Shopping in Juneau. How much do groceries cost in Alaska
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- Shopping in Juneau. How much do groceries cost in Alaska? I get this question a lot and in this video we take you shopping with us. You will find out how much groceries cost at Fred Myers and Costco plus we fill our propane tanks up.
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We also you say that this shopping bill was about $200 more than our normal two week grocery bill.
Thank you for watching and as always have a great day.
depressed by the city life in L.A im moving to alaska bout to go off the grid
Ain’t no better time to make a change.
I want to come , I've been once now it all I dream of , do it while you can.
I LOVE California; love the climate here.
Look into indoor gardening with 35 watt cobb DAYLIGHT LED lights. They put out 300 watts of light and work real good for plants in the vegetative state. Start the plants in the Winter and put them outside in the summer to finish up. Works great with weed, tea, and strawberry plants so it should do good on most plants.
That sounds like a sold plan👍
I was a huge soda drinker. I cut it out 3 years ago and I know how hard it is. Diet Mountain dew was my drink of choice. Sparkling water for me now. It gets easier. Good luck!
Congratulations to you.
Thank you, I’m going to give it my best.
Great video! We actually pay more at our local Fred Myer's which I would not have expected. Jealous of the peanut butter cost, the natural peanut butter or almond butter here is so much we do not buy it anymore. As far as Costco we don't shop there for a comparison but it seemed reasonable :)
We do the majority of our shopping at Costco. It’s a little cheaper than Freddy’s.
Love Simple Living Alaska 💕😃
Thank you so so so and again, SO much for making this video. Things are certainly climbing in price post-pandemic, I hope you guys aren't paying too much higher of prices as a result.
I'm finding prices in Iowa climbing to Alaskan prices - and we are in the "heartland" that produces a lot of the raw product.
You are welcome. That’s strange how that works. Your state produces food and pay high prices for it. We produce oil and pay high prices for it.😂
I’m 66 years all and since been a little girl wanted to go to Alaska I wish I will make getting old and love the cold the snow and winters breeze
I hope you make it up here sometime. Corona makes doing anything hard right now.
That’s too much bacon, said nobody ever
Hahahaha😂🤣that’s right Tom👍
@@AnAlaskaHomestead so how much is the Alaskan dividend from this year
So very true!
Loved the video! I'm from Brazil and I'm just in lovw with Alaska!
Thanks for watching Rodrigo
Yay! It wasn’t as high as I expected-I guess Colorado has been getting more expensive because that was only about 20% more. And considering gas is twice the price there I’m happy with 20% more.
It’s not crazy but it seems expensive to me. Thank you for watching.
My wife grew up in Juneau. We go up every other year to visit the family. Can't beat superbears Joe joes!
Ha that’s true. That’s awesome you guys come up every other year. I assume she still has family here.
Good grief I'd go bankrupt if food was that expensive here in Virginia
We spent 200 bucks more than normal on this new diet so we will see how things settle down in a few weeks. Either way it is more expensive than a lot of places.
Whitney Gibson
In Virginia it is easy to grow your own about 8 months out of the year with a simple greenhouse (the same setup in his part of Alaska he would have to wrap and heat the greenhouse a few months to maintain that many months....of course by wrapping and heating (even just with black water barrels), you could raise crops year round.
I would get super depressed if I lived in that climate; even with the beautiful scenery.
The prices at costco are almost identical to here in Indiana for those interested!
Each year I run my boat from the lower 48 and spend a month on the icy strait near Hoonah. I've shopped at both Freddy's and Costco. Maybe I'll run into you this summer.
That’s awesome JT. Where do you start from? Our long term goal is to get a bigger boat and explore the inside passage and at least one trip to Washington.
All she needs is coffee. Good to go. Things seem to be priced about the same as me. Have a great night you two..!!
😂that’s about the truth. Give her some coffee and she’s ready to go.
Hey, I have a question. Do you live in California or Utah?
I thought you said Utah but in one of the videos I thought you said California.
It’s really none of my business, just curious.
I’m in Northern California. From Northern Utah.
It’s crystal clear now. Thanks for clearing it up.
