Here is the problem; The prices of foods and other goods are equivalent to those in the US...BUT, the salary in Jamaica is roughly 1/4 of that in the US...yep..do the math.
Yes things are expensive everywhere. Wouldn't it be cheaper to only buy Jamaican grown products. Since most things shared were imported? I know this would limit what you can buy.
Where we can we do buy Jamaican products, but just like you said, it’s hard to find Jamaican products for everything you need. The supermarket’s are also filled with ‘foreign products’ I’ll definitely make more of an effort to see if I can find a wider variety of Jamaican made products on a whole
You would be surprised what you can grow in pots, I had a small garden and grew so much in pots, there is no way I would be buying fruit and veg from a store in Jamaica you have the good weather to grow anything unlike here in the uk.
Deezer...things are expensive in the USA too at the moment. Prices have increased significantly. I've just done a quick round at Walmart, Publix, and Sprouts... and trust me... I was surprised at the cost. Listerine at Publix was nearly U$11 plus tax... Grapes 🍇...at Walmart... whole heap of money ... I just put them back!!! Fair enough, blueberries and raspberries are currently on sale at Sprouts 2/U$7. A few other things were on summer sale...luckily!!! I also like Clorox spray... I had to leave it out of last week's shopping... (it's over U$5 plus tax now)...vowing that I was gonna make up my own bleach spray!!!
@ItalYogi_LiveLove Do you have an Aldi in your area? Everyone keeps telling me to go to Aldi but it's not too close to where I live. But, I might have to make the trip if the savings are worth while.
Yes you are absolutely right Jamaica is expensive. I would never spend that kind of money for those things in the supermarket. I still have the UK mindset when I shop, I wouldn't pay that in the UK, why would I pay it there. Barrels everytime and I stock up well. People say its not worth doing it but but to me it is. Don't get me wrong I do shop at the supermarket but I'm quite mindful in what I buy. I do make my own bread sometimes, I buy my chicken from someone who raises them, also other meat too, my fish from the fisherman direct, also veg direct from the farmer and I'm starting to grow some of my own veg too which is a learning experience. I already have established fruit trees. I like veg like cauliflower, broccoli, potatoes, but they are so expensive even in the market so thats what I'm trying to grow. I make my own household cleaning products (much cheaper and RUclips is your friend to learn how to do this😊) You just have to learn how to adjust as much as you can. Despite everything, I still have a better quality of life there and for that I'm truly grateful.
The price of the Clorox is criminal! Its $3-5 usd here. The bleach in Jamaica is watered down i think. There's a chemical store in ochi across from the Presbyterian Church on the one way going towards the clock. Maybe see what they have in there? To me Jamaica is more expensive than parts of the US. Price gouging is happening everywhere though. 😢
I agree with you about the bleach, it’s just so weak. I’ve been to a few chemical stores in Jamaica but the products are again watered down or not very strong although the prices are so much lower.
Shop in UK tried to charge me £10 for a Jamaican sweet potatoe. It was the length of my hand. Dyam teef. If it was a rock stone I would have fired him with it. I went in Lydl and prices are up, usually spend around £70/£80. The bill was £146.90. Nearly double in price. If I had piece of land I would be planting everything I could. Even the weather is against us.
Blessings Dat Mi Seh Tv Them price well high 😮God soon come.. Revelation 6:6 And I heard a voice from among the four living beings say, “A loaf of wheat bread or three loaves of barley will cost a day's pay
Gotta have your own little backyard or container gardens. Little things like tomatoes peppers callaloo can be grown. This cut down a little bit on spending. Things really expensive especially when salary not adjusted to cost of living.
For sure. Luckily we have banana trees in our garden although they were all destroyed in the hurricane, and we have mangoes, soursop, pumpkin, ackee and a few other things growing where we live. Definitely need to pls t some more things
Hi Deezer, wow 😮, yes Jamaica is very expensive. As you said we can get it here in England for cheaper. That’s why many people do barrels before they go. That’s why I don’t complain here to much because we still can get the things we want at a reasonable price. Thanks for sharing.🙏🏾🇬🇧
I don’t think even barrels is a great saving, with the cost of shipping and clearing. The barrel and insurance all eats away at the price margins from the UK
@@christopherhall2571 in most cases. I was buying mutton in a supermarket in Kingston recently and the local meat was more expensive. Better quality arguably
Was just there in September last year and May this year and couldn’t believe how expensive it is I normally stay near old harbour when I’m there and tend to go to wholesale in May Pen the place is called National you get more for your buck. Not sure what wholesale you have near you but you must have something like it. Bless up love your channel. 👍🏾🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Mix, in spray bottle bleach, dettole & cleaner to make ur own...this is what i do & cut out the extra cleaning products...save, save! You have to know how to budget & reduce unnecessary spending...!
