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Food prices and assortment in California supermarkets: Ukrainian experience

What does a supermarket look like in Los Angeles and what are the prices for groceries? In that Voice of America Victoria Lisetskaya, a former TV presenter of the Ukrainian news channel, and after moving to California, a blogger and just a mother, helped to figure it out.

“Today I promised my children a vegetable stew and baked chicken, so we will buy meat, more precisely chicken. We will also buy vegetables, ”Lisetskaya comments.

She chose to buy a popular supermarket in the city with reasonable prices and a wide range of natural products.

“There is a large selection in the vegetable department, you can buy individually and in packages,” explains the former TV presenter.

A package of Vika potatoes cost $ 3.

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“Next, we need zucchini. In general, I like to buy a week in advance. Here, no one will push you, if you choose some products, people will wait for you while you are considering your product, no one will go in, ”the blogger notes.

In American supermarkets, foods are labeled "organic" or not. Also, natural products can be recognized by the price - they are always more expensive.

“The taste of inorganic zucchini, it seems to me, is practically the same as organic, the price difference is $ 1,” says Victoria.

She charges organic for $ 3,39.

“Let's buy an avocado, we're in California. His choice is also colossal. One large avocado costs $ 1,5. You can buy with nets, ”explains Victoria.

The next item on the list is salad. And for those who do not like to chop vegetables, there is a special department - a real miracle.

“Here all salads are sliced ​​at once, any. That is, you can buy chopped cabbage, chopped greens, or immediately a mixture. It all costs about the same, perhaps a little more than you would buy everything separately and cut it at home. But this is what a saving of time, ”the Ukrainian woman notes.

“My subscribers are always surprised that there are no fat people around me. Yes, they are not - we live in California. There is now a trend for healthy eating, at least in my social circle, people do not practice the use of cola, chips, M & M's, Skittles for breakfast for children. These are scary stories about Americans. On the contrary, their children eat salads and boiled broccoli, ”said the immigrant.

The next stop is fruit.

“We can eat watermelons and melons for a whole year. Throughout the year we savor strawberries, blueberries, blueberries, raspberries and other goodies. This is very cool!" - says the blogger.

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And let's move on to the meat. Victoria takes organic chicken thighs, which cost nearly $ 8 for an 800g pack.

“The skin was immediately removed from this chicken, there are no bones. These are chicken thighs - one of my favorite foods here, ”Victoria shared her preferences.

She did not have a good relationship with American smoked meats.

“What struck me most about American food is that there is a lot of sugar everywhere. Can you imagine a ham with honey? That's horrible! It is impossible to eat, but meat is very popular here. That is, you take a piece of ham, and it is sweet, ”says Lisetskaya.

The supermarket has a large selection of cheeses, broths and broths of various types, there are many products unusual for foreigners. And among this "stuff" it turned out to be a real puzzle for Vika to find bread.

“American bread is just awful, no offense to Americans. It is usually sweet - it is impossible to eat it if it is not fried in a toaster, ”the immigrant complains.

Even with a large selection of different milk - almond, coconut, oatmeal, with and without lactose - Vika cannot find cottage cheese for cheesecakes. In her opinion, Ukrainians have a slightly different idea of ​​desserts.

“Sugar cakes are smeared with sugar cream. Once in my life I have tasted their popular "rainbow cake", that is, rainbow cake. I limited myself to one spoon, because it’s impossible to eat, ”said the Ukrainian.

How much did the purchases in the supermarket cost? Victoria added cider, frozen pizza, smoked oysters and ready-made guacamole to the basket. You also need to add the California sales tax to the price. All this cost $ 80,23 (tax included). Vika buys sweets, bread and dairy products from Armenians.

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“Every week I go to a store where the owners are Armenians, that’s why we call it “Armenian.” There are a lot of imported products there, in particular from Ukraine,” emphasizes Victoria Lisetskaya.

In North Hollywood we find an Armenian supermarket. Here you can buy kefir, Ukrainian butter, and Lvovskoe beer, even buckwheat.

“Ukrainian buckwheat costs $ 2,99 here,” the blogger said.

This supermarket also sells dumplings, dumplings, gingerbread and waffles. Vika paid $ 15 for pita bread, kefir, cottage cheese and a chocolate bar. She says she spends hundreds of dollars a month on groceries.

“The average family here eats up to $ 1,5 thousand a month. We cannot do this, we are a family of three, that is, we are a little smaller. In addition, we know how to save money, find some kind of share and so on, ”explains the Ukrainian.

On average, an American family of three earns about $ 8 a month, of which they spend $ 1 on groceries. The purchases made that day for Victoria, her son and husband will last for 3-4 days.

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