I recommend buying unpacked potatoes if they are available at your local store. They should pretty much always be cheaper than the packaged ones. Same goes for onions and well pretty much anything. A package might seem to have reasonable pricing but if you check the price per kilo (small letters under the main price tag), you might find cheaper unpacked veggies.
The Euro & the US Dollar are roughly around the same value, so those are very good prices...!!! It seems one can feed an entire family for about $100 in Finland...!!! 👍🏽
I am an idiot. Why am I watching this when I'm hungry and have no food... Now I have to drag myself to a nearby store and buy some chicken. Edit. And frozen vegs.
If you want to save even more, do the shopping after 8 PM or 9 PM (or really early at morning if it's not like 24hr store) and look for those items that has the discount sticker (-30% or -60% are the most common) meaning the expiry date is next day or so but if you freeze (and cook if necessarily before freezing) them you can use them much later.
Most of those Xtra products are at least as good as more expensive products that have fancier brands. Very informative video for them who are curious about the food prices in Finland. BTW did you know that you have the northernmost Lidl in the World there in Sodankylä?
Xtra is a good one, as a student i approve.😅 I wanna know, now that the Real Finnish winter has arrived and the temperatures have been kinda crazy during some days, how have you been coping? Did you ever have this cold of a weather back home? I live in Lahti, so this is pretty much down South, but its still been pretty cold, im sure it has been even worse up there.😅
@@GIOBOZZ Just get one of those bags made of polyester or nylon fabric. They are very strong, and lasts a long time. Shouldn't cost you more than a Euro or two, and then you just have to remember to bring it with you when you go shopping. I have used mine for at least a couple of years so far.
For some products its whatever if you buy cheap or expencive brands, but for things like ketchup for example, felix or heinz just tastes so much better.
Great video! 😀 Although the way you pack your shopping into the car needs improvement. Just tell your address and people will send you some shopping bags, lol 😂
He went to Sodankylä S-market. We actually have the northern most lidl in Finland and the world here. Food is more expensive in the north due to transportation costs but Lidl has the same price for all stores. So it's even cheaper here compared to s-group or kesko. I've heard some people come as far as Ivalo/Inari for Lidl.
@@murrrr8288 I frequently travel/live between Lohja and Sodankylä. There is definitely a difference of price when going to S-market and Kesko. You can notice it in the receipt prices, it adds up. Lidl however is always about the same price anywhere. Every single item might not be the exact same price, but across Finland they average about the same. I'm not sure what that ad was referencing, but at least the prices on the weekly lidl tarjouslehti are the same everywhere.
I have bought packaged potatoes once, and it was my last time. They were horrible. Didn't soften at all when boiled, and only broke down. It might have been just one bad sample, but the unpackaged potatoes cost the same, and you can pick the potatoes you like.
It's possible to make broth with the chicken bones and parts you don't eat. Also vegetable scraps like onion skin make excellent broth. If you want to eat healthier, you could leave the sausages out and buy some veggies with the money. You can get quite many with few euros to vary your food. Single chili, piece or ginger, garlic, onion etc dont cost many cents
You have the ingredients for a good old nakkikeitto (sausage soup) right there, potatoes, veggies, nakki... 😋My childhood favorite. And for a budget fish meal, you could try fishfingers
Best way to compare prices is €/kg the price tag always shows that. so sometimes smaller package is actually cheaper. when comparing price/weight ratio.
if u visit thos S-market chain shops use 60% sale those are sold when clock comes 21:00 you can find cheap chiken and other meat just go there 20 minutes before it starts and then pick those meats that got that sale 30 % stiker they turn to 60% at counter when you pay they are offcourse older side offcourse but put exess to freezer
U probly should buy those reusable grocery bags they cost abit but they are also really well made and u could most likely fit all those inside 1 bag.
I recommend buying unpacked potatoes if they are available at your local store. They should pretty much always be cheaper than the packaged ones. Same goes for onions and well pretty much anything. A package might seem to have reasonable pricing but if you check the price per kilo (small letters under the main price tag), you might find cheaper unpacked veggies.
The Euro & the US Dollar are roughly around the same value, so those are very good prices...!!! It seems one can feed an entire family for about $100 in Finland...!!! 👍🏽
5:26 Yes it is called cents, euro cents.
Get yourself a shopping bag and a cup of coffee.
😉
I am an idiot. Why am I watching this when I'm hungry and have no food... Now I have to drag myself to a nearby store and buy some chicken. Edit. And frozen vegs.
If you want to save even more, do the shopping after 8 PM or 9 PM (or really early at morning if it's not like 24hr store) and look for those items that has the discount sticker (-30% or -60% are the most common) meaning the expiry date is next day or so but if you freeze (and cook if necessarily before freezing) them you can use them much later.
