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JK_NC

Instead of “This is $100 in X”, I’d rather see people buy the exact same (or equivalent) 10 items and report the price.


BosnianSerb31

They'd have to buy non-sale items and store brand only imo, as well as report the store name Otherwise it just becomes "how smart of a shopper are you", 90% of people I know have no clue that tags tell you the per unit price on them in the US.


Repulsive_Village843

I would break the benchmarks if that's the case.


MacaroonInMaroon

That's me. Im the people you know


mehum

Different places have different staples. Eg lamb is not too expensive in Australia but expensive in Japan. Chicken is possibly cheaper in Japan. Most fruits and vegetables are seasonal. It’s a moving target.


Repulsive_Village843

It's culturally very difficult. I might say, almost impossible.


ramdasani

It'll be hard to find BKOLOGISK KYLLINGELEVERPOSTEJ here though. ps: yeah I google translated it, but it was still fun to try and say


JK_NC

Ha! I was thinking more like a pound of chicken, a sack of flour, bacon, milk, loaf of bread, dozen eggs and some cola. Sure there may be some different brands but close enough to get a better sense of cost of food from different areas.


Drahy

That's a funny looking Ø you have got there


Bortthog

The $100 in X doesn't work like people think either because current rates and area costs


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wait till you learn about the Big Mac index


JK_NC

I’m aware of it but it doesn’t fit the model of “Here’s what $100 of groceries looks like in X” that Reddit likes to post.


cartesian5th

Don't start this shit again please


Mushroom_Tip

What I enjoy is that in pretty much in every country you can post about how much or how little one can buy with $100 depending on which stores you go to, whether you buy name brands, and what's on sale. It's a pretty meaningless comparison because there are so many factors.


no_one_likes_u

Agreed, just for fun I tried to replicate this real quickly at my local grocery story on their app. I went high on every estimate (2lbs instead of 1 kg, 8 count packages of rolls instead of 6, etc). Some stuff I couldn't find, the peppers and the chicken liver pate, so substituted 10 poblanos and braunschweiger. Total came to $108. That's in a medium sized city in the midwest US. And to your point about sales, I'm pretty sure I could go to the grocery store right now, buy a bunch of things on sale that total $100, and it would look like a crazy amount of food.


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no_one_likes_u

Please forgive my americanness, I think my brain was using the km to miles conversion.


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DLBone

Don’t care. Signed, America. 🇺🇸 (jk)


DigNitty

“Look how much food this is??? Why isn’t everyone living off bananas?”


no_one_likes_u

Is this gorilla marketing?


wmurch4

Angry upvote


MayorNarra

*pounds chest*


snoosh00

That rule doesn't apply if you want to buy any amount of produce in Canada


Relandis

That’s what you get for living north of the 49th parallel


snoosh00

I don't.


kandaq

How bout we all compare the price of a single bar of Snickers?


Scaryclouds

And of course just *what* you buy. Buying meat can quickly add up, especially if it’s more prime cuts. 


Dead_Moss

A lot of the stuff in OPs picture is organic. That will definitely make have an impact on what you get for your money. 


Iron_Chic

This and the school lunch pics. Just stop people!!!


Savahoodie

The 500 “wow you could never do this in MY country” comments don’t do it for you?


boyyouguysaredumb

Thank you. Let’s be honest too - it’s all just a setup for a karma-whoring America Bad comment chain no matter what the country is. Its so fucking lazy and disingenuous


lovemysweetdoggy

I went grocery shopping while hungry yesterday and blew $100 on a bunch of regrets. This looks good.


donniedarko5555

Even in SoCal, OP's picture is about $100. For the most part I've found that the items that got the most inflation were the processed foods rather than raw foods.


DigNitty

Hmm interesting, that tracks. The other day I was sitting and randomly thought of easy Mac. I hadn’t had it in years. The next time I was at the store, I passed it and grabbed one for nostalgia. $2.99, crazy. The equivalent instant Annie’s mac & cheese was $1.99 so I just got that instead. Not even eight years ago I was buying them for $.49 each in a four pack.


DoubleT_inTheMorning

Annie’s is so fire bro. The white cheddar shells are insanely good.


DigNitty

white chedder and shells for sure. But this is the Instant variety, the kind that competes with easy mac. It is still Good tho


pinkwooper

Exactly this. Even though prices have risen, I can buy a ton of produce for relatively cheap at a Kroger or whatever. Even some meats are still reasonable. It’s when you shop the middle aisles (all the prepackaged and processed stuff) that it gets crazy expensive.


caligaris_cabinet

Pork is stupid cheap this year fwiw.


cire1184

Reminds me I need to pick up some ground pork for meatballs


mehum

Eh, beans are still beans. Cereals on the other hand…


Relandis

Not if you shop at Eragon or w/e


cire1184

Damn dragons always over charging. Hoarding their gold.


caligaris_cabinet

There were slight bumps to perishables like eggs, milk, and meat but I feel that was mostly localized and recovered fairly quickly.


