We are swiss citizens living in the Philippines. Much of your observations are absolutely correct but I have this to consider and maybe to mention in your next emission of swiss prices : The quality of the products in Switzerland is much better than everywhere else. Wich makes some of them cheaper in the end than in other countrys. Example : Razor blades. Here in the Philippines cost 5 times less than the same brand in Switzerland. But the Chinese produce not the same quality to send here as they send to CH(Switzerland). What I buy here is good for 5 to ten shavings. My blades from CH , I can use up to 3 months! So what I bring(or somebody send from CH) is much cheaper than what I could buy here.. There are many other examples...... And about the food.....there you can be shure what you eat is clean,healthy,without any harmful chemicals. Here we have to grow our pigs and chicken ourselfs to be shure..... Anyway thanks for your , over all, very good description of the ladnes of swiss costs and prices .... 😘
Hi! Thank you so much for your comment and inputs. I totally agree with you on this, while prices are much higher in Switzerland: there are many things to consider in: from higher cost of labour, the quality of materials used, more eco-friendly methods of production etc. I acknowledge that this is not an apple-to-apple comparison and price is not the sole key consideration. I did briefly mention this at the end of my video about how despite the cost of my grocery shopping I appreciated how almost half of what I bought were bio products.
very informative video! i love going to grocery stores whenever we travel so this was an excellent tour. the prices are pretty comparable to what we pay in california, USA. but my kid eats a lot so we are prepared to have him snack a lot before we go supermarket shopping! our sushi costs more as does fish....
Hi Olivia, good video and very informative. I remember going to the Migros with my mom since I was a little boy. In Geneva, they use to be a Migros with a playground and my mom would shop and I would play. Hope you make it to Geneva soon, would love to give you a tour of my town. 👍
The chicken costs more because it was a happy chicken with a healthy livestyle, and then you pay even more because its a bad thing to eat a happy chicken 😢
So true! My husband and I are from Taiwan and it costs around 90 CHF per week on groceries, just like you 😂 We don’t buy fresh seafood but frozen ones. They are much more affordable.
Thanks for sharing your experience! Yes indeed, seafood is prohibitively expensive. We also buy frozen prawns and salmon. Back in Singapore we eat fish very often but the variety here are quite different and we are not used to the taste… aside from filet de pêches! 🤪 Do support the channel with a subscribe, it would mean a lot to me! Thank you 🙏
No point comparing the prices of things in Switzerland to other countries. The standard of living is different in every country, also what you earn, what services you get, what tax you pay, the buying power of the currency and more, it varies in every country try.
The meat prices are kinda expensive, but compared to Sweden, it's really not that much of a difference... Except maybe for the minced meat, the mixed one, (cow and pork) is about twice as expensive. Although, it's really not that much money considering your take home evey month in CH compared to SE is almost three times as much. Good video! Thank you! (EDIT: In Sweden you also pack your own groceries 😁)
Hi!! You should visit Portugal and make a similar video. Apart from the meat, the rest of the prices are quite similar or lower compared to Portugal, but here the minimum wage is 740€. If you add to this expenses 500€ to rent a small (2 room) apartment (city's like Porto or Lisbon the rent is higher, 800/900€+), you can imagine the scenary around here ;)
Hi Olivia, any chance of you recommending some "affordable" restaurants and hotels for a 2-3 days tour in Zurich in Apr 2023? I am from Singapore and have seen many videos of the high prices in comparison to here including the groceries. While thought since there for just 2 days/ 3 days, should at least try one to two restaurant lunch and a couple of desserts. Though am still considering if i should stop by Zurich or give it a miss. And in need of a hotel that's ok (clean, not far away from transport).....Thanks in advance/
Hi! You can check my Zurich Vlog for Hotel Scheuble, it was very decent near the Old Town and quite affordable for Zurich standards. Unfortunately it is very hard to find “affordable” restaurants generally in Zurich, I would say your best option would be Coop or Migros restaurant which is more of a buffet setting and it goes by weight of your food.
I have been to both Singapore and Switzerland (was in Lausanne). In general, I found Switzerland to be more expensive than Singapore. Food products and eating out are very expensive in Switzerland because of expensive labour. I found the packaging of food products in Coop and Migros to be very elegant (bright colours and design) and of high quality. Singapore however, has a wider choice to choose from,probably to cater to the needs of the different cultures/ethnicities. Mustafa in Syed Alwi Road is a one-stop shop for both locals and foreigners. Accommodation and transport are quite expensive in Switzerland. In Singapore, you can have an excellent meal in a hawker centre for almost a third of the price of that in Switzerland. Both countries rank among the most expensive cities in the world. Both countries are very beautiful and clean.
