the north has no wireless coverage or wifi allowed as the signals interfere with the research that goes on up there. There has been talk of setting up cell coverage throughout the Svalbard wilderness on the model of Iceland which has been good for emergency services and rescue. But many people are opposed because of the loss of a true disconnected wilderness that would mean. Regarding pricing, mobile phone pricing is the same as anywhere else in Norway. Fibre at home I believe goes up to 500MB at present. At least that much in any case. There is a premium versus mainland Norway. It is around 30% extra for 300MB, but I believe it is a fixed monthly additional fee of kr 180 (approximately $20 / €18), so the percentage would be lower for higher speeds. The mainland prices can be seen here - www.telenor.no/privat/internett/fiber/?t=T-We-Bloggen&k=alle&p=1
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@@aglayacharis7253 or anywhere else, i live in Romania with shit salaries and expensive prices, for example we pay ~10USD for one kilo of beef when you have something like 500-700USD/month salary ;)
Some corrections from a former citizen of Longyearbyen. *Except for the thai shop, the Coop Svalbardbutikken the only grocery store. (The Thai shop do not carry all items needed for me to count is as a grocery store, so i don't count it). *The "instant rise" you pointed at is actually instant rise porridge, so if you buy that and expect normal rice, you are out of luck. *The liquor/alcohol store (Nordpolet) is also for the lokals, but not for tourists arriving by boat. This is due to some old laws and regulations. As a lokals living on Svalbard, you need an alcohol card to buy alcohol at any store. beer, liquor and hard spirits is on a quota system, so there is a max to how much you can buy. The airplane ticket gives you one month worth of quota. Wine is not on that card, and you can buy as much as you like. (altho customs regulations come into play if you go to some other place than Svalbard) The alcohol quota system dates back to the mining period on Svalbard, the mining directors did not want the workers to show up to work drunk, so they regulated how much alcohol they had access to. The directors drank wine, so they kept that outside of that system. (not a correction, but a side note: Alcohol, tobacco and gasoline/diesel is much cheaper on Svalbard than mainland Norway, due to no tax on sales goods. Also, you can not get a tax refund for your shopping in Longyearbyen, because there is no VAT on anything sold on Svalbard) * In general, things that can come with boat, dry food and other dry goods, costs less or about the same as in mainland norway. This is because of the lower tax level on Svalbard. Everything that has to come with airplane, like milk and other fresh foods is more expensive because of the cost of flying the goods. But a good rundown :) hope you enjoyed your stay there :) edit: spelling errors
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@@star1polish Unfortunately, I don't have that information. Here is a Reddit thread that may help you though: www.reddit.com/r/Norway/comments/92kvba/how_can_a_foreigner_move_to_svalbard/
Yes I agree, I live in north texas and those prices are exactly the same as the grocery stores here. In fact, many of the items he showed us were significantly cheaper than in texas...
That’s quite interesting. I expected very high prices due to Svalbard’s remote location, but they are fairly reasonable. Large American cities like San Francisco are much more expensive in my experience.
Oh absolutely - I found it very interesting that Svalbard is more affordable than I had expected. Even Oslo is more expensive, I think! And it is not comparable with San Francisco or New York for sure!
@ Actually Dennis Torres is only wrong in that the number is too low. It's a bit old now, but in 2015, average gross income was 40% higher than the mainland. NOK 621400 average on Svalbard versus NOK 442300 on the mainland. Given income taxes are much lower on Svalbard (only 16.2% versus around 38.5% average on the mainland), net incomes are even higher. Now, since 2015 that disparity has almost certainly narrowed given the loss of high paying mining jobs and increase in low paying tourist and service sector jobs, but there are still plenty of high paying jobs that attract Norwegians in particular, so the disparity is almost certainly still there and significant. You can see the numbers in the Statistics Norway (SSB) publication "This is Svalbard 2016". www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/artikler-og-publikasjoner/_attachment/294354?_ts=15a12de02c0 I believe that is unfortunately the most recent one. There are more recent raw statistics published by SSB for Svalbard and the mainland from which I can probably tease out the per capita income more recently, though I just haven't looked them up yet. Hope this is helpful and interesting.
they can’t transport things to svalbard using ships because the water is frozen up north so they have to fly the supplies in, making everything more expensive
@@brad1ey50 Actually, that is rarely true anymore due to global warming and the increasing encroachment of warm water currents from the Atlantic. Longyearbyen used to be frozen out of all ships but icebreakers for 5 months out of the year. Now the fjord hasn't been frozen solid in over a decade. Things have changed. We have had a bit more cold this year, so the Russian town of Barentsburg is temporarily frozen in, but that is a very rare occurrence. In the winter we get a cargo ship (the Norbjørn) up here every 2-4 weeks or so, and pretty much weekly in the summer. There is a near daily plane that brings supplies up too, but the ship is the bigger supplier of common goods.
Thanks for the super detailed video. It was awesome literally seeing the prices. Like many others have stated, I was amazed at inexpensive the prices were. I expected them to be much higher. Pretty cool.
Yeah I was surprised by the selection of goods available at the Svalbard CoOp when I was there in 2016. They serve the community quite well for the everyday needs folks have. I really want to visit again when the snow is up ...I visited at a time where they had a very unseasonally snowless and warm start to the Polar night.
As a Swiss I can say these prices seem very reasonable. Some things are a bit more expensive, others actually cost more in Switzerland, which I find incredible.
It looks like I'm headed there in March, and I gotta say, these prices are way better than what I was expecting. My only arctic experience to date has been a few communities on Baffin Island in Nunavut and that was usually about triple what I'm used to paying in southern Canada. These prices however, seem only a little bit higher than what I pay at home, except for some veggies and meat. Thank for the info
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Wow I was pleasantly surprised by the selection of items as well as prices. Thank You for including US dollar prices. WAY better prices than Utqiagvik Alaska *formally known as Barrow Alaska*.
Nice market. Compared to Alaska food prices, it was not too bad. Eggs a bit expensive, but everything else did not surprise me. The coffee was very reasonable. Thanks for the video, I am putting your town on my bucket list.