Girl I’m hollering. Ok I’m not bashing but of course American popular fruits (apple, grapes, blueberries) are going to be high. To answer your question, no JA is not expensive EVERYWHERE is expensive. I live in the US. I used to shop at an higher end grocery store, now I’m taking my azzz to places like Aldi and let me tell you the prices you listed is very comparable. I was just watching another expat saying food in the Philippine have gone up.
Try to go to the market or farmers. Live in the season. Try and make friends with the farmers. Some things are very easy to sow in pots if they do not have enough space . Even in England much 🇯🇲. We will live. Trust God. I know you are not complaining. But speaking 🔊 about it's everywhere.
For sure. We do go to the market but the market prices right now are not much different to the supermarket prices. Trying to grow more things ourselves will help
Jamaica is always expensive I remember visiting in 2012 & 2013 and the price of things were high. I don't understand how people survive in Jamaica with the salary with the price of things.
I went to the pharmacy body wash was very high and other items as well here you can shop at the Dollar store for some items which is cheaper than the reg super market some items are way too high
That would cost around $20-$22 US. Bars: $4.50 [6] Clorox: $5.50 Plums: $2 Jasmine Rice: $5 Herring: $3-$5 I NEVER EVER PAY FULL PRICE. I use digital COUPONS and apps like IBOTTA that saves me 25-50%...sometimes 100%...plus make money. I just packed a bag for my brother to go to JA for over $500+ of food, clothes, household goods and toiletries.
New subscriber. I enjoy your videos. Yes food always expensive. That's why you go England and pack a few barrels from Lidl, Asda and poundland and ship dem. You should go to the market and get it cheaper or like most of us, we eat more organic foods.
Deezer trust me UK ah gwan bad too….. the Turkish supermarket next door to me charged me £2.69 for a bunch of grapes roughly the same size as you just shown and £6 for five lamb chops and in savers sensodyn toothpaste is £3 for the small tube.
@@SharonScott-tk7rv all of those prices are reasonable. Lamb has never been cheap but you paid a cheap price. Same for toothpaste that’s a good price . Your expectations are a bit off
Yes they are well expensive, where I live in the UK, EG-pack of 6 medium tomatoes -95p Bag of chopped iceberg lettuce -75p Pack of bacon (288G) £1.45 Tin Mackerel(125g)79p Bag of Rice(2lb) £1.25 Pack of large strawberries- £1.49 Just seems so cheap compared to JA prices. These prices are from Aldi, and I go here and shops like home bargains for my weekly food. Like you say in JA there are perhaps no cheap suppernarkets offering competitive prices for their food Iv not converted the prices….
It seems every time we go to the supermarket the price of goods have increased here in the US. Fortunately we can use store cpupons and manufacture coupons to help off set the costs of some goods. Those imported fruits such as apples, grapes, black berries and lettuce look like they are past their sell-by dates. If you look on You Tube you can find alternatives to use other than harsh chemicals for cleaning. You'll be saving money also. Yes, the costs of groceries and other items increase daily but we have to find ways to be creative and cut costs. Blessings ❤️
If you are going to shop like a foreigner then you are going to have to pay foreigner prices but still its very expensive I would be buying all Jamaican products because that would be cheaper
I agree, and where we can we do buy Jamaican products especially in tin and canned products, but it’s difficult to find all Jamaican products for everything we need.
I have thought shopping in Jamaica has been expensive for a long time, especially in relation to the average wage paid in Jamaica I think that costs are not comparable to the UK, US and Canada as the ability to earn mush higher incomes in these countries is greater. The UK is also an island relying on imports heavily but Jamaica businesses pitch themselves as equivalent and does not consider its target market, which is not tourists
@@cleverB634 I live in the UK and have a solid income no complaints , it depends what skills experience and qualifications you have. Yes people are struggling in the UK but you can’t compare to Jamaica , we have a welfare system and lots of support for struggling families. Jamaica has none of that. Prices for food are dearer than the uk in JA which is not relative as I said in my OP… you cannot compare the two countries at all.
Truly I sometimes wonder what the plan is when the various governments around the world allow basic necessity to be so expensive. God blessed the few regular people who can scrap by; people who get paid minimum wage in Jamaica how do they survive, I wonder. All me caan sah is, Jesus help us.
Ive just returned from a vacation in JA for 2 weeks. Didn't get to do any trips or excursions and still spent over £900. If its not people teafing you everything is so expensive. I didn't even get to eat my seafood at fisherman's the way it's expensive.
