GROCERY SHOPPING | COST of LIVING IN AMERICAN SAMOA | Cost-U-Less, KS Mart, Mini-Marts 

I'm Samoan but born and raised in San Francisco. Last time I visited Am.Samoa was in 1979 when my grandfather passed. I don't remember much. But watching your video helps me to prepare myself for the day when I do go back to visit. Thank you for sharing.

I love how open minded non-samoan people who live in Am Samoa or Samoa. Such a lovely family ❤️

Giving up all the processed foods for locally grown sounds like a pretty healthy trade off.

My family and I lived in American Samoa for a few years as missionaries. I love seeing your videos and hearing about your family's experiences because it brings back all my childhood memories from growing up there. It's also refreshing seeing a family from the mainland who is actually there to really experience the culture and life in Samoa! Am Sam will always have a piece of my heart!! Best wishes to you guys!!

Thank you for putting American Samoa on the map! I’m 31 years old and I never been to American Samoa in my life and I’m so busy with my life it’s hard for me to find time off for Travel to other place’s! Because I don’t want any bills to go unpaid and push back my chances of owning my own house! God bless you and your family entire family!

Thank you for filming this 💗 I've been homesick from being away from Am Samoa for 4 years and I really appreciated watching your video 🥰

Don't forget our local markets around the island. Some are owned by locals an Asians. Those are usually the places where their veggies are low in price. I really like watching your video clip and I hope that you love staying here 😍

Thank you so much for being kind, understanding n respectful to your living in Am. Samoa!!! I appreciate n love to watch your videos about my home!!!!

I really adore and respect your love in a place I call home as well. How lovely to see how you captured and encounter challenges and be able to rise above and make adjustments in life. Great vlog once again! God bless, and Happy Easter!🕊🕎❤️✝️🙏

Just subscribed. I love the videos. Makes me miss home being soo far away here in the U.S now. But also always nice to see. You guys are amazing ! Keep up the awesome videos. Stay safe , take care & God bless.

Great video, I left 20 years ago and it's good to see what's going on the island. My husband is from New Hampshire and we were playing to take a trip this summer to Am Samoa before the coronavirus. I sure so miss home. Stay safe.

I haven’t been home for a while, so it’s really nice to see a lil bit of it through your channel! Thank you!

I love your stories, simple, very real and practical advises. Good job on contributing to local Tourism industry. I am already interested in visiting American Samoa from your videos. God bless you all.

Seems like a perfect place to have a garden if you have the space? Tomatoes grow like weeds!

We went to the USA for 3 months and everything was cheap but guess been a island you don't mind paying for things when on holidays. I loved this video thank you as it shows us a lot more. We are not use on accommodation for a week yet but we would love to be able to still cook meals.

This is so interesting! Great to learn more about what life is like. Stay safe guys! :)

You did really well w this video! Awesome switches between main and b roll. Great wrap up at the end. Editing was great too! Good job guys! I’m always amazed at how much more modernized Tutuila is than Upolu. It’s similar to the step down in modernization from Upolu to Savaii as well.

Amen to AmSamFam, I hope you guy's having a great time living on the island, because Samoa is a happy island, and happy people.

I’m glad I found this channel haven’t been home in 5 years and this just made me feel a good to see the changes not much but glad there moving forward. Fafetai Lava @amsamfam

Great video! Lots of useful information and insights for potential visitors to American Samoa.

Appreciate all the videos from back home. Please, keep em coming!!!!

Great video folks, next stop ...Saturday morning shopping at the Fresh Market in Fagatogo...get breakfast there. Keep up the good work ...faafetai lava.

A lot of that stuff that you crave can be grown in your garden, like tomatoes all you need is the seeds to grow them, those are inside the fruit. That's the beauty of living in the tropics, well unless there is an environmental prohibition against growing the certain vegetable.....but strawberries and tomatoes should be harmless and they come ready with seeds on or in them.

My curiosity brought me here🙃Great video👍 you guys have a beautiful family. Thank you for bringing us into your lives🧡

Love you guys video always enjoy watching it

You guys are awesome! Love the vlogs! I still can’t believe i haven’t heard of some of the hideaways you guys have been to.. Love it! Keep them coming, I sure am looking fwd to more videos:)

Aloha AMSamFam I was born in Am Samoa in 1956 in the village of Faleniu left for the mainland USA south central Compton 1973 never been back till 2015 i enjoying watching you guys love your family stay in good spirits and best of health Fa AMSamFam love all your videos ciaos keep the faith

Lol the ICE CAKES memories lol...wow your daughter already know about simoi? 👍🏽🤙🏽 man thank you for the videos, manuia and alofas from Utah

Thanks for the video it will help us when we visit Am Samoa soon....stay safe.

Thank you for sharing this vlog, please keep coming...

🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 hope you guys enjoyed the stay

Solid advice on the food😀 thank you. Btw awesome tan guys😎

Talking about strawberries, someone who came from America to Samoa brought some strawberries and I ate for the first time and didn’t like it. I still don’t like it here in the U.S but it’s interesting how we do have to adapt to our surroundings. I miss laupele so much tho. Thank you for sharing and being so respectful tho ♥️

Love it! Keep it coming guys!