I was expecting it to be very expensive, given where it is. I live in the French countryside in SW France, and the prices are only a little bit more than I pay, very impressed.
The first challenge is simply finding housing. While it has eased slightly with some recent new construction, there is still a serious housing shortage. They have had to condemn and demolish a significant part of the housing stock because global warming effects have resulted in melting permafrost and significantly increased avalanche risk that has made previously safe housing unsafe. In 2015 a large section of one neighborhood was completely destroyed by an avalanche. There just isn't enough housing to go around and there are people who have had signed fixed job contracts who had to leave because they couldn't get housing. There is even a facebook group called "Homeless 78 north" where people share stories of their problems including needing to move every few months, weeks, or even days. There are very few privately owned homes up here, the vast majority is owned by government or state companies, and much of that housing stock is reserved for employees or has long waiting lists. So anyone who wants to move up here should plan to search ahead and not assume they can just find a place to rent when they get here.
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Those are some incredibly reasonable prices! What a comparison with Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost town in the US! You've heard of Whole Foods? In Barrow when you go grocery shopping, it's Whole Paycheck!
The prices are not too bad, almost the same price we have here in Chicago, Illinois USA. If I'm visiting that place, I won't mind the prices as long as there are available essentials that I can buy.
2:14 thats because in both norvegian and swedish, orange is appelsin / apelsin. in danish its orange. Coop is a swedish company that is also avaiable in norway and svalbard
Read on wiki that Coop is not a Swedish company- it's Norwegian. It's short for co-operative. But it seems that there is also a Swedish Coop, but it's not the same company.
Svalbard is a VAT exempt territory, which helps explain some of the prices being kinda reasonable. The yellow tin with a kid on it is pork liver pâté, typically served as a sandwich spread. Try garnishing that with pickle or cucumber slices. :) And yes, “appelsin” is the correct word for orange (the fruit) in Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish. In Dutch, it’s called sinaasappel. The etymology behind these names stem from “apples of China”, although they can technically be grown in any country that has a permitting climate, but yeah, Norway doesn’t. One thing Svalbard’s climate does permit, though is storing orange seeds in the Global Seed Vault.
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Your video is really great and informative, thank you for sharing this, I wanted to know how is the phone service and the internet there? what is the average internet speed and how much does it costs?
I had the same plan as Norway, and the connectivity (and cost) is exactly like in Norway, i.e. fast. I believe I had a quick rundown on what I spent on data in Norway in some other vlogs - it would be under the Norway Playlist. Thanks for watching!
I have seen other videos from Svalbard (one from a resident) Residents have to have their liquor quota card to buy alcohol. There are limited on how much hard liquor and beer they can purchase per month.
Ouch! That's a lot of money for milk! All our camera stuff is listed in the description for the video. But I used a Sony RX100 for this one. Our main vlogging camera is a Sony a6500.
That's crazy! Here in Kentucky 1 gallon (3.75 liter) of milk is about $1.69 USD. Its so cheap right now many people buy more than they need and freeze it, it's considered expensive when it gets over $2.50 USD for 1 gallon (3.75 liter).
I just subscribed! Actually I watched documentaries about Svalbard many times and hooked with it. I want to live there but I don't know where to start. I really love the place. though it's quite remote but still I wanna go and find my soulmate and settle there for good😉.
Late to the party but I love the pun in Nordpolet. Nordpolen is "The North Pole" and "Vinmonopolet" is the alcohol monopoly shop in Norway, thus it's called "Nordpolet".
Wonder what a crook pot roast would cost there. A just shy of 4lbs chuck roast cost me just shy of $25 dollars at dillions here in Wichita Kansas that I should get three meals out of it with all the fixings that went into it, onions potatoes carrots seasonings ect; . . . the milk was bout double there than here though
OK coming from the UK the prices your showing me seem not too far from what I'd expect to pay as usual. Well not quite its a bit more expensive maybe but not much. I'd imagined that jf would be double or triple the prices shown
they can’t transport things to svalbard using ships because the water is frozen up north so they have to fly the supplies in, making everything more expensive
Very similar to the prices in Dawson City, Yukon. Some things a bit more, and some a bit less, but overall very similar. WAY more selection there though!
I live in japan and i convert u.s dollar to yen in your grocery pricing. I could say those products especially those baked breads have just the same price here in japan, not cheap but not that expensive. Cheap things here in japan are chocolates because they're made here
The food prices are actually quite reasonable, actually in the alcool section it's much cheaper than in Canada. The most expensive seem to be veggies, fruits & meat.
It feels odd to see Finnish text on some of the items in so remote place. The "X-tra" product series is available in the biggest food market chain in Finland also, The S-group.
Please mention monthly living expense at Savalbard Longyearbyen Rent food grocery job how easy it is to get a job trained while working, how to get job.
Alaska is expensive because its isolated and everything has to be imported from the lower 48 of the United States. I was expecting Svarlbard to be hyper-expensive (more so than expensive Norway) due to isolation but this stuff is surprisingly reasonable. I live in Oregon and shocked to see prices in Svarlbard of similar price, although the frozen pizza is a bit expensive compared to where I live.
That means if I ever visited Svarlbard I can relax that getting food there won't drain my wallet so fast, no more than where I live, more or less. On the other hand try visiting the Canadian territory of Nunavut. I never been there but I saw TH-cam videos of the area and the prices of goods there are just downright criminal (makes Alaska look reasonable), given many of the local Inuits can't afford the hyper-expensive products sold there. Again it's isolation but Canada could learn a thing or two about Svarlbard. I could be wrong but I'm sure Norway is subsidizing the stores in Svarlbard to keep the prices down. For those willing to tough it in Svarlbard having inexpensive food is sure a benefit.
Are organic (bio) and biodynamic foods and fresh produce available? Thanks for great information, costs you spoke of are lower than Brisbane, Australia.