Good day. How much money should a person bring for food shopping? Accommodation taken care of. I will cook and eat out. 10 days max. I am not doing a resort because I get fed up with the food after a couple of days, to be honest and days, a good breakfast and I am fine until evening? I forget to say £s or JA$. Thank you.
Why are buying North American fruits. Buy fruits and veg grown in Jamaica ! They have a Jamaican equivalent for Clorox which is wayyyy cheaper. If you want first world stuff you have to pay for their air fare, it;s that simple. I bring all my stuff that I like in my suitcase when I come from farrin.
I pack barrels every time I travel back to the UK. We don’t buy North American fruits, just showing you guys what the price of them are. We do buy Jamaican products where we can, but I’ve found it difficult to find Jamaican products for everything I need. Other than bleach, I’d like to know what the Jamaican equivalent of Clorox is so I can see if I can find it and give it a go. You also find that the supermarkets are filled with ‘first world products’ so can be difficult to find Jamaican alternatives. But, like you say being all the stuff you need I. Your suitcase 👍🏾
Since when the shown apples, plumbs grapes, and blueberries are grown in Jamaica, also are Nature Valley products that are posing as health bars and Clorox manufactured in Jamaica? NONE of the items including Brands originate in Jamaica ... doubt the flour that makes the bread has origin in Jamaica! "Cost of Importation" and by extension, how far some of the imported " goods" are coming from ... 🤦🏽♀️ Worldwide, when costs go up ... Worldwide, costs Never go down, even when the touted "so-called" reasons for the original excalating prices were instituted, the "Con"-glamorates continue to lick their collective Fat fingers as they keep said fingers on the scale. They, after all, do Understand the laws of "Demand and Supply". Demand - consumer preferences invariably dictate prices, among other variables ...
Best dress is USA. Why import when chicken farmers right there in Jamaica. You can make your own cheese cake. Most of those prices are cheaper in Canada. Jamaica is really more expensive. For the bread I don't normally use hard dough bread. But it's 4.99 in Canada at one store that I go. Jamaica imports more than they needs to. Blame your government.
I'm sure Best Dressed is Jamaican owned because I know someone who supplies chickens to them in Jamaica. It's because they contain no chemicals/hormones why it's so expensive.
The prices are not expensive when compared to other developed countries. I live in the USA. I will spend almost $100 (J$15,000 approximately) on groceries every week; and I live alone. I do buy enough to make lunches to take with me to work. I don't remember spending that much when in Jamaica. There are lots of things that Jamaicans can plant and grow to ease up on the amount they spend. I did plant lots of things when I was in Jamaica.
I think to be fair Jamaica has got expensive gradually over the years.. But where isn’t these days.. As you said Asda, Lidl, Tesco have some cheaper in their own brand, but they are all expensive at the same time in their own rights.. You just have to shop around.. Prices going up but the wages isn’t!! 🤔
Jamaicans are being overcharged big time on a lot of the products and produce sold there. In some cases, they are paying even more for items you would buy in Canada or the US, even when Jamaicans, on a whole, make a fraction of the wages you earn in the above mentioned countries. Case in point, watermelon is grown locally, yet a quarter of a melon can cost you anywhere from $J 600 -1000 which work out to be $2400 - 4000(US$15 -$25)for the whole melon. I can get a whole big melon in Canada for $13 -14 CAD. There is some serious gourging that's happening in Jamaica, and the prime minister needs to get off his ass and do something to protect the Jamaican public
These prices are more expensive than Waitrose and M&S!! Imagine if you did a comparison on the cost of motor vehicles. Bizarrely, property prices in Ja are very cheap compared to UK/US/Canada so the current upward trend isn’t going to stop anytime soon
Those specific items mentioned cost lest in Canada than Jamaica. Of course Jamaica imports them and when things are impoted the cost are higher because of taxes and the middle man.
I disagree on the belief that the property prices in JA are cheap compared to UK/US/Canada. The property prices in JA are equivalent to US at a minimum. If you are not buying a property with an ocean or mountain, in the uptown area (Norbrook, Havendale, Red Hills, etc), or Beverly Hills..etc, then you might get something comparable to the average house prices.
@@christopherhall2571 pound for pound they are in places like London and the Southeast and even Birmingham. In rural cities in England prices are closer but not in Suburban London where a new build 2 bed apartment with no view and no phone signal and a long snagging list is north of £500k. Forget places close to central London, like Brixton. That money would buy much more real estate in Jamaica.
Diza, if you have a backyard, please try and plant some of the things like carrot tyme cabbage lettuce and other things so you won't have to buy these things. I live in the UK, and i plant my ownyou can check out my RUclips channel. I spoke to you by sending you an email when you have the problem at the airport.
