AMERICAN Visits a GROCERY STORE in POLAND. | It's so much CHEAPER than the USA
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- Опубликовано: 6 июл 2024
- Today I am taking you to a Polish grocery store chain called Biedronka. Let's take a look around and see what products they have. You're also going to be shocked by how cheap the prices are compared to the USA.
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the whole thing is that all the shops are close. a trip to the store is a moment for a walk - you can buy everything in smaller quantities and not waste food. Respect, my 'big' friend.
@sawomirmarnotrawny1694 That's a great point. In the USA, you need to drive to go to a supermarket. Here in Poland, I have 3 big markets within a short distance of where I live. It's very convenient.
Please note. Tax is included in the price. In the USA you have to add the tax to the price shown on the shelf.
That's correct and thank you for pointing that out.
Unless you live in Texas where food isnt taxed :)
Thats what I dont get why not put prices with tax included .. this is dumb
Forget cheaper, most important it's a real food
Yes, that is the most important.
@@TravelAddictGuy TRy "Spolem" shops they have better quality.
12:10 Oh come on now. You can't just randomly put produce where it does not belong. If you want to put something back, bring it to where you took it from :).
You're right, I was in a hurry as I was filming. I should have put it back.
Say that after getting your salary in Poland, not in US.
Biedronka is not a Polish chain. It is owned by Jeronimo Martins which is a Portuguese company.
when they started, it was a Polish company
Biedronka is a polish company the fact that is owned by a portugese company does not make Biedronka portugese...
@@bookerproo3924Yes it makes it portuguese, because profits going to Portugal
@@JokerekW ok then, would u call Volvo a chinese brand?
@@bookerproo3924 Of course. Money from selling this cars, are going to China. If you bought something it belongs to you, or to the previous owner?
It is so much cheaper but give us american salaries because for Polish people it is not cheap. On contrary, many Poles who live in Western Europe like UK say that food prices in the UK stores are comparable with those in Poland but the salaries here are still not like those in the UK.
It's the same for me, I'm not earning high wages. So, living back in the USA is very expensive or even parts of Europe. Thanks for sharing.
I have lived in the UK and prices weren't lower than those in Poland. The cost of living compared to salary was very close to what it is in Poland. One thing to clarify - the ultra-processed food might be cheaper in UK or in the West - but judge yourself is this a good thing if healthy options are more expensive out there.
Try paying American rents then you’ll see how much of your American salary you have left. In NY the average apartment costs $5000 p/m to rent !
@@KrzysztofK1982 That's way too much. I can't afford it and would never live in New York.
You are right..Buy this groceries in Walmart ,you gonna pay 4 times more plus tax,and every state has different taxes.
Biedronka is portuguese, company that owns it is jeronimo martins
Biedronka was created by a Polish businessman in the early 1990s. In 1995, it was bought by the Portuguese.Jeronimo Martins bought the brand when there were only 250 stores in Poland.
@@Diegtiariow no i, a teraz jest siecia portugalska ! a propos bacia miala wasy i dziadkem byla to, jest ta sama bajka i to, nie ma nic z patriotyzmem ale biznesem ! az nie dobrze mi sie robi jak czytam niektore bzdury, a najgorsze sa od tych plaskoziemowcow z KonfedeRuSSi !
Average earnings in Poland are 1,500-2,000 dollars , so it's not that cheap, it was much cheaper, but the virus and war in Ukraine affect prices
I'm sorry that this is happening here in Poland. Inflation is also hitting us very hard in the USA.
Yeah, it was the virus who introduced a shitload of new taxes, regulations and social programs.
I'm in Uruguay, and the locals here earn, on average $700 to $1500, and a grocery basket like what Kerry got, would have been at least $15 or more realistically $25+. But you might do better with your salary if you move to Argentina, I think it's cheaper than Poland, I think.
@@leplane_ Hey my friend, how are you enjoying Uruguay?
Not "virus and war" but government and EU.
2:59 *American: It's only one dollar! Very cheap! What else do you want!?*
*Pole: Taaak?... Akurat!...*
*( **_Yeah... Exactly..._** )*
Actually Biedronka was founded by polish guys and keeps the polish name and vibe but it was taken over by a portugeese holding a long time ago. A polish-polish shop would be a Dino, Społem, Lewiatan or Polomarket. All the best!
Thanks, I need to check out those other grocery stores. 🇵🇱👌
Just beware that many discounts are "on the second item" or "when buying 4" and so on. And regardless, it's best to look at the fine print telling you the price per kg or liter.
Thanks for sharing that tip. It does seem like you save a lot with the discount card.
@@TravelAddictGuy Alternatively you can get mobile app to your phone, called "Moja Biedronka" and register it by yourself. It has a virtual card in it (so you don't need a plastic one), plus there are some exclusive discounts for the app, which are not available for regular plastic card. The app also has a bar code scanner, so you can check the price with your phone (just need to be connected to the Internet).