Quick reply, thanks. I tried to look closely at the products before asking you. I don't believe any of the products are bio/organic and can't tell with the fruit and vegetables. I want to stay there for a few months so this information is important to me. I've asked a couple of locals, but no response yet. Stay safe.
I am surprised that there is more than one grocery store for so few people. And from the Southern USA some of these prices seem high, but others seem pretty standard.
Wow, these prices are amazingly reasonable for having to have everything flown in. Doesn’t seem like anyone is gouging in Longyearbyen. Lovely to see. The prices might be better than those in Hawaii. Lol
I'm sure it is! I was actually very surprise to see how affordable Svalbard is! I expected a much, much higher prices for commodities. Is it just St. Lucia that is expensive? Any of those touristy Caribbean islands are expensive, I'm sure!
I live in Turkey and the prices compared are not so high, especially alchohol costs much more here due to insane taxes. btw I wonder in what month you visited Svalbard and what was the temperature?
Yes, I expected a much higher prices in Svalbard, and I know that some other places in the world have much expensive stuff! I visited in September, and the temperature ranges from roughly 0C to 5C the whole time I stayed. Are you visiting soon?
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Greetings from Australia, these are great prices for most things! The produce is a bit higher of course. But the alcohol is about 1/2 the price of here because of taxes!
This goods have no sales tax, so prices can be kept lower. On the other hand everything needs to be shipped from far away for money, so it kind of ballances it out in terms of price level. Norway usually has 25 % sales tax. I don´t know exactly, but I assume there are also some laws or mechanisms in place preventing stores to rip off customers just because there is no competition and consumers have no other choice.
Thanks a lot for this very informative video :) Could you give us same info on the costs of other services such as gas, electricity, internet and mobile connections, rents, etc?
Fantasic and enjoyable video. Loved it! One thing is for sure, no matter where you go, Lego is expensive and probably just as painful to step on as anywhere else in the world. Lol
Found your video very interesting. Would love to know what people do for jobs there and how the salaries work into the rental their and grocery prices. It there internet there... I assume no TV, radio station. Thanks!
I would have to adjust to light and temperatures a bit but living for half a century in or close to a place in southern England called the New Forest makes me need TREES . I guess they sell them in December ? Thankyou 🐢😁👍
Orange is called apelsin/appelsin in scandinavian because it's a chalque of the old French term pomme de sine, with sine/sina/sin being older forms of the word China. So it's Apple (of) China.
Did you ever find any beverages or alcohol other than Svalbard Bryggeri that were made there in Longyearbyen? I love to bring back stuff made where I travel and was curious. Thanks!
Check out my Barentsburg video on my channel - it is a small town outside Longyearbyen and has a brewery that brew its products from the nearby glacier.
@@theRTWguys thank you! I appreciate the response! Its definitely on my list to visit now. Been around the world already yet not above the Arctic circle.
Why are some prices cheaper than what we pay in Québec, especially the alcohol. If you go in Nunavik, which is the nordic places in Québec that is inhabited by inuits, it costs like 10 times that.
Locals can purchase alcohol too. But there is a limit for locals, because alcoholism is a problem for some locals. Each local who wishes to buy alcohol is issued an alcohol records card. The alcoholic purchases are entered into the card. When the limit is reached for th week no more buying for that week. Wait till next week.
Those prices have to be subsidised . Some stuff cheaper than here in Toronto. Guess that's the only way Norway can get people to live there? Where do people work since coal mine is closed?
If we compare to some north pole cities like Barrow or other places in Alaska even Northern Canada, Grocery is way higher than that. Seemingly, in Svalbard it's allow all citizens around the world to come and live without visa which is incredible. Probably, in the future, I may consider to live there if I can get job offers. It seems very peaceful and no gaps between rich and poor unlike other places.
Be nice to know how much essentials are like rice by bulk, don’t you go hunting out there or fishing? Can you live off the land ?? What are the regular jobs ??
I am amazed at the reasonable prices! How is it even possible given the costs attached to getting goods to Svalbard? Prices are comparable to rates in average American towns. (Stay away from the smoked whale!)
I'm Czech, and in my language, the word "sval" means "muscle," so if I ever move there I would start my own Czech bar named SvalBar, which would have to be a sports-themed bar, but I'm sure the locals would love some Pilsner Urquell, slivovice, Becherovka, Fernet, and south Moravian wine. Like, what else can you do up there but drink? I would have no problem with the weather. I don't really like the cold but I can tolerate it in short bursts. I spent all of February 2003 in Michigan on a work tour and I was the only guy who would take a smoke break outside in just a T-shirt. Everybody thought I was a lunatic. I really appreciate the price overview and yes, it is more expensive than here in central Europe, but at least you can buy everything there, like bread, cheese, etc.
Haha, SvalBar sounds like a fun and creative idea! It's interesting how words can have different meanings in different languages. Creating a sports-themed bar with a touch of Czech culture sounds like a unique concept that could really resonate with both locals and visitors. And you've got a point about the cold weather - sometimes a little tolerance can go a long way. It's great to hear that you enjoyed the price overview and found it helpful for your perspective. And you're absolutely right, the availability of essential items like bread and cheese is definitely a plus. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and creative plans!
Wow! I'm quite surprised to see costs lower than I'd have expected. I was certain the costs would be exorbitant considering everything has to be flown or shipped in by boat. Almost everything is lower in cost than what we pay here in Dallas/Ft Worth, Texas. Dairy certainly appears to be more expensive - it looks like y'all get less bang for your buck there . We pay about the same for milk but where you're getting 1/2 gallon we get 1 gallon for what you pay. Eggs are high - they can be purchased for $2 +/- though free range, cage free, brown shell are the same at $5-6 +/-. Interesting....thanks for sharing.
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Maybe Svalbard isn't as expensive as you expected because you didn't pay any tax?
@@frankolsen261 that's a good point 🧐
How can jobs be found?! I’m so interested!!
