Inside a Greek Supermarket: Current Prices, Shopping Tips, and Full Price Breakdown 

For most of us Greeks it sure is increasingly becoming so... For an American or Western European earning multiple times our average income...I imagine it must be pretty cheap!

Sorry but these are not normal prices. It's more expensive than in the U.S.

@@bartobruintjes7056 Almost all european prices in food products are higher that US ones.. But there are also different specs.. this doesn't only stand for Greece.

yes, It's more expensive than in the UK

Well, it looks like in Bulgaria it's getting more expensive than in Greece.

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Also in Australia prices of Greek goods have gone thru the roof. We don't buy as much Greek stuff as we used to.Dodoni cheese per kg tub got as high as 40 AUD, has come back to 30. Makaronia misko is more expensive than Barilla at $4 pack(the local stuff costs 1). We love to support greek food but they are not making it easy. Also most prices you pay in Euros we pay in dollars, only difference here is we get paid 3 to 4 times more! ALways wanted to live in Greece from the first time I visited, but no one could explain to me how they lived on so little...

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My pleasure my friend 🙏

Thank you for sharing. This is my fear, exactly! I'm 62, Greek-American, and love Greece. We've been vacationing in Hellas since the 70's (even used to fly Olympic 707's from NYC to Athens) on and off, and my only reason for not moving to Greece is the job situation.

I moved to Greece from the UK because of the people, and quality of life and because I love Greece. Not because life is cheaper here and there are better opportunities for employment. That being said, I work online and I contribute by paying taxes and helping the community by living here and spending my money here in Greece.

@@MyGreekLifestyle That is truly awesome! I wish I had the brains and/or 'connections' to procure a decent, stable job working online. I have a useless college degree and way too many years of 'employment inactivity' by being a full time, stay at home dad to a special needs daughter since 2005. My wife's family's diner has kept the bills paid all these years, but I feel like a total zero and loser! Imagine being 62, and having never found your calling or purpose in life! Many hobbies yes, but no purpose or calling in life. Sigh.

It depends on the position and the company. Shipping companies, energy companies, pharmaceutical companies pay more. Also, even supermarkets pay high salaries, to the managers. My brother works as a workers at a big company, 6 days per week - 7-8 hours with break, and gets 1000 euros after taxes.

700-850€ is not the "average pay", that's minimum wage. Average pay is about 1200€

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Thanks so much my friend 🇬🇷💙🙏

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That's a long talk... but just to make it short : 1. taxes and labor /insurance contributions are very high in greece (so as to feed all the vast supernumerary idle corrupted lazy army of civil servants that do absolutely nothing and cost tones of money). (as far as gas-oline/petrol prices at least 70%+ of them are taxes!). 2. bureaucracy and pupblic sector corruption ads up highly in prices. 3. public sector bribary 4. very large amount of undeclared untaxed statistically not recorded income (esp the years prior the crisis).

@@jimjim8645 1. The number of civil servants, in proportion to the population, is not huge. Greece ranks below countries such as the United Kingdom, Finland, Australia, Sweden, Denmark, Canada, Israel and Norway, according to the World Population Review. Greece is below average at 21.3% in review of 2024. And the stereotype of lazy civil servants exists all over the world. Maybe it's convenient to say. There is an interesting article about this in Politico. The stereotype maybe stems from some servile people who have learned to live to work or from people who would like to have the same job, tried for it but didn't succeed. Who knows? Yes, in the Public Sector you will not find one employee doing work for three employees because the employer wants to get rich by exploiting him (I have never been a civil servant) 2. I don't think the reason is public sector corruption, since Greece is somewhere in the middle, according to Transparency.οrg, along with countries like Italy, Spain and elite Malta. The most corrupt thing in Greece is the government. 3. About tax evasion let's take a look at the list of the countries with the biggest tax evasion: USA, Brazil, Italy, Russia, Germany, France, Japan, China, UK and Spain (Tax campaigner Richard Murphy's estimate - See Wikipedia and Reuters, Dec 13, 2011). Tax Evasion in EU (Statista, 2019): Italy, Germany, France, UK, Spain, Poland, Belgium etc. A map of Europe's biggest tax dodgers for 2014 was published by the British Independent in 2016. There, in the first places, we see Italy, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Poland, Romania and Spain, with Greece to be ranked below the Netherlands. 4. What I suggest? Let Germany give the reparations it owes to Greece and let England give so many decades of rent for stolen marbles, so that the exorbitant taxes are reduced and we discuss it again. For now, the Troika simply robed the Greek people and gave the money to private banks, the ECB, the IMF and the dominant States of the Eurozone.