Luckily for us we have a number of things growing in the garden, it’s just not big enough to grow everything but definitely growing your own is the way to go 🙌🏾 I’ll definitely check out your channel
Jamaica is expensive and that's a reality. One of the issues is that Jamaica is a manufacturing economy but a service economy. And so most of the products that you feature are imported and all the import taxes are applied, even chicken Jamaica doesn't produce enough for the local market so some of the best dressed chicken is imported
You have just had a hurricane so a lot of stuff woukd go up.. i m sure you didn t need to get the spray or cereal bars..or plums eat local stuff , you re not in England luv..
This video was recorded weeks before the hurricane hit Jamaica. I’ve just had time to put the video up now. I didn’t buy the plums, or most of the things I showed in the video, just wanted to show folks how much they cost. Everything I bought was shown in the box. I eat local food every single day, and although there wasn’t much local products shown in the video, trust me they are pricey too. The cereal bars of course are not a necessity, but I felt for them. There definitely not something I have on a regular basis, and there isn’t a Jamaican local product I could buy that is similar. It’s the same with the spray. For me this is a need when cleaning. Other than bleach which is very weak out here, there isn’t a Jamaican made alternative I could purchase luv!
Everything your showing is imported fruits and item so you expect it to be pricey, I haven't seen one Jamaican brand as far as apple I don't look at them in the supermarket here in the USA, they're expense never mind grapes, their price is $4.99 a pound, you have to wait for sale day when they in abundant or they have to get rid of them. Expense is up to what you choice to indulge in.
A DAT YOU SAY.😢😮 DAT MAD 😡🤬 ME FREN. NO JOKE. DAT A MURDER RATION. MAN A FI EAT DIRT 😮 SERIOUSLY. HOW MAN FI SURVIVE. IS THIS HIGH PRICE SINCE BERYL????
??? Excuse me! You do realise that most of the things in the video I didn’t actually buy!! I was showing you guys the cost of things. The few little things that I did buy were the things in the box. I do go the wholesale and we’ve featured us going wholesale shopping on the vlog before. Even in the wholesales right now things are still expensive. We buy Jamaican products where we can, but it’s not possible to buy every product we need as Jamaica doesn’t produce or make every single product. We shop in the cheaper supermarkets all the time, however there are some things you won’t find at the wholesale and cheaper supermarkets that you will find at the higher end supermarkets. We buy our vegetables and ground provisions from the market, and even now these are very expensive too. I guess it’s expensive everywhere and in a lot of countries. But we do have a clue on how to shop 👍🏾
Folks, please remember, when you purchase products that are imported, they will cost more. I always shop local and stay away from the imported products when I’m in Jamaica. We have to shop smart and let the dollar stretch.
even in the UK all round the world things Jack up really expensive
Here is the problem; The prices of foods and other goods are equivalent to those in the US...BUT, the salary in Jamaica is roughly 1/4 of that in the US...yep..do the math.
Bingo! A lot of people can't see that.
It's expensive everywhere now. Even our usually cheaper stores in Toronto are ridiculously expensive now
Exactly!
Yes things are expensive everywhere. Wouldn't it be cheaper to only buy Jamaican grown products. Since most things shared were imported? I know this would limit what you can buy.
Where we can we do buy Jamaican products, but just like you said, it’s hard to find Jamaican products for everything you need. The supermarket’s are also filled with ‘foreign products’ I’ll definitely make more of an effort to see if I can find a wider variety of Jamaican made products on a whole
Deeza, if you buy Jamaican stuff it will be cheaper. Remember the shops have to pay taxes on the goods they import
Hi all, the things are expensive when it is name branded, and it comes from aboard.
You would be surprised what you can grow in pots, I had a small garden and grew so much in pots, there is no way I would be buying fruit and veg from a store in Jamaica you have the good weather to grow anything unlike here in the uk.
Deezer...things are expensive in the USA too at the moment. Prices have increased significantly. I've just done a quick round at Walmart, Publix, and Sprouts... and trust me... I was surprised at the cost. Listerine at Publix was nearly U$11 plus tax... Grapes 🍇...at Walmart... whole heap of money ... I just put them back!!! Fair enough, blueberries and raspberries are currently on sale at Sprouts 2/U$7. A few other things were on summer sale...luckily!!! I also like Clorox spray... I had to leave it out of last week's shopping... (it's over U$5 plus tax now)...vowing that I was gonna make up my own bleach spray!!!
@ItalYogi_LiveLove Do you have an Aldi in your area? Everyone keeps telling me to go to Aldi but it's not too close to where I live. But, I might have to make the trip if the savings are worth while.