21:10 - whenever you see "przy zakupie X", it mean you need to buy X of these products to get the discount. Sometimes they put a discount for some absurd amount of products, like 12 liters of milk or 10kg of sugar.
21:36 - yep, it's a price for a single can when you buy a 12-pack.
@@TravelAddictGuy It depends on the promotions and what you usually buy. I have similar list of products that I buy always or just from time to time. Sometimes promotions acumulate, sometimes there are none for my products. But in the best days, when there were promotions for most expensive stuff that I usually buy, I had basket worth ~200-240PLN, and with the discount was even around 60-80PLN less than that. You really have to pay attention for these orange colored signs with prices - as mskiptr mentioned, it usually is for second or third same item, or when buying 4, when buying more than [...], sometimes it's 1+1(you get one additional for free), or second one for 1PLN instead for free. Sometimes it's really hard to check the real price without a discount there... They do it on purpose, and regular prices are written with the smallest font possible on these signs... Beware of that and F them for such sh*tty tricks.
8:56 *this is a roast sauce made from lovage, because of this product most Poles confuse lovage with another spice called "Magi", which, however, has a different taste...*
If you can't find the price, every Biedronka has a scanner where you can scan the barcode and see the price. It is usually placed on a pillar ✌ Biedronka usually has the lowest prices of all supermarkets in Poland 👌
You could tell that I was having trouble finding the prices. Yes, some are not even posted, so it is a bit tricky. The prices in Biedronka are very affordable. 🇵🇱👍
@@TravelAddictGuywas what more suprising this one was tidy. Others are like a walking hazards with pallets of everything everywhere in every alley .
@@deadzio You're right, I've experienced one like that before. This store is pretty tidy.
There is an even better trick than looking for a scanner. The Biedronka application has a barcode scanner in it, so you can check the price and possible promotions.
@@0plp0 I need to download that. Thanks.
1:08 *"Biedronka" was a Polish store, but 20 years ago, when it was a chain of just a few stores, now it is a Portuguese store, Poland, of course, has its supermarkets; **_"Dino", "Milla", "Lewiatan", "Piotr i Paweł", "Od i Do", "Groszek"_** and other smaller ones, but all of them have no chance of becoming global corporations...*
I thought the Biedronka was Polish when I filmed the video. I don't think I've even seen those other stores near me.
@@TravelAddictGuy *You won't find many of these stores in Wrocław, these are chains, most of which are based in Greater Poland, for example in Poznań you will find several such stores...*
5:43 I’m impressed how you said pietruszki 🌿👍👏 BTW. The beer Żubr was per Can so 12x2.99zl and there’s no deposit
@@MarKac9090 Thank you, I'm doing my best with the Polish language. That makes sense about the Zubr price. Dziekuje.
Biedronka brand its name in Poland but real owner its Jeronimo Martins from Portugal.
21:19 *HA! HA! HA! I don't know if you noticed, but you were just browsing the shelf with women's products!* ♀️😆
Only for a few seconds until I noticed it.
I did enjoy it very much, prices? Way better than in usa, especially NYC it's crazy, have a good day.
Looking forward for another video😊
It's very cheap compared to New York. Thank you. 👌🇵🇱
You have to be careful with promotional prices at Biedronka. A lot of the promotional prices (the ones on the orange cards) work on the basis of multiple items. You have to buy e.g. two, three or even more same products and only then will the promotional price works. It's written on those orange cards, e.g: "Buy two and pay 34% less for second item. The price for one item 7,38 if you buy two items" or "The price is 8,99" and written in smal letters "when you buy other products for at least 199 zloty" or "1 + 1 free. Only 9,99" - and written in small letters "price for one item if you buy two". I myself got nicked recently for "1+1 free strawberries for 9.99" but it turned out at checkout that 9.99 was the price for one item when buying two so I paid 20 zlotys for two packages instead of 9.99 as I thought. These beers what you showed Żubr (which literally means Bison or European Bison) cost 2.99 for can if you buy 12 cans. If you buy less than 12 cans - you will pay more than 2.99 for can. And there is no deposit on cans in Poland - there is a deposit on glass beer bottles - but not on all of them either. There should always be information on the price tag whether there is a deposit or not.
In general, Biedronka is the world champion in writing these promotional price tags in such a way that you can never be 100% sure how much you will pay at checkout. In Poland, everyone knows it and hates it. We even laugh that you have to go to the Biedronka with a calculator and a math book to understand these price promos. Biedronka has already received a number of fines from Urząd Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentów (Office of Competition and Consumer Protection) and they were multi-million fines - but as you can see, it doesn't do much. For example in 2022 they got 115 milion PLN fine for "not putting prices next to all its products, and sometimes the price on the shelf differed from that at the checkout to the customer's disadvantage". Biedronka is known for its messy price tags. They always explain that it is the fault of low unemployment and there are no people to work even though they are looking all the time. So please be careful when checking how much the price is.
