Inflation inside the EU is also high. US grocery prices have always been insanely high at least for as long as I can think (not saying this to sound mean btw)
Keep in mind that she bought almost everything from higher quality brands, you can find the store in-house brand products (which are often as good as the other ones) for even less
I also depend on where you live, in the north of Italy life is more expensive. And in some regions prices are higher. In the south grocery is so much cheaper
I live on Italy and those are all brand name items here. That's a great price for all off those. Things have changed in this passed year.. the prices have doubled 😥 we have to take into consideration that the salaries are much much lower then they are in the US.. But yes, everything (besides a few items) is much cheeper here in Italy.
In Tennessee in the US minimum wage is 7.25 an hour . And you can’t rent an apt for less than 1400 bucks . It’s impossible to live nearly . Food is outrageous . Utilities are outrageous. Clothes are outrageous . It’s expensive now to shop at thrift or 2nd store for used items . We are all hurting
I saw a little bit of one video where an American woman said she would almost starve and not be able to survive with 800 $ a month. Well, in Latvia, many people would be happy to have at least 800! The minimum wage is ~450 € netto per month for a 40 h working week. In my small town 800-1000 is considered a solid salary. Ok, to rent a flat costs less than in the USA, in a small town it would be ~300-400 € for a 2 bedroom flat. And about 200 € for heating etc. Usually, 2 bedroom flats are rented by families with 2-4 kids. So, for a single parent it means 200-300 € per month left for food and gasoline. Who needs clothing, anyway? 🤪😅
@@Becausethe90s TN is so far behind . If your a waitress in TN all you make is $2.13 an hour. 2 of my kids are waitresses. Cost of living used to not be too bad here but now it’s about equivalent to renting in NY or CA. I worry for my kids and their futures . I talked them out of going to college and encouraged them to find a trade bc college is a scam . The way they talk children into debt in high school by encouraging/ nearly forcing them to pick a life long career when they aren’t mature enough to do that . I don’t see any solutions in the near future .
If you’re lucky it’s $50. Store brand, generic white bread is now $2.50 when it used to be $1. It’s insane, I feel like I need to enter bankruptcy court every time I go to the grocery store. Throw in a 16 year old boy that is a human garbage disposal and his friends it’s no wonder my wallet is screaming at me
@@AnHeCtell me then exactly why it's listed at 10,000+ more? 30,000$ USD, 42,000 EU?? That's simply not true. Most Americans make below the poverty line and our millionaires and billionaires bring up that average by a ton. On average 8% of the people from each state recieve SNAP (a grocery supplement for the poor) and you have to make less than 15,000 a year to qualify. Your assumption is simply wrong.
@@lakka1148 We are spending $2 trillion more than we are collecting in taxes this year. Taxing the rich more will barely make a dent in that. We need to decrease spending so inflation will stop skyrocketing. Giving handouts to people only increases inflation even more, and then even less people will be able to afford things without government assistance. 40 million Americans are on SNAP which is absolutely sick. If our economy wasn’t so messed up from federal debt it wouldn’t be like that.
so you will be disappointed. this are not the real prices. the bread costs 1,30 euros, cookies "gocciole" cost 2,50 euros and so on. this video do not shows you the real prices of products.
Don’t worry, Italian bread tastes like nothing or just really sweet, I imagine similar to US or Japanese bread As someone liking my bread with noticeable notes of fennel, coriander, anise and kummel/caraway I’m not fond of it
They don't look that good when you check our average paycheck. Also I can't get those prices anywhere in Italy, they have almost doubled in the last few months.
They're one of my FAVORITE veggies. My husband had never heard of them and now he loves them. And so does my 5 year old. We steam ours (I use my instant pot) and then melt some butter and put some garlic salt in it to taste. Pull a leaf off, dip it in the melted garlic butter, scrape the "meat" off of the leaf. SO GOOD.
@@KristianaCembre It says Italian wages are minimum to average: $7-14/hr. Similar to the U.S midwest, where although food is real cheap. 50-75% cheaper than coastal areas. The wages are also half, so quality of living is usually worse.
@@LycanFerret I priced those same items where I am and it's $53.29 which is €30.86 and yes wages are cheaper in Italy but Average salary here $26.5 X 2 hours = $53 Average salary in Italy €10.50 X 1.25 hours = €13.12 So while wages are less at the prices here $53.29 = €30.86 she would have to work 3 hours at the average wage so food is infact very very much cheaper I know that food doesn't make up the entire cost of living and something here are definitely cheaper than in Italy but overall Italy is definitely cheaper then where I live
@@LycanFerrethonestly this is some of the highest I've ever seen groceries in the stores since I was a kid, I could only imagine what it looks like on the coast. (Midwest to East Coast back to Midwest)
@@AnHeC Most people do understand this. It’s unfair to assume they do not. I don’t know where you are in the world, but if you are in Canada, like I am, you should realize that most people’s income has remained the same or has not risen by much in the last 5 years. Inflation of goods has risen faster than most Canadians can keep up with, and people are struggling to pay for groceries due to the inflation.