Yes you are absolutely right Jamaica is expensive. I would never spend that kind of money for those things in the supermarket. I still have the UK mindset when I shop, I wouldn't pay that in the UK, why would I pay it there. Barrels everytime and I stock up well. People say its not worth doing it but but to me it is. Don't get me wrong I do shop at the supermarket but I'm quite mindful in what I buy. I do make my own bread sometimes, I buy my chicken from someone who raises them, also other meat too, my fish from the fisherman direct, also veg direct from the farmer and I'm starting to grow some of my own veg too which is a learning experience. I already have established fruit trees. I like veg like cauliflower, broccoli, potatoes, but they are so expensive even in the market so thats what I'm trying to grow. I make my own household cleaning products (much cheaper and RUclips is your friend to learn how to do this😊) You just have to learn how to adjust as much as you can. Despite everything, I still have a better quality of life there and for that I'm truly grateful.
The price of the Clorox is criminal! Its $3-5 usd here. The bleach in Jamaica is watered down i think. There's a chemical store in ochi across from the Presbyterian Church on the one way going towards the clock. Maybe see what they have in there? To me Jamaica is more expensive than parts of the US. Price gouging is happening everywhere though. 😢
I agree with you about the bleach, it’s just so weak. I’ve been to a few chemical stores in Jamaica but the products are again watered down or not very strong although the prices are so much lower.
Shop in UK tried to charge me £10 for a Jamaican sweet potatoe. It was the length of my hand. Dyam teef. If it was a rock stone I would have fired him with it. I went in Lydl and prices are up, usually spend around £70/£80. The bill was £146.90. Nearly double in price. If I had piece of land I would be planting everything I could. Even the weather is against us.
Blessings Dat Mi Seh Tv
Them price well high 😮God soon come..
Revelation 6:6
And I heard a voice from among the four living beings say, “A loaf of wheat bread or three loaves of barley will cost a day's pay
Gotta have your own little backyard or container gardens. Little things like tomatoes peppers callaloo can be grown. This cut down a little bit on spending. Things really expensive especially when salary not adjusted to cost of living.
For sure. Luckily we have banana trees in our garden although they were all destroyed in the hurricane, and we have mangoes, soursop, pumpkin, ackee and a few other things growing where we live. Definitely need to pls t some more things
Hi Deezer, wow 😮, yes Jamaica is very expensive. As you said we can get it here in England for cheaper. That’s why many people do barrels before they go. That’s why I don’t complain here to much because we still can get the things we want at a reasonable price. Thanks for sharing.🙏🏾🇬🇧
Totally agree
I don’t think even barrels is a great saving, with the cost of shipping and clearing. The barrel and insurance all eats away at the price margins from the UK
@@PPP-zk2vssame in Canada
@@PPP-zk2vs it always works out better for me and it also depends what you are packing in the barrels too.
I like to add that the price of imported goods are much higher than the price of the country of origin.
Yes for sure. A good point I left out of the video. Most of the products are imported.
I was just going to type this. Organic blueberries is like $5 in the USA.
@@christopherhall2571 in most cases. I was buying mutton in a supermarket in Kingston recently and the local meat was more expensive. Better quality arguably
Was just there in September last year and May this year and couldn’t believe how expensive it is I normally stay near old harbour when I’m there and tend to go to wholesale in May Pen the place is called National you get more for your buck. Not sure what wholesale you have near you but you must have something like it. Bless up love your channel. 👍🏾🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
The whole world is expensive, it's crazy, we need a revolution!!!
Mix, in spray bottle bleach, dettole & cleaner to make ur own...this is what i do & cut out the extra cleaning products...save, save! You have to know how to budget & reduce unnecessary spending...!
Girl I’m hollering. Ok I’m not bashing but of course American popular fruits (apple, grapes, blueberries) are going to be high. To answer your question, no JA is not expensive EVERYWHERE is expensive. I live in the US. I used to shop at an higher end grocery store, now I’m taking my azzz to places like Aldi and let me tell you the prices you listed is very comparable. I was just watching another expat saying food in the Philippine have gone up.
Real talk
Morning 🇬🇧 ..we always knew how expensive 🇯🇲 is..we find ways to live!😅
So true!
Try to go to the market or farmers. Live in the season. Try and make friends with the farmers. Some things are very easy to sow in pots if they do not have enough space . Even in England much 🇯🇲. We will live. Trust God. I know you are not complaining. But speaking 🔊 about it's everywhere.
