China VS UK Supermarket Prices - Truly Shocking
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- Discover the astonishing differences in supermarket prices between China and the UK in "China VS UK Supermarket Prices - Truly Shocking." Join us as we compare the cost of everyday items at Walmart in China and Tesco in the UK, revealing surprising insights into the global cost of living.
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I left the UK for China and is the best decision i made in my life
Me too
Did you relocate to China because of supermarket prices?
@@kevinanderson7460 Certainly not, my move from the UK to China was driven by various personal reasons. However, once I settled in, I discovered numerous benefits of living here, including a more affordable cost of living. Moreover, the advanced infrastructure and a higher standard of living, among other factors, highlight a gap where I feel the UK has lagged behind China for many years
@@kevinanderson7460 I suspect it is largely due to Z1ionists take over of UKandU$, both govts are now pushing Zionists agendas and both are backing the gazan ge no side and forever wars.
Soon british kids will be conscripted to fight in wars started by zio politicians, tale as old as time.
@@STRATLOB What? Higher standard of living in China? That's not what BBC educated us.😂
Many parts of the world are experiencing serious inflation, but China is not.
In fact, the prices of some commodities in China are falling.
And what's worse, the Western media like to portray falling prices ("deflation") as a horrible thing! Here's a few headlines from the BS mainstream media - you couldn't make this shit up if you tried:
New York Times: "China Deflation Alarms Raised by Falling Prices for Food and Cars"
The Guardian: "China consumer prices plunge at fastest rate for 15 years as deflation fears deepen"
BBC: "Deflation: Why falling prices in China raise concerns"
Al Jazeera: "Why China is grappling with falling prices - and being compared to Japan"
Wall Street Journal: "In China, Deflation Tightens Its Grip"
Sky News: "Falling prices in China might just be bad for everyone"
I mean, those poor Chinese suffering falling prices!!!
yeah, but China's deflation is a big problem :( (I live there lol)
@@activatewindows7415 have you escaped from Chinese deflation to the West and feel finally happy? Good luck
@@peterk5981 bro the West is way worse lmao, and China is changing their economic policies. I'm in the perfect city, HK!
Inflation is everywhere. Gasoline in my neighborhood just went up by 3%, eggs 5%.
US treasury minister complains about cheap Chinese goods , but when she went to China, she enjoyed roast duck meals and bought many gifts.
然后没有给小费，回到酒店默默说，真后悔没打包一只带回给美国家人
Due to the unsuitable weather, many fruits and vegetables sold in UK have to be imported from abroad. The fruits tend to be unripe, unsweet or sour, poorer quality, fewer varieties and needless to say, expensive.
In Western countries, you need to pay taxes at the checkout. There's no such thing in china.
Yes but the UK prices displayed are VAT inclusive. Perhaps only the USA is duplicitous enough to omit various sales taxes
The trading tax in China is 25% which is collected in the factory. If you buy Chinese goods overseas, you can check your receipt.
The U.K. price is what you see. Nothing added at the till.
商品本身就有税，货物在购买前就交过税了，所以不需要再次支付税款，中国政府对于征税的积极性不是很强，但不代表没有，主要是因为中国政府掌握大量国有企业，他们为国家贡献了大量税收，所以，和其他需要通过征税获得政府资金的国家不同，中国政府的税收大部分来自于国有企业的收入与企业征税，消费税已经在买卖之前就收取了，所以作为普通消费者基本感受不到税的存在，但税是存在的。
Actually you do pay taxes when shopping in China, it’s just they don’t print on receipts.
not only daily consumption, but also, healthcare. you have got quality cancer treatment in shenzhen with cheap price. Sometimes, Western country just let capitalist to deprive citizen daily live.
In Shenzhen, as a foreigner, can you access quality cancer treatment?
@@kevinanderson7460 I think that might require you to have a work visa.
Thank you! Excellent comparison video! Please do more! ❤
Thanks for sharing and surfacing the truth. 👏👍
In China, the following items are less expensive.
• Toothpaste is 78.2% cheaper
• Beer
◙ Domestic Beer is 58.8% cheaper
◙ Budweiser is 50.7% cheaper
• Cherry Tomatoes are 46.4% cheaper in China
• Shower gel is 30.6% less in China.
