my typical weekly exito haul is around $50.. i carry two of those oversized exito bags back every time. i'm pretty frugal so others mileage may vary, but if i stay off of rappi i can eat very well all month for a few hundred bucks.
Many local products are of poor quality, meat in particular. Vegetables often last only a short time because unlike supermarkets in the US produce departments will hang on to items until they are literally rotting. And imported goods (and most expats will want at least some things from the home) are either difficult or very expensive (often two or three times the price in the US). Every potential expat thinks that they can live on only local goods. For most the realization that they are wrong comes very quickly. For two of us, with a mix of local and imported goods we spend around $200 a week without alcohol.
@@MedellinBuzz you carefully took low value items for your experiment. Not all of us live on tins of corn. You failed to mention that the cheese you bought is very different in taste and texture to that in the US and Europe (imported cheese is very expensive). You might have mentioned when you pulled that frozen chicken out that most chicken in Colombia has a yellow skin and is much, much more fatty than the stuff you get in the States. You took out pasta but avoided the tinned tomatoes to make the sauce. They run around $4 a tin recently. Good bread is expensive - not factory bread - we bought a loaf in a popular bakery the other day, COP 28k ($9). The pork you pulled out wouldn’t even make the display case in the States. Want US beef instead of local beef which doesn’t have the same taste. Supermarkets put security locks on US beef these days and most pieces are COP 200k ($60). To each his own? Well I’m not trying to convince people to come to Medellin as part of my business.
Thanks for the video, Andrew. Those "unhealthy food" tags on packaged food annoy me so much 😂The issue is they're just not accurate nor universally applicable. For example, I buy things like roasted almonds with salt, oat + almond milk, sports drinks for long training sessions, and I'm paying 5-10% extra because someone in the goverment arbitrarily decided that some excess % of sodium and/or added sugars is "unhealthy" and should be taxed. I get my bloods tested pretty often, and I NEED to be on a high sodium diet due to the amount of aerobic exerise I do. Just smh lol 🤦♂ Sorry for the rant!
This video is for foreigners, not locals, making the average Colombian salary. There are plenty of channels by locals for locals on YT. Perhaps you'd find what you're looking for there.
Yes, please post a pic of your receipt so we can see the valve of each item. I think you overshot $100 but will keep watching. You never know, it's Colombia :)
Loved the content. What I don't understand is the amount you got from the exchange. I made the same exchange thing and I got 400k pesos in Barranquilla at Exito. is there some sort of tax rate higher down there than in Barranquilla. And obviously, you'd get more groceries in any city in Colombia than any other city from the States
I don't even know how that is possible if the exchange rate hasn't been COP 4,000 to USD 1 since November 2023. Unless, if that's when you exchanged. But even then, most money exchange houses will give you less than the exchange rate in order to make money.
@@MedellinBuzz that’s great! I figured it was a little bit of a stretch for two weeks without eating out. I ask because my parents moved back to medellin a year ago from the states and I’ve been helping them with their budget. They spend $1,500,000 on groceries each month and I thought that was a bit high for two people.
Bro you wana drop that sunflower oil stright out your diet. Its pure poision for the humanbody. The only 3 oils that should be used is coconut , avacardo and olive oil for dressings
I've never used it. I usually only buy olive oil, but it's expensive here in Medellin, so for the video, I got the sunflower seed. Thanks for the info!
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my typical weekly exito haul is around $50.. i carry two of those oversized exito bags back every time. i'm pretty frugal so others mileage may vary, but if i stay off of rappi i can eat very well all month for a few hundred bucks.
Great stuff as always, my friend!
Seed oils are bad news. Stick with olive and especially avocado oil.
Many local products are of poor quality, meat in particular. Vegetables often last only a short time because unlike supermarkets in the US produce departments will hang on to items until they are literally rotting. And imported goods (and most expats will want at least some things from the home) are either difficult or very expensive (often two or three times the price in the US). Every potential expat thinks that they can live on only local goods. For most the realization that they are wrong comes very quickly. For two of us, with a mix of local and imported goods we spend around $200 a week without alcohol.
Damn that’s a lot. But to each his own.