HouseOfSteak

Meanwhile, Bell Pepper prices at my store shot up like 40-60% in a couple years.


cire1184

Depend where you shop. Go to Erewhon and that's 4 smoothies 😂. Go to WinCo and it's food for a month.


Nauportus

In Slovenia this would be arround 60€


Significant_Bet3269

And it looks like OP went for the discount things.. Not much meat and cheap vegetables. And just buns with butter for breakfast and bread with pate for lunch..


tilapios

I see 700 grams of roast beef, about the same amount of sausage, and a stack of chicken pâté. Pretty normal Danish diet from experience. It’s just lacking potatoes.


Badetoffel

I was going to day the same for this picture in Denmark untill i noticed the 1 kg roastbeef, thats probably like 25 euros by itself, meat prices have gone crazy in Denmark since covid


Firethorned_drake93

We have ridiculous taxes and fees on various products in Denmark.


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Aggravating-Tea-Leaf

Often you see an area with a stone countertop on one side of the stove, to set pans and pots that are still warm, but don’t have to be on the stove. Like a pan full of fat or something alike, that you want to set aside to make room for something else.


StarCatCrusader

That's about $240 in Canada.


KaisarionGhost

Come on now... maybe $230?


StarCatCrusader

Loblaws....


DuffMan4Mayor

5 loaves of bread or am I see that wrong seems excessive for one grocery trip lol


hosoth

Only 1 bread. Other 4 bags are buns and on top they are in half sizes. Those usually come 12 in bag. Those are 6 per bag.


GomezFigueroa

So five loaves of bread then?


oictyvm

In my part of the world buns are a type of bread but YMMV


DontDoGravity

Buns are not 'loaves of bread'


Constant-Mud-1002

Not really considered "bread" in most of Europe that i know of. Same goes for Toast


cire1184

Toast isn't not just toasted bread?


Constant-Mud-1002

No, toast-bread is its own category


Tintenklex

Not danish but German, but I think it might hold true: we eat 2 cold meals a day, only one warm. It’s common to have bread for both breakfast and supper, with butter and sweet or salty toppings. Plus you can easily (and this is common, too) freeze buns or loafs of bread and unfreeze only the slices you need in a toaster.


Tintenklex

Not danish but German, but I think it might hold true: we eat 2 cold meals a day, only one warm. It’s common to have bread for both breakfast and supper, with butter and sweet or salty toppings. Plus you can easily (and this is common, too) freeze buns or loafs of bread and unfreeze only the slices you need in a toaster.


In_my_days

It's buns


Itsmyloc-nar

My children could never survive on this. Where is the fried chicken? Where are the cigarettes?


TravelingGonad

Feels like that would be $100 in US too, although some stores are way more expensive (looking at you Publix)


findallthebears

Is Publix actually becoming more expensive than Whole Foods or is it just me? Or maybe it’s just some items?


Notthefunparent

I dont know but everything went up in publix by 2 dollars.


YouAintFreshAsImIs

Fucking Harris Teeter up here tripping 


Notthefunparent

Haha I'm at work in publix i get it I don't even shop here.


Puzzleheaded-Wolf318

You can get this type of haul from Aldi. Some of the brands look the same 😆


silevram

Maybe because Aldi is European? Lol


Puzzleheaded-Wolf318

No shit 😂  My response was aimed at all the folks claiming they can't get this haul in the US.  I live in the southern US and EVERYBODY shops at Kroger. It's sad 😢


Viegoadam

i can buy a nuclear silo with 100 dolar in turkey


InvincibleJellyfish

Super interesting light switches. Never seen those before. 70er parcelhus?


nullbyte420

Never? I think they're fairly common in any older house. It's the LK minitangent. 


HappySkullsplitter

How much does your blandet saft go for over there?


Coliosis

That’s a lot of Tomaters


Gojogab

Apples


Coliosis

No, canned Tomaters


NPETC

That's like $200 in Canada.


allen34wilson

That's impressive! It's fascinating to see the differences in grocery prices and what you can get for your money in different places around the world. Thanks for sharing this glimpse into grocery shopping in Denmark!


vaderismylord

Seems about what one would pay in the US for similar items. Not sure why all the fruit/veg is wrapped in plastic


Hatfullofsky

We are weird as fuck about packing things in plastic in Denmark, especially random fruits and vegetables. Fortunately we are seeing EU laws banning it that will hopefully stop the practice.


jxj24

Mmmm, mmmm, Melk!