For sure. We do go to the market but the market prices right now are not much different to the supermarket prices. Trying to grow more things ourselves will help
@DatMiSehTV I've been hearing the fruit vendors' prices are outrageous
Jamaica is always expensive I remember visiting in 2012 & 2013 and the price of things were high. I don't understand how people survive in Jamaica with the salary with the price of things.
I went to the pharmacy body wash was very high and other items as well here you can shop at the Dollar store for some items which is cheaper than the reg super market some items are way too high
That would cost around $20-$22 US.
Bars: $4.50 [6]
Clorox: $5.50
Plums: $2
Jasmine Rice: $5
Herring: $3-$5
I NEVER EVER PAY FULL PRICE.
I use digital COUPONS and apps like IBOTTA that saves me 25-50%...sometimes 100%...plus make money.
I just packed a bag for my brother to go to JA for over $500+ of food, clothes, household goods and toiletries.
New subscriber. I enjoy your videos. Yes food always expensive. That's why you go England and pack a few barrels from Lidl, Asda and poundland and ship dem. You should go to the market and get it cheaper or like most of us, we eat more organic foods.
Definitely, I always pack barrels when I visit England to take back with me to Jamaica 🙌🏾 thank you for subscribing
Deezer trust me UK ah gwan bad too….. the Turkish supermarket next door to me charged me £2.69 for a bunch of grapes roughly the same size as you just shown and £6 for five lamb chops and in savers sensodyn toothpaste is £3 for the small tube.
@@SharonScott-tk7rv all of those prices are reasonable. Lamb has never been cheap but you paid a cheap price. Same for toothpaste that’s a good price . Your expectations are a bit off
Yes they are well expensive, where I live in the UK, EG-pack of 6 medium tomatoes -95p
Bag of chopped iceberg lettuce -75p
Pack of bacon (288G) £1.45
Tin Mackerel(125g)79p
Bag of Rice(2lb) £1.25
Pack of large strawberries- £1.49
Just seems so cheap compared to JA prices.
These prices are from Aldi, and I go here and shops like home bargains for my weekly food. Like you say in JA there are perhaps no cheap suppernarkets offering competitive prices for their food
Iv not converted the prices….
Same in Canada
It seems every time we go to the supermarket the price of goods have increased here in the US. Fortunately we can use store cpupons and manufacture coupons to help off set the costs of some goods.
Those imported fruits such as apples, grapes, black berries and lettuce look like they are past their sell-by dates.
If you look on You Tube you can find alternatives to use other than harsh chemicals for cleaning. You'll be saving money also.
Yes, the costs of groceries and other items increase daily but we have to find ways to be creative and cut costs. Blessings ❤️
Yes Deezer, things are really expensive. I don't even want to tell you how much my grocery bill is for the month 😭.
If you are going to shop like a foreigner then you are going to have to pay foreigner prices but still its very expensive I would be buying all Jamaican products because that would be cheaper
I agree, and where we can we do buy Jamaican products especially in tin and canned products, but it’s difficult to find all Jamaican products for everything we need.
@@DatMiSehTV 💯😭
I have thought shopping in Jamaica has been expensive for a long time, especially in relation to the average wage paid in Jamaica I think that costs are not comparable to the UK, US and Canada as the ability to earn mush higher incomes in these countries is greater. The UK is also an island relying on imports heavily but Jamaica businesses pitch themselves as equivalent and does not consider its target market, which is not tourists
Income in the uk is not high. Don't be deceived. We are struggling here as well
@@cleverB634 I live in the UK and have a solid income no complaints , it depends what skills experience and qualifications you have. Yes people are struggling in the UK but you can’t compare to Jamaica , we have a welfare system and lots of support for struggling families. Jamaica has none of that. Prices for food are dearer than the uk in JA which is not relative as I said in my OP… you cannot compare the two countries at all.
Wow. That's a lot of money!
I agree that the imported food stuff can be expensive so how come the Romaine lettuce is $1836 /£10 and its a product of 🇯🇲 NO Seh
Romaine lettuce is grown in the USA and primarily Mexico. It's not native to Jamaica
Ok
I shop in sainbury in the uk. And i would get them things much cheaper.
Blessings
That’s why people must grow their own food if you can
Truly I sometimes wonder what the plan is when the various governments around the world allow basic necessity to be so expensive. God blessed the few regular people who can scrap by; people who get paid minimum wage in Jamaica how do they survive, I wonder. All me caan sah is, Jesus help us.
Things are extremely expensive all over the world
The bread cost £2 and mash in England
Ive just returned from a vacation in JA for 2 weeks. Didn't get to do any trips or excursions and still spent over £900. If its not people teafing you everything is so expensive. I didn't even get to eat my seafood at fisherman's the way it's expensive.
