Suva - Post Report Question and Answers
How would you describe the availability and cost of groceries and household supplies relative to your home country?
Limited and pricey. While the land is good for farming in Fiji, locally grown items are limited and almost everything is imported. And when items run out it can be awhile before they show back up. Expect to pay US $50-60 for a case of Fijian beer. Expect to pay more than US $10 for a pint of strawberries (when you can find them). Get the name of the butcher on the other side of the island and have meat delivered. That being said, bananas, limes, mangos, pineapples that are local are some of the best you will ever taste. Also, Amazon Prime Pantry will become your friend. - Oct 2018
For local produce (pineapples, papaya, watermelon, lettuce, carrots, bananas, coconuts) prices are very cheap. Meat is almost double the price of State-side pricing. Fish is very cheap (and tasty). Lobster, crab and shrimp are almost non-existent as they are shipped to the resorts first. Anything imported is quite expensive, such as canned goods, cheese (is insane), berries. - Apr 2016