@Olivia, thank you for your In-depth videos- could you please do a video on eating Asian in Switzerland? You mentioned going to France to visit an Asian grocery store- can you say more?
you can see those self barcode scanner display in Finnish supermarket as well here in Finland 😊. You can also get money from recycling bottles and bottle recycling money depends on bottle sizes and type
That is really good budgeting though, I would say! We are 2, and we try and look and find offers, and we still end up spending 120-140 francs per week, so around 480-560 francs per month in food alone. I would definitely appreciate some tips!
I do! In fact I shop 80% of my groceries at Lidl, and only for certain fresh vegetables at Migros. However I wanted to show a “typical” swiss supermarket in this video, hence a focus on Migros as an example. Not feasible for me to head into France as I do not have a car !
How much do a packet of rice costs ? Planning to visit Switzerland next year and will be preparing meals all by ourselves. Your videos are really helpful. Subscribed after the third video .
Informative video, but would have been better without the pointless and annoying background music. I would have liked to see the cost of tea bags and jars of coffee
Thanks for this! I can't wait to go to the supermarket there for sweet sweet fruits. My purpose is to visit my first European country, and with its expensive prices and beautiful places to walk a it, hopefully I return SG slimmer! Well, that is I don't eat too much back home again later to have my weight bounce back AGAIN T______T T__________T I willl bring just maybe 3 cup noodles over to prevent overeating.
Nice video, groceries are expensive specially beef, very expensive. Almost vegetarian since arrival in Swiss 😂 The price on ticket of cheese is per 100g, a piece of cheese is much more expensive 😉
Very true! Thanks for the tips! However I still find the cheese fairly priced here. If you compare with imported cheese prices in Singapore, that is! 🤪
Thank you for this video, any idea if they sell halal food in the supermarket? Also can we bring in canned food to Swiss like curry chicken, beef rendang and cup noodle from Singapore
Halal food are not sold in the main supermarkets, you need to go to specific halal shops which is rare. U canbring canned goods and cup noodles etc but not raw meat
Meat is very expensive mostly because the animals must be raised and slaughtered according to strict standards Yes, Lidl is cheaper or, if you are close, France or Germany could be shopping options
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Ηello we are a family of 3 and our groaceries goes arround 1.100 /month...I dont know how you make it with only 400/month...Apparently you live alone...or you eat less meat😂
Hi! We indeed eat ALOT less meat than when in Singapore, and we do most of our grocery shopping at Lidl, very seldom at coop and migros! I can confirm that as of March 2023, my grocery spending is still ~400chf for two. (Excludes dining out; which is probably 3-4 times a month) 1100CHF is almost 275CHF a week on groceries; that is certainly very high! What do you spend it on mostly…?
I spend it mostly on meat,chicken,pasta,vegetables, fruits,corn flakes, rise,school food prep and a lot of cleaning products for the house...I cook for four persons because my husband eats two times😅 when he comes from work and we eat a lot of bread too😂..Even though we eat a lot as a family we are fit beceause we walk a lot...
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the price of the chicken is insane fairprice/shengshiong only cost $10-12? wet markets can get even cheaper. Makes me grateful that I can have $3.50 chicken rice i can imagine their chicken rice costing $10-12/plate
We are swiss citizens living in the Philippines.
Much of your observations are absolutely correct but I have this to consider and maybe to mention in your next emission of swiss prices :
The quality of the products in Switzerland is much better than everywhere else. Wich makes some of them cheaper in the end than in other countrys.
Example : Razor blades. Here in the Philippines cost 5 times less than the same brand in Switzerland. But the Chinese produce not the same quality to send here as they send to CH(Switzerland).
What I buy here is good for 5 to ten shavings. My blades from CH , I can use up to 3 months!
So what I bring(or somebody send from CH) is much cheaper than what I could buy here..
There are many other examples......
And about the food.....there you can be shure what you eat is clean,healthy,without any harmful chemicals. Here we have to grow our pigs and chicken ourselfs to be shure.....
Anyway thanks for your , over all, very good description of the ladnes of swiss costs and prices ....
😘
Hi! Thank you so much for your comment and inputs. I totally agree with you on this, while prices are much higher in Switzerland: there are many things to consider in: from higher cost of labour, the quality of materials used, more eco-friendly methods of production etc. I acknowledge that this is not an apple-to-apple comparison and price is not the sole key consideration. I did briefly mention this at the end of my video about how despite the cost of my grocery shopping I appreciated how almost half of what I bought were bio products.
very informative video! i love going to grocery stores whenever we travel so this was an excellent tour. the prices are pretty comparable to what we pay in california, USA. but my kid eats a lot so we are prepared to have him snack a lot before we go supermarket shopping! our sushi costs more as does fish....