A pack of grapes in the Uk is for almost 3 quid
Good day. How much money should a person bring for food shopping? Accommodation taken care of. I will cook and eat out. 10 days max. I am not doing a resort because I get fed up with the food after a couple of days, to be honest and days, a good breakfast and I am fine until evening? I forget to say £s or JA$. Thank you.
@@mojob-s eating out at a local place is cheaper than cooking and groceries
Thank you. I not been to JA for awhile. Last time I was there for 6 months and I did eat out alot. Thank you for tip.@PPP-zk2vs
Why are buying North American fruits. Buy fruits and veg grown in Jamaica ! They have a Jamaican equivalent for Clorox which is wayyyy cheaper. If you want first world stuff you have to pay for their air fare, it;s that simple. I bring all my stuff that I like in my suitcase when I come from farrin.
Exactly
I pack barrels every time I travel back to the UK. We don’t buy North American fruits, just showing you guys what the price of them are. We do buy Jamaican products where we can, but I’ve found it difficult to find Jamaican products for everything I need. Other than bleach, I’d like to know what the Jamaican equivalent of Clorox is so I can see if I can find it and give it a go. You also find that the supermarkets are filled with ‘first world products’ so can be difficult to find Jamaican alternatives. But, like you say being all the stuff you need I. Your suitcase 👍🏾
U visit UK frequently, make yr shopping list & ship barrels with enough supplies for at eadt six months!
For sure. That’s exactly what I do 👍🏾
Since when the shown apples, plumbs grapes, and blueberries are grown in Jamaica, also are Nature Valley products that are posing as health bars and Clorox manufactured in Jamaica? NONE of the items including Brands originate in Jamaica ... doubt the flour that makes the bread has origin in Jamaica!
"Cost of Importation" and by extension, how far some of the imported " goods" are coming from ... 🤦🏽♀️
Worldwide, when costs go up ... Worldwide, costs Never go down, even when the touted "so-called" reasons for the original excalating prices were instituted, the "Con"-glamorates continue to lick their collective Fat fingers as they keep said fingers on the scale.
They, after all, do Understand the laws of "Demand and Supply". Demand - consumer preferences invariably dictate prices, among other variables ...
Best dress is USA. Why import when chicken farmers right there in Jamaica. You can make your own cheese cake. Most of those prices are cheaper in Canada. Jamaica is really more expensive. For the bread I don't normally use hard dough bread. But it's 4.99 in Canada at one store that I go. Jamaica imports more than they needs to. Blame your government.
I'm sure Best Dressed is Jamaican owned because I know someone who supplies chickens to them in Jamaica. It's because they contain no chemicals/hormones why it's so expensive.
The prices are not expensive when compared to other developed countries.
I live in the USA. I will spend almost $100 (J$15,000 approximately) on groceries every week; and I live alone. I do buy enough to make lunches to take with me to work.
I don't remember spending that much when in Jamaica.
There are lots of things that Jamaicans can plant and grow to ease up on the amount they spend. I did plant lots of things when I was in Jamaica.
I think to be fair Jamaica has got expensive gradually over the years.. But where isn’t these days.. As you said Asda, Lidl, Tesco have some cheaper in their own brand, but they are all expensive at the same time in their own rights.. You just have to shop around.. Prices going up but the wages isn’t!! 🤔
Manner an Paryer 🙏🏿 Dee / outlaw 🫡💕
Thats very expensive compare to the uk.
Jamaicans are being overcharged big time on a lot of the products and produce sold there. In some cases, they are paying even more for items you would buy in Canada or the US, even when Jamaicans, on a whole, make a fraction of the wages you earn in the above mentioned countries. Case in point, watermelon is grown locally, yet a quarter of a melon can cost you anywhere from $J 600 -1000 which work out to be $2400 - 4000(US$15 -$25)for the whole melon. I can get a whole big melon in Canada for $13 -14 CAD. There is some serious gourging that's happening in Jamaica, and the prime minister needs to get off his ass and do something to protect the Jamaican public
These prices are more expensive than Waitrose and M&S!! Imagine if you did a comparison on the cost of motor vehicles. Bizarrely, property prices in Ja are very cheap compared to UK/US/Canada so the current upward trend isn’t going to stop anytime soon
Those specific items mentioned cost lest in Canada than Jamaica. Of course Jamaica imports them and when things are impoted the cost are higher because of taxes and the middle man.
I disagree on the belief that the property prices in JA are cheap compared to UK/US/Canada. The property prices in JA are equivalent to US at a minimum. If you are not buying a property with an ocean or mountain, in the uptown area (Norbrook, Havendale, Red Hills, etc), or Beverly Hills..etc, then you might get something comparable to the average house prices.