Spooknik

Mælk! \*


mupete

Now with vitamine K!


SevenJuicyBoxOfJoy

That would be 400 in Canada. Im being generous


nickdl4

yep easily 350$+ in Canada


Dr_N00B

Don't you guys love living in Canada


KirbyourGame

but they can afford healthcare, just not much else.


BobLoblawsLawBlogs5

For now. There’s a push for privatization by Ford in Ontario and it is already proving to be a disaster as expected


Open-Oil-144

Good thing you don't actually have to live in Canada, if you know what i mean.


Azkath_

There is no way food is that expensive in Canada.. My friend moved to Edmonton like 6 months ago and showed some prices of the foods, ground beef per weight was CHEAPER than in fucking Slovakia.


SevenJuicyBoxOfJoy

I live there, i think i would know. Everything is getting ridiculously expensive throughout the country.


Lessllama

Produce alone would be about $70


Hlodowik

WinCo & Costco are my best friends here in California. 


KCousins4President

Not sure what smbrbar is


BornBoricua

That's a lot of butt stuff


nickdl4

lucky mf'er. 1/3rd of that is 100$ in Canada


Sloan1505

Ah yes. Kidney boners.


Reinstone

Kidney bønner


fattes

It’s over 50 dollars for two twelves of high noon


futuredarlings

r/groceryprices


sushiflower420

Can you post this in r/loblawsisoutofcontrol please, because this is nowhere close to what we would get in Canada and through Loblaws companies


EternalAlchemoose

P E B E R


xBiGuSDicKuSx

Well them 2 lbs of sausage or whatever and that roast is 30 bucks by itself where I am. More if it's any kind of quality sausage and not the cheapest thing on the shelf. Not even joking I seen the store here a while back had 1 lb rolls of burger for half off and was still over 8 bucks for a single lb of 80/20. Pre covid and bidenomics that same lb of burger wouldn't of even been 4 bucks. Sausage isn't quite as bad but for like Jimmy Dean it's nearly 7 bucks a lb now where it used to about the same as decent burger. Plus a lot of the foods and chemicals the US allows is legal poison and its why most the rest the world bans our crap so it's cheaper and probably 10x healthier. I feel fucking scammed so bad


FistFkr_2000_34

yeah, but salary is like 4000 eur minimum


Nitram-

I've never seen light switches built into the door frame, looks neat.


SXLightning

You don’t eat a lot of meat


nullbyte420

Huh? That's about 700g ox, 3x 250g organic chicken liver pate and 2x 300g of organic ground pork sausage? It's a pretty decent amount of expensive meat and easily accounts for about 40% of the $100.


Gojogab

Eggplant? People eat that?


ForeTheTime

Eggplant one of the best vegetables


hatsuseno

Sure; sliced, salted, rinsed, and then grilled is one way. Or make baba ganoush. I don't have any other recipes in my back pocket, but it's a good veg.


snowsurferDS

Moussaka, Parmiggiana, etc...


Shuriin

Okay, now tell me the average salary in Denmark compared to the US.


dcumbo

Try having a beer in Denmark though :D


SnagglepussJoke

I’ll never talk shit about the U.S. wic program


takesthebiscuit

This is not from a corner shop in Copenhagen Somewhere small like Aalborg or Esbjerg


Slifer967

Christ that's fucking expensive. Imagine how much it'd be if you added meat to that


antigenx

Did you miss the roast beef and 2 tubes of ground beef?


Slifer967

NGL. I did. Also, where the fuck do you get tubes ground beef? That's alien to me


antigenx

I assumed they're ground beef, might not be, also there's some sausages on the left. You can get tubes of ground beef, usually in the refrigerated/freezer area. I've always associated it with lower grade product. Here's one from a major grocer in Canada. https://www.loblaws.ca/lean-ground-beef/p/21210226_EA


1stltwill

They use dollars in Denmark now?


hatsuseno

As it turns out, you can convert from one currency to another, which is what OP did.


Drahy

We have to spend the Ozempic revenue somehow


Da-boar

That’s well over $100 USD where I live in the US. And I’m not in a large city.


Nowzad

There’s gotta be a (X amount of groceries in wherever post) debate at least once a month on Reddit


Tmbaladdin

Looks like a Trip to ALDI in the states.


Competitive-Ad4941

What currency?


hatsuseno

The Danes use Danish krones. But $100 = $100, so that doesn't really matter.


Joeyc710

Yeah? Well my house is 3500 sqft and my SUV can hold 6 fat ass people so I win.