Hi Olivia, good video and very informative. I remember going to the Migros with my mom since I was a little boy. In Geneva, they use to be a Migros with a playground and my mom would shop and I would play. Hope you make it to Geneva soon, would love to give you a tour of my town. 👍
Wow, I certainly haven’t seen a migros with a playground, they should bring it back!
@@Olliechinny indeed, they should. There was only one in Geneva but they stop doing it many years ago !
The chicken costs more because it was a happy chicken with a healthy livestyle, and then you pay even more because its a bad thing to eat a happy chicken 😢
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Thanks, that's really interesting. I'll know now to look out for the Action labels.
So true!
My husband and I are from Taiwan and it costs around 90 CHF per week on groceries, just like you 😂
We don’t buy fresh seafood but frozen ones. They are much more affordable.
Thanks for sharing your experience! Yes indeed, seafood is prohibitively expensive. We also buy frozen prawns and salmon. Back in Singapore we eat fish very often but the variety here are quite different and we are not used to the taste… aside from filet de pêches! 🤪
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yeah its so expective! will you return to visit though?
Thanks for the video ! Very informative !
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Very informative, thanks for sharing
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No point comparing the prices of things in Switzerland to other countries. The standard of living is different in every country, also what you earn, what services you get, what tax you pay, the buying power of the currency and more, it varies in every country try.
The meat prices are kinda expensive, but compared to Sweden, it's really not that much of a difference... Except maybe for the minced meat, the mixed one, (cow and pork) is about twice as expensive. Although, it's really not that much money considering your take home evey month in CH compared to SE is almost three times as much. Good video! Thank you! (EDIT: In Sweden you also pack your own groceries 😁)
my eyes light up when i see the salads gg at half price 😍😍 i love the arugula leaves + mozzarella balls + cherry tomato mix hehe
Hi!! You should visit Portugal and make a similar video. Apart from the meat, the rest of the prices are quite similar or lower compared to Portugal, but here the minimum wage is 740€. If you add to this expenses 500€ to rent a small (2 room) apartment (city's like Porto or Lisbon the rent is higher, 800/900€+), you can imagine the scenary around here ;)
Hi Olivia, any chance of you recommending some "affordable" restaurants and hotels for a 2-3 days tour in Zurich in Apr 2023? I am from Singapore and have seen many videos of the high prices in comparison to here including the groceries. While thought since there for just 2 days/ 3 days, should at least try one to two restaurant lunch and a couple of desserts. Though am still considering if i should stop by Zurich or give it a miss. And in need of a hotel that's ok (clean, not far away from transport).....Thanks in advance/
Hi! You can check my Zurich Vlog for Hotel Scheuble, it was very decent near the Old Town and quite affordable for Zurich standards. Unfortunately it is very hard to find “affordable” restaurants generally in Zurich, I would say your best option would be Coop or Migros restaurant which is more of a buffet setting and it goes by weight of your food.
Denner’s is also affordable.
We always packed our own groceries, even when i lived in Australia. People won’t die if they have to pack something themselves.
I have been to both Singapore and Switzerland (was in Lausanne). In general,
I found Switzerland to be more expensive than Singapore. Food products and eating out are very expensive in Switzerland because of expensive labour. I found the packaging of food products in Coop and Migros to be very elegant (bright colours and design) and of high quality. Singapore however, has a wider choice to choose from,probably to cater to the needs of the different cultures/ethnicities. Mustafa in Syed Alwi Road is a one-stop shop for both locals and foreigners. Accommodation and transport are quite expensive in Switzerland. In Singapore, you can have an excellent meal in a hawker centre for almost a third of the price of that in Switzerland. Both countries rank among the most expensive cities in the world. Both countries are very beautiful and clean.
Thanks for sharing!
@Olivia, thank you for your In-depth videos- could you please do a video on eating Asian in Switzerland? You mentioned going to France to visit an Asian grocery store- can you say more?
you can see those self barcode scanner display in Finnish supermarket as well here in Finland 😊. You can also get money from recycling bottles and bottle recycling money depends on bottle sizes and type
That is really good budgeting though, I would say!
We are 2, and we try and look and find offers, and we still end up spending 120-140 francs per week, so around 480-560 francs per month in food alone. I would definitely appreciate some tips!
Shop at supermarkets like Lidl and Aldi. Otherwise consider crossing the border to France and Germany!
I love mayonnaise and mustard in those tubes. Wished they had them in Sydney.
Yes they are ingenious, don’t know why other countries don’t have them! It’s not in Singapore too. 🙃
I think that you could save a lot of money buying groceries in France or Germany...or at your local Lidl store:-)
I do! In fact I shop 80% of my groceries at Lidl, and only for certain fresh vegetables at Migros. However I wanted to show a “typical” swiss supermarket in this video, hence a focus on Migros as an example.