Oof New York. Talk about expensive...While you can make a lot in the US especially in NY, you gotta also pay a lot to live in that chaotic city. Try getting a remote job man (if your field of work supports that). Since you are a US citizen there are plenty of companies that employ Americans living abroad with great salaries. This way you can live a great life in Greece.

Hi @jmoukas you can get in touch with me here so I can help you: mygreeklifestyle.com/relocate-to-greece/

Depending on your skills, your best bet is to try some of the american companies that have created some offices in Greece, such as Tesla and Pfizer, so that you can leverage the American part of your heritage. Other than that, work from home for an American company while living in Greece is a great option. If these aren't an option for you there are a few underpaid and overworked jobs you can find, such as working in a warehouse for a supermarket or maybe a driver for a logistics company. Those however are dependent on your knowledge of Greek among other things. I would advice against working in tourism, since the workers there are severely underpaid and overworked. Think 84 hr weeks for 6 months and an income of around 9 - 10 thousand euros. Other jobs that are available but are again underpaid and seasonal, are agricultural work and working in factories, for example canning of fruits in northern Greece. While I am not sure of the qualifications, it's possible for a Greek American to teach english on a private language school. I had a Greek Canadian teacher back then and it was a quite popular profession back in the 80's and 90's. Not sure on the current situation. I guess our demographic problem doesn't help much with that. Do not expect you'll be able to live on a single income and do not expect that you can have a higher standard of living than in the US. With 3 kids, to lead a somewhat comfortable life here, you would need to be earning around 30Κ€ per year. The minimum wage here is about 9400 euros per year. Some things you need to look out for. Make sure that -if you don't already have it - it's easy for you to get Greek citizenship and preferably get it before you come here. Getting a work permit in Greece is a difficult and long process from what I am told by non EU migrants. You don't want to work without a work permit since you will not be able to pay in and take advantage of the social security services such as health care and pensions. Apart from the income, do not romanticize life in Greece. While our crime rate isn't as high as in other parts of the world, it's still very much a real risk. There's bullying in schools, the traffic is terrible and the drivers are even worse. Life is better in the smaller cities and villages but there are few economic opportunities and health services in particular can be either nonexistant or not very good due to lack of staffing and funding.

Hi,i am greek living in Athens. Whatever you do ,do NOT count on the horrible greek economy for income. You have to work remotely through the internet. This way your income will be stable and more than plenty for greece. If you can afford to live in new york with your salary you can live luxuriously in greece

​​​​​​​@@CFalcon030 Great advice! Best bet for our friend asking is 1. remote-working his American job ( and earning his American income , which will get him A LOT further in Greece...For reference I believe 30k $ /year is considered low income in the US, earning 30k /year in Greece you're considered upper middle class and are able to live comfortably, especially if you DON'T live in Athens!!) 2. an online business, preferably with international clientele - I believe Daniel does that... 3. a healthy already established passive income ( real estate, stocks, dividends etc.) from the US The job market in Greece is very underwhelming, unless you have the skills and credentials for the top-tier, high-end job positions! ( for example a corporate job in a major Greek or foreign company ..)

Ευχαριστώ πολύ 🙏thank you so much 🙏

Thanks for sharing. All the best from Greece🇬🇷💙

Oh nice!

It’s called overhead.

there are eggs with very different prices.. from 0.2 eur per egg to 0.67 eur./ Your choice. No, small markets have not the best offers.. not true.

Glad you liked it Alex 🇬🇷💙🙏

There is a massive difference between the food of the US and the UK when compared to food here in Greece. Tomatoes do taste better here in Greece 🇬🇷

Rents are thankfully much lower here (around 450euros for a studio) but they used to be lower before covid.