Thanks for the warning. We have had some price fixing scams back in the USA as well. Some supermarkets were overcharging customers an several items. At the end of the day that small overcharge ended up being millions of dollars for the company. You have just saved me and my viewers some money with the information you shared. 🙏🏻
on the other hand if you have masters degree in promotions you plus you do bigger shopping for family you can save a lot, but as I said you need masters degree 😁😁
@@Clistes 😁
In my local Biedronkas the ladies at the till will often warn you if you misunderstood a discount.
@@Ula-Ka That is nice of them.
It is a nice looking grocery store with great prices.
I like shopping here. 👍🇵🇱
The Biedronka chain is not Polish it's owned by Jerónimo Martins based in Portugal. If you're looking for Polish grocery shops the popular ones are Dino, Polomarket and Społem.
Price differences alone don't tell the whole picture. On average Polish people spend some $150-200 on groceries a month while the Americans spend $475, but the median wage in the US is some $57K while in Poland it's less than $20K, so on average Americans spend ~10% of their wages on groceries while Polish people do around 11-12% so it is slightly more expensive here.
But honestly, I can live with that 1-2% difference bc the quality of products is SO MUCH BETTER thanks to the strict EU and National food regulations. The bread is actually bread!
I like that you showed a percentage of income. I know there are many Americans struggling with high food prices, as well as Poles. I'm sorry if there is anyone out there having difficulties buying food. Yes, European supermarkets offer healthier products, meats, and dairy.
Thankyou my friend
Dziekuje bardzo.
That nutrition grade is really convenient actually. We should have that here but companies would have a fit
@ryanrector3222 It really is helpful and helps me decide quickly which product is a healthier option. In the USA it's all about fake advertisements. So it's much trickier.
This nutrition grade is a scam. For example the full of sugar and carbs american nestle cereal are marked as 'a' and the pure carrot juice gonna be the grade 'e'. It has nothing common with healthly shopping, you must read ingredients and know whats unhealthly. Typical corpo trick to earn money on lamers.
But it didint always match When normal peanuts should be A they have grade of D or C.
As a person who reads the ingredients of products before purchasing them, I never pay attention to Nutrition grade. When you go deeper in this you can see that some brand with a lot of sugar are A, and some with even better ingredients but other brand is C. It shoud be deleted. Many people think that this is a strange scam designed to increase the profits of a popular brand.
@@Nina.ja9 😲
2.99 is price for one can if you buy 12 at once. If you buy only one or two, the price is higher.
I understand now, that sign was confusing me. Dziekuje.
Great video comparing the prices from Poland supermarket to American supermarket!
I noticed the eggs are not kept in the refrigerator section, like in US! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for pointing that out, yes eggs are not usually refrigerated in European stores. Thank you.
The reason is, in US eggs are being cleaned before they reach the market. That removes the layer(on the outside of shell) that makes them last longer. In Poland they're not cleaned but that makes them last longer without refrigerating. Can't explain realy how it works but it's true. You can look it up.
@@vubevube I never knew that. Thanks for sharing. 🥚👍
14:55- spaghetti in UK Asda or Tesco cost $0,96 so more expensive than polish prices, but in Poland they potentially earn much less ether.
That is true and the prices reflect that. I do like Tesco, I shopped there when I was in Czechia.
Those are great prices Kerry. A baguette and some ham and cheese from Publix (back in the US) would have cost me $12 bucks, in 2022! I have no idea how much it would cost now since I moved to Uruguay (and the groceries are more expensive here lol), but to get all this for under 10 bucks that's impressive.
I'm super happy with the prices. Why are things so expensive in Uruguay?
Using Biedronka app can help lower your grocery expenses. In my experience, when unfamiliar with the bread, it's advisable to slice it thickly. As for Biedronka, their vegetables may not appear the most appealing, but they have low pesticide, anti-fungal chemicals levels, and some could even be classified as eco by European standards.
Good to know, they charge extra for eco friendly products in the USA.
Its cheaper for Americans yes, but for peoples salaries in Poland its considered expensive!
Yes and I meant no offense by that. Just stating facts, some countries are more expensive for us.
17:14 *Ehhh..? So... Good advice; When you are in Poland, God forbid, do not buy bread in the supermarket, because they are made of poor flour with an improver made of chalk and human hair, and they are not baked to completion, but are deep-frozen, so they are potentially poisonous because they may contain salmonella bacteria if If you want to eat real Polish bread in Poland, you have two options; either you go to a bakery with a long tradition of baking bread, of which, fortunately, there is no shortage, or you go to a Polish village and ask someone to bake it for you, because you won't find good bread in the supermarket...*
I do usually buy bread from a local bakery. It's so delicious.
