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| Some of the groceries. |
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| It's nice to have a few familiar brands. |
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| See that? Right there... Blue bag.. COFFEE - NOT instant! |
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| Some necessary baking items for muffins and pancakes. |
We have a store within walking distance (well... when it's this hot, nothing is really walking distance, but after dark it's not too terrible) called LuLu's. It caters to the ex-pats that live in our compound and there are A LOT of American goods... a lot... They are VERY pricey, but it's nice to have some familiar items, especially for the kids. We've been doing our grocery shopping there since we arrived, but today, we went to Carrefour, which is much bigger and still has a great selection. I decided to take a few pictures (that wasn't everything, just what fit in the picture), so you could see some of what we see. The kids were so excited to see the Oreos (and I was so excited that they were on promotion). I was also super happy to find syrup! P and M don't eat eggs, toast, or the like, so without syrup, it's been cereal... Which is fine normally, but here (their familiar brands) it costs like $7 a box! I've dealt with it this week, but now that we have flour, sugar, and syrup... breakfast will venture beyond cereal.
It's also fun for A and I to have some familiar things that we remembered from our years in Morocco. Dannette puddings, brown eggs (yes, I know they have them in the States too...), Ariel laundry soap (Tide was cheaper today though), and nutella (yes - we had this in the States, but I was introduced to it by my good friend S in Morocco)...
How does the fresh and bulk stuff look?
ReplyDeleteSo far, not much bulk... Fresh is ok, but expensive because everything (or nearly) is imported. Things like blueberries are VERY expensive. There's a good selection of nuts etc, but again expensive. There are several varieties of soy milk, but I haven't found soy yogurt (there is a good selection of regular yogurt, which we don't mind). There's a very good selection of rices and grains, and I found tofu at a decent price yesterday and Carrefour. We've just upped our food budget significantly, but decreased our fuel budget... We figure we'll have to spend around $30 a month on fuel, where in the States, our budget was $250 (but we often went over with travel). Hope that helps. :)
ReplyDeleteSounds a bit like Alaska, with food coming from Outside. Watch the expiration dates! When we moved to Indiana, I was amazed that a gallon of milk was stamped with a date way longer than the 4 days we were used to in AK. You may need to get used to some shorter "use by" times since the foods have been travelling a while before coming to your home. Thanks for sharing your grocery adventures! When will you go to the open market-I am assuming they have them there somewhere. I can picture Pb pretending to be Princess Jasmine....what fun! anne
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