@@carmen8685 it's almost slim to none jobs for most foreigners here, especially the labor jobs
@@theRTWguys ahhhh that sucks!!!
damn, for a settlement town of 2000 inhabitants, they have a pretty serious selection available in the supermarket
Yes, i agree with you. I definitely didn't expect to find the selection of items that they have up there, but I'm sure it is very appreciated by locals :)
@@theRTWguys I generally say that while we may not be able to get 10 versions of everything, we generally have at least 1 version of most things you could need up here. The history of having been a mining "company town" with all the associated infrastructure, combined with today having lots of international students, residents, scientists, and tourists makes it so that we are better equipped with most goods or services than pretty much any similarly sized small town in the world.
And that too affordable price
@@svalbaripolaricebergwater2305 What is the mobile network and the internet connection like there? what is the average internet speed and how much is the cost?
@@markdelta7146 All very good. We have two undersea fiber cables connecting us to mainland Norway and the wider internet. This is because we have the world's largest commercial satellite receiving station next to town. They download a huge chunk of the world's vital climate information as well as a lot of other data, so they have big data needs. Called SvalSat. That benefits all of us residents where we have fast fibre connections at home and good 4G in and around the immediate vicinity of Longyearbyen. Telenor has done some 5G testing up here too. Once you get much outside of the town though it gets poorer quickly and then disappears. You can see the coverage map at this link, just scroll up to Svalbard - www.telenor.no/privat/dekningskart/#map When heading out on ships, once you get to the edge of Isfjorden and turn north up Forlandsundet, that's when you disconnect from civilization (a nice feeling). Same thing heading south. The research settlement of Ny Ålesund in Kongsfjorden to the north has no wireless coverage or wifi allowed as the signals interfere with the research that goes on up there. There has been talk of setting up cell coverage throughout the Svalbard wilderness on the model of Iceland which has been good for emergency services and rescue. But many people are opposed because of the loss of a true disconnected wilderness that would mean.
Regarding pricing, mobile phone pricing is the same as anywhere else in Norway. Fibre at home I believe goes up to 500MB at present. At least that much in any case. There is a premium versus mainland Norway. It is around 30% extra for 300MB, but I believe it is a fixed monthly additional fee of kr 180 (approximately $20 / €18), so the percentage would be lower for higher speeds. The mainland prices can be seen here - www.telenor.no/privat/internett/fiber/?t=T-We-Bloggen&k=alle&p=1
That moment when a super market on one of the most northern islands in the world is cheaper then Whole Foods in nyc
For sure! We stayed in Greenwich Village and Whole Foods was the cheapest place for groceries!
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The majority of stores anywhere are cheaper than whole foods.
I was looking for this comment! Still cheaper than NYC living! 😆
@@aglayacharis7253 or anywhere else, i live in Romania with shit salaries and expensive prices, for example we pay ~10USD for one kilo of beef when you have something like 500-700USD/month salary ;)
It's tax free
Some corrections from a former citizen of Longyearbyen.
*Except for the thai shop, the Coop Svalbardbutikken the only grocery store. (The Thai shop do not carry all items needed for me to count is as a grocery store, so i don't count it).
*The "instant rise" you pointed at is actually instant rise porridge, so if you buy that and expect normal rice, you are out of luck.
*The liquor/alcohol store (Nordpolet) is also for the lokals, but not for tourists arriving by boat. This is due to some old laws and regulations. As a lokals living on Svalbard, you need an alcohol card to buy alcohol at any store. beer, liquor and hard spirits is on a quota system, so there is a max to how much you can buy. The airplane ticket gives you one month worth of quota. Wine is not on that card, and you can buy as much as you like. (altho customs regulations come into play if you go to some other place than Svalbard)
The alcohol quota system dates back to the mining period on Svalbard, the mining directors did not want the workers to show up to work drunk, so they regulated how much alcohol they had access to. The directors drank wine, so they kept that outside of that system.
(not a correction, but a side note: Alcohol, tobacco and gasoline/diesel is much cheaper on Svalbard than mainland Norway, due to no tax on sales goods.
Also, you can not get a tax refund for your shopping in Longyearbyen, because there is no VAT on anything sold on Svalbard)
* In general, things that can come with boat, dry food and other dry goods, costs less or about the same as in mainland norway. This is because of the lower tax level on Svalbard.
Everything that has to come with airplane, like milk and other fresh foods is more expensive because of the cost of flying the goods.
But a good rundown :) hope you enjoyed your stay there :)
edit: spelling errors
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Sir can u also explain us how one can settle there and about job opportunities to survive there
@@star1polish Unfortunately, I don't have that information. Here is a Reddit thread that may help you though: www.reddit.com/r/Norway/comments/92kvba/how_can_a_foreigner_move_to_svalbard/
@@theRTWguys thanks:-)
@@star1polish here's a website that show some jobs they need ppl for work :) no.jooble.org/jobb-fast-stilling/Svalbard
This is cheaper than my grocery store in a major US city.
Tell me about it! I just spent 10 days in Greenwich Village, NYC!
Yup I agree, I live in San Diego. Most of their prices are super reasonable
@@woutweghorst2879 Yup, same thing with us here in Atlanta. I guess Svalbard is not as expensive as I had originally thought!!
Yes I agree, I live in north texas and those prices are exactly the same as the grocery stores here. In fact, many of the items he showed us were significantly cheaper than in texas...
bollocks
That’s quite interesting. I expected very high prices due to Svalbard’s remote location, but they are fairly reasonable. Large American cities like San Francisco are much more expensive in my experience.
Oh absolutely - I found it very interesting that Svalbard is more affordable than I had expected. Even Oslo is more expensive, I think! And it is not comparable with San Francisco or New York for sure!
And when you considered that a Norwegian has monthly salary about double of what an average monthly American salary is...
Did you see gasoline $1.25 a gallon for 95 octane without ethanol.
@@buss8009 but 70% is taxed.
@@seesea-sv3xw Nonsense. I live here, and I pay about 24 % tax... And I just got a "big" tax refund...
As a Norwegian mainlander it seems prices are a little higher on average in svalbard.