Good on ya...tahini butter hi in so much #1 protien, calcium. Makes tasty sauces for salad, wraps and vegg
Stick to it your worth it..health is wealth I am 68 51 yrs veggie.! Before it was popular, ...its healingxxxxx
That looked like A TON of supplies/groceries! I honestly thought you guys would be set for a month at least. There is no way you would burn through all of that in one week! 😲
It turned out to be more than one weeks worth of food. Plus it was the start of our 30 day keto challenge, which involved buying some new items.
$8.50 for peanut butter? My wife would bankrupt me! LOL Also, I do NOT check my groceries. I have left full carts of groceries in the store because they wouldn't open an actual register.
Ha self checkout is the wave of the future. I think they normally have two registers open.
28 years keto and carnivore and we can shop for way less than 500 a month for sure.. we raised 4 kids and it was all low carb.. we did have a garden and we shopped local farms but now that they are grown we can still stay way under that.. costco nation wide has good buys but.. they are still higher on certain things. I knw in Alaska your limited to a couple stores.. but Im always up for the challenge of saving cash.. hunting fishing and local farms and regenerative farming.. Cant wait to see more of your new Plans in Alaska! Loved the vlog! Hopefully we will be living in Alaska once all this PANDEMIC stuff is better understood.. Cant wait.
About +40% more than in mid-state PA. 350 to 475 a month.
They eat waaay too much. Even on keto.
Obviously items that are too pricey I would drop. More produce and veg and dairy and local meat and salmon to save $.
Raisins from Cali. I would skip those.
2:41 paying for ice?
In Alaska? Uhmm...
Good night Irene! Those were biggest brussel sprouts I've ever seen!
5:13 Rain.
Juneau is just like British Columbia, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland.
Same climate west of the mountains.
Rain 330 days a year. Chilly. Clouds 10 feet above your head.
Ouch! I'll never complain of the prices here again...……………..
Yeah and the further away from a big city the higher the prices. 👎
The prices at Alaska is almost the same on the mainland
Bruh those prices are the same in California lol I don’t see a difference.
We enjoyed the video guys. Interesting to see what groceries cost in your neck of the woods. Peanut butter prices were pretty good at Costco. Not very many people at Costco. The Costco's around here are jam packed. The parking lots are huge and always full of cars. I hope Mama searched your pockets for cookies when you guys got back out to the parking lot. LOL!
We got there right when they opened. We don’t go on the weekends either😂
Oh mama freaked out on me yesterday. I have a plastic Pepsi bottle in the truck I was using for a spittoon. “Where did you get that?” I had to calm her down. It was an old bottle. She is a redhead after all😂
@@AnAlaskaHomestead That is hilarious. Glass of water walking boss?😄
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Music ?💩👎🏻junked another video
Some people love it some hate it. I just put it out there and let the cards fall where they may.
Some of these are still half the price of what we for in Canada :( 1 dozen large eggs 2.90, loaf of bread 2.79 and 1 gallon or what we call 4L of full milf is about 7-8.99. Be careful what you wish for ... lol
Wowww, thats crazy for me with 300usd in Buenos Aires (Argentina) a family of 4 can eat the hole month like kings!! You can eat the steaks every day with amaizing red wines!
Nice. Argentina would be a cool place to visit.
You are moreee than welcome to my home, if you or your family come some day to argentina Argentina!! I can asure you that you will eat a lot of Asado (argentinan barbacue) and god wines!!
@@DelfinAchaval that sounds amazing. 👍
These prices aren’t to bad. When we first moved to Juneau in 78 eggs where $3 a dozen and all you could get was cold storage eggs. Milk was $8 a gallon. Everything had to be brought in on planes. There had been a dairy farm there in the late 60s early 70s but bears got all the cows.
Shopping in Juneau or other little towns in Alaska is very expensive, shopping in the villages is even worse. Buy what you need in Anchorage if at all possible before you leave for the interior.
That is true. Plus being retired military we always hit the military post when ever we are in Anchorage or Fairbanks.
True story
Costco keeps their prices the same there, even though their margins are smaller.
Good company.