I hope you enjoy Poland :) have a good stay! Btw- Biedronka is a Portuguese market
I had no idea. Thank you.
Very clean store. Attractive packaging, too….
I like shopping here.
Prices seems pretty similar to the aldi i shop at in florida usa. Some stuff is a little more expensive here like milk
@@alexsbikesandmotors Thanks for sharing, so not everything is as cheap as it seems. Are you in a major city?
@@TravelAddictGuy apopka fl near orlando
maybe because he went to biedronka which is most popular but from experience constantly more expensive, but overall ye some things are pretty much similar, especially when there's huge wave of ukrainians so the cost of everything went up
26:04 *If you were Polish and worked for PLN 1,500 a month, you would not be so happy and satisfied with the price...*
I wouldn't be, but someone already wrote to me and said that Poles make more than that.
Some items are even cheaper than Spain. Great video and you picked the items I like.
Spain had some pretty cheap prices, and I used to love shopping at Mercadona. So if these prices are even cheaper, then that is impressive.
Couple products you checked had the wrong price tag, tuna for example is around 5.99zl or 6.99zl, it's the trap for some people beacuse the price tags are often missplaced and when you grab something quckly and you didn't check correctly, there is suprise by the checkout
Sorry I made that mistake. Holding the camera, while talking and trying to see the price was a bit difficult. It seems like they misplace the tags on purpose so you spend more.
Biedronka has a lot of promotions on Saturdays and quite the crowd later in the day. Some products may be sold out by 12 PM. So its a good idea to get your shopping in by 10AM.
Thanks for the good advice, I may go early on a Saturday from now on. 🙏🏻
Hi Kerry. Thanks for the video. I think it does depend on what you like because some things are expensive, not all. It certainly is expensive for food shopping in the UK. I don't know about America. Aldi appears to be the cheaper supermarket, but for me, I'm not over keen on their products. Take care 😊
Hi Janet, Yes, some imported products may cost more. But the over prices are low in Poland. I feel like the quality is good, too. We also have an Aldi here in Wroclaw.
LOL
It is cheap for Western tourists, but not for the locals (earning $700 monthly).
I'm sorry to hear that. I'm far from rich, so I understand what it's like.
700USD??? I don't know where you got this value from, but the lowest legally permitted salary in Poland is currently 830 USD net. And try to find a worker on the lowest national wage.
Oglądamy 🙂
Dziekuje bardzo. 🙂
Biedronka is actually a Portuguese company :) - Jerónimo Martins Polska S.A. is the owner of Biedronka - the largest retail chain in Poland, with stores located in over 1,300 towns, which has been present on the Polish market for 29 years. At the end of the first quarter of 2024, it had 3,596 branches. The largest Polish supermarket chain seems to be Dino Polska SA, owned by one man - billionaire Tomasz Biernacki (a very mysterious guy, absent from the media, even his photo is nowhere to be found :)). At the end of 2022, there were 2,156 stores of this chain - mainly in smaller cities and towns, as well as in villages.
We have one Dino store nearby, next to the village where we live. The selection of products there is much smaller than in the average Biedronka, and I have the impression that the quality of many products is worse. It is a very cheap store, even cheaper overall than Biedronka.
Like someone who has already commented, I believe that a simple comparison of prices in Biedronka to prices in American supermarkets can be very misleading, it would be better to compare prices to, for example, the average salary in Poland and make a similar comparison in America. But of course, if you earn dollars and spend zlotys, it may seem that it is very cheap here and that it is actually a paradise on earth :)
I was not aware that Biedronka was a Portuguee company. It is, however, everywhere in Poland and where many Poles shop. I have not seen a Dino Polska, but it could be worth doing another video there sometime. You made a good point about the salary differences. There is also a huge difference in salaries within the USA. While some people earn millions of $USD, many earn the minimum wage or even less if they work as servers. So there are many people in the USA who are living paycheck to paycheck.
@@TravelAddictGuy Biedronka was Polish. Founded in Poznań, by the same guy who later founded (and still owns) Żabka.
@@yarzyn_5699 Ok, I see. It was founded in Poland but bought by a Portuguese company.
About Dino... no...
It is only owned 51% by Tomasz Biernacki - so he has full control still but around 49% is basically free floating on stock exchange, 32% being owned by institutions, rest being in private hands with very fractured ownership. Heck even I had some of this stock at some point.
Dino has the issue that they don't have their own brands established like Biedronka does, they are growing very aggresively and often in areas generally neglected by other chains.
