Medan - Post Report Question and Answers

How would you describe the availability and cost of groceries and household supplies relative to your home country?

I buy most of my fruit and vegetables at the local market and it is pretty cheap. I buy a kilo of tomatoes for less than a dollar and most vegetables are that cheap. The rest of my food I buy it in the supermarket. I buy in Brastaggi, Smarco, and transmart. Most of what I buy there is milk, spaghetti sauce, pasta, and cereal. Milk is about $1.20, sauce about 2 dollars, spaghetti is about 2 dollars, and cereal about 2.20 dollars. I buy Fruit Loops, Rice Krispies, and corn flakes because they are the cheapest. There are some foods from Australia, New Zealand and the United States. I have bought BBQ sauce, steak sauce, tacos, tortillas and so on, but it is expensive. Most international food is pretty expensive but I have found the products I can use that are affordable. Cheese and any dairy products are expensive and in my opinion, not good at all. We have stopped buying any dairy products. Brand soap is more expensive but I have been able to buy some of the ones I use home for about the same price. - Nov 2021


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