How much do you supplement your groceries with fish/game/gardening? Being from TN, I can go to the grocery and spend $75 a week and eat like a king. This time of year I hit up a local market farm and can buy ridiculous volumes of fresh vegetables for next to nothing.
Yes yes and yes. This is our first year gardening but we do crab, fish and hunt to off set our cost of living.
Should do a video on meeting Alaskans and quick questions about themselves. Then maybe people wont act like we so alien. Born & raised In Juneau
We did do a video on question you shouldn’t ask, like what is the Altitude when you step off a cruise ship. Do you take American dollars😂
@@AnAlaskaHomestead Smh lol. One time I was on the phone with at&t & when they found out I was in ak, he said "I apologize for asking sir... but do u guys have roads there?" I busted out laughing, then him & his coworker did too
😂 it’s crazy some of the things people think of.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead A tourist stopped me and asked ,what time is the bears let out? I smiled, but seeing how serious she was, I said 530 lmfao. I could go on and on
😂 the best is seeing them try get with in 10’ so they can take a good picture with their phone.
that's the quietest Costco I've ever seen
Ha it is quiet.
Graduation 1985 Juneau Douglas high school. Haven't been back to Juneau since 2003 looks like old familiar sites. Costs a lot to live in Juneau even on the boat I used commercial fish with. Trade you for the summer weather conditions supposed to be 104 degrees tomorrow and 109 day later. Be sure to go by salmon creek apartments and take my stupid older brother George down and leave him on Grand island
😂I’ll swing by and get George. Ha you graduated 9 years before my wife. She’s got crimson pride. 😂
Ha I’ll let you keep those triple digit temps.
I have another video I made in Juneau and Douglas. If you’re feeling nostalgic give it a watch.
th-cam.com/video/AoWT11tshMo/w-d-xo.html
Dude, prices are crazy expensive there! We spend about half that here for 5 people. Diana likes her coffee like it's a family member lol. I smile at mine the same way. I'm pretty sure we would have been a third world country if we didn't have coffee!
😂she lives for the coffee. Plus, I’m a morning person and she is not. She needs that extra peep talk from the coffee to get her going. lol
It is expensive, we normally spend $300 on two weeks of grub. So the diet change has increased the price of our grocery bill.
Hope all is good with the family down there in your neck of the woods.
BigDirty
Hmmmm, interesting..... lots of third world countries drink tea.... if I were not already working on three other books I might consider that a topic for an analysis essay for publication...
Rick Sanchez C137 I didn’t know you were a published author. Send me an email, I’ll buy a book.
My Alaska Dream
Not published (in anyway that counts), but I’m working on a book of poetry, a spy novel, and putting together notes for a book I want to write about literary theory, linguistics, philosophy, psychology, and sociology as they discuss the human essence moving through time (referencing the works of certain Greek philosophers, Freud, Saussure, Lacan, nietzsche, Jung, Marx, and even Matt Groening (creator of The Simpson’s)...
A lot of those guys discussed the same things, but in different ways, I’m hoping to tie a bunch of it together in a nice neat bow.
Rick Sanchez C137 cool. I make videos😂😮that’s about it. 👍
The stuff we buy here in Ontario is worse than Alaska prices. Our gas prices are around $5.50 a gallon. Bacon is around 5 or 6 bucks as well. On sale it might go for $3.50. The meat prices are stupid as well. Chicken like you showed would cost us about the same . Count your blessings . We live in a Country that taxes the hell out of you and we havn`t even bent over to pick up the soap yet. I can`t wait till they open the border to the US soon. I will be shopping over there soon.
😂 never bend over to pick up the soap, always squat🤣
The prices are simular where I live, some of what you purchased is far more than what we pay, I try to shop for a month and try to keep my costs down around $200.00, plus I eat out with friends. I live alone with 2 dogs.
You can never have too much bacon...
Ha no there is never enough bacon
your prices there are the same as here in Tucson AZ.