So they kinda also have quite positive social impact brining stores and jobs into sometimes more remote places. And they are getting by, though profitiability could be better - 2023 they had aroud 340 mln pln profit after tax / amortisation, so like 90 mln USD. It's peanuts, but for agressively epxanding retail chain somewhat acceptable - since they bear costs of greenfield investment which is no longer that cheap in Poland.
@@TravelAddictGuy Exactly - still Polish company. That Jeronimo didn't replicated that success just surf the wave in Poland :)
It's cheaper because a lot of the food is local, they don't have to pay all the middlemen for distribution like we do in North America. Not to mention Poland has a much smaller population, so that affects the supply chain, they aren't having to grow and manufacture food for hundreds of millions of people.
That is certainly more challenging.
Canada has practically the same population as Poland.
@@pralinkapl5134 That's an interesting fact.
I work in big supermarket. You have triggered me when you put something where it doesn’t belong. People who work in supermarkets are very busy and have to walk a lot to bring all of those things back. Please respect people’s work.
I understand, I won't do it again.
don't shit yourself... it's very common in US or Canada, but people don't make any problems out of it...
When you earn money in poland - everything is super expensive :( As you said - 1 dolar is around 4 PLN so you know...
I'm sorry to hear that the prices are expensive for Polish people. Prices have also gone up a lot for Americans.
7:49 *it doesn't read "Guda" but "Gowda"* 😂
I miss Biedronka! 🤣
@@RoamingwithStu Hahaha, it's one of my favorites. This and Carrefour, which was also very popular in Spain.
you must also consider that average salary in Poland is 1900 dollars and in US is 4900 dollars...but maybe you made common mistake, many americans think I have great salary and how cheap we have it here, but when I talk about salary I talk about monthly pay and many americans think, that it´s weekly pay, cause they have weekly pay....and also even average salary is 1900 dollarn(7800 PLN) many earn less, cause there is also a minimu wage per month is around 4000PLN - 1000 dollars
long time! going back to spain? i miss your spain vlogs. where's cat man? whens the big reunion?
@mchu7371 No plans on going back to Spain anytime soon. I do miss it sometimes, thoguh. I have talked to Catman recently. He is still in La Palmilla, Malaga.
Yesterday i bought tomatoes in Biedronka for 1$/kg that is 3.99zł :P
Wow! that is incredibly cheap.
We name Grocery Store like warzywniak and we buy there just vegetables or bread.
You can also you apps and save a tonn it's very normal these days
I need to do that, good advice.
Bruh, sorry to burst your bubble, but right now groceries in Poland are only cheaper if you shop exclusively at Fresh Market, Sprouts and Whole Foods. At Aldi and Lidl and often Walmart food is similarly priced as Poland right now, only people in Poland get paid multiple times less than Americans do. Eggs at Lidl are $1.66 per dozen ($4 organic), Strawberries are $2 per lbs and a whole chicken (organic!) can be as little as $2 per lbs.
Those are some good prices. I didn't know that you had Whole Foods in Poland. Near where I live there is Biedronka, Aldi and Carrefour.
@@TravelAddictGuy No, I meant Whole Foods in the USA. When you look at prices of food at Aldi or Lidl in the USA, they are similar to Poland. Food in Poland got substantially more expensive since 2019. It used to be just cheap, not cheap as compared to Whole Foods in the US… :-)
Is the shit sold in US chains the same quality? Ingredients, amount of sugar, preservatives, colours etc. that are banned in the First World countries?
BTS: Except water and salt EVERYTHING we eat is organic. Basic biology/chemistry.
@wizardman1976 No, it's much worse.
@@wizardman1976 Aldi and Lidl sell organic foods. Things like organic eggs at Lidl still cost the same as organic eggs in Poland ($3.75 for a dozen eggs vs 11 PLN for eggs in Biedronka). Except Americans get paid 3 times as much. Non-organic food options - in bulk you can buy chicken breasts for $2 per lbs / $4.20 per kg) and eggs $1.60 for a dozen.
As to all foods being organic in Poland by default, come on. That train sailed long time ago… 😁 You might have some protections in places like Germany, but they push absolute shit to Poland. You have honey from Russia, Ukrainian grain everywhere, meat from USA and poisonous salt from Germany sold in packages claiming it is from Poland. HFCS instead of sugar since 2011. You vastly under-appreciate how corrupt Polish politicians are. It is just underreported, because they are corrupt “the correct way” (act as neo-colonial enforcers of Berlin, Brussels and Wa. DC as well). And with the “green order” and the destruction of European farming you will be eating „da shit” from South America - the same as we do… 🤪
Eggs - 40 % for the second package :)
You have to buy a lot of eggs. It's best to shop with a friend at Biedronka. 😁
BTW pierogi From biedronka are odd in taste in my opinion to chuwe
There is nothing like fresh made. But these are a quick and easy meal. I'm not a very good cook.