better take your american money because you'd be earning much less there. avg gross monthly salary as of feb2022 was $2,728 but "50% of Italy's population earns less than that". while the usa has $6,228 in 2021, whichs gotta be higher now
@@Shimmy4a bro, I know! It's more about the surprising cost of food OUTSIDE America. I haven't been to Italy, but I was saying I had a similar EXPERIENCE in Spain. Bless your heart - aside from the fact that the algorithm shows me her videos quite a bit, it's in the title and the video-of course I know she's in Italy. 🙄🤣
@@Shimmy4a as a Spanish person, I can tell you Mediterranean countries share lifestyles and quality of life scores so it’s not weird to make this comparative. You know, that’s the cool thing of being cultural connected
As she went thru the items I was thinking in my head what they would be in America. What she can get for 12 euros we would pay like 40-50 bucks. I can’t wait to move 😢
I'm in the same boat with you! Not only are our groceries expensive, our fast food is cheap. From researching and speaking with folks internationally online, it's the opposite almost anywhere else. Even in Australia, an average family under 5 spends $94 usd on groceries a week, while budgeting American families of the same size spend around $216. And Australia is literally an island! I have no clue how much of their stuff is imports though. But in Australia, fast food is pricey. Not only are our groceries expensive, but American food has considerably less regulation than a lot of other countries. So much so, that people with celiac disease can often eat bread in other countries because of how we treat our food. Our healthcare is also the most expensive in the world. I had kind of just been thinking it was up there amongst the highest, but no, it's the highest. 40k people a year die here because of a lack of health care. The death toll caused by a combination of horrible food, obesity, malnutrition, and an inability to manage your health if you aren't wealthy must be astronomical. Can't wait to move somewhere with a living minimum wage, universal healthcare, affordable food, and food that won't kill me slowly.
That here in Australia when you take into account the value of the euro it would cost $30.00 Australian. That's isn't that cheap at all for what she got.
As an American, I am always super surprised every time I go grocery shopping here in Italy. It’s been over a month and i still am shocked by the difference
Raise prices to c0ntrol the people C0ntr0l the food c0ntr0l the people End abortion, more soldiers for war Add chemicals to the food to make them sick and make more money The bankers run the us.
I don't know in which part of Italy does she live,but I live in the northern part,and for example Gocciole cookies cost at least 2.50€,but maybe,as others said,she meant the prices without italian VAT (IVA)
My last trip was $29 - 7 items Bagels: $3.79 Plant based Cream cheese (also lactose intolerant): $6.99 🫣 Rice Cakes: $2.39 Fruit Juice: $5.00 Veggie Blend: $4.99 Blueberries: $2.99 (on sale) Grapefruit: $3.49 Donation to round up: $0.36 I need to find a cheaper grocery to go - this is just the one closest to me 😭🇺🇸
Maybe add a year it was taken 😂 cause giiiirl those are cheap, and I am saying that living in Poland and even with the current pln to eur exchange rate
Gone to the groceries myself today, and I can tell you that's pretty much still accurate. If you have the supermarket's card and you time it right, that's how much you'd spend. Otherwise you'd be between 15€ and 20€ (but I live in a big city, in smaller ones they can be cheaper).
@@ICatheraTashaI yeah, in my city everything would be about 1.50 to 2€, except the Gocciole cookies who have always been expensive here, 2-3€. Prices have definitely gone way up in the past year!
That's insane, i usually spend less than €25 ($26,32) per week, in a household of two, with fresh bread (not that chemical one), fresh fruits and plenty of vegetables
Gocciole are my faves too! I ate them like crazy when I studied abroad in Italy and binged them again when I went back a couple years later with my parents!
I added all of this to an online cart here in america- nothing name brand, the cheapest options I could find for everything, and I live in a state where groceries are generally a little bit cheaper than other states. The total was $60.88.
For my Australians: 0.80 euros is $1.13. 12 euros is $20. I can’t imagine anything being so cheap. I pay about $6 (3.36 euro) for (gluten free) bread, probably the same for yogurt, and maybe $4 (2.44 euro) for biscuits, though that could be higher. Yesterday I paid $10 for a lip balm and 2 (gf) muffins. Italians really are living the dream lol
After living in the US, i love living in Europe. Food is so affordable but it does go bad very quick. There is rarely any preservatives. So you have about 4 days to about week to have everything.
Omg those prices are amazing!! That gigantic container of mushrooms was so cheap!!! Also I guarantee that bread was wayyy better than whatever we have in the US lol
Italy, spain and portugal always seems so cheap for groceries but most earn a low salary. An uber driver in portugal told me minimum salary is 600 euros per month, around 3 times less than uk.
If you live in a country above the alps prices are probably gonna be higher, since the weather is favorable in southern europe, fresh ingredients are also more available
This video made my brain hurt until I finally figured out why: she’s saying “1.60 euro” and I couldn’t figure out why it sounded so wrong and then I realised that in Dutch we tend to say “1 euro 60” 😂
I live in Quebec,. 12.32 EUR = 18.21 CAD. Adding all this up here with equivalent products, and my total would be 56.72 plus some tax on one or two of those items. More than triple. But hey, the government is giving us a couple hundred bucks or whatever rather than doing anything concrete.
The last time I bought anything for less than a dollar was last summer, $0.60 a can for tomato soup on major special. I think those cans are now $2.99 in Canada.
In piú se compra le cose non di marca costano meno, tipo le gocciole e i pomodori (chi cazzo li compra i pomodori in scatola? Io mi fido delle vecchiette che li prendono solo a mano e li insacchettano, quindi faccio lo stesso)
@@dollieeatstoomuch5916 si ma scusami il punto del video non è essere intenzionalmente frugale né eccessiva con la spesa, ha solo mostrato quanto le sono venute a costare le cose che ha comprato se le piacciono le gocciole di marca, che compri quelle di marca
@@elenazanna5475 non capisci, dico solo che non sta avendo il massimo del risparmio che può avere, una mia opinione sotto un video pubblico 😭 Felice x lei se le piacciono le gocciole, ma al mio di Alí costano 3 euro
@@GingerBun EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE Iran is blocked from import/export from most counties due to politics so their costs of food have always been extremely high compared to elsewhere.