Nice
Lol. No. You can get $1.99 a gal milk in Tucson
@@AliciaRyann you can two places like Target or selling it for 250 and I have seen it for 350 at Fry's in Green Valley Arizona
@@AnAlaskaHomestead if you get a chance look up Target Tucson Arizona you will see the two gallons of milk is 350 as of today I'm not saying that you can't buy milk somewhere cheaper I'm just saying that there are prices compared to Alaska here in Arizona
Shawn Crowson still, in Alaska it’s $8/gal. I have seen $1.88/lb chicken breast and buy 1 get 2 free steaks in Tucson. A person can easily feed themselves for like $30/week. Alaska is twice that. Tucson is actually one of the cheaper states and ive lived in 5 recently.
No, no, no, no.... Yes gotta draw the line somewhere. No milk gravy with my chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes? That ain't gonna fly no matter what diet I get put on. Ever !!
😂🤣🤣😆mmmmmmmm chicken fried steak white gravy with potatoes and fried okra. 👍
$322.00!?? My God, for that small amount of groceries!? WOW! I lived in Juneau for a couple of years back in 83-85, so, I left there about 8 years before this Costco was even built (according to my trusty Google home mini) but I don't remember the prices being that bad! Of course, 1985 "was" 36 years ago! Man... where did all that time go!?
Your Fred Meyer was built in 1983 (the year I arrived in Juneau; I was 27) and your Costco was built ten years later, in 1993. Your Costco is the smallest Costco of the chains 785 stores. It was built as a test to see how they would do in a smaller market.
Some things never change. Alaskans still wear Helly Hansen rain gear. Mine was red. :)
PS: what was this guy's problem? 3:45
Yeah we don’t normally spend that much but we was trying the Keto diet. We didn’t it for a few months but I wouldn’t do it forever. Ha she was a friend of ours and didn’t want to be on video. 😂
How much sun do you guys actually get there, seems like it rains about 3/4 of the year? Does that ever get depressing? Also, pro tip. At costco get the new york top loin or ribeye roast in the cryo packs and cut your own steaks from that instead of getting them precut as you can almost get twice as much.
Thanks for the tip. We do get sunny days but not a lot of them.
These are really close to the same prices we pay here in upstate New York. It's amazing how expensive food is when we need it to survive have to love how the government controls our country by regulating food and prices. It's sad. You two are amazing.
I figured New York would be more expensive. I agree, we need to cut back on the government overreach and not just on food. Just my opinion. Thanks for watching.
Thank you so much for your service! You deserve whatever lifestyle you choose to live. Good for you! but... canned beans?? really?
Thank you Rudy. Canned beans. Maybe we just used it for price comparison. She normally only get fresh vegetables. One day we hope to get the majority of produce from our garden.
Canned beans are healthy and cheaper, and on the bright side it is important to stock up on canned goods in the winter if you get snowed in. At least you will not starve.
WOW so Keto diet is very expensive. All the bacon a beef is the killer. Fred Meyers is called Fry's here where I live the prices seemed pretty close. I don't know about your refridgerator status is for keeping fresh veggies or frozen is but cannned veggies have sugar. Some of the fresh veggies you showed were very expensive. I guess I have to rethink this diet for myself. Thanks for the shopping trip comparison. Hope your toe now heals well and no more problems. Loved the music you played.
Yeah, our produce is a little more and older because it has to be shipped here on a barge. This was about $200 more than what we typically spend. $$$
The to feels so much better.
Wow everything's almost double what it is in texas, are things like cars, tools, or equipment really expensive to?
Most things are more expensive.
The price of stuff at Costco is very comparable to the Costco where I live in Virginia. Except our parking lot is never empty.
Ha we did get there right when they opened. I think people here come later after all the food gets brought out. 😂
Yeah it's cold in the winter but it's 2019 now but in the summer it is horrible you can cook an egg on the sidewalk
Not here, it’s stays in between 60-70. Except for last we when we hit 80 for a few days. That’s way too hot.
