@@shahadmerani3116no it's not. Because korea is focused more on industry besides the agricultural... I worked here and yeah vegetables prices are getting out of hands... They imported vegetables mostly from other countries so the distribution probably make the things pricey
It looks like processed or prepared foods & soju are a lot cheaper than in my local store, but the produce is about the same & meat is cheaper here. It’s interesting to see how different it all is!
@I¿¿¿I so you comment something trying to call me out (which you didn’t manage to do because no calculations were involved) and then you tell me not to argue… okay lol 💀
@I¿¿¿I they know their prices princess. Why would u start this dumb Argument and then tell ppl to not argue? Are you afraid to get talked back because u are in the wrong??
it’s because the word bread is underneath the “red bean”. it did the same thing on a few others so i think it assumes to pause for a new sentence??? idk why she automatically changes the tone to a question when there’s no punctuation though ? girl, yes, it says bread, say it normal 😭
As an Indian, I could buy 1month groceries with that 40 dollars in India 😅☠️ Edit: STOP FIGHTING ME IN THE COMMENTS!! I JUST HAVE MY, MY OWN OPINION!! 2nd Edit: Thankyou for the likes. I've never got this many likes😁
In UK - bag of carrots 500g £0.70, squash £0.80, potatoes £1, greek yoghurt 500 g £1.89 - these are budget stores where there bulk buying is not allowed so that everyone has a chance. Hence the price can be kept low and eating healthy is encouraged! :) Also Brits love taking up vegetable allotments to grow their own produce and the waiting period for such allotments can take up to 3 years!
Seriously, I did some groceries yesterday for ONLY fruit and veg, and it came to $80. That doesn't include literally any other groceries, and will barely last me a week. 😳
@@countessofmontecristo3849that's true. People often forget. There's no way groceries are cheap for average Koreans. In fact,I heard fruits are considered very expensive and a treat
Here in the States, you can get the same meat, potatoes, and 1 drink for $40. Instead of drinks, I would get snacks which would be veggie trays because they are the best. So it would literally be just the meat and the veggie tray for $40
Yep, that’s about right. My husband just went to the store right now and all we had was 40$.. I literally laughed when this video popped up. It’s like the phone was listening in on our conversation lol
Korea has a plethora of vegetarian recipes, but almost none of the restaurants have vegetarian menus. Even the Kimchi is not safe. If you are vegetarian/vegan, do not eat Kimchi. It contains 액젓 or 젓갈, or in more common terms, fishsauce, if not written otherwise
i wonder about that because reports say korean meat tends to be imported side bc they eat way more than they can produce. and korea is small. so its either imported from new zealand too or the imported milk goes to become processed and plain drinking milk is korean
Don’t be fooled by the number of items. Once you start going into the fruit section, a regular size watermelon costs around $20 and over $10 for a dozen imported bananas. The milk you just saw is in a 1L container meaning for a gallon of milk you are paying $8. Fresh unprocessed foods and ingredients tend to run cheaper than the states but once you start going into the processed food region or food service sector the price skyrockets easily surpassing any US suburbs and close to NYC or Tokyo - while the average income of Koreans is about 60-70% of that American.
Same in Japan; processed foods had prices that seemed stuck in the 1980s; some strawberries or apples were literally in the tens of dollars. And they were pretty and nicely packaged, but basic and not organic or anything..
True, most of the portions purchased here are for a single person/serving. It sucks that it's hard to find fresh items in some places. Idk if there are farmer's markets to purchase from but that would be nice.
I can definitely see myself living there if I could speak the native language of the country I forget so much already and find it really a challenge to learn certain things, would like to maybe try someday.
Honest to God, went shopping yesterday in East London (Lidl & M&S, if anyone cares) came back with half a kilo of ground beef, 6 chicken drumsticks, pack of 8 chicken wings, pasta, rice, flour, sugar ( 1kg of each), carrots, red onions, eggplants, actual eggs x15, 2 packs of salami slices, and 2x tiramisu dessert thingies, set me back about £28. Then stopped by greengrocers (aka Turkish shop) near my house and picked up 2 kilos of tomatoes for 3 pounds total....