Been awhile since I’ve been back, awesome vid.

New Sub. Awesome video. Alofas from the UK🙌🏽❤️

Thanks for sharing your awesome story on the island Thanks Fam. Stay blessed

Awesome viddiez!🙌 moving to island of Oahu in February, can’t wait to go back home! Mainlands too Dakine ( crazy )🤣

I love your channel. You guys are so respectful of the culture while you speak. Subscribed!

I love “Lau pele”. Very delicious and it goes with any dish you make 🔥🔥🔥

Oh man the KS bread are hella fresh ! I always shop the almost every Sunday coz of their bread

My husband was watching your channel on his smart tv and he called me over to come and watch with him. It was very interesting indeed! I am a native of American Samoa. I live in Las Vegas now. I'm homesick seen what you shared on your channel about home. I miss all about AS especially the Samoan Food. I guess because I'm Samoan. I subscribed to your channel just to check and see how home looks like nowadays. When I come to AS next time, I will look you up. Thank you for sharing your stories, appreciate you and God Bless.

I'm from Guam living in Arizona. Food is expensive there due to shipping costs. BUT, we had food also shipped in from Australia, New Zealand and Japan. The cost is cheaper, healthier and gave us more choices. Guamanians garden alot too so fresh fruits and vegetables are abundant. I miss the islands 😔.

America Samoa is beautiful, but Yikes for the price of a box of cereal!! Well actually, food in general. :)

So interesting! Thanks for sharing!😁

All fresh vegetables from our gardens around the house Awesome...🥰💗

Im living in Texas and I used to live in American Samoa, Subscribed :)!

Hello🙋🏽‍♂️! I’ve been watching you guys but I think this is my 1st time commenting on your Blog! I’m Samoan and I live in Tokyo Japan moved here from Hawaii and I love watching you guys on my 70 “ TV and I love it cos cos it looks real like you are really connecting talking to me🤙🤙🤙! I love you guys❤️❤️❤️!

Miss my island..appreciate yall family videos💝💝

Awesome stuff Guys Thanks for sharing your experience with us all 😊

Thank you for taking me around I love looking around.

Thank you! beautiful family God bless! ❤❤❤❤

I’m going to invest in a lot of cows!!!! That’s if I’m brave enough to leave Tacoma Washington!

The price you quoted on 80/20 ground beef is cheaper than I can buy it in NC, unless I catch it on sale.

Aww we had a DVD shop right across the street from Cost U Less back in ‘07-‘09

This is awesome! I've always wanted to know what the shops are like over there & lifestyle too, one day hopefully we can go to AM just to shop then come back 😂 & I'm a new sub so gonna start from video 1 thanks for the upload 😊💕

Just found your channel after reading that Am Samoa doesn't have Covid. What a wonderful thing! I love your videos. Hello from Delaware USA

These markets are exactly like I found on Guam. Prices similar too. Were there an aisle full of spam? Eating like a local was definitely how I survived the sticker shock in Guam.

Pretty cool!

Love to my samoan brothers from there Mexican brother ...

One mandatory/fun stop when visiting other countries is the grocery store, so I was keen to live this experience through you. I've done it in so many places that it is what I expected, Funny part was you mentioning strawberry, where I live, I go to the local farms and buy buckets during the season, at the same time I miss good papaya and guavas from places I grew up. Just adjust and build a garden, I'm sure you can plant a lot of things, possibly year around. I do this here with winter and everything. The long green beans your daughter showed, I grow them in my garden and get so much that I give them to friends.

Looks like it would be easy to have a couple of big garden beds at home for your spinach, tomatoes, herbs, strawberries - seems like ideal growing environments.

Reminds me of my trip to the Philippines. Stayed a month. If it's from there it's good and not expensive. Seafood was good and cheap. Beef is non-existent. Did get some good pork ribs! LOTS OF RICE. San Miguel beer was good.(I had ONE)

Talofa I grew up in American Samoa and for the last six months I have been dreaming about going back to the island. Thank You for all of your videos. How is the housing market to rent? I don’t need much. 2 bedrooms. With some land. I am planning on building a green house. Thank you again and I look forward to hearing from you.

I ❤️ you guys. Keep the videos coming!

Cool channel and Family. Thanks for the videos of Am.Samoa

You live in paradise. Grow your own food. 🙌🏻

I thought about moving from Hawai'i to Am Samoa....Will DEFINITELY be visiting

I remember the days there at cost u more

Enjoyed your videos. Have watched 2. Is there a video explaining why and when you moved to Am Samoa (and how long you expect to stay) and what you do for a living there? I'd love to find out more about your story.

Your videos have been so educational! Thank you for sharing. I'd love to take my kids to travel there

Very cool video! I always wondered what it was like shopping there.

Another awesome clip 🤙

Samoa, land of the happy people. Make sure you visit Ofu Manu'a, has the most beautiful beach you will ever walk on earth. I've been to many beaches in my life and none has come close to Ofu Manu'a....