Oh absolutely, these are nothing I expected of the prices. Even some things in the States and mainland Europe are more expensive!
the average salary in svalvard is almost 25% higher than in norway
@ Actually Dennis Torres is only wrong in that the number is too low. It's a bit old now, but in 2015, average gross income was 40% higher than the mainland. NOK 621400 average on Svalbard versus NOK 442300 on the mainland. Given income taxes are much lower on Svalbard (only 16.2% versus around 38.5% average on the mainland), net incomes are even higher. Now, since 2015 that disparity has almost certainly narrowed given the loss of high paying mining jobs and increase in low paying tourist and service sector jobs, but there are still plenty of high paying jobs that attract Norwegians in particular, so the disparity is almost certainly still there and significant. You can see the numbers in the Statistics Norway (SSB) publication "This is Svalbard 2016". www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/artikler-og-publikasjoner/_attachment/294354?_ts=15a12de02c0 I believe that is unfortunately the most recent one. There are more recent raw statistics published by SSB for Svalbard and the mainland from which I can probably tease out the per capita income more recently, though I just haven't looked them up yet. Hope this is helpful and interesting.
they can’t transport things to svalbard using ships because the water is frozen up north so they have to fly the supplies in, making everything more expensive
@@brad1ey50 Actually, that is rarely true anymore due to global warming and the increasing encroachment of warm water currents from the Atlantic. Longyearbyen used to be frozen out of all ships but icebreakers for 5 months out of the year. Now the fjord hasn't been frozen solid in over a decade. Things have changed. We have had a bit more cold this year, so the Russian town of Barentsburg is temporarily frozen in, but that is a very rare occurrence. In the winter we get a cargo ship (the Norbjørn) up here every 2-4 weeks or so, and pretty much weekly in the summer. There is a near daily plane that brings supplies up too, but the ship is the bigger supplier of common goods.
still cheaper than switzerland
No doubt!
Lol I visited Switzerland and it was about the same
Cheaper than Connecticut to
Clinton Triumph no it’s not
Switzerland groceries isn’t that bad if you’re living there and working.
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Awesome, thank you!
Thanks for the super detailed video. It was awesome literally seeing the prices. Like many others have stated, I was amazed at inexpensive the prices were. I expected them to be much higher. Pretty cool.
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Those are Walmart prices in the USA! I'm moving there!
LOL
You may come here legally
Not where I live, for one small pack of chicken breasts in that co-op I could buy a week’s worth of groceries for myself
@@oklahomaisok where is this am moving on
What if they just put those ice pops outside the supermarket lol
😀that's an excellent question! It would certainly be ok - they won't melt for sure!
It wouldn't be recommended for 4 months of the year
García Vaquero cheese😆😆😆😆😆, from Spain
Yeah I was surprised by the selection of goods available at the Svalbard CoOp when I was there in 2016. They serve the community quite well for the everyday needs folks have. I really want to visit again when the snow is up ...I visited at a time where they had a very unseasonally snowless and warm start to the Polar night.
Yes, and I have been receiving all of these comments on how surprised people are with the selection/prices in this CoOp!
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As a Swiss I can say these prices seem very reasonable. Some things are a bit more expensive, others actually cost more in Switzerland, which I find incredible.
For sure!
that’s some decent prices, I was in norway before and needed a small mortgage to breath. Compared to the uk those prices there are much the same.
For sure! LOL at the small mortgage 😂
Yes those are same as the Co Op shop opposite my house in Southern / South West England 😁👍🐢
It's really funny to see a Coop store in Svalbard. We have those in Sweden too, in practically every town.
Hahaha we discovered Coop from Sweden!!
I watched the entire video. Thank you it was very informative. The prices are not bad at all . Quite reasonable
Absolutely 🤗
It looks like I'm headed there in March, and I gotta say, these prices are way better than what I was expecting. My only arctic experience to date has been a few communities on Baffin Island in Nunavut and that was usually about triple what I'm used to paying in southern Canada. These prices however, seem only a little bit higher than what I pay at home, except for some veggies and meat. Thank for the info
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Very interesting! Good tour of grocery store. Thanks.
Thank you Debbie 😌
Wow I was pleasantly surprised by the selection of items as well as prices. Thank You for including US dollar prices. WAY better prices than Utqiagvik Alaska *formally known as Barrow Alaska*.
For sure! They are quite reasonable with their prices.
Nice market. Compared to Alaska food prices, it was not too bad. Eggs a bit expensive, but everything else did not surprise me. The coffee was very reasonable. Thanks for the video, I am putting your town on my bucket list.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for sharing this vid. It helped me prepare and bring my own food beforehand all the way to Svalbard and saved me quite some NOK :))
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How Are Getting Those there ? Are You sailing ?
Nice presentation of this supermarket.very good supermarket !!!
Thank you!
That is just about as cheap or even cheaper than regular stores in the US. I am impressed by their efficiency to deliver for a low price.
For sure 😀
I was expecting it to be very expensive, given where it is. I live in the French countryside in SW France, and the prices are only a little bit more than I pay, very impressed.
A big surprise to all of us 😀
How much accommodation rent per month ??
1500€ for a studio apt
Good to know!
The first challenge is simply finding housing. While it has eased slightly with some recent new construction, there is still a serious housing shortage. They have had to condemn and demolish a significant part of the housing stock because global warming effects have resulted in melting permafrost and significantly increased avalanche risk that has made previously safe housing unsafe. In 2015 a large section of one neighborhood was completely destroyed by an avalanche. There just isn't enough housing to go around and there are people who have had signed fixed job contracts who had to leave because they couldn't get housing. There is even a facebook group called "Homeless 78 north" where people share stories of their problems including needing to move every few months, weeks, or even days. There are very few privately owned homes up here, the vast majority is owned by government or state companies, and much of that housing stock is reserved for employees or has long waiting lists. So anyone who wants to move up here should plan to search ahead and not assume they can just find a place to rent when they get here.
@@Curious-Worlds Or if you've got a small fortune then you can ship and build your own house since the laws are pretty lax.