Pierogi from biedronka taste heavenly compared to pierogi i bought in lithuanian Maxima super market. Never buy lithuanian made pierogi from the shop!
@@pralinkapl5134 I'm polish and I would not put in my mouth Lithuanian Russian or Ukraine food the quality is so bad or so I heard 🤔
@Travel Addict Guy: Plz don't use Nutrition score, specially for comparing different types of food. First of all it does not take into account the degree of processing of products. Second it ignores vitamin, minerals, good/bad fats and omega-3. Nutri score was commissioned by French Food corporations to increase sales of their products. It worked so good that other biggest companies started using nutri-score for their own products. And of course the measuring is only for 100g/per day. If u buy all products for whole day with letter A on a nutri scale and you compare the daily requirement with a dietitian, it will turn out that the product-based diet is very unhealthy. It's quite WELL KNOW FACT in Poland.
BTW. Biedronka "ladybird" its not Polish shop, it's Portuguese with polish name.
That's good advice, thank you.
@@TravelAddictGuy Yes, it hasn't been approved by the EU Commision, so we need to be cautious when using Nutri Score.
Carrefour is French, Biedronka(Jeronimo Martins) is Portugeese, Aldi is German.
I thought Biedronka was Polish, they seem to like shopping there.
@@TravelAddictGuy It was at the beginning, but they sold it.
come to Masurian Lake District , is the beatyfull peases place on the world
It sounds beautiful, I'm from Michigan and we also have many lakes.
You didnt see the price of cheerios because someone put them back in the wrong place, like you with the granola a minute before 😂
Whoops. 🙂
Tys piknie
we use maggi en mexico
I think that I've seen it in Spain as well, but I've never purchased it before.
You are wrong with tuna price, it is not 0,60$, but 1,65$
I believe there were different types of tuna. Thanks for the correction.
12:12 now u can receive ur Polish citizenship for that
Spoko!
Cheaper than in Warsaw for some reason
That's good to know.
Butter milk strawberry flavor,,mrongowska" It is preety good alot of protein
It sounds delicious. 😋
7:20 - same Greek yogurt in UK cost $0,6875 per 400gr. So UK prices are same,but wages are double as Polish wages. So no matter what will happen, UK is always a better place for ordinary worker than Poland. Specially because Polish property prices are overvalued at the moment.
It seems like your prices in the UK may be even less than the USA. UK may be a better place to earn money. But Poland is a much safer country to live in.
For regular folks UK is still better option. But for the middle class is the opposite. I have been working as a Software Engineer in the UK. My salary was lower than immigrant working in the warehouse. And with all due respect, I also worked in those places - just clocking in and clocking out, forgetting about any self-improvement was easy money. I moved to Poland a couple of years ago. My salary has been higher than that in the UK. Not only that - my cost of living went down by half. Food including. And during that time my salary increased further. Country is also a lot safer and cleaner. The infrastructure getting better and better, you can clearly see that in a decade Poland will be ahead of the UK in terms of that and life quality. In many aspects it surpassed the UK already.
@@HCforLife1 Sounds like propaganda to me. So you telling me that for like for like job Polish wages are better than UK? Can you give examples please? As in my job field in Poland I would get paid half as what I got paid in UK. Food probably cost you half,because you cook. Food prices are similar to UK prices. I just gave example of Greek yogurt above. Maybe you didn't read my comment in full or with not enough attention to details? Property prices are now similar in both UK and Poland. A lot depends on location, but I recently compared Bialystok properties with Glasgow. It was similar price. While UK wages are 2x.
@@HCforLife1 I just searched and found 2 bed+ living room 60m2 flat in Glasgow not far from town center. for £130k(663k PLN). In Bialystok it would be similar price. Maybe even a bit higher. So please don'g lie,that Poland is cheaper. Food and fuel in Poland maybe 10-15% cheaper, but wages for like for like job are 2x as in UK. So still worth living in UK.
@@HCforLife1 I would choose to live in Poland over the USA any day. As you said it's much safer, great transportation., honest people, lower cost of living. I'm glad that you're living the good life here.
cheaper if you earn in usd
Yes, it is.
Lol, Biedronka is Portugese.😅
9:45 - ohhh no. Nuts are more expensive that in USA. How it is possible? :)
Are they? Some products might cost more here and some less. Especially if the products are imported.
You can buy hazelnuts cheaper, but these were probably premium for baking. The Walnuts in our stores usually come from California. Recently I bought a package and threw most of them away because they were bitter and inedible.
@@0plp0 That makes sense, because I've bought nuts much cheaper at the Hala Targowa (main market) here in Wroclaw. Most American products made as cheaply as possible. It sounds like they packaged the cheapest quality nuts they could find.