• Red Bull is 54% less in China.
• Cookies are 2.4% cheaper in China
• Coca Cola is 61.2% less expensive in China
• Toilet Paper is 47.3% to 66.5% less expensive in China
• Chocolates are 9.01% to 23.5% less expensive in China
• Chips
◙ Pringles are 11.9% cheaper in China
◙ Chips are 26.6 cheaper in China
The following items are less expensive in the U.K.
• Beer
◙ Import beer is 26.3 less expensive in the U.K.
• Milk is 42.5% to 60.7% less expensive in the U.K.
• Bread is 20.9% to 25.5% less expensive in the U.K.
The following item is about the same
• Oranges are similar
Do you have a plan to migrate to China, in part because of the cheaper beer?
@@kevinanderson7460 I am a overseas Chinese, and I am thinking of emigrating to China. I don't plan to emigrate there to have access to cheap beer.
I just think I can retire earlier if I live in China vs. living in a Western country.The cost of living is much lower over there.
I just want live there and rest there for eternity in my ancestral homeland.
Coco cola.... I am afraid it's 5 or 6 times cheaper than that in UK. The 61.2% figure is obviously wrong.
Thanks for taking the time to work all those out.
@@BarrettYT No problem Barret.
Thank you for your informative sharing🙏👍🙏
This is most interesting, will watch this in a little while but I'm already leaving a note... Bravo!!!
Hi Lee, lovely meeting you the other day in Shenzhen the other day. Other great video, of course. Love it.
Yes, Indeed, I really enjoyed it too..
It is difficult to see the difference since you are using different units. You should pick a unit like dollars or pounds and present all the prices using that unit.
是 对比了个寂寞
International Purchasing Power Standards
I love your videos ❤
Interesting fact about Lays crisps/potato chips.
Walkers is the brand name used in the UK and Ireland, Lays is the brand name used in most other countries but they are part of the same company that's why their packaging looks very similar.
Pepsi own Lays. They bought Walkers probably about 15 years ago. They also own Pizza Hut and KFC, plus a host of other brands.
@@albertol1529no wonder some of the Walkers shortbreads have been adulterated. Read ingredients closely.
@@sciagurrato1831 Always….better still make your own!
@@albertol1529 I do -- pretty simple but I do go through a lot, so I need to buy some too
Here in Shanghai, Walmart is seen as a bit outdated. Hema and Aldi are more popular here these days, and just as cheap, if not cheaper.
I have a Tesco clubcard, always forgetting it, my mother goes ape when she knows that. Yep! she checks the receipt.
My son is the same when I forget.
@@anthonymathews3872 And both of you should realize that these club cards collect and use your data including banking, location, time, and consumption data. You club you have joined is a corporate data harvesting system. Just so you know.
Good points. Deflation has been good for China, because lower prices make things cheaper
And where do we stand in the consumer price scale after factoring in the average disposable income, respectively?
🤔Before comparisons of the prices of any kinds of products, the sources of those products, whether they are made locally or by other foreign countries or places, are needed to be considered. It is because of transport expenses and sale agents' earning will be added to the selling costs of products made by other countries or places, so they come out to be more expensive than local products.
Yesterday I saw strawberry in supermarket is 5.99/lb, 4 years ago, it was 1.29/lb.
It makes more sense to compare per 100ml or per 100g prices. That way I don’t need to do mental gymnastics!
Lays are walkers crisps in uk
Surprised you could video in UK supermarket; I got stopped by security in Asda. Cheese is difficult to get in China and usually expensive, mostly for imported stuff. I found reasonable Kerrigold at our local supermarket in Jinan. I usually pay 11 yuan for milk in China, butvcan't find semi skimmed. Buying local vegetables at markets in China, everything seemed to be around 3 yuan for half a kilo.
Lee you should have made a chart converting all prices to USD.
Isnt lays crisp & walkers the same company...
A large Tsingtao bottle of beer in the UK is around £2.50-3.00 each depending on where you buy it. Which is a lot more than the price in China lol
Maybe a comparison price rather than a conversion rate
No comparison...been to UK!
should have done lays compaired to walkers crisps they are the sane conpany
I though the same but wasnt 100% sure😅
@@hongluong3427 both owned by pepsi co.
