Cost of Groceries In Malaysia
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- Опубликовано: 10 авг 2022
- A quick trip to the grocery store to compare Malaysia’s prices with the USA.
I want to say that there are many locally grown fruits that are well priced. Not all fruits are imported.
After viewing this video I was horrified to think that my viewers would think that I eat only cheese, potato chips, M&Ms and ice cream! I actually didn't buy any of those things, I was just using them to compare prices...really!
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Malaysia's most expensive grocer vs America's cheapest grocer price. Nice approach!
Malaysia all organic fruit and veggies
Usa gmo bio engineering fruits wheat and other stuff
Is ashame whole foods selling sedless grapes lemons and watermelons marked as organic
When in reality theyre bio engineered fruits
Without seeds =gmo
Should be ilegal selling gmo fruits as organic
Fda so corrupted
Some may say that most Malaysians won't go to Village Grocer, as it's more expensive compared to some other places. However, considering that it's practically downstairs from the home, the convenience and transport savings are going to offset a lot of the higher costs. I also find that Village Grocer has a lot more imported food that is quite hard to find in other places, so it may be a good choice if it's this convenient. Consider also that you can buy as and when you want something, so fresh food are going to be as fresh as you can get them, instead of having to buy and store for days before consumption.
So true! 😊
Hellman’s dressings are just Rm9.90 at Aeon but they sold it at Rm16.90 in VG. Same goes to tuna can, it’s cheaper by Rm1 at other grocery stores.
@@nsaffini1975 Thank you! 😊
The fresh food in village grocer and jaya grocer are fresh and remain fresh for at least 2 weeks when stored properly.
The nearest Village Grocer from my home is just a 5 minute drive away (not downstairs! LOL) It's till convenient and I go there for groceries (things like cheese and ice cream) that I can't get at the other neighborhood stores. Village Grocer has a lot of variety.
Hey Taylor, Great video! My family and I are moving to KL from the US next month and this is very helpful. We enjoy your humor as well. Keep those videos coming!
Thank you so much! 😊
places for better in Malaysia usually in 99Speedmart for local groceries near neighbourhood while for hypermarket Econsave, Aeon-BIG, Mydin, NSK and Lotus's usually offer the best price. While Aeon Mall, Giant, The Store, TF and LuLu are other options locals usually buy.
Not much imported food or products in those places.
Wow...prices for imported Western food seems to be cheaper than what I have heard they cost in Thailand. Malaysia really is turning out to be a better choice!
Most Malaysians don't go to Village Groser. Most of the item are at higher price compared to NSK or AEON Big or other big groceries store with same quality of product.
It was just for comparison. 😊
I don't know about you but I and the people I know shop for groceries mostly at Jaya or Village.
I prefer VG compared to others these days.
You right groceries are quite expensive everything is expensive price going crazy in USA
Please do more cost of living videos with close ups on price, always fun to compare cist of goods
hard to read/see prices!
Hi Taylor, love the channel and the content! I’m moving to jalan ampang next month so seeing prices and the costs of things really helps to put my mind at ease. Thank you again for sharing! Looking forward to the next one!
Hi Andrew. You have your own unique style and personality. Love listening and watching you. Keep up the good job.
Yes. Like the light and easy tone. Relaxing actually to hear though it does remind me occasionally of a BBC English programme. Yes, they might even use it for an English programme here. 😊😊
@@juateng6445 Reminds me a lot of the honey badger video.
Thanx for the hi-end vs low-end store price comparison Andrew (Taylor?). A unique and more meaningful perspective that I really appreciate !!
I feel blessed born in Malaysia....what more can I ask for
Yes you were and if your parents are Malaysian even better... so they pass their nationality to you
Yes! I agree! I feel very blessed that I also born in Malaysia 🇲🇾 😘🇲🇾
So true ...amein..🙏
But locals get paid very low. You can hardly enjoy whatever the expats here enjoy. Unless you fall in the T20 group or upper M40
@@Aeybiseediy still alot alot higher than salaries in Indonesia and philippines
Hai,Andrew. Take care may u have a wonderfull life in malaysia. Nice contents
I am not sure why Village Grocer or Jaya Grocer don't sell the actual "local fruits" that are grown in Malaysia. Maybe because of the variants or logistics. But you can find the local grown fruits from "pasar malam" or night markets.