@@MedellinBuzz you carefully took low value items for your experiment. Not all of us live on tins of corn. You failed to mention that the cheese you bought is very different in taste and texture to that in the US and Europe (imported cheese is very expensive). You might have mentioned when you pulled that frozen chicken out that most chicken in Colombia has a yellow skin and is much, much more fatty than the stuff you get in the States. You took out pasta but avoided the tinned tomatoes to make the sauce. They run around $4 a tin recently. Good bread is expensive - not factory bread - we bought a loaf in a popular bakery the other day, COP 28k ($9). The pork you pulled out wouldn’t even make the display case in the States. Want US beef instead of local beef which doesn’t have the same taste. Supermarkets put security locks on US beef these days and most pieces are COP 200k ($60). To each his own? Well I’m not trying to convince people to come to Medellin as part of my business.
@@truebrit3578 you seem like you’re very happy. You don’t need this info .
@@MedellinBuzz no I don’t but a more realistic view may be useful for those thinking of coming to Medellin.
@@truebrit3578 you seem to have it down. Thanks for the insight.
I buy my groceries there because I live 5 minutes walking distance. I will do the exercise buying the same and posting the receipt
Thanks for the video, Andrew. Those "unhealthy food" tags on packaged food annoy me so much 😂The issue is they're just not accurate nor universally applicable. For example, I buy things like roasted almonds with salt, oat + almond milk, sports drinks for long training sessions, and I'm paying 5-10% extra because someone in the goverment arbitrarily decided that some excess % of sodium and/or added sugars is "unhealthy" and should be taxed. I get my bloods tested pretty often, and I NEED to be on a high sodium diet due to the amount of aerobic exerise I do. Just smh lol 🤦♂ Sorry for the rant!
You can buy an entire D1 for $100 USD.
True lol
I got a vrbo with a nice kitchen gotta definitely do some cooking
Most definitely
Why no meat besides the lunch meat?
A weeks wages for the typical Colombian, try to keep it in perspective instead of increasing the amount of hate towards foreigners. Thank you.
This video is for foreigners, not locals, making the average Colombian salary. There are plenty of channels by locals for locals on YT. Perhaps you'd find what you're looking for there.
Gotta get the tor-til-las for the bean burritos!
The old riteeerz lol 😂
That's one cheese here in Norway!
Yes, please post a pic of your receipt so we can see the valve of each item. I think you overshot $100 but will keep watching. You never know, it's Colombia :)
Will do!!
Loved the content. What I don't understand is the amount you got from the exchange. I made the same exchange thing and I got 400k pesos in Barranquilla at Exito. is there some sort of tax rate higher down there than in Barranquilla. And obviously, you'd get more groceries in any city in Colombia than any other city from the States
I don't even know how that is possible if the exchange rate hasn't been COP 4,000 to USD 1 since November 2023. Unless, if that's when you exchanged. But even then, most money exchange houses will give you less than the exchange rate in order to make money.
It changes every week
How long will all this last you? Is it fair to assume that was a week or two weeks worth of groceries?
it's been two weeks, still got a good bit of it left. I do order Rappi and meet friends for lunch frequently so there's that.
@@MedellinBuzz that’s great! I figured it was a little bit of a stretch for two weeks without eating out. I ask because my parents moved back to medellin a year ago from the states and I’ve been helping them with their budget. They spend $1,500,000 on groceries each month and I thought that was a bit high for two people.
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the fresh & supersized fruit and veg are my favorite part! 🤌
Same here!
Could you have ordered all of that food on Rappi if you wanted to?
Yes, going to do a video on that to see what the difference is.
100%.. i do it all the time. get rappi premium and it's the same price as in the stores.
Is there a way you can show us an itemized receipt so I can compare each item to US prices.
We spent almost $200 American dollars, and it is not as much as you brought.😢
Damn! What city?
Queens NYC
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Bro you wana drop that sunflower oil stright out your diet. Its pure poision for the humanbody. The only 3 oils that should be used is coconut , avacardo and olive oil for dressings
I've never used it. I usually only buy olive oil, but it's expensive here in Medellin, so for the video, I got the sunflower seed. Thanks for the info!
No puntos card?
Yeah we just give our ID #
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I would've bought more meat
Stop having sunseed oil or canola buy Oilve or coconut pretty sure financially stable enough to handle it !!