@@trevornorman7563 didnt know that, i knew 7up & mountain due was owned by pepsi co
Thanks for the video, the Chinese supermarket is the US chain so many western brands, but the local supermarket has far more local brands and much cheaper as well. I not prefer most of the soft drinks and chocolates as they are unhealthy drink and food.
Good video! There's so much interests about China nowadays around the world, especially from the West. Here's an idea:
How about making some HOW TO videos for tourists who want to visit China: Apply Visa to China, Current Visa rules, Get their phones working in China, Popular APPs & how to use it in China for: Translator, Maps, Booking hotel, Trains, Restaurants... etc.
Each topic can be a single short video, I think there would be a big demand for it.
The issue is that Visa regulations are complex. They vary as well from country to country and so do the forms. Phone issues are the same as you'll find anywhere in the World not just China. People could try learning some Chinese but it's not hard to download a translation app to your phone of you want one. Also everything changes so often (for instance I don't have any keys and access to my apartment is by facial recognition and fingerprint scanners. Besides, people like myself living in China don't know anymore what these issues are or care particularly.
Thanks for the idea!
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Walmart in China is more expensive than Chinese supermarkets. I also find that the quality of vegetables is poor compared to other supermarkets and local shops. Walmart also has a lot of processed foods especially cheese and meats.
When prices increase in Walmart they increase by a lot.They increase prices on average by 4 Rmb on an item.
I remember a French bread roll cost 2.8 Rmb just five years ago and now it is 8 Rmb. A 200 gram pack of Cheddar used to be 33 Rmb a few years ago but is now 45 Rmb. Tin of Tuna went from 8 Rmb to 12.5 in a year.
I used to spend around 100 Rmb per visit a few years ago and now buying the same items would cost me double that. Now I shop around and keep the bills down.
Nice try, but too confusing re prices and weights. Most of us accept that most things are cheaper in China, barring imports.
Why did you say barring imports ? There are tons of imported goods in China.
@@cathywoodward6171 There are millions of tons of imports into China every year but they are heavily taxed.
The thing I notice most between U.K. and China supermarkets are the amount of processed and frozen foods. Much less in China, they like fresh and daily shopping as opposed to the weekly shop.
You're absolutely right ,man
China offers common people higher standards of life, no doubt about that. for super-rich people though western countries may still offer competitive way to spend money :)
Compare the prices all in US dollars. Otherwise confusing.
Those foreign brands are pretty expensive in China. Domestic brands are cheaper. I tend to dismiss the exchange rate and compare the price just by the numbers, such as 1 USD vs 1 RMB, and the income like 3,000 USD vs 3,000 RMB per month. Then the cost of living seems much higher in China at first glance. But after counting the other factors such like tax, rent, utility, transportation, etc, the actual situation is the opposite.
这么比 美国明显便宜很多
@@guohuazhu2693 Don't forget the take home income. For example, in SF bay area, even if the income on paper is $20k/mon, the take home income is less than $10k/mon after all the taxes. On the other hand, expense is out of control, such like rent/mortgage, day care/after school classes, transportation, utility, etc.
As if april 7 2024, 2 liter coca cola at my us walmart is 2.68. Not 0.90. With 2% tax, i pay $ 2.73. But, no, i do not drink cola
Prices in the UK are higher because it's a high wage/high price economy. Guangdong Province's average monthly salary in 2023 was 9,100 RMB (=1,015 GBP). The median salary for full time employees in England for 2023 was 2,955 GBP per month, nearly three times more. Higher wages = higher prices.
I live in Shenzhen, where any salaries are high, similar to UK salaries. Maybe not average salaries but many salaries are comparable. Two or three years ago food prices in the UK were much more reasonable. Food inflation has been rocketing, however salaries have not kept pace, hence a cost of living crisis.
@@BarrettYT I live in Guangzhou. 10,000-12,000 RMB a month seems to be a 'normal' average salary for locals in GZ. Of course like any city anywhere around the world, there are plenty of people who earn far more than average and plenty of people who earn less. A local friend of mine works in McDonald's in GZ, where he earns 20 RMB an hour (=2.18 GBP). In the UK he'd be earning at least 11.24 GBP an hour (102 RMB), which is the government's legal minimum wage. Personally, I feel very fortunate to be in China rather than the UK. For sure there is a massive cost of living crisis happening in the UK, which isn't the case in China.