They do. You can get local bananas, jackfruit, papaya, mangos and watermelon.
Great upload! Thank you.
Andrew your videos are so interesting and informative! Could you recommend any other youtube channels about living in Malaysia please?
Thanks for the informative groceries comparison 👍
I would like to share the price of grocery from one of the small town in Johor. I usually do my grocery in the local markets as we have no fancy supermarket here, in fact a couple of supermarket just closed their business down due to long covid restrictions, unfortunately.
Large oranges x7 - RM10
Mid size oranges x9 - RM10
Small Fuji apples x12 - RM10
2 medium size chicken - RM35
Medium size Spanish mackerels (Tenggiri) x1kg - RM4 (RM10 for 3kg)
Wow, amazing! Thanks for sharing!
Live in a large city like KL and you pay higher prices as their costs are higher. Buy at local markets and save.
Loved this comparison
Hey mate, greek-russian trying to move to Malaysia. I have seen some videos and everything is up to date - great channel keep up the good work. looking forward for more
Hello there! If you want a travel guide of Malaysia, check out Ken Abroad channel, he made a detailed travel guide of places he went to Malaysia, which includes every states, as well as accomodation and food price etc.
This was interesting! Shows you how inflation affects us in the USA where it's even more expensive than countries that import
Absolutely, I was shocked!
Have you considered how his 2k USD of monthly retirement budget comes from? :)
2k USD implies a retirement fund of 500k USD at retirement age, possibly 60 in this case. (all retirement funds are assumed to last till age 90) This is 2.2m MYR. I guess the vast majority of middle class (they call it M40) in Malaysia do not achieve even half of that.
If most Malaysians have that sort of retirement fund, then goods prices in Malaysia will be much higher than they are now.
Just to explain why goods have to be more expensive in US.
If everyone is rich, but things are extraordinarily cheap, something must be wrong somewhere...... How do the supermarkets pay their employees those high wages?
@@hann659 but then the question becomes if item A is made in the US and costs $5 here and is imported in Malaysia and costs $4 there how is that explained? I said nothing about his income I was talking about the discrepancies in prices for the items made or imported
@@mevans3291 What I meant is, supermarkets in US need to earn more, in order to pay the high wages of their US employees. These high wages are reflected in his retirement fund, or rather, the retirement fund of those US employees.
Supermarkets in Malaysia pay their MY employees less. So they can afford to charge lower prices. The lower pay of MY employees is reflected in the smaller retirement fund of Malaysians.
The same applies to rent paid by the supermarkets (supermarkets need to earn to pay rent). And this is related to apartment rent paid by ordinary people (commercial and residential real estate rents are more or less related).
@@hann659 ok I got it! so even if the item in reality is $2 US supermarkets will have to charge e.g., $5 given higher currency and expenses while even though Malaysia is importing they can still charge less as cost of living and general expenses are less there. Interesting!
thanks for the video and best of luck with the new channel. looking forward to your next adventures... maybe the cinema and its prices, public transport, etc. cheers, all the best.
can you do a video on the cheapest store and the regular one like Tesco.. i believe Giant would be the cheapest.. the most expensive would be Mark and Spencer.. and do one on all the un-usual local products.. that would be fun and such a help..
thank you for sharing your experience living in Malaysia. it's a joy to see your take on how expat enjoying retirement life in my country ☺️ would love to see a video of your cat.
Thanks so much! My cat, Earl Grey makes his first appearance in my upcoming Apartment tour video! Watch for it b😊
Very interesting and informative. Thanks Taylor :)
Glad you liked it!