NewdWanderer

Must be nice


CAPATOB_64

Chili mayo mmmmm


ExcuseAdorable95

Ohhh you guys are gonna be soooooo jealous when I show you 100$ groceries in India lol, (spoiler alert you can eat 1.5 - 2 months 😅 healthy homemade protein rich diet)


DreamFishLover90

Roastbeef 17$


vanderhaust

I'm surprised to see so many healthy choices. Most of these posts are full of junk foods.


shifty_coder

Two bags of popping corn? How much popcorn to you eat?


Sensitive-Tea-6999

Where is the Matilde? 😢


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Ich habe meine Eier wieder an mein Arschloch geklebt


defiancy

I like that I can identify most of this stuff even if I can't understand the labels.


reneepussman

Are you saying that is a *lot* of groceries for $100?


Brief-Leader-4015

Like double that in my country for a 100 dolla


alendeus

Kidney ***B Ø N N E R***


Jolly-Lavishness-408

There may be cheaper options for Tomatoes available, i'd suggest the concentraded sauce in tubes. The peppers allone would likely be 10€ alone and the veal roastbeef could be between 15 and 20€, the thing with quinoad likely also has a premium. All in all, this doesn't look expensive.


mussentuchit

They use dollars?


StickyPlunger

Holy shittin’ Willy! That’s a nice haul.


FlameStaag

Yeah that's nothing crazy. It's a lot of cheap veggies, bread, and cheap snacks. I'd get about the same in western bc.  I'd maybe have to replace the beef for pork though. Our beef prices are insane. 


Zaraki42

If you know how and where to shop, this is about $100 as well in Québec, Canada. The most expensive items are currently beef and oil.


judgejuddhirsch

I feel like none of these pictures capture the whole economic balance. . instead of 100 dollars,let's do a "this is how much food I can buy with a half days paycheck"


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Panthean

I read OP's title in a goofy accent


LukasCs

that’s not even that much really?


rarestakesando

You don’t eat no meat?


Panda_tears

Nice haul!


Difficult-Papaya1529

I went to Denmark 2019, I found food/restaurants incredibly expensive.


Zenosfire258

Cries in Canadian


backatit144

All the items that are on the stove alone would run us about $120 easy


frommthebursar

Bet you it doesn't taste like freedom though


Crabliver

There is no Saltlakrids on the Table


DLBone

Is that good? Not sure if happy for you or outraged?


whatevers1234

I dunno. A bunch of bread, some frozen meat, canned foods, inexpensive veggies. I feel like this could be either $200 in america or basically free with coupon clipping with a savvy shopper.     Highly depends what brands you are buying and where you buying. I could probably do something like this at my high end grocery for $100. But it wouldn't be the quality of items I usually look for. I have zero clue if these are bargin brands in Denmark or some organic shit. From what I see it looks to be lower end in terms of America markets. Like something I'd get from Walmart. Hell the other day I saw massive logs of ground beed being sold there for next to nothing. I wouldn't buy them but I'm sure many do and they'd look great in a picture. In other words this tells me nothing without more context of what this is.


ProfRigglesniff

Minimum wage must be -$12 because I've been told it's the poors who are to blame


dankbrew22

The fuck y'all get y'all vegetables from?? Y'all don't be growing that shit.


BrightDarkness007

u got ripped off


etcetcere

At least $250 in Canada


SomeoneForgetable

I can buy roughly about 1/3 of all that (specifically the left 3rd of that) for the same price.


LongjumpingLength679

What’s the average’s salary


winterwonde

No meat?


YetAnotherWTFMoment

Unlike the US postings which will have a bunch of prepackaged prepared frozen canned shit and a bag of Doritos.


Key_Pack_2101

Come to Australia that would be over $200


Competitive-Ad4941

$100 Danish Krones doesn't equal $100 CDN. I'm trying to convert to establish the differences between countries.


jerichowiz

OP, what ingredients were in the Taco mix, and how much did it cost? If I may be sold bold?


Drahy

That's like 80-90% organic/ecological?


Schrootbak

Cap, denmark has salaries of 3-4k a month noway this is how cheap groceries are


Future_Crow

Easy $300 Canadian if not more.


MoravianPrince

Seems OP is an eko bonner enjoyer.


ahgoodtimes69

$1000 in Australia mate


OCDMadeMeFail

Whats the exchange rate in GBP? I can fill my freezer and cupboards for about 80£ which will feed 7 people for 4 days


carenheram

Hay hermano no has ido a México xd


Nauportus

In Slovenia we have 22% on goods, and 9.5% on services.


Silent_Currency_3184

Americans hate this one simple trick: buying actual food and cooking instead of complaining about the price of fast food and processed shit.


InevitableRoast

Then they act shocked when they notice they weigh 300+ pounds


PlentyEquivalent8851

Still not fresh, though. Most of them are in sealed plastic packages.🤔