@@ohsnapitsemmieidl is really cheap in case of other stores or butcher shop and with good quality.. Also there other product is pretty good too.Just a pack of pasta costs only 0.68€
In the US, at least in the South, they put the Lidl and the Aldi's in the richest most affluent neighborhoods, never in the parts of town that could really benefit from healthy grocery stores with great prices. You'll never find these grocery stores in the food deserts that actually need them. Why is that?
I was just about to comment something similar was thinking what £30 buys me in Asda and it’s definitely more than that. But everything else is hella expensive so tít for tất as they say. 😅
In Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 at $40 like 5-6 items, depending what you get because in PR it’s really expensive just a gallon of milk cost six bucks and if you get like a whole pack of milk like carton could cost you $25 to 30 and higher depending what type of milk 🥛.
This comment just shows the unlimited adoration there is about Korea i live here and i have lived in other countries and i have not seen the supermarket as expensive as here in korea I mean $2 for less than a liter of milk you are crazy
@@Ytpremium5389 yeah. I'm sure Korea is an awesome place but I live in Italy and prices aren't higher than these; they are cheaper in most cases I'd say, for example milk is much cheaper
Things which are expensive are way cheaper here and the things you have there cheap are expensive here :D Carots, potaoes, garlic... I buy in season and store it for winter in cellar, so its even cheaper
But that's if you are using the US Dollar. But if you are being paid in Korea with Korean won ₩1,590 is the same as 1 dollar and 59 cents (thats the easiest way to look at it. Another way is, if you get paid ₩15,000 per hour, you can relate it to getting paid $15 per hour. I hope this simplifies everything. But if you are taking USD to Korea, then yes the prices are less than the listed price.
Wow! So much better than I'm doing here in Florida on the so called Treasure Coast. You all are doing well. We are not here. Thank God you are eating well. Love the whole foods thing your doing.
Fellow floridian and yes the costs are nuts! Walmart keeps upping their prices. It's awful how much is spent on so little! Even buying super cheap foods
it looks like a lot but the sizes/portions were small. like we can get a 15lb bag of potatoes for $2.89 at Walmart. I honestly think it looks like a lot but it doesn't seem THAT far off from American prices
America be like: Nah, just the milk is $40. For those that need clarification in the comments THIS IS AN EXAGGERATION OF A JOKE. America’s prices have been increasing due to inflation (at least in the United States). Of course milk doesn’t cost $40 here, but I’m saying it isn’t cheap lately. Yes, milk is somewhere around $3 a gallon, but by the time you pay tax, it’s closer to $5. This wasn’t meant to be taken seriously, but instead as a relatable joke if you live in the U.S. Sorry if you found this offensive.
Jamaica be like : all mi could buy a want bagjuice a bag juice is literally a small bag with juice that you can finish in a couple seconds another than that sweetie that alone yuh can get
Exactly. Florida prices are outrageous right now. Chips $4 a bag. Milk $5 a gallon. Eggs, $7 a dozen. One bedroom apartment $1,400 a month. A room for rent in someone else’s house (no this isn’t a joke and totally not even safe to live with a stranger) $900 a month. Everything is unaffordable. You have a family and need a house? $3,500+ a month. You want to buy a house…. You need half a million for a middle class house now.
In Portland (USA) I go to a major grocery chain and use their app with coupons. I get a lot of good quality food for $40 because I stay on top of deals. Nice to see you got a good amount of food for $40! I know some people overseas and they gripe about food costs.
Prices are almost similar to Germany. But soju is expensive here. And I can buy veggies and fruits on the Wochenmarkt (almost everyday) and its so cheap there. I got a half watermelon and 3 Baskets of strawberrys for 5 Euro this week. 😊
That's pretty on point with the prices in upstate NY. I never buy already crushed/cut garlic. Its just way to expensive and all brands I've ever tried taste fishy to me. I prefer beautiful, delicious, cheap, fresh garlic. Literally 1/3 the price. As a mother of 3 I have so manny great ways to save money. Of course a little extra work and time are needed but hey those are the funnest parts.