You can get cheap fresh fruits from the chow kit wet market
Thanks! 😊
Correct 😁
Great sense of humour. 🎉
I subscribed yesterday. I too live as an indirect retiree in Jakarta, Indonesia, having lived decades in Italy with my late Italian husband. Interesting to see your calculations on all these aspects of life style in general. My late husband and I used in KL too on his assignment as a Civil Engineer from Milan. Food wise, am nit so crazy though be it in restaurant or supermarket. We lived in Thailand too. Live Indonesia my country that I now reside. Thanks fir sharing on all the comparisons especially on cost of luving.
Thank you so much!!😊
How was you living Indonesia? Compared with Thai or Malaysia?
Hey Taylor, Great video. I have been thinking of moving to a different country for retirement. In USA I will have to work till I die. Your video has inspired me to look into Malaysia. Please keep up the good work of sharing with us your experience in KL.
Thank you! 😊
You give me a bit of a laugh mate, you come across as a decent human being. Good on you.
Thanks mate. 😊
Good to know! Thanks for sharing😊
Hi Andrew
I'm loving your videos, Malaysia is beautiful.
Stay safe and healthy.
Thank you so much! 😊
nice and handy for western style and staples but getting local stuff at local market would be my choice and no junk, chips but some ice cream for sure with the heat of food and weather
Amazing. Western imported goods almost the same or cheaper. But when you take the equivalent local product or imported from neighbour countries that are having identical quality; You may save another 20-30% or more ... and get at 99 Speedmart, Lotus, Giant or AEON. Reasons may be ... Tax (US having many layer of tax) and logistics costs; the product itself may cost more to import, but to put in the store etc ... make it cheaper.
Thanks for the comparison, As a Malaysian, my normal purchase will be for 3 adults per month, the spread will be
Vegitables 200
Support veg 200 (onion, garlic, ginger, cooking oil sauces)
Ingredients 300
Detergent 150
Milk 400
Drinks 200
Meats 300
Cereals 100
Spreads 150
Misc 200
Approximately 1900.00
All in RM
It works out to approximately RM650 per month per adult person. If you eat in not counting eating out.
There was a miscalculation, it works to RM 2200.00 per month. RM 730 per person per month.
@@terwandersingh3605 Wow! rm2200/month? That's too much for me. I spent for 4 adults and 1 cat in my house and spent around rm500-600 a month. My type of grocery stores consist of Aeon, Speedmart99 and kedai Aceh nearby my house.
@@zaczain5654 may be you eat out, I don't eat out., for example my meat diet, is tenggiri fish which is 40 RM per kg. We consume milk roughly two glass per day. We eat butter, we spread it on our bread. Our vegetables are 0.5 kg per day. We take basmati rice, our wheat flour is multiple grain which is more expensive. We take good coffee with milk.
All this adds to the cost.
I spent around rm 18.00 per head per day. Still cheap I think.
@@sayasendirisaja674 My estimate is RM 730 per person per month which includes milk.
Hi Andrew. I love how warm you sound. I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but it dawned on me after watching this video that you sorta remind me of Big Bird. Laid-back, nice, warm, and matter-of-fact 😉 Anyhow, glad to see you're enjoying life here.
Thanks 😊
I didnt care about the food costs, just loved that your cat is called Earl Grey...fabulous...😆🤣
I like both Jaya and Village Grocer for their cleanliness and orderliness.
Wow! I surprised US is more expensive as we imported all those food from US! My friend told me the Ruffles potato chips cost $1 in US and here cost around RM9! I was like 😒 sigh that time.
Ruffles potatoes chips does not cost US1 in US. The best you can get is buy one get one free and it is about US4.49 a bag.
Chips are bad for you anyway so higher the price the better.
Watching you from New Zealand, I was amazed that fresh fruit is pricey, you have a great style for doing RUclips
A lot of the fruits is imported from Australia. Of course the local fruits are well priced. Thanks for your kind words! 😊
Not from local markets. Supermarkets yes.
Jason's Supermarket in Bangsar Shopping Centre was my favourite, they had a fabulous selection.