That would be like $80 here in the Usa now. Inflation has been nuts. My grocery bill for a family of 5 went from $150 a week to close to $400 a week. It’s insane. You moved at a great time. I hate grocery shopping now. It makes me sick.
At the tomatoes I would've been paying $4/5 for that many 🥺 Edit: And for the bag of lemons too! I would've hit $12 with three items with far less quantity and quality 😥
Sorry but the prices are either faked or without taxes. It's out of this world that those cookies and that yoghurt are not even 2€ (considering also the mark-ups happening lately in the food industry). Please do not believe in these prices, they're nowhere near the real costs of grocery shopping in Italy.
I can't express how much I envy you. Here in the US, everything is so expensive now. It's hard to keep bills paid plus feed the family. They take all the money they can, then expect us to be able to buy these expensive groceries. This is why I garden. I would honestly love to move out of the US, but I can't afford to 😢. I feel stuck and miserable in this country
she did say it was on sale and it really depends on which city you live in and what supermarket you go to. The coop in my city is much more expensive than the coop in Florence for example
@@annag.6964 I was referring to milk actually. But I live between Florence, Grosseto and Siena and I know supermarkets have very different prices based on the cities. I don't buy gocciole, but for example, my toothbrush in the same supermarket chain costs me 1,90 in Florence, while it costs me 2,80 in Grosseto. Same supermarket, same toothbrush, different cities
questi prezzi non sono reali, anche se sembra che vengano letti dallo scontrino. le gocciole costano circa 2,50 euro. con questo video fai pensare alla gente di vivere con budget più bassi. siamo invasi da gente che viene da altri paesi, convinta di trovare lavoro e fare la spesa con pochi soldi. negli altri video fai sembrare che in italia ti regalino la sanità, cibo per celiaci, ecc. ma attenzione sono le tasse che si pagano a finanziare queste cose. these prices are not right for instance the cookies gocciole cost 2,50 euros. in this way you make people think that you can buy things much cheaper than reality. it is not correct.
@anna g THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS. I'm an expat that lives abroad BUT I DON'T WORK ABROAD and take jobs that locals need. Gentrification is a real issue for most countries and most countries are trying to attract outsiders. That being said, outsiders should make an effort to always SHOP LOCAL and not enrich big corporations. If you're gonna live abroad, don't burden the locals and always be respectful of your host countries citizens and culture...just my thoughts
This is WAY better than where I live. 10 items in my town is probably gonna cost you between 15-30 dollars; hardly anything at my store (that I work at) is under or around 1$
When I went to Italy on holiday last year.. I was amazed by how much groceries were cheaper there. ( saying this as a person who comes from a developing country " island" in the Indian ocean even in my country money it was cheap and for us here 1 Euro is around Rs 47 to Rs 50 ) 😊
in Brazil we would pay a lot more for these items, even though our minimum wage is about 1/4 of the minimum wage in Italy. Being from a country outside northamerica/europe/auz is hard ☹️
I live in NYC and I bought 5 items for taco ingredients. Tortillas, cheese, refried beans, jalapeños, and beef. It was $40. The cheese was $7.50 alone. Why do I live here
I know you posted before about the average income for Italians and what it costs for rent, so I’m aware there’s a huge difference in the cost of living between us (I live in Los Angeles)….. the groceries you bought are priced lower than what I’d pay here, but that doesn’t surprise me. Californians pay a lot in taxes for services and to fund public works.
Trust me, we pay A LOT of taxes too. Actually Italy is one of the countries in the world to have more taxes on their income and indirect ones. But a lot of them are literally taken before receiving the monthly pay. It's difficult to explain, but...along with the receipt of your income, you receive a paper that's called "busta paga" where you can read all the deductions taken from your pay and why (retirement fund, TFR which is a one or two-times big pay released after you finish working and retire, costs to mantain medicine and hospitals public etc). They're a lot.
*Cries in American Inflation*
Inflation inside the EU is also high. US grocery prices have always been insanely high at least for as long as I can think (not saying this to sound mean btw)
@@esthervolkening3568 yeah literally all she bought would be 20-30 euros nowdays for me
The entire world is currently experiencing inflation. Or worse, currency deflation. Trust me, it's not a U.S. thing.
Cries in college student struggling under America inflation
Cries in 3.42 per loaf of bread in midwest rn
So she basically spend almost 12USD for what someone in the US would spend 40-50 USD on. That’s literally INSANE
The cultural shock is mutual, don't know how you guys manage to survive there, keep it up
Irene we don't know how we're making it either 😭
This video is also from 2021. I think in the US that year it would’ve been more like $25 USD. 2022 price inflation was nuts
The average salary is a lot less in Italy.
@@AKA_Studios still $25 is at least double.
It's heartbreaking that we can barely get bread, butter and milk for this total price. 😢
Same here in Northern Europe..
Sadly you can’t. I just added milk, butter, and bread and it was $18.97 not including tax here in California.
For those who are wondering, that's $16.69 CAD lol If I bought those things here, that would've been minimum $30 CAD from No Frills at cheapest.
This Canadian agrees with your statement
The lactose free milk I buy in Canada is $6 a carton 😬
Cries in Canadian inflation 😅
Just calculated it at Food Basics and its $44
Yep 😭😭😭
Whyyyyy inflation
😭😭😭😭😭😭
A lot cheaper than I thought!