A lot of those prices not much more than we pay here in Maine. But still nuts we have to pay that much to eat a little healthy
It’s like they don’t want you to eat healthy. In the next couple of years we are going to try and grow a lot of our produce to help cut down on cost.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead exactly what we do over here in Maine. It's worth it.
here in brazil the price is even more expensive, we pay 50% of taxes on food (and the majority of the population is very poor)
That’s no good. I see what’s going on in Venezuela, that’s tragic.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead we in Brazil have a serious problem with socialism, even our president being right wing, and traveled to the USA today, we can not defend ourselves with weapons
tiago tj that’s the how one of our political parties wants to take our country, towards a socialist system.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead unfortunelly my friend
not all socialism is tragic... we must not neglect to recognize the nuances of how abuse of the people vs. the well-being of the people can affect a populace, regardless of the economic model... consider that the nordic model of socialism is a thriving success.
it is the same issue how capitalism thrives here, and is a miserable failure in most third world countries that we have extended our imperialistic attitudes toward.
an economic model does not determine the wealth or poverty of the nation... but how those with power *use* that model to care and provide for those who support them, is what does.
remember: the US's most financially prosperous era was fueled by a republican with such extreme left socialist economic platforms, it makes bernie sanders look like a conservative.
So, question..
Why do you take the boat out of the water while in Juneau? Also, I’m wondering about your truck while it’s left in the parking lot at the boat ramp. Any damage to the truck? I’ve noticed that in Haines on Chillicoot lake, people leave their vehicles at the hot ramp. I assume the crime rate is not bad their either.
That’s Chilkat Lake. Sorry.
It’s easier to load out of the water plus the gas is cheaper on land. No we haven’t had any issues with the pickup.
Wow the prices are ok there...
Barry Pierce I like your second comment. 😂
Eating healthy ain't cheap. That's more than i spend for a month of eating. Well if I could afford to eat more healthy I would spend what it takes. Anyway I hope the Toe finally heals up and your new diet works out for the both of you.
It was almost $200 more than what we normally spend.
Dude, the to feels so much better now that my stowaway is no longer with me. 😂
My oldest brother rest his soul taught my to cut a v notch in my toe nail whenever the side started digging in to the meat. It makes the ends less prone to dig in for some reason and it has worked for me for the last forty some years...Thanks Cucchi my brother !!! Good video you two.
Here’s to 🍺 Cucchi. That sounds legit to me.👍
Ive always been told Alaskan prices are much higher but I believe we pay about same down here in Fort Ashby WV. But you guys have a much prettier views!!!!
Kevin Whetzel I’m in Winchester, VA and agree.
Kevin Whetzel well that’s refreshing to hear. WV has some beautiful areas as well. Hope you have a great day👍
I’m fairly new to your channel so I’ll be going back in time to get caught up, but I have questions 😁😁😁! Do you garden, do you live on your island alone, do you quilt or sew? I hope I’m not being too nosy. Alaska seems like another planet from where we live, we don’t even own coats. We’ll keep watching, thanks😇😇😇
Welcome Michele Rucker. We are going to try our hand at gardening this year.
There are about 20 cabins on the island but just us and another couple live there year round.
Our neighbors in the summer quilt but we do not.
Hope you enjoy some of our videos.
Have a great day.
Just found your channel. You guys are great. You may have answered this already but can you tell me how far away from Costco etc you are, what you do for income (since let’s be honest $500 for one week is expensive!). We have also just started doing the low carb diet! I’m a type 2 diabetic and my husband was also just diagnosed with it as well. Anyhow, new subscriber here. Can’t wait to see what else you upload. I’ll try to binge watch the previous episodes - you’re living our dream lol.
Hi Amy, hope you and your husband are doing well. I’m glad you found our channel, welcome. Turns out that was our first time buying a bunch of new stuff for the diet. It lasted two weeks and our normal bill is about $250-$300 ever two weeks.
I retired a couple years ago. I retired from the Army and then worked in a gold mine for a few years. After we paid everything off and saved up a nest egg I retired and we live off my military money.
On a good day it takes us 35-40 minutes to get to the boat launch and then another 20-30 to get to Costco.
Hope that answered your question.
Good luck with the low carb diet. We are still on it. I’ve dropped 20 in about 30 months.
My Alaska Dream thank you for the response and thank you for your service. My husband also served (retired from the marine corps) and is now an agriculture teacher. I recently quit my job to be a stay at home mom. We have too much debt at the moment to make the leap but we’ll be watching and living vicariously through you guys and supporting you along your journey! Maybe one of these days we will get to at least visit Alaska. It’s on our bucket list for sure. What a neat experience you guys!!!