Not close to me but I’ll check it out if I’m near there sometime. 😊
👍 good morning 🙏
Beautiful store
The selection quality cleanliness is awesome
Are there security guards or long lines ?
Please don't eat sugar or potato chips
Ice cream
It's bad for your health
We need you to continue making these videos for another 40 years
They do have security but not long lines! I don’t really eat all that stuff, just using for comparison. 😊
Thanks for sharing your wonderful vlog
🤝
Malaysians love their bread! Great video!
so too do the Vietnamese
Please show us the prices and also, can you show us some local brands that you like? Thanks!
Wow the shelves are fully stocked up!.
Because few Malaysians can afford their silly prices
Good content!!! Very entertain
Nice
We had the same " sticker shock" in Panama. A decent home cooked meal in a restaurant was around $10.00. Grocery was interesting as the product range was wider than in the US. Not to mention the baby formula which was everywhere. LoL
Lucky Frozen in Pudu is great for wholesale price meat and dairy. For your expat products not easily found in the bigger supermarkets try Hock Choon in Ampang. Oh and Big Independent Grocer have fantastic bread and a lot of Western products. Hope this helps any new expats to KL. Enjoy this amazing country, I know I did!
Thanks! I love Hock Choon!
Cool video 🍍
I am really glad that you are living happily here in Malaysia. Please stay here as long as you wish, you are always welcomed. Welcome.
Thank you. You are very kind. 😊
thank u for sharing,i have planning to retire too
Great content! Thank you for sharing with us. Could you talk about banking? Do you have a local bank account? Do you use a US bank account while in Malaysia? What are the ATM fees like when using a non Malaysian bank atm card? Thank you
Thanks so much! That’s a great idea for a new video but to quickly answer your question I have bank accounts in Malaysia and the US, both HSBC. 😊
Also note that in these challenging times, Malaysia has one of the lowest inflation rate in the whole world and second lowest in South East Asia region, second to Vietnam. As of June it is 3.4% inflation rate in Malaysia thanks to government subsidies.
Interesting channel, Andrew. Have you ever been to Thailand? I've spent a lot of time there. I was wondering how Malaysia would compare to Thailand. Malaysia looks more laid back and orderly.
Sure, I have been to Thailand many times and love it for a holiday. 😊
This was really interesting, especially with inflation these days. Do you know if prices are going up as much in Malaysia as in the US?
Hi Liz! Yes we have seen price increases at the grocery store and restaurants here in Malaysia.
You can our ambassador for malaysia outside affair minister coz your infos are spot on
The prices are going up but not as much as they are in the US. Officially the CPI is around 2.5% here. Cooking oil and poultry products have gone up around 15% but other things not so much. One good thing about Malaysia is that the energy cost in very cheap and fuel is heavily subsidized. The petrol cost only USD 1.84 per gallon. Since the energy and fuel cost are low, inflation is still relatively well controlled.
Thanks brader for sharing this
Now i know
was everything a little cheaper there, or were there a few items that were much cheaper? can you please give us an example item's price in each place?
That store looks immaculate!
It really is! 😊
Very interesting video. Many of those prices look a lot like the prices I would pay here in Tennessee... for name brand items. But by buying generics I'm confident I could beat the Malaysia total at Walmart or ALDI in the US. Yogurt cups are just under 50 cents each at my local store, if you buy generic. Store brand bread is just over a dollar. Branded bread is about the same price you see there. Those gallon storage bags are about $2.50 at Walmart. Kelloggs brand cereal would be about $4.50 for me locally, but store brand cereal is about $2 less than that. Overall, I think I'd do better in the US versus that store, but not dramatically better.
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Basically groceries not so cheap if compare high end groceries stores with local wet markets.
For those who love to cook, may try go for wet Market. But local groceries or mini markets around housing area also offer cheap prices.👍
in kl prefer to go chowkit market or nsk.
Hi thank you
U can try going to the Imbi market near Pudu. They sell local fruits like rambutans, mangoes and at cheaper prices ✌️😁. I like Vicky the vespa...