Not feasible for me to head into France as I do not have a car !
@@Olliechinny Great video! It is interesting to see the prices in a typical swiss supermarket. Keep up doing a great job😀
👍 Thanks very much for sharing.
@@OlliechinnyCan you buy grocery from Milan and bring it to Switzerland? I’m traveling from Milan to Switzerland. Thank you!
The meat seemed very expensive, but the cheese seemed very reasonable, maybe due to the dairy industry in Switzerland.
Very nice information 👌
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People earn more here than in a lot of countries. Prices are relative to where you live and what you earn.
How much do a packet of rice costs ? Planning to visit Switzerland next year and will be preparing meals all by ourselves.
Your videos are really helpful. Subscribed after the third video .
It should be lesser than 10CHF! U can buy it easily at migros or coop.
Loving your channel btw❤
How fresh are vegetables and fruits? Are they local or imported?
Informative video, but would have been better without the pointless and annoying background music. I would have liked to see the cost of tea bags and jars of coffee
Noted!
Thanks for this! I can't wait to go to the supermarket there for sweet sweet fruits. My purpose is to visit my first European country, and with its expensive prices and beautiful places to walk a it, hopefully I return SG slimmer! Well, that is I don't eat too much back home again later to have my weight bounce back AGAIN T______T T__________T I willl bring just maybe 3 cup noodles over to prevent overeating.
Nice video, groceries are expensive specially beef, very expensive. Almost vegetarian since arrival in Swiss 😂
The price on ticket of cheese is per 100g, a piece of cheese is much more expensive 😉
Very true! Thanks for the tips! However I still find the cheese fairly priced here. If you compare with imported cheese prices in Singapore, that is! 🤪
Maybe you could do a video of how to get SIM cards and also the areas where they dont accept card payments!
Why they don’t accept card payments ? I think they don’t accept cash because everything is connected scanning something
huh but $1 = 0.87 CHF??? why is there only 0.2-0.4 difference??
Thank you for this video, any idea if they sell halal food in the supermarket? Also can we bring in canned food to Swiss like curry chicken, beef rendang and cup noodle from Singapore
Halal food are not sold in the main supermarkets, you need to go to specific halal shops which is rare. U canbring canned goods and cup noodles etc but not raw meat
Breast milk is better for babies, than powder stuff.
Still you live in Switzerland now?
The prices are very close to US prices
Cop o noodles at Coop for the win
I have NEVER bought instant noodles in Switzerland it’s a crime 😂
Do u get fish ?? Cost ??
cheaper than the supermarket where i live in Brazil
Chicken is a bit cheaper in Welsh supermarket.
Meat is very expensive mostly because the animals must be raised and slaughtered according to strict standards
Yes, Lidl is cheaper or, if you are close, France or Germany could be shopping options
Lidl is my favourite place for grocery shopping! Haha
Cheaper than in Malaysia.
Meat is good quality in Switzerland.
About the same prices as the US.. except meat
i was spending like 600 in england per month it looks cheaper but i doubt becouse i ate loot of meat :/
We’re not an Asian country, so of course we are not going to have a lot of Asian food.
Hi, from Lausanne 😅
Hi from morges!
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I always can’t get the pronunciation right 🤪
Keep your face toward the sun, and shadows will fall behind you. Meanwhile, I will like to communicate with you to share more thoughts.
You can’t paid cash in Swiss supermarkets ?
i wouldn't buy a $23 chicken even if it is super fresh 😂😂😂
Ikr but… NO CHOICE! i love eating chicken too much to become a vegetarian 😅
Muesli is not pronounced the way it is in this video. Real muesli is freshly made, not packet rubbish.
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Ηello we are a family of 3 and our groaceries goes arround 1.100 /month...I dont know how you make it with only 400/month...Apparently you live alone...or you eat less meat😂
Hi! We indeed eat ALOT less meat than when in Singapore, and we do most of our grocery shopping at Lidl, very seldom at coop and migros! I can confirm that as of March 2023, my grocery spending is still ~400chf for two. (Excludes dining out; which is probably 3-4 times a month)
1100CHF is almost 275CHF a week on groceries; that is certainly very high! What do you spend it on mostly…?
I spend it mostly on meat,chicken,pasta,vegetables, fruits,corn flakes, rise,school food prep and a lot of cleaning products for the house...I cook for four persons because my husband eats two times😅 when he comes from work and we eat a lot of bread too😂..Even though we eat a lot as a family we are fit beceause we walk a lot...
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the price of the chicken is insane fairprice/shengshiong only cost $10-12? wet markets can get even cheaper.
Makes me grateful that I can have $3.50 chicken rice
i can imagine their chicken rice costing $10-12/plate
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