@@christopherhall2571 pound for pound they are in places like London and the Southeast and even Birmingham. In rural cities in England prices are closer but not in Suburban London where a new build 2 bed apartment with no view and no phone signal and a long snagging list is north of £500k. Forget places close to central London, like Brixton. That money would buy much more real estate in Jamaica.
@@Japowuk Understood.
U know that's not true and bare in mind those are goods imported from overseas
Yeah, man, plant your own fruit and veg if you can.
Cut off bottom of lettuce & grow...grow ur garden...!
that’s more expensive than some places in America
So the question is who is buying?
Tbf progressive food is more of the pricier supermarket
Diza, if you have a backyard, please try and plant some of the things like carrot tyme cabbage lettuce and other things so you won't have to buy these things. I live in the UK, and i plant my ownyou can check out my RUclips channel. I spoke to you by sending you an email when you have the problem at the airport.
Luckily for us we have a number of things growing in the garden, it’s just not big enough to grow everything but definitely growing your own is the way to go 🙌🏾 I’ll definitely check out your channel
@@DatMiSehTV thank you
Things expensive every where
Its bloody expensive!!!!
USA foods , grapes, Apples, cereals are expensive,these are imported. stuff.
It's not that bad pack a barrel
I pack a barrel every time I come to the UK. I have quite a few videos this in the channel too.
Cheesecake of that size would be £2.50 in the UK.
@@desnalowers7116 you could get a full cheesecake for that in most supermarket
Go wholesale and use the market please
We do!!!! We’ve also shown us shopping at the market and wholesales many times on our channel. It’s still expensive
Jamaica is expensive and that's a reality.
One of the issues is that Jamaica is a manufacturing economy but a service economy. And so most of the products that you feature are imported and all the import taxes are applied, even chicken Jamaica doesn't produce enough for the local market so some of the best dressed chicken is imported
Clorox spray is expensive, i think that is why your bill came so high
Yes girl I thing jamaica is a little cheap. I live in New York and its so expensive am running back to jamaica I can't take it my god😢😢😢😢
I need to do a comparable UK shop. £20 pounds won't get u much more
You have just had a hurricane so a lot of stuff woukd go up.. i m sure you didn t need to get the spray or cereal bars..or plums eat local stuff , you re not in England luv..
This video was recorded weeks before the hurricane hit Jamaica. I’ve just had time to put the video up now. I didn’t buy the plums, or most of the things I showed in the video, just wanted to show folks how much they cost. Everything I bought was shown in the box. I eat local food every single day, and although there wasn’t much local products shown in the video, trust me they are pricey too. The cereal bars of course are not a necessity, but I felt for them. There definitely not something I have on a regular basis, and there isn’t a Jamaican local product I could buy that is similar. It’s the same with the spray. For me this is a need when cleaning. Other than bleach which is very weak out here, there isn’t a Jamaican made alternative I could purchase luv!
Yeah, everywhere is expensive. Progressive always been expensive
Apple not a Jamaican fruit.
Everything your showing is imported fruits and item so you expect it to be pricey, I haven't seen one Jamaican brand as far as apple I don't look at them in the supermarket here in the USA, they're expense never mind grapes, their price is $4.99 a pound, you have to wait for sale day when they in abundant or they have to get rid of them. Expense is up to what you choice to indulge in.
You bought American items of course they are expensive
This is true. There aren’t always Jamaican made alternatives for many of the products.
A DAT YOU SAY.😢😮 DAT MAD 😡🤬 ME FREN. NO JOKE. DAT A MURDER RATION. MAN A FI EAT DIRT 😮 SERIOUSLY. HOW MAN FI SURVIVE. IS THIS HIGH PRICE SINCE BERYL????
Stick to basic no junk food please
U have no clue how to shop
??? Excuse me! You do realise that most of the things in the video I didn’t actually buy!! I was showing you guys the cost of things. The few little things that I did buy were the things in the box. I do go the wholesale and we’ve featured us going wholesale shopping on the vlog before. Even in the wholesales right now things are still expensive. We buy Jamaican products where we can, but it’s not possible to buy every product we need as Jamaica doesn’t produce or make every single product. We shop in the cheaper supermarkets all the time, however there are some things you won’t find at the wholesale and cheaper supermarkets that you will find at the higher end supermarkets. We buy our vegetables and ground provisions from the market, and even now these are very expensive too. I guess it’s expensive everywhere and in a lot of countries. But we do have a clue on how to shop 👍🏾
Folks, please remember, when you purchase products that are imported, they will cost more. I always shop local and stay away from the imported products when I’m in Jamaica. We have to shop smart and let the dollar stretch.