Thanks 😊
You should visit the "wet market" for grocery, it cost the cheapest....only RM 1-5 for chicken 🐔🍗 fish 🐠🐟 and vegetables...usually we buy groceries from there....save Tonne of money 🤑💰
That was quite a surprise
Have u tried eating guava? This is a nutritious fruit which to me seems fairly reasonably priced
I love guava but have only had it in pastries! 😊
👋ANDREW: Can you advice if YOUR (or other grocery stores) carry - "red grapes," and also "red grapefruit" ⁉ Thanks 🙏
Yes, I’ve seen it here.
I can't help myself when shopping at Village Grocer 😜 The one closest to home is in EkoCheras mall and I would go crazy the moment I stepped in. But I would shop at Village or Jaya Grocer or BIG when I need imported items like Old El Paso taco shells, UK Kelloggs corn flakes (big box can last for months), Driscoll strawberries or Wing's pancake mix shaker from Australia. Local products or fresh produce like veggies and fruits are best bought from hypermarkets, wet markets or supermarkets. My favourite aisle in the grocery would be the frozen section because they have frozen bagels and pita bread from Toufayan and Western. In the end, I'd end up paying no less than RM300 on a spree. But worth it.
Thanks for sharing 😊
@@andrewtaylor4558 my pleasure ❤️ would love to meet you in person someday over an afternoon tea. Keep on posting good content and thank you for promoting Malaysia to the rest of the world 🙏
You have been to a any wholesale market (pasar borong) and had the experience of buying seafood products there
Thanks for good info sharing, mate. Love to see you go to Petronas station for gasoline price comparison & Kedai Mesra for gas station convenience store price comparison. Enjoy your retirement here in Malaysia!
Hi Andrew, suggest u try to do ur grocery at the Giant supermarket at Ampang Point mall across the road from ur building, maybe about 10 to 15 min walk only. The price will blow ur mind if u think shopping at village grocer is cheap compared to wallmart usa and just take grab car to ur loft instead of lugging the grocery he he
Thanks for the tip!
Dear Mr Taylor, the place you live now use to be my bicycle route around 30 yeara ago. It is more peaceful green scenery back then. I'm an Ampangite. for life.
Wow, thanks for sharing that!
@@andrewtaylor4558 sir, this is a very interesting clip long time ago. try to recognise where is your home now 😬
ruclips.net/video/Tk8cnUH08Q8/видео.html
Try Jaya Grocer & Star Grocer... You will find same quality for a better price
Normally we Malaysians try to avoid shopping in village/jaya grocer because they can get too expensive sometime. We nornally shop in Lotus (previously known as Tesco), Giant or Mydin. These are comparable to the one you get in the US like walmart and Target but the price is cheaper
I know but Village Grocer is in my building! 😂
Interesting. There are local brand equivalents and some Multinationals like Nestle manufacture locally for export to the region. Even some American brands are locally made under license. Cost of local raw materials, manufacturing, logistics, overheads are less here than in the US, hence lower prices overall. Fully imported foods like cheeses, fruits & other foods of course cost more. Local fruits are not exotic enough for high end grocers - maybe the margins are not enough. Good video !
Thanks 😊
Go a bit further for more savings,that shop is very pricey.
I am a Malaysian residing in NYC and I return to Malaysia very frequent. I beg to defer with your analysis. I am of the perception that you are not comparing orange to orange in term of package size , brand and place of origin. First, Walmart is not the cheapest big box store on all items. I am quite sure that Costco offers more value on those products that you have selected for comparison. In addition, there are many local grocery stores that sell a lot of food stuff cheaper than Walmart. In addition, genuine sales occur very frequently among grocery stores in NYC, not to mention those in smaller cities, which makes cost of same brand products lower in the U.S. than those in Malaysia where food retailers seldom offer discount.
Nevertheless, there surely are many other factors which make Malaysia an attractive location for expatriate, where overall cost of living is lower and medical care is very cheap relative to the U.S.