Do you have any vid when you were in Chile? 🇨🇱
Hi, I wasn't doing RUclips when I lived in Viña del Mar Chile. I do have some old short video clips and photos. Since you asked about it, maybe I can put together a short or video of when I lived there. I could at least post some photos from there. Un saludo a todos los Chilenos y Chi Chi Chi, le le le viva Chile! 🇨🇱
@@TravelAddictGuy I’d love to hear your thoughts on the country since I’m moving there this January.
@@avery.a5948 My understanding is that Chile has become unfortunately less safe since I lived there. If you speak Spanish it's going to be a big help, but in Chile they have their own dialect which is hard to understand. Santiago is a beautiful city, but has it's share of crime. Be careful with your phone, they tend to steal these. Don't leave anything lying around, it's not like Europe. Laptops or phones can easily be stolen. Make some friends who know the city, they can help you. I lived in Vina del Mar, a coastal town. Many Chileans visit there in summer. The Carabineros (police) in Chile will help you and they are not corrupt like Mexico. Taxi drivers will overcharge you. Good luck!
@@TravelAddictGuy thanks for the heads and up 🙏
Dzis bylaw w Whole Foods za za kawałek mesa i troche warzyw zapłaciłem $175 . Mieszkam w Chicago
Wow! That is very expensive. Cheers to Chicago from Poland, I'm from Detroit originally.
@@TravelAddictGuymy ex boss was from there.
Whole Foods is a scam more obvious than guy ripping tourists with "three cards" game... "Fool and his money...."
Im from poland
Biedronka is not polish It is I Poland but owned by forners /polomarkiet is polish i think
As it's clearly not that expensive from your or mine pov, I wonder how it is for polish people in comparison with their income, i.e. how long would you have to work for like your daily shopping. But nice video.
That's a great question. Of course, the average salary is lower in Poland and it's reflected in the cost of living here. Some Polish people have told me that since the war in Ukraine started that prices have risen quite substantially. I'm sure that many people here do live on low wages. But there are also people here that work in IT or technology that earn good salaries. That's a great question.
Polish shops are generally considered cheaper, even Czechs go to shop there if they live close to border. But now it's not such a big difference anymore, the biggest wave of people going to Poland for shopping was like 2 years ago when energy crisis and war in Ukraine started. Here in Czechia, everything is owned by Germans and they are known for beying not honest and exploiting situation, so all shops like Lidl and Kaufland immediatelly increased prices like double or even triple when war in Ukraine started, the same with electricity and gas. While in Poland, they still have a lot of their own companies, so they don't live just like some slaves of Germans as we do here in Czechia. Polish Biedronka chain actually wanted to enter Czech market, but German Lidl/Kaufland mafia didn't allow that because they have that long fingers that they can even into politics.
@@Pidalin Thanks
@@TravelAddictGuyprices went up all over the world
@Pidalin I'm sorry to hear that they've done this in Czechia. Polish people have also complained to me here about higher prices. The USA has their highest inflation rate in decades. So, as you said, it's happening all over.
No it's not an annual income in Poland is 1/5 of the average American annual income. Only if you are visiting Poland it's cheaper, but if you love and work in Poland food is actually more expensive, eith people spending 60% or monthly earnings on food.
That's a fair point, so for Poles these prices would actually be expensive. I was just comparing prices to the USA.
Maybe half the income of the U.S. if not more. Poland = $49,060 (PPP, 2024)
US = $75,257(PPP, 2024). Wow....look at that..
@@user-js9ee2xo1k I don't think that most people earn that much money, especially where I'm from. Plus it's very expensive to live in most USA states.
@@user-js9ee2xo1k I looked up the average salary in Michigan (my home state) . It's $45,720 USD.
60% on food? Are you joking? I would say that most people spend close to 30% of their salary. To me, it is less than 10%, although my salary is quite good. I also eat more expensive options as I cook everything myself, eat a lot of meat, proteins and no processed food.
21:30 *and his funny "Żuen" are you French that you can't say B and R? what's interesting is that you pronounced "Ż" correctly, but it's not a German verb, it has to end with "EN", pronounce it a few times; "Żu-br", "Żu-br", "Żu-br" or maybe you will finally remember that it means bison in Polish...* 😂🦬🇵🇱
Ladybird 🐞
Maybe that's the British version, we call them lady bugs in the USA.
Biedronka is a low grade, as cheap as possible kind of store. Most stuff is acceptable quality, but there are exceptions. Bread is horrible there, try to locate an actual bakery.
I do visit a bakery near my house almost every day. I agree, it's better.
We ern les but have lower prices also food in usa is toxic and thats a not an joke
I know, the food in the USA is terrible. That's one of the reasons I left.
check the salary before u will say its cheap !
I said in the video that it's cheap for Americans.
Biedronka to syf bałagan kocioł drożyzna i mały wybór.