@@Curious-Worlds thanks for the info bro appreciate it
You know your getting screwed over (in Ireland) when everything is cheaper in svalbard.
Hahaha no kiddin'!
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Everything? You are exaggerating
@@sofitocyn100 everything in the store anyway.
Those are some incredibly reasonable prices! What a comparison with Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost town in the US! You've heard of Whole Foods? In Barrow when you go grocery shopping, it's Whole Paycheck!
Oh, for sure! Can't imagine Alaska to be cheaper than these Svalbard prices 😀
The prices are not too bad, almost the same price we have here in Chicago, Illinois USA. If I'm visiting that place, I won't mind the prices as long as there are available essentials that I can buy.
For sure!
2:14 thats because in both norvegian and swedish, orange is appelsin / apelsin. in danish its orange.
Coop is a swedish company that is also avaiable in norway and svalbard
Thanks for the info 🙂
@@theRTWguys Anytime ;)
Read on wiki that Coop is not a Swedish company- it's Norwegian. It's short for co-operative. But it seems that there is also a Swedish Coop, but it's not the same company.
@@sparqllord8831 get your stuff straight ;)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coop_Norden both countries run under the very same concept and logo.
@@sparqllord8831 and yet they both use the same logotype.. Isn't that odd? Mm?
Have you ever seen the food prices in Iceland? I thought this was going to be similar, but it's not even close.
Oh Iceland prices are crazily high!
lol... that Australian wine at 2:49 is actually cheaper in Svalbard than it is in Australia!
Hahaha no kidding 🤣
How is it that 18 eggs cost USD 5.87 and a dozen cost USD 5.99? (4:58 mark)
Hmmm good question ⁉️
It's the brand difference at play.
Svalbard is a VAT exempt territory, which helps explain some of the prices being kinda reasonable.
The yellow tin with a kid on it is pork liver pâté, typically served as a sandwich spread. Try garnishing that with pickle or cucumber slices. :)
And yes, “appelsin” is the correct word for orange (the fruit) in Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish. In Dutch, it’s called sinaasappel. The etymology behind these names stem from “apples of China”, although they can technically be grown in any country that has a permitting climate, but yeah, Norway doesn’t.
One thing Svalbard’s climate does permit, though is storing orange seeds in the Global Seed Vault.
Thanks for the awesome info and clarification ☺️
That’s not very expensive. For exemple in Barrow Canada it’s worst
Yes, I expected more expensive prices from Svalbard!!
Barrow is in Alaska
Arrow6000 I know.
Svalbard is tax free thats why things are cheaper then Norway.
@@wildearth3992 Alaska is not in Canada.
This is a very good video. Thanks for sharing!
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Greetings from Peru
Your video is really great and informative, thank you for sharing this, I wanted to know how is the phone service and the internet there? what is the average internet speed and how much does it costs?
I had the same plan as Norway, and the connectivity (and cost) is exactly like in Norway, i.e. fast. I believe I had a quick rundown on what I spent on data in Norway in some other vlogs - it would be under the Norway Playlist.
Thanks for watching!
I have seen other videos from Svalbard (one from a resident) Residents have to have their liquor quota card to buy alcohol. There are limited on how much hard liquor and beer they can purchase per month.
Ah, good to know! Thanks for clarifying 😊
Good video. What kind of camera do you use. Here in Patuanak, Saskatchewan, I think a 2 litre jug of milk is about $9.50 american.
Ouch! That's a lot of money for milk! All our camera stuff is listed in the description for the video. But I used a Sony RX100 for this one. Our main vlogging camera is a Sony a6500.
That's crazy! Here in Kentucky 1 gallon (3.75 liter) of milk is about $1.69 USD.
Its so cheap right now many people buy more than they need and freeze it, it's considered expensive when it gets over $2.50 USD for 1 gallon (3.75 liter).
I just subscribed! Actually I watched documentaries about Svalbard many times and hooked with it. I want to live there but I don't know where to start. I really love the place. though it's quite remote but still I wanna go and find my soulmate and settle there for good😉.
Svalbard is a very special place for sure! Make sure to watch our other Svalbard videos - 😀🇳🇴
@@theRTWguys yes sure I will watch 😀. I really wanna go and start a life there.
Late to the party but I love the pun in Nordpolet. Nordpolen is "The North Pole" and "Vinmonopolet" is the alcohol monopoly shop in Norway, thus it's called "Nordpolet".
Fully noted!
Thank you for your clarification!
Wonder what a crook pot roast would cost there. A just shy of 4lbs chuck roast cost me just shy of $25 dollars at dillions here in Wichita Kansas that I should get three meals out of it with all the fixings that went into it, onions potatoes carrots seasonings ect; . . . the milk was bout double there than here though
Hmmm good question 😃
I live in a somewhat isolated town in the US and the prices are about the same.
Surprisingly, yes. Svalbard prices are not as bad as I had originally thought.
where! :D I love isolated places
@@MissGinaWar the longest I've spent in an isolated place was in my bathroom
OK coming from the UK the prices your showing me seem not too far from what I'd expect to pay as usual. Well not quite its a bit more expensive maybe but not much. I'd imagined that jf would be double or triple the prices shown
Svalbard is full of surprises 😂
they can’t transport things to svalbard using ships because the water is frozen up north so they have to fly the supplies in, making everything more expensive
Actually it was quite affordable, according to westerners standard!
Very similar to the prices in Dawson City, Yukon. Some things a bit more, and some a bit less, but overall very similar. WAY more selection there though!
Oh that's interesting 😊
I live in japan and i convert u.s dollar to yen in your grocery pricing. I could say those products especially those baked breads have just the same price here in japan, not cheap but not that expensive. Cheap things here in japan are chocolates because they're made here
For sure! The prices are quite reasonable.
Japan has Cocoa plants?
The food prices are actually quite reasonable, actually in the alcool section it's much cheaper than in Canada. The most expensive seem to be veggies, fruits & meat.