The current exchange rate is even better than you report. Not bad.
Those prices looked pretty expensive.
Thank you for the shopping trip. Do you ever shop at a wet market, or at a night bizarre?
In Penang I used to shop at the wet market all the time. I’ve only been in KL for 5 months now and haven’t seen any. I live in Ampang, any nearby?
@@andrewtaylor4558 There's one in Taman Maluri quite close to you via Jalan U Thant. If you go deeper into Jalan Ampang you will find Pekan Ampang and further Bukit Indah. There are wet markets there as well. I know there are more in that area but I cant remember exact locations.
@@GajahMengaumTheBruce Thank you so much!
@@GajahMengaumTheBruce
@@andrewtaylor4558 My pleasure.
Are there much organic food options at Malaysian supermarkets? Here in the U.S., there are lots of organic options and they are affordable but one better not need major medical attention here. Just ONE tooth extraction at the dentist will set you back by $300 USD! If you don't have health insurance, a visit the doctor is $165 and up per visit + you still need to make a trip to the drug store/pharmacy if you need legal drugs.
Plenty of organic food. 😊
👍 😘
There was a time when only RM50 is needed to fill up your trolley, here in Malaysia...
I remember in the mid sixties in London you could buy fried cod and chips for one shilling and sixpence. Thats equivalent to seven and a half pence in todays money.
Thank God I don't shop at branded stores. When I visit and stay in Melaka and Kluang, Johore I always eat from street vendors and local eateries. I also cook my own food which I buy from the local market. My wife and I spend around 50 Ringgit a day on average - £10 a day in British currency and that includes return bus fare. Food is food at the end of the day so why throw excess money at something which looks fancy on a plate.
Good points.
I laughed out loud when u said “I need to get some chips!”
Andrew, be careful with the 3-in-1 coffee. Its loaded with sugar!
I don’t get that anymore. 😊
and chips are loaded with seed oil and salt. Very bad diet.
My family of 6 take-out 2-3 meals per day, 365 days Cost me about USD1500 per month.
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That's why it cost 1500 US per month. Have you not heard of a cooker, pots and pans???
Good morning
Any wet market for groceries in KL? Thx
I’m planning to visit a wet market in KL! 😊
@@andrewtaylor4558 Great! Can u tell us about the weather in KL and Penang pls? Like the hottest month and rainy season? Thx!
Yebbut the cost of fuel ie petrol is a fraction of what it is in the US and massively cheaper than it is in Europe. However non Malaysian ie European cars are VERY expensive. You should do the same shop at a much cheaper Malaysian supermarket as the Village Grocer is quite expensive.
Nice video! How much is wine in the market there?
Thanks! The least expensive wine is about $10.00 US. Not cheap. 😊
@@andrewtaylor4558 Not California prices for sure!
@@527ctguy 😂
Obviously depends on the variety
Good day to all
Fyi
I just found mercer listing for 2022
Of most / least expensive cities in world
Manila was ranked 122
Montreal and Athens 125 and 126
And Kuala Lumpur number 181
Hong Kong #1 most expensive
And Ankara #227 least expensive
An added bonus is Kuala Lumpur is cleaner and safer
Love Village Grocer even though slightly pricier than other supermarkets. Was just checking prices of food items in Australia the other day and was shocked that tomatoes cost AUD11 per kg! Ouch...so glad I'm living in Malaysia right now, even though food prices have risen. Btw, have you done any grocery shopping online, Andrew - Lazada or Shoppe? Some items are cheaper.
Thanks, I use both Shopee and Lazada but rarely for food! Great idea!
Wow, I'm surprised how expensive it is in USA. I won't complain so much about our Australian prices.
😂
Hi Andrew, where do you live in KL?
Ampang 😊
Go to RM2 or US50 cents shop
Do you ever take Earl Gray shopping?
No 😂😊😂
So many Australian brands I’m feeling very patriotic all of a sudden.
😊
Please pan slower on price labels