Download the translator app to scan and read the Asian labels of what they are...works for me ! 👍🏾

Respect to youz for living over There in Samoa that's why there all soldiers there U have to be a soldier to live there much alofas too youz and family I'm half Samoan half Serbian and I love my Samoan roots 685 rep alldae god bless youz.

I would think that’s cool. To see other brands. Would you take us on a foraging for the food that grows naturally. What about growing your own garden? Is that feasible?

I love the way your kids know the foods, and have fun there. The one with the ice cake and simoi 😂❤️❤️❤️. Fa soifua

Love your videos!!God Almighty blessing upon your family..much alofa from Maui

The grocery store seemed very similar to when I lived in Philippines, except some of the prices there are really high.

I’m so happy to say I know where all these places are

Do i remember these kids from the library yes i do. i remember playing minecraft on ones ipad

Hello, I just discovered your channel. I can totally relate. I just was at Cost U less an hour ago. FYI Cost U Less actually has origins with connection with Costco, I believe they are supplier, thus that's why you also sometimes see Kirkland Branded items. By the way, I live right now in Guam. It was interesting comparing prices and differences between Cost U Less here and there. Seems many things are similar but slightly cheaper here. Also, produce at Cost U Less here is pretty good, also this is weird but Organic stuff is often cheaper than regular, esp lettuce. Also, Cost U less doesn't have like a quick snack/pizza area where. Now the only large retail store that has a direct connection with the USA mainland is Kmart, actually the largest in the world. I have a love-hate relationship since, if something breaks, your in trouble. They do have groceries and sometimes I do get things there, but mostly for Little Caesars Pizza. Now the main local grocery chain owned by one of the major families is Payless. Prices are more expensive than the mainland, but the key is specials and getting things that are set to expire that day. Also, they actually have one payless store that is an organic store. Then there are a bunch of large single grocery stores, they are hit and miss when it comes to cleanlyness. And then there are all the Mini-Marts, seems very similar here vs American Samoa. Now there is something I do like to mention that is great about Guam. Being so close to Asia, and lots of Asian tourists, and people living in Guam who are asian, lots of Asian grocery stores. Actually, right next to Cost U Less is a place called Toyko Mart and another called Seoul Mart. Both have nothing but Asian stuff. I go there to get things like fresh kimchee, and other things. Also, being that military is a big thing in Guam if you have base access the military Commissary and Exchanges are significant savings, but won't go there. Now some other general things i noticed. Just like you, you don't see gallon sizes of milk. Something weird I see here is 3/4 (96oz) jugs of milk. Typically goes for around 8 dollars. Most common is a half gallon which is around 5 dollars a half gallon. And then there is the UHT or shelf-stable milk, which typically is around 2 dollars but often can be found less. I been around that for many years, but sorry milk that can sit on a shelf in the tropics still weirds me out a bit. Now an interesting surprise is Guam has a great selection of Cheese. Like good stuff from Tillamook. 2lbs cost about 10 dollars. Anycase, overall I am surprised. As to bread, it is expensive, there are local bakery that makes local bread, but it is more expensive than what you showed. Wish french bread was 2 dollars. Normally for bread I get reduced price bread that is put on a reduced shelf. Also, another thing, just be prepared for foods that might be already expired or seeing food that is moldie. Anycase, great seeing difference.

Last time I was in Samoa I was 14 maybe younger so didn’t no much about the island.. now that I’m 42 I wanna go back and visit.. God willing it will be soon… 🙏🏾 😊 thank you

To own a house in American Samoa do we have to be at least 50% Samoan or is this only in Samoa?

Thanks for making this video I’ve never been to Samoa. I didn’t know they don’t sell gallons of milk crazy..

My granparents have a small plantation out in Utumea. My grandmother frequents the church in Alao. The last name is Sagiao. My name Is Jhando

I really enjoy your videos about my home, I'm from Aoloau I don't know if you guys been there. There's a hiking trail from the new Aoloau to the old Aoloau village you should try it. Enjoy watching you guys from Washington state...

Liked the Video but hate the back ground music; yikes! Good practical information thanks.

Great shopping tips! I always compare our prices to Hawai'i....food is way more affordable here!! Items like eggs, bread, frozen chicken, canned food, flour, sugar, etc. are affordable but air freight prices for fruits & vegetables are beyond crazy! Thanks for your sharing your experiences!

You guys are awesome please keep making videos thanks

Have you tried making a small garden in your backyard?

Wow, prices were definitely cheaper than a very similar store in Tonga. Most cereals were between $18-$30 bucks 🤦🏻‍♀️

Thanks for the vid. I do not know much about American Samoa, but I miss being able to shop freely (covid-19).

Thanks this is great. Are there any restrictions on having a vegetable garden? Like tomatoes? Crazy some of those prices, but I love ya'll's adaptation to the island life.

I am a Samoan in Vienna, Austria. My father came here to play rugby and met my mother during his time in England.

I just watched you video you two are awesome. I'm Samoan and it so nice to see different race live in samoa. How dose your kids like it or not..

I used to work at KS in 2009 ❤

From west samoa born in New Zealand most of the food we get it off the land and sea when you to the shops it's Xmas time

Just subscribed!!! What do you both do for a living if you don't mind? How can Americans find jobs there??