Thank your husband for his service. 20+ years is a long time to serve. It takes a toll on your body and family. So thank you too.
Yeah get those debts paid off. It’s a liberating feeling to owe no one. Then make the move.
If you do come to visit and are in the Juneau area let me know. 👍
you two are fun.
Thanks Ray
Your Fred Meyer and Costco prices seem to be similar to what we pay in Oregon at those locations. We do have more options though and get most groceries at WinCo which is less than Fred Meyer. Four packages of bacon to last a week huh?
Maybe two weeks in the bacon. We will see😂
That’s what I’m hearing that our prices aren’t that bad in some areas and others it’s highway robbery.
Thanks for letting us know what it is in your area.
not much more than Colorado.
I cant Thank you enough for sharing this! I am in my 50s and left Juneau when I was 14, this is the closest I have been to being there again.
Glad we could bring back some memories for you. I have another videos for you if you’d like. It has downtown and sandy beach footage in it.
th-cam.com/video/AoWT11tshMo/w-d-xo.html
if i brought the same as you in new zealand and paid the same amount in new zealand dollars boy o boy would i be happy.bacon is 10-12 dollars a packet like that,15 for good stuff.
Dang buddy. I love bacon but I’d have to cut back a little if it was $15.
Awesome video, but damn, things are expensive there, I’m glad that they are not that expensive here in GA! 😂😂
Thanks for sharing with us!
It should get better once you build up your supplies. Like peanut butter coconut oil cheese things like that. We will stock up on things when there on sale so next trip one less thing to buy. Great job it will be worth it.
Your right. Since we switched our diets this ended up being a spendy shopping trip.
Wonder why Wal-Mart called it quits in Juneau ??
I think there was an issue with the building. Not 100% sure but it’s what I heard.
Love the video u should do more
There is a Costco about a mile away from Fred Meyers and the prices on things that do not have a lot of water weight are about the same price as the lower 48. Also prices are better than Freddy's at the Safeway a few miles out past the airport. Just avoid the IGA in town or you will have serious sticker shock. Juneau and Anchorage are not much higher than the lower 48, but go to an island community like Petersburg and you get to pay $8/gallon for milk.
Great video....great music. To be honest the prices really aren't as bad as I imagined. But for a week....holy moley. The prices are really comparable to Florida for the amount you are getting in bulk, but it seems like you have to eat a LOT of food on that diet. BTW....Juneau is BEAUTIFUL. I thought it was much smaller just from videos on TV you see the iconic small town up against that mountain backdrop. Oh the decisions I have to make lol.
Glad you liked the song. I’ve been trying to find feel good folky type of music.👍
Living mostly in the Midwest I find this prices to be high but to other areas it’s not bad. Especially when you add in the cost to put all this on a barge.
Juneau is divided up two sections but really there are four. You have the small cute downtown and the valley. I also like to include Douglas island which is right across the channel from downtown Juneau and then there is what is called “out the road”. Out the road is headed away from downtown and past the valley. It’s very secluded and further you go you lose cell phone reception. We looked at a couple of cabins in that area but are glad we decided to buy our place on the island.
My Alaska Dream
On Douglas can you get by without a car? I was looking at land there before they had initially sold all the parcels, and it looked like it would be borderline possible for living a suburban/ruralish lifestyle without a car....taking the ferry over to Juneau when necessary and getting around there by taxi/bicycle/or LPCs, as appropriate to the weather...
Rick Sanchez C137 But can’t you drive to Washington and take the ferry with your car if you wanted to?
Rick Sanchez C137 there’s no ferry, Juneau and Douglas are connected with a bridge. You could take a taxi. I think we even have an Uber or lift guy driving around now.
I’d go to Costco first, then get anything I can’t there at Fred Meyer.
Costco is the same price as California for your items, except for produce. Produce is 10% higher.
Why did you buy items at Fred Meyer for higher when you coulda gotten them cheaper at Costco?
We know what both stores sale. Some items you can’t get at Costco.