Keep in mind that she bought almost everything from higher quality brands, you can find the store in-house brand products (which are often as good as the other ones) for even less
I also depend on where you live, in the north of Italy life is more expensive. And in some regions prices are higher. In the south grocery is so much cheaper
in milano these prices are fake. this exact kind of cookies cost 2,50. the groceries are much more expensive.
in Arona (Lago maggiore,northern Italy) those same biscuits cost 3,69, I wonder..where do you live?😅😊
@@iloveshugaria169 I think she put up the prices without IVA like they do in the US
I live on Italy and those are all brand name items here. That's a great price for all off those. Things have changed in this passed year.. the prices have doubled 😥 we have to take into consideration that the salaries are much much lower then they are in the US.. But yes, everything (besides a few items) is much cheeper here in Italy.
C0ntr0l the food c0ntr0l the people
In Tennessee in the US minimum wage is 7.25 an hour . And you can’t rent an apt for less than 1400 bucks . It’s impossible to live nearly . Food is outrageous . Utilities are outrageous. Clothes are outrageous . It’s expensive now to shop at thrift or 2nd store for used items . We are all hurting
I saw a little bit of one video where an American woman said she would almost starve and not be able to survive with 800 $ a month. Well, in Latvia, many people would be happy to have at least 800! The minimum wage is ~450 € netto per month for a 40 h working week. In my small town 800-1000 is considered a solid salary.
Ok, to rent a flat costs less than in the USA, in a small town it would be ~300-400 € for a 2 bedroom flat. And about 200 € for heating etc. Usually, 2 bedroom flats are rented by families with 2-4 kids. So, for a single parent it means 200-300 € per month left for food and gasoline. Who needs clothing, anyway? 🤪😅
@@megalou6567 Wow. Min wage in nyc is $15 an hour.
@@Becausethe90s TN is so far behind . If your a waitress in TN all you make is $2.13 an hour. 2 of my kids are waitresses. Cost of living used to not be too bad here but now it’s about equivalent to renting in NY or CA. I worry for my kids and their futures . I talked them out of going to college and encouraged them to find a trade bc college is a scam . The way they talk children into debt in high school by encouraging/ nearly forcing them to pick a life long career when they aren’t mature enough to do that . I don’t see any solutions in the near future .
moving to Italy is starting to sound so much more appealing.
salaries are very low there
I want to so much
That’s literally a $50 bill in the US right now
If you’re lucky it’s $50. Store brand, generic white bread is now $2.50 when it used to be $1. It’s insane, I feel like I need to enter bankruptcy court every time I go to the grocery store. Throw in a 16 year old boy that is a human garbage disposal and his friends it’s no wonder my wallet is screaming at me
Northern europe also
@@AnHeCtell me then exactly why it's listed at 10,000+ more? 30,000$ USD, 42,000 EU?? That's simply not true. Most Americans make below the poverty line and our millionaires and billionaires bring up that average by a ton. On average 8% of the people from each state recieve SNAP (a grocery supplement for the poor) and you have to make less than 15,000 a year to qualify. Your assumption is simply wrong.
@@boopscrootles6786so tax the rich
@@lakka1148 We are spending $2 trillion more than we are collecting in taxes this year. Taxing the rich more will barely make a dent in that. We need to decrease spending so inflation will stop skyrocketing. Giving handouts to people only increases inflation even more, and then even less people will be able to afford things without government assistance. 40 million Americans are on SNAP which is absolutely sick. If our economy wasn’t so messed up from federal debt it wouldn’t be like that.
GREAT price point omg. that bread is probably so much better than what we have in the US and it’s a few bucks cheaper. can’t wait to study abroad!
so you will be disappointed. this are not the real prices. the bread costs 1,30 euros, cookies "gocciole" cost 2,50 euros and so on. this video do not shows you the real prices of products.
@@annag.6964 Surely that depends on which supermarket you buy it from
Don’t worry, Italian bread tastes like nothing or just really sweet, I imagine similar to US or Japanese bread
As someone liking my bread with noticeable notes of fennel, coriander, anise and kummel/caraway I’m not fond of it
If you have the chance to visit Germany or Austria, buy your bread from there :D
@@annag.6964 lol did u go to her Market to correct her?
whyyyy, bro that would have been a 30 or 40 dollar grocery run for me
They don't look that good when you check our average paycheck. Also I can't get those prices anywhere in Italy, they have almost doubled in the last few months.
50 or 60 for me
my exact thoughts
SAME!! IM in CANADA 🇨🇦 😔 😕 😪
@@cescovan Oh okay. I was wondering
Suddenly seeing an artichoke after never seeing one in my entire life was like getting slapped with a brick
They're one of my FAVORITE veggies. My husband had never heard of them and now he loves them. And so does my 5 year old. We steam ours (I use my instant pot) and then melt some butter and put some garlic salt in it to taste. Pull a leaf off, dip it in the melted garlic butter, scrape the "meat" off of the leaf. SO GOOD.
for me the real shock is that they sell them uncut there.. that's gonna be a pain to cut through if you want the best way of eating artichoke
And they are pretty good too(I personally adore them). The only boring thing is to clean them up
@bruh-hr1mt I'm sorry where do they sell pre cut artichokes? I love in the US and have taken my kitchen shears to the spiky parts?
@@bruh-hr1mtyeees, and they stain your fingers black, too 😂
This makes me miss Italy so bad, the produce they have there is just so beautiful
Meanwhile I'm spending over $100 on groceries and I live alone.
Don't feel bad, she just got 10 items, not enough to eat for a week.
@@lindenpeters2601 I just bought 8 items and it cost me AU$55, which is about US$38. I think it might be cheaper to live in Italy.
@@KristianaCembre It says Italian wages are minimum to average: $7-14/hr.