When I visited Shenzhen in 2023 the prices were quite good, and l live in Brazil to compare with. Only meat and dairy is cheaper in Brazil. And I loved the city!
I live in UK, from my observation, the median full time salary after tax is only about 1500 pounds only, no way near the figure you said above.
@@BarrettYT 可是英国的物价还是比中国低啊
Is Tesco still in Shanghai? I saw one in Shanghai over 10 years ago.
I am not sure, I remember a Tesco in Shanghai some 15+ years ago.
Of course still in Shanghai. My cousin drive to there every week due to the cheap prices😂
No it’s gone
@@onedaysoon8480 Sorry, maybe you are right. It seems I mistook Tesco and Costco😂
Things are cheaper in China beacuse the products are made China mostly, meaning cost for shipping is way less there. In UK, most of the products are imported from europe！ Another note is that minimum wage in EU and UK are way more than in China as well, hence the grocoeries price will be higher. Its not hard to work out really.
Comparing anything to Walmart in China is confusing as Walmart isn't the cheapest shop and there is no price-fixing in China so goods can be a lot cheaper. 6 rmb for 600 ml of that Tsingtao beer is quite expensive btw and most of those beers are not imported - most of them are brewed in China and the money is for the brand. Walmart has better prices on imported wines as does Auchun.
You should note that good Chinese supermarkets (Walmart is a foreign supermarket) have better vegetables that are cheaper and you pick your own and have them weighed for you. Also, milk is very cheap now. Metro does 2L for 20 rmb and many supermarkets have 1L or 990 ml for about 10 rmb.
Besides, luxury goods (like cheeses) are better off bought online (Taobao for example) and they tend to be at least 50% cheaper than the UK.
Americans tried to sell their lifestyle though the chain supermarket but it turned out to be not that successful. Cokes chips cookies sweets all those junk foods obviously not their favorite. Even the most popular chocolate brand is not from the US. It is the brand of Ferrero Roche.😂
It looks like you have not get an invitation from TW yet, that guy RAFA already got onboard with TW to bad mouth China, he has videos are getting a lot of views
How about Asda v.s. Walmart instead? Colgate toothpaste is ridiculously pricey in Britain and it was £1 at Savers back in 2018. Another interesting thing is the word of 'Whitening' because of BLM, it's almost banned from using that word in the West, I can't see any cosmetics products have that labelled like it was widely used before, which I think it's so unnecessary. It makes me wonder now it gives the green light to the toothpaste industry to use 'Whitening' but why not to everything else?
Odd you picked Walmart for a supermarket in China...there are plenty of domestic ones.
Visit Canada and check out the prices. You'll find that Canadians are getting screwed like you wouldn't believe.
Are you back in the UK now?
I was in UK for a short time, I'm back in Shenzhen now.
@@BarrettYTgood to know you are back in China! 🇨🇳
It’s also easy to price compare UK supermarkets as many have online and home delivery.
ASDA is cheaper than Tesco
International Purchasing Power Standards
how long are you in the uk for?
I was ther for 10 days or so, I'm back in Shenzhen now.
There's Red Bull and there's Red Bull....they're not the same at all, except the name.
condoms?
Pleasr place pricing list on the same screen frame side by side for direct comparison.
Its extrrmely hard to follow as you placed thr pricing list in a before-after sequence.
The Chinese believe in value for money, after all, they worked hard for it.
😢😢😢Blighty is broke 😮
It’s being looted by the government for US corporations.
Me don't like it. The supermarket looks just like the American supermarket. I hope they don't raise prices, then there will be 0 difference.
ASDA more competitive 😂
Are Asda and Walmart still owned by the same company?
ASDA is a supermarket chain in the UK. The price is generally cheaper than Tesco.
@@darren-in-chinaI think it was sold.
also ALDI and NETTO (not sure if they're still there)
@@qt.81 I would be interested to check out an Aldi store in China if they are around.
The price of cheese here in China is quite expensive and it's a lot harder to find hard cheeses instead those soft sliced packs. We have been getting our cheese from Sam's Club, I have not seen much in Walmart.