I agree! 😀🇳🇴
@@theRTWguys Yes or no dear Traveller?
appelsin = apple of china ( in Germanic language it basically means orange )
Very nice, thank you so much for the explanation! I learn new things everyday :)
Even in russian appelsin is orange
in dutch orange is sinsappel
It feels odd to see Finnish text on some of the items in so remote place. The "X-tra" product series is available in the biggest food market chain in Finland also, The S-group.
Pretty cool 😎
Please mention monthly living expense at Savalbard Longyearbyen Rent food grocery job how easy it is to get a job trained while working, how to get job.
Next time!
Alaska is expensive because its isolated and everything has to be imported from the lower 48 of the United States. I was expecting Svarlbard to be hyper-expensive (more so than expensive Norway) due to isolation but this stuff is surprisingly reasonable. I live in Oregon and shocked to see prices in Svarlbard of similar price, although the frozen pizza is a bit expensive compared to where I live.
For sure! I expected much more expensive prices just like you did 😀
That means if I ever visited Svarlbard I can relax that getting food there won't drain my wallet so fast, no more than where I live, more or less. On the other hand try visiting the Canadian territory of Nunavut. I never been there but I saw TH-cam videos of the area and the prices of goods there are just downright criminal (makes Alaska look reasonable), given many of the local Inuits can't afford the hyper-expensive products sold there. Again it's isolation but Canada could learn a thing or two about Svarlbard. I could be wrong but I'm sure Norway is subsidizing the stores in Svarlbard to keep the prices down. For those willing to tough it in Svarlbard having inexpensive food is sure a benefit.
Food prices are quite good considering most of it is imported.
The beer is overpriced though.
Nice video
Best wishes
I completely agree with you!
It's cheaper than in Australia
The beer is not overpriced, yes it's more expensive then other countries, but that's a good thing since it makes people buy it less.
In mainland norway it is expensive too so it's not overpriced.
Are organic (bio) and biodynamic foods and fresh produce available? Thanks for great information, costs you spoke of are lower than Brisbane, Australia.
To some extend. You can see some produce and products from the video -
Quick reply, thanks. I tried to look closely at the products before asking you. I don't believe any of the products are bio/organic and can't tell with the fruit and vegetables. I want to stay there for a few months so this information is important to me. I've asked a couple of locals, but no response yet. Stay safe.
Talk about some good prices. 👍
For sure!
I am surprised that there is more than one grocery store for so few people.
And from the Southern USA some of these prices seem high, but others seem pretty standard.
Yup, and most of prices here are very reasonable!
Thank you for this information. I want to visit this place, Looks so interesting. but I see everything is more expensive than here in Mexico. :)
For sure 😀
This IS cheap in Europe !
Wow, these prices are amazingly reasonable for having to have everything flown in. Doesn’t seem like anyone is gouging in Longyearbyen. Lovely to see. The prices might be better than those in Hawaii. Lol
For sure 😀
I live in St Lucia. It's more expensive here 😂
I'm sure it is! I was actually very surprise to see how affordable Svalbard is! I expected a much, much higher prices for commodities. Is it just St. Lucia that is expensive? Any of those touristy Caribbean islands are expensive, I'm sure!
@@theRTWguys You're right, they're all expensive. But the Virgin Islands & Bermuda take the cake!!!
The Round the World Guys lol 😂 imagine just how far it is from st Lucia to Svalbard damnnnn😂😂
Looks to be about twice as much as we pay in the oil field in Texas.
Hahaha you're just spoiled 😂
And there came a day when a Polar Bear walked into that shop and said, " Give me the fucking key to that fucking locker."
LOL 😂
LOL
@@theRTWguys just curious if you shoot a polar bear out of self-defense are you allowed to butcher the polar bear for yourself
I live in Turkey and the prices compared are not so high, especially alchohol costs much more here due to insane taxes. btw I wonder in what month you visited Svalbard and what was the temperature?
Yes, I expected a much higher prices in Svalbard, and I know that some other places in the world have much expensive stuff! I visited in September, and the temperature ranges from roughly 0C to 5C the whole time I stayed. Are you visiting soon?
@@theRTWguys I guess I'll never have the chance to visit those places (I wish I could) so I'm having virtual tours thanks to you guys :)
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Thanks for watching!!
Love. I am from Dubai
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I live in Northern Norway, and prices seem quite similar to the mainland. Apart from alcohol, which is way cheaper in Svalbard!
Oh nice to know!!
I have been there.
Awesome!
Greetings from Australia, these are great prices for most things! The produce is a bit higher of course. But the alcohol is about 1/2 the price of here because of taxes!
For sure! 😀
Everything was alright until he called tortillas "taco shells" at 1:00
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good prices compared to my village Åre in Sweden. low summer tourism so they push prices to make the monies in the wintertime =)
No kidding 😀
For those of us who Poop a lot," we thank you. LoL :)
Hahaha 😂I'm still cracking up, too!
This goods have no sales tax, so prices can be kept lower. On the other hand everything needs to be shipped from far away for money, so it kind of ballances it out in terms of price level. Norway usually has 25 % sales tax. I don´t know exactly, but I assume there are also some laws or mechanisms in place preventing stores to rip off customers just because there is no competition and consumers have no other choice.
That's interesting! Thanks for watching :)
@Roy Bassa No taxes is the answer. So alcohol might be sold without sales taxes and without alcohol taxes.
yo that's mostly very affordable I'm super shook lol
For sure!
Thanks a lot for this very informative video :) Could you give us same info on the costs of other services such as gas, electricity, internet and mobile connections, rents, etc?
You can ask directly to Visit Svalbard board.
Lol cheaper than Ontario
Hahaha! You bet! Michael was just in Toronto a couple months ago. 😀
@@theRTWguys oh awesome hope he had a good time
He's a Canadian from New Brunswick - but we travel/transit to Toronto quite often :)
Very good video very useful thanks
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Welcome take care my email yaqoob521980@gmail.com I want start business at svalbard
So expensive,and we call Britain a rip off..we look angelic compared to there..