Similar to the U.S midwest, where although food is real cheap. 50-75% cheaper than coastal areas. The wages are also half, so quality of living is usually worse.
@@LycanFerret I priced those same items where I am and it's $53.29 which is €30.86 and yes wages are cheaper in Italy but
Average salary here $26.5 X 2 hours = $53
Average salary in Italy €10.50 X 1.25 hours = €13.12
So while wages are less at the prices here $53.29 = €30.86 she would have to work 3 hours at the average wage so food is infact very very much cheaper I know that food doesn't make up the entire cost of living and something here are definitely cheaper than in Italy but overall Italy is definitely cheaper then where I live
@@LycanFerrethonestly this is some of the highest I've ever seen groceries in the stores since I was a kid, I could only imagine what it looks like on the coast. (Midwest to East Coast back to Midwest)
Could you do this grocery shop again. I would love to see how much the price and/or the quantities for these items have changed a year later.
Yes! So curious too!
I'm curious as well. In the US, prices are astronomical
Yes, prices are not like that anymore, also where does she live, and what supermarket did she go to? All of that makes a difference
@@dolcissimaheater I think she lives near Florence, Italy.
Prices went up a lot here in Italy as well due to inflation, for example Milk is now 2-2.20€/l where "l" stand for litre :) hihi metrical system
this is why italian food is always so good
This bag of groceries would be around $30-$40 in Canada right now (Quebec is expensive)*cries in Canadian inflation*
omfg what that's insane
Gosh that's a lot, i spend less than that for a whole week worth of items needed in a household of two
True story 😩
@@AnHeC Most people do understand this. It’s unfair to assume they do not. I don’t know where you are in the world, but if you are in Canada, like I am, you should realize that most people’s income has remained the same or has not risen by much in the last 5 years. Inflation of goods has risen faster than most Canadians can keep up with, and people are struggling to pay for groceries due to the inflation.
When the grocery shopping was still affordable... now those Gocciole cookies are almost 3€ 😭
We those in milan for €2.16 as of now
Yeah I was thinking the same! Insane 😢
@@aditiiyer5878 i live in Milan too, it depends a bit on the Grocery store, if you go to Carrefour i think they cost more, like almost 3€
Still less than US prices
@@bethlydia01 Bruh y’all americans didn’t even experience actual inflation, we turks had %200 inflation in like 1 year 💀
Wtf yo.
I’m movin.
This deserves more likes
better take your american money because you'd be earning much less there. avg gross monthly salary as of feb2022 was $2,728 but "50% of Italy's population earns less than that". while the usa has $6,228 in 2021, whichs gotta be higher now
@@cloudyskiees yea on average ppl i know get 2.3k per months sooo,, yeah..
This was from a year and a half ago
@@cloudyskiees I live in southern California with only $1200 monthly.
Me in northern Canada where nothing grows:
I was in Stony Rspids, SK a few summers back and I remember 12 muffins (the big ones in the plastic container) was on sale for $19.99!!!! 😳😳😳
Gocciole my beloved... I wouldn't be able to live without em tbh. They're just too good.
BLESS YOU! I remember being shocked at how low grocery prices are in Spain... Oh, America 😅
Yes!!!! I’m living in Spain rn and the food prices blow me away!
SHE LIVES IN ITALY
@@Shimmy4a bro, I know! It's more about the surprising cost of food OUTSIDE America. I haven't been to Italy, but I was saying I had a similar EXPERIENCE in Spain. Bless your heart - aside from the fact that the algorithm shows me her videos quite a bit, it's in the title and the video-of course I know she's in Italy. 🙄🤣
@@Shimmy4a as a Spanish person, I can tell you Mediterranean countries share lifestyles and quality of life scores so it’s not weird to make this comparative. You know, that’s the cool thing of being cultural connected
Well the price of the item also includes 21% from taxes. Don't let politicians tell you taxes are bad 😬
I remember moving back to the US after living in Scotland for four years and being so shocked at how expensive groceries are in the US.
They are also paid considerably higher so it makes sense
Gotta keep the peasents in their place - some president
@@lydia4eva100 no
@@MisstressMourtisha exactly.
@@MisstressMourtisha ?
That’s wild, here in Canada that would have costed at least $40 bucks 😭
I miss living in Florence 😭 I’m back in America where what I would spend €20 Max easily costs me about $40
As she went thru the items I was thinking in my head what they would be in America. What she can get for 12 euros we would pay like 40-50 bucks. I can’t wait to move 😢
I'm in the same boat with you! Not only are our groceries expensive, our fast food is cheap. From researching and speaking with folks internationally online, it's the opposite almost anywhere else. Even in Australia, an average family under 5 spends $94 usd on groceries a week, while budgeting American families of the same size spend around $216. And Australia is literally an island! I have no clue how much of their stuff is imports though. But in Australia, fast food is pricey.
Not only are our groceries expensive, but American food has considerably less regulation than a lot of other countries. So much so, that people with celiac disease can often eat bread in other countries because of how we treat our food.
Our healthcare is also the most expensive in the world. I had kind of just been thinking it was up there amongst the highest, but no, it's the highest. 40k people a year die here because of a lack of health care. The death toll caused by a combination of horrible food, obesity, malnutrition, and an inability to manage your health if you aren't wealthy must be astronomical.
Can't wait to move somewhere with a living minimum wage, universal healthcare, affordable food, and food that won't kill me slowly.
Same but in Canada. It’s getting so expensive >.< to the point I rather just starve myself
It's a lot cheaper than American grocery store but the salary is also lower
1300/1400€ monthly is normal for an employee
That here in Australia when you take into account the value of the euro it would cost $30.00 Australian. That's isn't that cheap at all for what she got.