Thanks for sharing. Which store do you like?
@@TravelAddictGuy He's just one of those russian paid wankers. Don't pay attention.
Comment for algoritm : )
When you have western money? What the f..k zloty is estern money ? Or middle estern? Or something else?
I was talking about Euros or $USD.
Please stop thas disinformation, Biedronka isn't Polish at all but Portuguese. If you look for a polish grocery store than check Dino, Frac, Polomarket, Społem, Top Market and Topaz.
The title actually says, "A grocery store in Poland" . I was not aware that it was Portuguese owned when I made the video.
@@TravelAddictGuy And yet at 1:08 what you clearly said was „But today …to a Polish supermarket. It is called Biedronka”🤪
@@r0ko899 😁👍
It’s Portuguese not Polish but ok
owner is from PORTUGAL
I mean I see them all over Poland. Which grocery store should I have visited?
Am here for comments but they are all Polish :D
I'm surprised that people were upset by this video. 🤷🏻♂️
@@TravelAddictGuy If your looking for a nation with inferiority complex and delusions of grandeur at the same time you're in the right place :)
Que pasa kiełbasa 😅
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kurwa jak on patrzy na te ceny xD Polowe zle sprawdzal
It was hard to tell the prices, as many were not in the right place. Also, much of the writing was in Polish. I was also holding a camera in one hand.
Living in Bangkok i think the polish prices are absurd high..haha ...and america..well i eat and drink for less here in a day than a cheap hamburger cost in usa
That sounds incredible, Thai food is very delicious. Thanks for sharing.
@@TravelAddictGuy to be fair i almost never shop in grocerystores..its cheaper to eat out or buy food and take home if u are a 1 or 2 person household
I do buy fresh fruit and stuff like that a markes everyday thou
And you earn 200$?
@@Taki_tam_ktos Thailand is a "higher middle income" country and the ever growing thai middle class are living a life most ppl in the west only can dream about.
The average monthly salary in Thailand is 97,300 THB which is equivalent to 2705.78 USD
Me personally have a western salary and not even spending 25-30% of it living and working in Bangkok.
Next step Iraq. And say them what your country have done.
Check real purchase power not nominal one. I'm fed up with westeners being ignorant and doing such content...
Don't know if you have visited Zakopane, a wonderful little town close to Krakow. If you like getting out and about in the mountains you will love it there. Highly recommended 👍
@kikiandjasmine No, I haven't visited Zakopane yet. But I would like to.
@@TravelAddictGuy Anytime of the year is good for Zakopane. Popular for skiing too in the winter 👍
@@kikiandjasmine I'm not a skier, but I would love to visit.
@@TravelAddictGuyproper tourist place with many traps ;) but it's nice
@@kikiandjasminezakopane is overrated.
Nie bój, nie bój. Już niedługo.
Nie rozumien. ?
I welcome all USA citizens coming to live in poland. Just remember that property prices in Poland are higher than UK property prices. And you need to be careful not to jaywalking,as in Poland police will fine you for that. In UK you can cross the road at any time anywhere without any problem. Even at the front of police patrol :)
That's very kind of you. In the USA you can also be fined for Jaywalking, but it's rarely enforced. The police do patrol the highways very vigorously and will pull you over for the slightest infraction. Why are the property prices so high?
@@TravelAddictGuyProperty prices ar expensive because of short-sighted government programs that have stimulated demand. In addition, in the environment of interest-free deposits, capital has flowed into the real estate market, driving up prices of popertys. I'd steer away from places like Warsaw when you aren't in top 30% best earning poles, most people that live there and don't have good salary already have homes there.
@@poligrant5152 This is really good information. 👍
its so much cheaper becouse of wages compare wages to usa and poland big diffirence, poland almost dont have middle class.
That's a problem when there is no middle class. they are slowly breaking the middle class back in the USA.
Lol these youtubers making all of these videos about Poland know nothing about what goes on here and how average Poles live day to day
Yeah, I wonder why its cheaper, maybe because poles make 5x less than Americans ffs. Im my line of work, I make 35-40k usd a year. If i was an American doing the same I would earn around 100-150k USD. So dont say that living in Poland is cheaper than us - its not.
It sounds like you are in a high paying field. Many people I know earn a similar wage back in Michigan where I'm from. We are not a rich state and many people shop at Walmart to save money.
@@TravelAddictGuy yeah, you are right, I just got salty because of the recent mass layoffs. As I can see they are unfortunately a thing in the US and the EU alike. Thanks for the video, enjoyed watching it.
Honestly, I don’t care if Biedronka is Polish, Portuguese or Chinese. I don’t go there. It’s a low-end supermarket chain.
Ile 😂 tu polskiej propagandy sukcesu z kartonu😂😂😂😂