Me out here buying 20 L of oil, 10 kg potato, 20kg flour etc... 😂 when i see things like that i keep thinking life must be good not to have to worry about eating a lot at all.😂
both korea and japan are known for the extraordinary care that goes into caring for and producing fruit, vegetables, and meat. that is why it is often considered more expensive to eat IN every day versus eating OUT, where you can get a meal cooked with very fresh meat and vegetables without the supermarket prices.
I'm so glad I live in India where everything is like so cheap compared to other countries I can't imagine myself spending that much on groceries For eg: 1kg potatoes here in India costs around 20-30 cents or even less
Keep in mind if one went grocery shopping at a local market it would be much cheaper. For grocery store this is pretty reasonable, would cost much more in Australia.
😮 Couldn't get over the price for the carrots, works out to be $1 per carrots, i can get a 1kg of carrots any where between $1.50-2.50 depending where i shop in Sydney Australia.
The fact that the soju is so insanely cheap compared to vegetables - despite the fact that South Korea used to be an agricultural society - explains why the drinking culture is so prevalent in the country 😮🥴🥲
@@tiredofdumbpeople9373 the reason why it costs 33 bucks in the u.s is because if you ship something out internationally you have to pay for shipping. I buy from Japan often and to ship a single coat from Japan to u.s it costs around 40 bucks already
Koreans really love Greek yogurt, and I can't blame em. As a Greek, I can't live without Greek yogurt, honey, salad, souvlaki... 😂 Most Greek food is so delicious and healthy. If I could change anything, it would have been the high prices lately..
I live in Japan and I really like the Bulgarian Plain yoghurt here. Greek yogurt is just the strained protein, and for that reason has less probiotics. It has less flavor, too. Maybe it depends on the brand, but I've tried three diffrent types of Greek yoghurt and it is just not it.
Wow for me £40 food last me 2 weeks Maybe because I crush ginger and garlic myself And make my own sauces and put them in the fridge And I buy organic local market vegetables I buy noodles or beans in bulk They can last like 2 months Most of the cost goes to seafood or meat I have a very tight budget and I’m strict with it Oh and I only drink once in two weeks 😂😂 so that helps
£40 for two weeks? Where do you shop? Even the cheapest supermarkets like Aldi and Lidl, aren’t that cheap anymore. Definitely not that cheap to only spend £40 for two weeks.
2,000 pesos(40 dollars) here in southeast asia will buy you 4 chicken buckets, 8 pieces of chicken each bucket. Its enought to feed two families with 4 members each.
I'm just wondering if those would be enough for a week while eating 3 times a day. In my country those groceries amounts to 14k and our usual per week grocery budget (for 21 meals) are around 5-6k.
I spent almost $400 for groceries the other night and only came home with a few bags!! Had I not purchased organic, I could have come home with 10 times the amount of food, but I choose quality over quantity.
@@trumpsrabbit2873 chickens that produce “non-organic” eggs are pumped with hormones and antibiotics and fed cheap foods with chemical additives. i buy local because they’re cheaper than the organic ones but at least you know what the chickens are being fed
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It’s way more expensive than that. Plus, dollars are more expensive so it looks like it’s cheaper. Price of fresh fruits, veges, meat, dairy things are insane compared to the people’s salary.. (ex)if you grab 2 kinds of fruits, 1pack if meat(beef), some veges it will be about 80,00won.. But eating outside is way cheaper than the big cities in western countries plus we don’t have the tipping culture, so if you want to experience the low price of Korea, eat outside.
That's more than in Croatia ever since we went from Kuna to Euro but our salerys are still as miserable as they were. At this point most Croatians will move out or turn homeless
Not too far off from a Walmart in middle Ohio. I would say our produce prices are cheaper…But we sell crushed garlic and dear god its much more expensive than regular garlic cloves…
Remember salaries are a lot less in Korea, for example a software engineer makes, on average, $50k usd a year, a dentist $112k usd, a lawyer $54k usd, so it makes sense that groceries are cheaper.
Wdum cheaper ????!!!! There wayyy more exspensive. I live in the uk tho but with £40 you could get a whole 2weeks shop, not just for two days 💀😭😭 Most fresh vegetables (bags of them)here are less than £1.50, which is about 1.8$
Lol I can buy like 3 months groceries with that 40$ here in Algeria, especially the veggies, they're Soo cheap and 1L of water is actually more expensive than 1L of milk