I’d be very suspicious of that cheaper olive oil.

I saw a video done by an American contact creator regarding olive oil, and he mentioned that even in the US and even in gourmet stores , well over 90% of what is labeled as virgin olive oil is not . The majority is a mix of different olive oil from different regions and countries, and some even have different vegetable oils mixed in​@mn7486

Plastic was never used for vegetables/fruit here, but recently they stopped using it in many other products as well. It's not enough to make a sigificant change but it's something.

Yes, we also have meat from the Netherlands here in Greek supermarkets.

We spend between €80 to €100 on food per week in the supermarket. We have two children and two cats. 🇬🇷💙

usually 1000euros(about 1090$) is a slightly above average monthly salary for a Greek man/woman). So we make do with that.

🙄 I'm pretty sure supermarkets don't have junta trauma 😂 They just don't want end up in some video criticizing their prices.

@@Hypnotized81 fair point :)

Prices are very different in the US. If you live in San Francisco your living cost is totally different than in Houston. The same is true here in Greece. If you live in Athens living cost is different than in the countryside. Plus let's not forget that the quality of food is better here in Greece.

Sklavenitis and MyMarket are almost identical. They have same discounts for the same period of time.

@@neon6828 Sklavenitis is one of the best employers in Greece. As for the supermarkets, they have more products than MyMarket and even have their own brand of Greek products.

You have to know someone from a farm to be able to buy,the don't sell it in markets since I'm sure it's illegal to.

I have no idea what you wrote or what you want to say. However, the purpose of these types of videos is to inform tourists and foreigners about the prices of food here in Greece so they can see what is available for them when they come to Greece, and they are staying in an Airbnb. Also, my channel is all about helping visitors on how to experience Greece as a local. My videos are NOT about inflation or unemployment and salaries in Greece and other countries. I am NOT a news reporter, I simply want to share my life in Greece and help others be informed about how they can either, come to Greece for holidays, vacations, study, relocate for a short stay, or move altogether to Greece. 🇬🇷🧿

What a bunch of nonsense.

I know man. Next time I will just ask the manager and see if it's okay to film without hiding 😅

they/we don't. That's way all clever/hard working/really productive people move outside greece...

We don’t!! You just cut corners and try to budget with what little you do make. The cost of living here with what the salaries are, just don’t equal up at all. Basic Greek salaries are between 700€ -850€ or if you’re lucky 1,000€ monthly. Most pay about 700€.

I guess I am not clever and hard-working or productive because moved from the UK here to Greece.

@@MyGreekLifestyle you are an exception to the general rule. You were already successful before moving to Greece...

Obviously, you make assumptions about my life in Greece and tell yourself that story. You know nothing about me or where I come from. But I guess you think that watching a 10-minute video is enough to know someone's life story. Beyond all of this, my goal with my videos is to share with people the beauty of Greece. Also to inform tourists and foreigners how to experience Greece like a local. My videos are NOT for Greeks who want to complain about inflation, unemployment, or politics. I live here and I know all about prices and the cost of living. Καλημέρα φίλε 🇬🇷💙🧿

I don't know what cheap TP is

@@MyGreekLifestyle cheap toilet paper! 😁😆

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Λογικό μου ακούγεται, είναι εισαγόμενη και φαντάζομαι ότι θα θεωρείται και είδος πολυτελείας!! ...αν και με τη συνεχή άνοδο των τιμών, σε λίγο θα θεωρείται είδος πολυτελείας και εδώ στην Ελλάδα...😛

Feta cheese , here in Canada 3 kg box at 47$ cad and you can get even cheaper, the cheaper I found was 30$ the 3kg box

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Spanish is my mother tongue and that's why I pronounce it like that. I speak English, Spanish, and Greek. Plus the point was to inform tourists and foreigners to try out BoughatCHA next time they come to visit Greece 🇬🇷

True, but the food here in Greece is better.

@@MyGreekLifestyle True. 100%.👍

I'll try 😂💙🇬🇷🙏🧿Chao Pesco😀

Because my mother tongue is Spanish.

Actually it is pronounced "Bougatsa" - i.e with light "ts" sound instead of stronger "ch"