The Girl and I were at the market today and thought we would snap a few pictures to share with everyone. I don’t know about you, but I love wandering around grocery stores in other countries. It’s sooo much fun.
Corn Flakes 2.19£ = $3.64 per box
Tropicana Orange Juice. Wowza! 3.85£ = $6.41 <— Might be cheaper to buy this at a gas station? 
Milk {approx 1 quart} 1£ = $1.66
2 Avocados 2.10£ = $3.49 
Toilet Paper 2.35£ = $3.91 <– Kind of high don’t you think?
6 Free Range Eggs 2.25£ = $3.76 Wow. Those are farmer’s market prices right there.
22 Pampers Diapers 4.40£ = $7.30
Did you see it says Nappy?
Ahhhh, I LOVE the British!!
What do you think? Are the prices high or low in London?
~Mavis
~Mavis
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Lisa says
It looks like a pretty big box of corn flakes, so that’s cheaper than the brand name here. Avocados are mainly grown in CA, so they will be imported and expensive anywhere but the west coast. Mine are under $1 at Winco. Not sure about milk, since I don’t buy that size, and I haven’t bought diapers in many years! The cost of 6 eggs is way more than here! I buy free-range eggs and get 12 for that. I can pay $3.50 and pick them up out of a cooler on the side of the road nearby too! A 4-H boy sells them.
The cost of the 4 toilet paper rolls is fine. I buy Scott, and pay about $4 for a 4 pack.
OJ? Well, again, it’s imported.
Then, there was the French supermarket. After months of no supermarket we were thrilled. I reached the end of an aisle before my parents (I was 13) and turned into the next, coming face to face with a dead boar, hanging upside down, snout dripping blood into a cardboard box! Not like Safeway!
Grocery stores are fine in other countries where they speak English. But try needing sanitary pads in Germany! My father spoke a little high school German when we were there years ago. He had to hold up a package (it was toilet paper) and ask, “For the ladies?” in German! Then the clerk knew what he wanted! My poor dad! He also had to buy a bunch of pears he didn’t want. He could tell the ripe ones by smelling them, but at another store a woman yelled and said he had to buy the ones he sniffed!
Michele Bruce says
LOL – buy the ones he sniffed! 🙂
AlysonRR says
My in-laws in England don’t go to the supermarket very often. They have milk delivered from a dairy, meat delivered from a butcher, and go to a produce market (tent in a garden with tables of what’s available, both fresh from the garden and fresh off a boat/plane). They walk to the village to buy bread from the bakery, We always eat very simply there, but tasty 😉
Alys Ley says
Sainsburys is a mid range outlet so prices there are more than say, Lid/Aldil but less perhaps than Waitrose. Those eggs are possibly the most expensive you could have chosen. Even Sainsburys carries less expensive free-range options, and I pay about half that for my half-dozen free-range eggs. I guess you’ve otherwise chosen brands to provide your readers with familiarity, but none of them would be chosen by someone trying to live on a budget and plenty of better value/ good quality options are available. (It seems that most of the supermarkets are pitching their 2pint milk containers at £1 at the moment)
Jessica S says
The (Nappies* are pretty on target for local price to me.. although I NEVER bought full priced diapers.. sales and coupons all the way!
The toilet paper.. well for gorgeous rolls you must pay the price! lol
Linda says
I love that it says nappy too…
Michele Bruce says
Nappy – love it. When I went to Germany when I was 18 I embarrassed everyone by taking pictures of ketchup displays in the grocery stores. I agree that grocery stores in other places are fascinating.
Kristina says
Actually, a lot of those prices are cheaper than my grocery store!
Veronica Vatter says
Remember that the dollar is not that strong. Those prices are pretty typical there. Central London stores tend to be more expensive because demand is higher.
dee says
Loved this post. Hubby and I lived in England (Clapham in the Bedfordshire county) back in 1975-1977. This brings back great memories of hunting the Loch Ness monster in Inverness, Scotland, traipsing about England, looking through castles, Straford-Upon-Avon, and so much more. The cheese and fish and chips, and having a meal in a pub, sometimes. Bought my china in Osford and they mailed it home for me, along with my Watereford Crystal, I got for a song. I love to walk the gardens , too!
dee says
Oxford,… and Waterford crystal……
Kate says
I love wandering through grocery stores in other countries, too. Quite likely one of my favorite experiences was at the Kensington Whole Foods in London. I bought rolled oats for our breakfast and they were way cheaper than I was paying in the States. I envy you your trip and am enjoying your posts. I absolutely adore London.
paidinchickens says
Its like anywhere you visit the prices are always hiked up in tourist locations, you shop round where you live and I can’t remember the last time I had branded cerial……… oh yes it was before I found Aldi!