Fun fact, Juneau has the smallest Costco.
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Darn! What other grocery stores are there that you visit?
Here in Colorado the seafood is high and the beef is high now to because of the virus. But usually it's not!
We lived in COS for 10 years. Beautiful country.
I want to go to Alaska to live but might he a culture shock!
Good Morning you two! Very cool vid! It was fun tooling around town and getting
the feel of the place. Groceries are expensive, PERIOD, these days. From what I
could tell, it is about the same up there as it has always been... two to three bucks
more than what it costs down here. Propane sure has gotten expensive though.
Now it's about as much as gas and diesel. Have a nice chill Sunday and be well! Cheers
Thanks for coming along with us. The shipping raises those prices up. We also spent about $200 more than normal for two weeks of groceries. More meat and fresh veggies are expensive. Propane is pretty spendy.
Hope you have a great day.
My Alaska Dream
That settles it, no propane heaters for me... wood heat it is.
Rick Sanchez C137 Wood works best and free if you have the land.
My Alaska Dream which I do... and due to shallow soil I can’t swing a dead cat without hitting two wind blown trees on their sides...
Rick Sanchez ha that’s perfect.
Holly Molly that is some high prices y'all have to pay over there. What did that woman say when you walked into the propane place? LOL.. $500 bucks for only one week? WOW. Thanks for the shopping tour. Good luck with the toe! Hope you folks have a great week!
Yeah, we typically spend around $200 for two weeks of food. So this was $$$ and it my stretch two weeks. Once we get the garden thing going it should cut down on some of that I hope.
She said, hey, what! Get out of here, don’t be filming me.😂
She’s the nicest lady you’d meet but doesn’t like the camera.😂
Hope y’all have a great week.
I wonder what chicken feed costs if it isnt too pricey I’d consider raising meat chickens. Those prices are easily 2 to 3 times what we pay.
We plan on building the coop on the colder months and getting chickens and some ducks next year. I head ducks eat slugs. We were going to get chickens this year but ran out of time. A bear killed our neighbors chickens and we wanted to have the e fence up prior to getting them.
Where do you keep your truck at?... Obviously not on the remote island.
We keep it in the boat launch parking lot. In the winter you can park there free and in the summer/tourist season, May through September it’s $100 a month.
(The video was 4 y/o when I'm weiting this in 2023). I'm sure the prices have gone was up since you did this video. Maybe you could revisit this subject with updates?
Holy hell that's expensive
Hello form a fellow Alaskan! I live in Juneau as well! It’s nice to see someone who lives here make videos for TH-cam
Thanks Matthew. The southeast has so much to see. Someone needed to showcase our beautiful area.👍
The prices at the Juneau Costco are no higher than ours in Gig Harbor Washington. Plus the Sales Tax is 4% less in Juneau.
I’d love to live there. Just waiting for a companion to appear lol. But I would have to hunt n garden plus preserve for the winter and spring. Hahahahaha
kim ill move there with you. im looking for ways to get up there now lol
i have some stuf, but not everything as of yet
NO more than places in America. there other remote places you have to fly items in and that's high.was worse in the 80s.and before Costco came.other places to shop. from Fred myers. to iga stores..
Hug ! :)
So, prices are 2x of Nashville Tn.
My wife is putting through the same miserable punishment of the diet! I’m was happy being THICK!
😂the struggle is real.
Good luck with your punishment. It is better for us in the long run but I love cookies and all things carb.😂
Have a great day.
My Alaska Dream
Who says it is better for you? The stress dieting puts on your body to get down to a random target weight, and we all know stress is a killer... and nobody lives to be 150 years old no matter how skinny they are.....
Round is a shape.
lol
Being healthy is expensive.. even here in Japan 😩
I believe it Gabrielle.
I went to BJs (like Costco)today 3/22 and purchased the Jimmy Dean sausage roll here in New Jersey .. it cost $5.99 Alaska price is $2.50 more . I've been watching all Alaska youtube videos as much as I can find .. will be traveling to Alaska via by travel trailer . Thanks for your videos .
Thank you for watching John Wig. I hope you have a great trip. That sounds fun.