Most of those Xtra products are at least as good as more expensive products that have fancier brands. Very informative video for them who are curious about the food prices in Finland. BTW did you know that you have the northernmost Lidl in the World there in Sodankylä?
Xtra is a good one, as a student i approve.😅 I wanna know, now that the Real Finnish winter has arrived and the temperatures have been kinda crazy during some days, how have you been coping? Did you ever have this cold of a weather back home? I live in Lahti, so this is pretty much down South, but its still been pretty cold, im sure it has been even worse up there.😅
And all prices are taxes included.
MAMA noodles are everywhere apparently. The long arm of Thai President Foods PCL reaches even to the far north in Finland 🤣
It's probably like the most popular brand of instant noodles around here. Everyone seems have some stashed in their dry closets.
pretty expensive.
1:30 damn boi. Get some bags at least! :D
Broke can’t afford bags unfortunately 🥲
@@GIOBOZZ Just get one of those bags made of polyester or nylon fabric. They are very strong, and lasts a long time.
Shouldn't cost you more than a Euro or two, and then you just have to remember to bring it with you when you go shopping.
I have used mine for at least a couple of years so far.
backpack?@@GIOBOZZ
You could save some money buying Xtra eggs aswell. 15 medium ones cost 2,55€ which will last you longer.
For some products its whatever if you buy cheap or expencive brands, but for things like ketchup for example, felix or heinz just tastes so much better.
Great video! 😀 Although the way you pack your shopping into the car needs improvement. Just tell your address and people will send you some shopping bags, lol 😂
Do you have a Lidl store anywhere near? Often the cheapest and they have their own central-European things, love their cherry yogurt :P
He went to Sodankylä S-market. We actually have the northern most lidl in Finland and the world here. Food is more expensive in the north due to transportation costs but Lidl has the same price for all stores. So it's even cheaper here compared to s-group or kesko. I've heard some people come as far as Ivalo/Inari for Lidl.
It's just advertising. Lidl prices vary by the store.
@@murrrr8288 I frequently travel/live between Lohja and Sodankylä. There is definitely a difference of price when going to S-market and Kesko. You can notice it in the receipt prices, it adds up. Lidl however is always about the same price anywhere. Every single item might not be the exact same price, but across Finland they average about the same. I'm not sure what that ad was referencing, but at least the prices on the weekly lidl tarjouslehti are the same everywhere.
wow, amazing!
I have bought packaged potatoes once, and it was my last time. They were horrible. Didn't soften at all when boiled, and only broke down. It might have been just one bad sample, but the unpackaged potatoes cost the same, and you can pick the potatoes you like.
😂😂❤❤Hyvä sinä
It's possible to make broth with the chicken bones and parts you don't eat. Also vegetable scraps like onion skin make excellent broth. If you want to eat healthier, you could leave the sausages out and buy some veggies with the money. You can get quite many with few euros to vary your food. Single chili, piece or ginger, garlic, onion etc dont cost many cents
You have the ingredients for a good old nakkikeitto (sausage soup) right there, potatoes, veggies, nakki... 😋My childhood favorite. And for a budget fish meal, you could try fishfingers
Best way to compare prices is €/kg the price tag always shows that. so sometimes smaller package is actually cheaper. when comparing price/weight ratio.
Indeed
Xtra halpis paska is fire. You can get a 8 pack of cookies for 50cents.
the cheapest milk I always get costs 86 cents. it's not lactose free though, if that matters for you.
if u visit thos S-market chain shops use 60% sale those are sold when clock comes 21:00 you can find cheap chiken and other meat just go there 20 minutes before it starts and then pick those meats that got that sale 30 % stiker they turn to 60% at counter when you pay they are offcourse older side offcourse but put exess to freezer
You are looking sharp
As a student I approve these groceries. Have you ever considered making a cooking video?
Have
That thumbnail! Sorry mate I had to do a double take, I thought Deebo was in Finland, then had to look again and thought "Is that Westbrook ?" 😅😂
Could u be more ignorant 😂😂 deebo?? Russ?? They don't even look alike
What is that intro song called?
Those noodles are cheaper to buy individually than in that multipack.😅
Yeah they’re too expensive and they’re not that good
I stoped buying them 😢
@@GIOBOZZ Good riddance, they're so expensive and unhealthy
Where in Finland you live?
Did you buy any prodacts by Xtra? 😅😆
I forgot to get those 😨
Just pour sugar on the cornflakes and milk😅
Sugar is expensive
the CRV is not so cheap
What’s a CRV?