Haha no kidding -
Fantasic and enjoyable video. Loved it! One thing is for sure, no matter where you go, Lego is expensive and probably just as painful to step on as anywhere else in the world. Lol
Hahaha good point! 😂
some of these prices are lower than what i pay in Canada. where i am is only about 46 degrees north. alcohol is about half.
Dnt Behasty for sure!!
Just learned about Svalbard today and it looks amazing. Subscribed to your channel!!! 🌻🌻🌻 Thanks for this.
Absolutely! Thank you :)
Found your video very interesting. Would love to know what people do for jobs there and how the salaries work into the rental their and grocery prices. It there internet there... I assume no TV, radio station. Thanks!
You'd be surprised. Internet are quite fast in Svalbard!
Thank you for posting this👍🏾
Of course 😀
I would have to adjust to light and temperatures a bit but living for half a century in or close to a place in southern England called the New Forest makes me need TREES . I guess they sell them in December ? Thankyou 🐢😁👍
Good point 👍🙂
Orange is called apelsin/appelsin in scandinavian because it's a chalque of the old French term pomme de sine, with sine/sina/sin being older forms of the word China. So it's Apple (of) China.
Understood 😁
Did you ever find any beverages or alcohol other than Svalbard Bryggeri that were made there in Longyearbyen? I love to bring back stuff made where I travel and was curious. Thanks!
Check out my Barentsburg video on my channel - it is a small town outside Longyearbyen and has a brewery that brew its products from the nearby glacier.
@@theRTWguys thank you! I appreciate the response! Its definitely on my list to visit now. Been around the world already yet not above the Arctic circle.
Why are some prices cheaper than what we pay in Québec, especially the alcohol. If you go in Nunavik, which is the nordic places in Québec that is inhabited by inuits, it costs like 10 times that.
Oh no kidding. I think Canada is quite expensive and I can't imagine the remote part of Canada would cost! 😀🇨🇦
Locals can purchase alcohol too. But there is a limit for locals, because alcoholism is a problem for some locals. Each local who wishes to buy alcohol is issued an alcohol records card. The alcoholic purchases are entered into the card. When the limit is reached for th week no more buying for that week. Wait till next week.
Thanks for your clarification!
Those prices have to be subsidised . Some stuff cheaper than here in Toronto. Guess that's the only way Norway can get people to live there?
Where do people work since coal mine is closed?
Mostly related to tourism business -
Wow, so much alcohol for only 2000 people? Hope you have an AA centre as well!
😂
You should see the liquor sections in small WI towns! Damn near bigger than the grocery section.
@@cheezheadz3928 Cheers, and best of luck to all the WI folk !
I read in a Norwegian newspaper that milk is more expensive than alcohol there
Hahaha - sort of true I guess 😁
So interesting to see! Wonder why the store isn’t called Extra or something, since many products are from Coop
Extra is big in mainland Norway, the store reminds me of an Extra type of store
For sure!
Great video!!
Thank you 😀
If we compare to some north pole cities like Barrow or other places in Alaska even Northern Canada, Grocery is way higher than that. Seemingly, in Svalbard it's allow all citizens around the world to come and live without visa which is incredible. Probably, in the future, I may consider to live there if I can get job offers. It seems very peaceful and no gaps between rich and poor unlike other places.
It is almost impossible to find a job here. But yes, it is a much cheaper grocery prices here!
Could you tell me about housing there? How much an average price of 1 or 2 bedroom house? Like a studio.
You can contact Visit Svalbard for more information! But I highly doubt that anybody will be able to move to Svalbard.
2:13 «Orange» in Norwegian is «Appelsin» that is why it is called «Appelsinjuice»
Fully noted 😁
The alcohol part is actually just for locals, or medium stay persons. Not short stay tourists.
Fully noted!
Crazy , I live in San Diego and some of these prices seem like a deal to me
Hahaha no kidding 😂
Be nice to know how much essentials are like rice by bulk, don’t you go hunting out there or fishing? Can you live off the land ?? What are the regular jobs ??
Read some of the comments here
I am amazed at the reasonable prices! How is it even possible given the costs attached to getting goods to Svalbard? Prices are comparable to rates in average American towns. (Stay away from the smoked whale!)
Hahaha fair enough 🙂
Very interesting and informative.
Thank you 😀
I'm Czech, and in my language, the word "sval" means "muscle," so if I ever move there I would start my own Czech bar named SvalBar, which would have to be a sports-themed bar, but I'm sure the locals would love some Pilsner Urquell, slivovice, Becherovka, Fernet, and south Moravian wine. Like, what else can you do up there but drink? I would have no problem with the weather. I don't really like the cold but I can tolerate it in short bursts. I spent all of February 2003 in Michigan on a work tour and I was the only guy who would take a smoke break outside in just a T-shirt. Everybody thought I was a lunatic. I really appreciate the price overview and yes, it is more expensive than here in central Europe, but at least you can buy everything there, like bread, cheese, etc.
Haha, SvalBar sounds like a fun and creative idea! It's interesting how words can have different meanings in different languages. Creating a sports-themed bar with a touch of Czech culture sounds like a unique concept that could really resonate with both locals and visitors. And you've got a point about the cold weather - sometimes a little tolerance can go a long way. It's great to hear that you enjoyed the price overview and found it helpful for your perspective. And you're absolutely right, the availability of essential items like bread and cheese is definitely a plus. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and creative plans!
Wow! I'm quite surprised to see costs lower than I'd have expected. I was certain the costs would be exorbitant considering everything has to be flown or shipped in by boat. Almost everything is lower in cost than what we pay here in Dallas/Ft Worth, Texas. Dairy certainly appears to be more expensive - it looks like y'all get less bang for your buck there . We pay about the same for milk but where you're getting 1/2 gallon we get 1 gallon for what you pay. Eggs are high - they can be purchased for $2 +/- though free range, cage free, brown shell are the same at $5-6 +/-. Interesting....thanks for sharing.
For sure! It's definitely a very reasonable price throughout the store.
Wow a good portion of those items are similar or even cheaper than they are in America.
For sure!