Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Grocery shopping

A while back I was asked about the cost of groceries here in Belém. I waited to post until I had a long list compiled from several weeks worth of shopping. Prices are listed in US$ and have been converted from the metric.

skim milk, sold in a box 3.02/gal
cashew fruit juice 4.92/gal
6 pack Diet Coke 3.46
water 1.11/gal
750 mL of cachaça 6.18/gal
12 pack of good beer 10.04

limes 0.39/pound
mini bananas 0.33/pound
papaya 0.35/pound
passion fruit 0.37/pound
tomatoes 0.42/pound
bell peppers 0.63/pound
onion 0.23/pound
açaí 8.63/gallon
1 head of lettuce 0.90
huge bunch of basil 0.32
pineapple 0.91

fresh fish 4.15/pound
ground beef 1.54/pound
dozen eggs (one of which was rotten) 1.06
gouda cheese 6.03/pound
salami 6.11/pound

box of 3 granola bars 1.25
Moca cereal (Nestle’s Frosted Flakes) 2.31
loaf of wheat bread 1.15
packet of linguini 2.00
roll of cookies 0.83
can of oatmeal 1.44/pound
white rice 0.35/pound

jar of cupuaçú jelly 1.95
toilet paper (4 rolls) 1.01
ground coffee 1.64/pound
sugar 0.24/pound

I don't have the patience to fix the formatting, so deal.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

When are you leaving?

blogazon said...

Belem on the 17th, Brazil on the 19th, and South America on Jan 12.

Anonymous said...

Well, try to squeeze in a visit to Carachimayo.