I cam here to say this
Quickly went to description box to see date. Could you do a 2022 one please?
Good point.
Hi Kacie, you should make an update of this video with today's prices, it'd be interesting to see how prices have changed 😉
+ 12%
As an American, I am always super surprised every time I go grocery shopping here in Italy. It’s been over a month and i still am shocked by the difference
This is $50 in Michigan now…I can’t afford to eat anymore
Same in Washington state. And that is just the cheap store brand.
That's all apart of the plan.
Raise prices to c0ntrol the people
C0ntr0l the food c0ntr0l the people
End abortion, more soldiers for war
Add chemicals to the food to make them sick and make more money
The bankers run the us.
Just calc'd it. It would be about $70 here in CA. DUDE. WTF is wrong with our country?
@@Mary-Ann_B_Mabaet many many things
I don't know in which part of Italy does she live,but I live in the northern part,and for example Gocciole cookies cost at least 2.50€,but maybe,as others said,she meant the prices without italian VAT (IVA)
Seems unlikely, she would have to calculate each one... maybe she just went to a cheap supermarket, like Lidl
@@andreacigala2709 still,to me seems so strange that she found those cookies for less than 2 euros,could it be possible? Yes,but odd imo
Australia - Gocciole cost $4 which is 2.5€. I'm eating one right now 😋
@@graphite2786 those biscuits are sooo good 🤤
This video is from a year ago I guess from the first comment? She should do one from today. 😄
Those artichokes are gorgeous. That’s what they supposed to look like. Now I know. 😢
these are actually a particular type of artichokes called mammole. They don't have thorns.
In Puerto Rico that grocery run would cost closer to $30 😳
Side note: Your voice sounds so lovely!! You seem like a gentle and wholesome person. Love your videos!!!
gush much?
My last trip was $29 - 7 items
Bagels: $3.79
Plant based Cream cheese (also lactose intolerant): $6.99 🫣
Rice Cakes: $2.39
Fruit Juice: $5.00
Veggie Blend: $4.99
Blueberries: $2.99 (on sale)
Grapefruit: $3.49
Donation to round up: $0.36
I need to find a cheaper grocery to go - this is just the one closest to me 😭🇺🇸
Grocery outlet is a little bit cheaper!
Wow, these prices are amazing! It would be interesting to redo this in update, new items.
That's insanely amazing. In Canada every single one of those items would be at least $3+. And that's if you got lucky and found them on sale.
that's insane omfg
Omg. . For real??? That’s awful. In Northern Europe it’s bad too. But your prices are even worse
Maybe add a year it was taken 😂 cause giiiirl those are cheap, and I am saying that living in Poland and even with the current pln to eur exchange rate
Same here in germany. Stuff has been getting more expensive recently
There's no way these are the current prices
Gone to the groceries myself today, and I can tell you that's pretty much still accurate. If you have the supermarket's card and you time it right, that's how much you'd spend. Otherwise you'd be between 15€ and 20€ (but I live in a big city, in smaller ones they can be cheaper).
This video is over a year old, so things probably have gone up a bit.
@@ICatheraTashaI yeah, in my city everything would be about 1.50 to 2€, except the Gocciole cookies who have always been expensive here, 2-3€. Prices have definitely gone way up in the past year!
We go grocery shopping and it costs over $100 for almost the same amount of food, that’s insane
Same. 10 items usually amounts to 60 bucks
Wth? So its 10 dollars an item? You must live in an expensive state with high salaries.
Things r expensive where i am in Canada but i think its worth it and we pay less taxes for it here than other places
That's insane, i usually spend less than €25 ($26,32) per week, in a household of two, with fresh bread (not that chemical one), fresh fruits and plenty of vegetables
Gocciole are my faves too! I ate them like crazy when I studied abroad in Italy and binged them again when I went back a couple years later with my parents!
The fresh produce is slightly cheaper here in the UK but the processed packaged goods cost more
You should do a hair tutorial. I'm just trying to get that volume
i have a feeling her gorgeous mane is au natural!!
Just tease your roots and brush over it
Step 1. Have curly hair
Step 2. Have layers cut into curly hair
Step 3. Wash, condition and leave alone.
That's a natural curl and volume...
I just realized how much the prices have increased... now gocciole cost about 5€ instead of 1.16😔😔
Where do you get them? Where i live (Florence) they're less than 3, and sometimes they are on discount
What? They're waaaaay less than that where i live! (Umbria)
I added all of this to an online cart here in america- nothing name brand, the cheapest options I could find for everything, and I live in a state where groceries are generally a little bit cheaper than other states.
The total was $60.88.
For my Australians: 0.80 euros is $1.13. 12 euros is $20. I can’t imagine anything being so cheap. I pay about $6 (3.36 euro) for (gluten free) bread, probably the same for yogurt, and maybe $4 (2.44 euro) for biscuits, though that could be higher. Yesterday I paid $10 for a lip balm and 2 (gf) muffins. Italians really are living the dream lol
Nice! I go to African, Asian and Mexican supermarket. Love to try new things. I learn so much and have many new favorite ingredients there.
And definitely a lot cheaper and better quantity then Trader Joe’s or WholeFoods
okay quindi sicuro come l'oro non è andata alla conad AHAHAH
ADORO
AHAHAHAHAHAHA
Dai prodotti e dai prezzi tendo a dire che sia andata in una Unicoop Firenze. Ma nel 2021.
Considerando la confezione dei pomodori, a me sembra Esselunga (forma + etichetta).
Neanche all'Esselunga...