Diary products are not common in much of the world because they are lactose intolerant. The only reason that cheese is common in the west is because of a genetic mutation which makes most of the population able to eat cheese. In Asia I think it’s 90% are intolerant to it. When you have such a small market it becomes expensive to supply that population. So I wouldn’t use cheese as a price comparison mechanism.
@@davidlazarus67 yes I agree about not comparing the price of cheese to Europe prices. Didn't know about Chinese people being mainly intolerant to cheese and milk, very interesting.
@@darren-in-china Not just Chinese but most of the world lacks the ability to tolerate lactose. It was a way to wean children off mother’s milk. In Europe especially that gene is turned off. As Europeans migrated they took that gene with them.
@@darren-in-china Actually only the Germanic peoples ( British, German, Scandinavians, Benelux,...) and the peoples in their surrounding areas can digest fresh milk. I really envy them.
@@kangzhilou4207 Yogurt drinks are very popular here in China in the supermarket. I really like double skin milk pudding when I go to a dessert shop. 😋
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How much is beef in China?
1.13 L (2 pints) of milk in Tesco is £1.20, not 90p. You looked at the wrong price label. 90p is for the one above which is 568ml (1 pint).
Thank you for pointing out that error.
Taxes are high in uk
The prices in China are very stable
Nice vid. But critics will point out that comparing absolute prices between countries may not necessarily be indicative of the affordability for the average person in their respective country because incomes differ. For example, if the average annual income in China is RMB 40,000 (GBP 4400) and in the UK it is GBP 32,000 (RMB 290,000), and say product X costs RMB 1000 in China but costs RMB 3000 in the UK, although the absolute price for product X in the UK is 3 times more expensive that in China, it's only 1% of the UK annual income compared to 2.5% of the China annual income; so adjusting for income differences, product X is actually 2.5 times more expensive in China vs the UK. That being said, I'm not saying your video is necessarily wrong here; I do think there is a sense in which the cost of living in China - even after taking into account income differences - is comparable to the UK (and other Western countries), maybe even cheaper, but doing a comparison of absolute prices doesn't necessarily prove that, as per the example above. Otherwise, it's a great vid and will certainly be useful for Westerners going to China for a visit or if they will continue to earn Western level incomes while living in China.
China still has the PPI over UK despite the the disparity over income brackets. Is the annual income of £32000 pre-tax? What about other taxes eg NI, council tax and other hidden taxes? What about high public transportation cost?
The Chinese is the winner here in personal savings. Well, they can.
If you have time, just listen to Ben Norton who specialises in economics geopolitical and is now based in Beijing.
If the British make money in Britain during the day and spend it in China at night,That would be very cost-effective,That's what Hong Kong people do.😅
@@grouchypatch9185 - I'm inclined to believe that China is probably cheaper living than UK taking everything into account. My point was merely that directly comparing absolute prices of products between the two countries - which is what he did in this video - doesn't necessarily prove that belief. So, we're not disagreeing here.
@@KID-BIG - Yeah, that's what the last sentence in my original comment alluded to.
Why don't you convert all prices to pounds?
It was written just below China yuan, also in usd
Prices are displayed in Chinese RMB, British Pounds, and American dollars.
@@BarrettYT Crazy that you needed to say it.
@@M-ANTONY-888 lol.
@@M-ANTONY-888 Many people need to be spoon-fed with a silver spoon.
The difference in average salary makes the UK cheaper than China. You look much better in China than in the UK, not sure why :)
*Think local, Boycott Tesco*
中国的价格这么贵
very confusing
Displaying the prices in 3 different currencies is useless if your intention is to compare actual prices in the two countries
Sadly, long and boring video. You could have made it more interesting and informative at the same time.
vegetable and meat？
Basically, regardless it's made in China or not, same non-China brands are almost same price in both China and UK, which means much larger profits for foreign brands if they produce and sell their products in China, because the costs for their business are significantly lower there. However, Chinese own equivalent products are much cheaper and the quality are catching up even surpassing their West counterparts. So that's why the West are seeing China as a THREAT, because, when the West can't compete, they say you're a threat and they change the rules to get rid of their competitors 😂