Thank You and keep up the great videos !@@AnAlaskaHomestead
That sucks that food is that high I spend 190 bucks for month here in Virginia
It does suck. Another guy for Virginia just said the prices were about the same at his Costco.
Junea is quite beautiful with the scenery! I've had ideas of living there if I ever moved to Alaska, though you just can't drive directly there. The cool and wet winters may drive me crazy too! Used to be a Walmart in Junea a few years ago but too bad it couldn't work out. Would have to get on a ferry to go to Kenai for to shop at a Walmart! Very nice they have a Costco to hopefully save buying in bulk! Would like to visit Alaska someday to escape from the lower 48 for a bit!!
I enjoy the winters. It doesn’t get bitter cold like the interior does. We have Fred Mayers which is just like Walmart. No need for a long trip to Kenai.
If you get a chance you should come for a visit. Alaska’s a great place.
It sucks bro there’s nothing in here
Might want to learn to spell it right 😂
Thankyou so much for taking me with you two on a tiny trip to grocery store. You two are great and I love both your personalities I see
You make me smile, I can sence the love. Your hair is beautiful lady! I tried to start a diet this week but blew it today after loading, hauling , and stacking firewood and cutting another down. Dont know what's going on but when I do firewood I'm SO HUNGRY I feel like if I dont eat quick, the wallpaper might get eaten. You all work so hard too and cold climate.
That was a nice little drive. Yeah that's right!! Bacon! & Beans! Thanks you two. Off grid in Oklahoma Mt Momma
😂 yeah we did keto for a few months and then dropped it.
I’ll tell Diana you love my hair😂 kidding.
Thank you for watching. Hope you have a great day.
You two are my favorite TH-camrs. I’m sure life isn’t all rosey up there, but it would be a dream of mine. I saw a video of food prices in Burrows AK. Now that was scared. Lol
Yeah this small remote villages have some crazy prices. Thanks for watching John.
I am afraid I would just have to remain fat. 500 for a week of groceries is not happening.
Be interesting to know the prices now.
Definitely higher
I’m by myself and rarely spend more than $100 a month on groceries here in Houston Texas. I eat pretty good also . I used to live in Ketchikan but I couldn’t afford to retire there . I sure miss it though .
I bet, it’s so beautiful here. What is the nit to miss, maybe a little bit of the rain😂
I can totally see why some people leave when they retire not is expensive.
That's not too bad considering I live in San Francisco. Now if one is from Topeka Kansas then yes it could be ''sticker shock.''
Yeah I think NY and CA may have us beat on cost of goods.
Holy cow! My family of 4 goes through a gallon of milk a day (mostly the kids) and we only spend about $300-$350 a month usually. We are in Pennsylvania.
That’s a lot of milk.
Ouch I don't think I will ever complain about prices in Grand junction Colorado again I just joined your channel I like it
Glad to have you with us. We live in Colorado Springs for 10 years. Ft Carson.
Your prices in Alaska are a whole lot cheaper than here in Vancouver Canada...and I'm including Costco!
I’m sorrry. lol I think our prices are too high. I’d hate to be paying more.
It’s weird seeing my town like this. Miss it every day
Glad we could bring a piece of it to you.
This place looks so lovely! My dream town to move to- I love the rain and cold. I'm from New York, the prices are fairly similar here (Long Island!), but your guy's rent seems way cheaper for an apartment! And much more amazing scenery! Hope to at least visit one day
Thank you. Glad you can get some info out of them.
Well if it make you feel better our prices are about the same with higher taxes 10.50. It always make me laugh. With our weather and left sea border and endless trucking routes and OVER POPULATION , we should have extremely lower prices. Nope. We always get Californicated by our State . " North to Alaska . Go north , the rush is on" ( Lyrics by Johnny Horton. )
I do feel better😂
I used to live on Prince of Wales Island (Klawock). The prices on the island are much higher than Juneau. I miss southeast AK. There's no other place on earth as beautiful and magical. Love your vids!
Thanks Randy. You are right, on a sunny day you can’t beat southeast Alaska. 👍
wow. watching this and remembering my first memories I have of my childhood, I miss Juneau...
It is a beautiful city.