Milk-$3.19
Bread-$2.99
Eggs-$2.38
Butter-$6.49
4 items in US-Ohio total $15.05
After living in the US, i love living in Europe. Food is so affordable but it does go bad very quick. There is rarely any preservatives. So you have about 4 days to about week to have everything.
Omg those prices are amazing!! That gigantic container of mushrooms was so cheap!!! Also I guarantee that bread was wayyy better than whatever we have in the US lol
What!!! 😭 Sobbing because USA prices are so high. Thanks for sharing!!!
Groceries are so cheap in Italy. Makes me miss my Conad!❤
ma in che supermercato è andata che la roba costa così poco 😭 gurl pls tell us
Ma infatti o_o prezzi così bassi per quei prodotti non li ho mai visti
Probabilmente ha viaggiato indietro nel tempo perché le Gocciole manco in lire le pagavi così poco...
Il video è del 2021...potrebbe essere andata in quei discount che vendono anche cose di marca...
Esselunga, se ha preso qualcosa in offerta ci sta
Neanche quando ci sono le offerte costano così poco 😂 (con o senza questi livelli di inflazione)
Much cheaper than I thought it would be!!
Look at that beautiful produce!!!
Italy, spain and portugal always seems so cheap for groceries but most earn a low salary. An uber driver in portugal told me minimum salary is 600 euros per month, around 3 times less than uk.
True
11.98 USD, great job on getting sales!
Those are not sales, it’s regular price 😅
@@feebasymilotic yeah, only the normal milk was on sale
Made me realize how expensive my country is 😭😭 And my country isnt even that far off italy
If you live in a country above the alps prices are probably gonna be higher, since the weather is favorable in southern europe, fresh ingredients are also more available
Wow. The price difference on the us is crazy! Wish we could have seen the market in Italy
Whoa! I definitely expected the groceries in Italy to be super expensive.
I need to get the hell out of America and move to Italy!
This video made my brain hurt until I finally figured out why: she’s saying “1.60 euro” and I couldn’t figure out why it sounded so wrong and then I realised that in Dutch we tend to say “1 euro 60”
😂
Well, same.
In US we say a dollar sixty, so similar to you.
I live in Quebec,. 12.32 EUR = 18.21 CAD. Adding all this up here with equivalent products, and my total would be 56.72 plus some tax on one or two of those items. More than triple. But hey, the government is giving us a couple hundred bucks or whatever rather than doing anything concrete.
The last time I bought anything for less than a dollar was last summer, $0.60 a can for tomato soup on major special. I think those cans are now $2.99 in Canada.
*cries in new Zealand*
MA FANTASTICO! cioè qua non trovo le gocciole a 1€ e 16 :(
Ma infatti io vorrei capire dove fa la spesa che ci vado pure io 😂
Ma infatti non s’è mai sentito.. secondo me ha comprato solo cose che magari avevano scontato quel giorno
Holy crap! That would be so much more in Western Washington. I want to cry!!!
lactose is broken down into glucose and galactose during the fermentation of the yogurt. It’s lower in lactose than the cheeses you eat.
You couldn’t even get that at a discount store here 😭
Sono quasi certo che tu abbia menzionato i prezzi senza IVA, come d'altronde vengono solitamente esposti negli USA.
In piú se compra le cose non di marca costano meno, tipo le gocciole e i pomodori (chi cazzo li compra i pomodori in scatola? Io mi fido delle vecchiette che li prendono solo a mano e li insacchettano, quindi faccio lo stesso)
Mia nonna ha il dealer speciale di frutta e verdura, nn la prende mica al supermercato
@@dollieeatstoomuch5916 si ma scusami il punto del video non è essere intenzionalmente frugale né eccessiva con la spesa, ha solo mostrato quanto le sono venute a costare le cose che ha comprato
se le piacciono le gocciole di marca, che compri quelle di marca
Ma no, li sta leggendo dallo scontrino
@@elenazanna5475 non capisci, dico solo che non sta avendo il massimo del risparmio che può avere, una mia opinione sotto un video pubblico 😭
Felice x lei se le piacciono le gocciole, ma al mio di Alí costano 3 euro
Everytime I watch your videos, I want to move to Italy😭
You look so beautiful, love the hair!
**cries in Iranian**
Seriously tho, prices are CRAZY high here
how much are the staples like bread and eggs, rice or whatever?
@@GingerBun EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE Iran is blocked from import/export from most counties due to politics so their costs of food have always been extremely high compared to elsewhere.
This is amazing. All of that would be $50 in San Francisco
How do you guys manage to survive?? That's insane
@@irenecarrillo6750 There's a reason homelessness is so high here. Rent is $3k a month or more too
That would be like $80 here in the Usa now. Inflation has been nuts. My grocery bill for a family of 5 went from $150 a week to close to $400 a week. It’s insane. You moved at a great time. I hate grocery shopping now. It makes me sick.
Your groceries are extremely affordable. It's amazing! Tomatoes cost me $9 for three whole Tomatoes. Nothing in Australia is under $1.
Le gocciole per 1.16€ le vorrei trovare anche io
Io in offerta alla mia coop le trovo sempre a 1.19 ma ovviamente è la bustina piccola, non quella da un chilo
È il prezzo soci della coop :)
I wish those prices existed here in California because it's killin us here🤦♀️😩💵
California? Pffff good luck, girl...
We need a hair care routine because your hair is just marvelous. It makes me wanna use the word marvelous! 🤩
Oh wow, those prices are much better than here in the north of Italy. I haven’t seen a bag of crisps for under €1 in months!
At the tomatoes I would've been paying $4/5 for that many 🥺
Edit: And for the bag of lemons too!
I would've hit $12 with three items with far less quantity and quality 😥
If you live in CA in Indiana we have 5 lb bag in Costco $7.99
Sorry but the prices are either faked or without taxes. It's out of this world that those cookies and that yoghurt are not even 2€ (considering also the mark-ups happening lately in the food industry). Please do not believe in these prices, they're nowhere near the real costs of grocery shopping in Italy.
the Gocciole Cioccolate cookies are the best! My favorite flavor was the Xtra Dark version!
I can't express how much I envy you. Here in the US, everything is so expensive now. It's hard to keep bills paid plus feed the family. They take all the money they can, then expect us to be able to buy these expensive groceries. This is why I garden. I would honestly love to move out of the US, but I can't afford to 😢. I feel stuck and miserable in this country
Y’all some of the prices aren’t accurate.. like the bag of cookies is like €2,50 something. 81 cents for milk! No way! Not true sorry🙃
you are right. milk is something like 1,50/1,80.
What are you talking about? 😅 if you live in Rome or Milan maybe, but 81 cents for uht milk is normal 😅
she did say it was on sale and it really depends on which city you live in and what supermarket you go to. The coop in my city is much more expensive than the coop in Florence for example
@@martinaasta you can go wherever you want but gocciole still costs 2,50 euros
@@annag.6964 I was referring to milk actually. But I live between Florence, Grosseto and Siena and I know supermarkets have very different prices based on the cities. I don't buy gocciole, but for example, my toothbrush in the same supermarket chain costs me 1,90 in Florence, while it costs me 2,80 in Grosseto. Same supermarket, same toothbrush, different cities
questi prezzi non sono reali, anche se sembra che vengano letti dallo scontrino. le gocciole costano circa 2,50 euro. con questo video fai pensare alla gente di vivere con budget più bassi. siamo invasi da gente che viene da altri paesi, convinta di trovare lavoro e fare la spesa con pochi soldi. negli altri video fai sembrare che in italia ti regalino la sanità, cibo per celiaci, ecc. ma attenzione sono le tasse che si pagano a finanziare queste cose.
these prices are not right for instance the cookies gocciole cost 2,50 euros. in this way you make people think that you can buy things much cheaper than reality. it is not correct.
secondo me ha dato i prezzi senza l'IVA
4 carciofi a poco più di un euro al supermercato quando mai
Questo video è stato fatto un anno fa. I prezzi erano ancora decenti
C'è anche da dire che, anche se la differenza non è enorme, diverse regioni hanno diversi prezzi
@anna g THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS. I'm an expat that lives abroad BUT I DON'T WORK ABROAD and take jobs that locals need. Gentrification is a real issue for most countries and most countries are trying to attract outsiders. That being said, outsiders should make an effort to always SHOP LOCAL and not enrich big corporations. If you're gonna live abroad, don't burden the locals and always be respectful of your host countries citizens and culture...just my thoughts
Those cookies are the best! The memory of the taste came rushing back!😊
I was just in Italy this past summer, and these prices are consistent with what I found.
Crying as an international student in Australia
Is there still camps over there? Are people still forced to get the poison?
@@MisstressMourtisha wdym?
@@s.ophiegrace there were forced camps for the people who didn't get clot sh0t
@@s.ophiegrace lots of people in alive from the medical injection experiment
@@MisstressMourtisha oh I didn't know. They aren't in all states tho. Cos they don't have them in sa
This is WAY better than where I live. 10 items in my town is probably gonna cost you between 15-30 dollars; hardly anything at my store (that I work at) is under or around 1$
When I went to Italy on holiday last year.. I was amazed by how much groceries were cheaper there. ( saying this as a person who comes from a developing country " island" in the Indian ocean even in my country money it was cheap and for us here 1 Euro is around Rs 47 to Rs 50 ) 😊
in Brazil we would pay a lot more for these items, even though our minimum wage is about 1/4 of the minimum wage in Italy.
Being from a country outside northamerica/europe/auz is hard ☹️
*Crying in American*....
Wow that’s pretty cheap!
The only thing more expensive than where I am in Canada was the mushrooms and it was a tight margin. Everything else was wildly cheaper.
The price change much if you shop in different cities. In Milan you can add 80% more of what is shown and you have the prices
I bought 10 items in Texas and spent $50.70 😳 the most expensive thing I got was tampons 😭😭
I live in NYC and I bought 5 items for taco ingredients. Tortillas, cheese, refried beans, jalapeños, and beef. It was $40. The cheese was $7.50 alone. Why do I live here
Idk why but it's so cute to see a girl talking in english while holding products that I buy everyday in my local mall!!
Holy moly. That's even cheaper than some of our Aldi prices here in the states.
Okay, I know where I’m dying now 😂
I know you posted before about the average income for Italians and what it costs for rent, so I’m aware there’s a huge difference in the cost of living between us (I live in Los Angeles)….. the groceries you bought are priced lower than what I’d pay here, but that doesn’t surprise me. Californians pay a lot in taxes for services and to fund public works.
Trust me, we pay A LOT of taxes too. Actually Italy is one of the countries in the world to have more taxes on their income and indirect ones.
But a lot of them are literally taken before receiving the monthly pay.
It's difficult to explain, but...along with the receipt of your income, you receive a paper that's called "busta paga" where you can read all the deductions taken from your pay and why (retirement fund, TFR which is a one or two-times big pay released after you finish working and retire, costs to mantain medicine and hospitals public etc).
They're a lot.
amd furthermore these are not the real prices.
@@annag.6964and furthermore they are indeed the prices, it's easy to check online even a year later😅