Food Shopping in ITALY. REALISTIC COST of EVERYDAY LIFE in ITALY PART 1

Hi guys, welcome back to another video.
This is the first video in a series of 2. The first video will be about our expenses from the 1st to the 15th of April. Episode 2 will be about our expenses from the middle to the end of the month.
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[@MrGrand2000]

Thanks for being open about your expenses..We have people with channels that are so secretive about everything

[@rossinniandco]

Hi ET. I think some topics can be sensitive to different people. Opening up is certainly not easy as there are some mean people out there. Hope you found the information useful 👍

[@love-dx8lp]

Your monthly expenses $1300 is not bad. At our house, for a family of four( husband and I, 17yrs old and 11yrs old), our monthly expenses just for going out to eat and buyning food at the grocery store is over $3,000. When we order the food at the restaurant, we order for 3 people. Going out to eat is about $120.00. And we eat out 3 or 4 times a week. And that's mainly on the weekends. My kids share and they don't eat alot in one meal. Inflation is cruel here in America. Wish you all the best!!!

[@rossinniandco]

Thanks Love007. We don't eat much out but when we do it is cheaper in comparison to OZ for the quality of what we get. This is only half the month though so far. What has made it really expensive is the fact that in April we had to pay the plumber for doing the set up of the natural gas. Thanks for watching and sharing your experience on your part of the 🌎

[@edwinneill5172]

Love Palatta, beautiful place.

[@reginahinkle7507]

Nice Vlog! Thank you so much.

[@rossinniandco]

Thanks for watching Regina 🤗

[@odettefurtado4065]

Thank you, another great video 👍❤️😊

[@rossinniandco]

Thanks Odette 🤗

[@paulcousins1371]

Thanks for sharing guys, seeing bills gives such a realistic picture, I think costs are also linked to choice rather than necessity☺️

[@rossinniandco]

For sure. It can be cheaper or way more expensive. It depends on choice as you say

[@jeffconley819]

Happy Sunday !!!!

[@rossinniandco]

Dame to you Jeff

[@aleina5899]

Thank you. I was especially interested to see the macelleria prices and how they stack up against supermarket prices. Good to see that they do and in some items cheaper.

[@rossinniandco]

Hi Aleina. Macelleria and supermarket prices are very similar actually. A few months ago we tried a macelleria elsewhere that had cheaper prices but we didn't feel right when we were eating the meat from there so we didn't go back.

[@Ponkelina]

Wow the most realistic video I've seen on living in Italy. Thank you for sharing that. I must admit, I thought it was cheaper to live in Italy than that. I think I am behind the times! This was a really good video. I applaude you. Well done. I'm looking forward to part two. Are there no buses in your village/town? Is that why you had to drive to Campobasso to get the bus?

[@rossinniandco]

Hi Ponkelina. There are buses from our town to Termoli, and then from there a different bus to Campobasso. We had to catch the bus from Campobasso to Termoli as we took out car to be serviced there. Then a friend offered to pick us up in Termoli and took us home, which saved us like 20min 🤗 Working on video 2 right now 😉

[@emiliaavagyan781]

Not cheap at all life in Italy . Same prices as in US . But I did not see prices fof phone internet bread butter honey . Those are necessary as well . Someone said below these are not necassary rather a choice . I dont agree . This I think small portion of necessary ecpenses . Detergents clothing is not included and many others as well . Overall very interesting . Thank you

[@rossinniandco]

Hi Bobby. This is only up until the 15th of April so there's more to come. Some things won't make it into the next video as there are things we don't buy every month. For example olive oil is €8/Lt and we buy a 5Lt tin so that will go a long way. Same thing with clothing, plus clothing is a really tricky thing since quality and prices vary so much. I made a video of prices of things a few months ago that you may find useful, will link it below, but still prices vary among supermarkets so it's just a general idea. 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqumZJ95ndOCr9E

[@lucigeddes6529]

Great video - this one was most useful to me in terms of costs! I will be alone for most part as my daughter will be travelling so the cost will be half that of yours!. I sit here converting prices to our currency to see whether or not its cheaper but most times its cheaper in Italy even to buy a home. I'm still trying to figure out the gas and the other utility charges but will eventually get there. Thanks Fiorella, great job on this one.

[@rossinniandco]

Thanks Luci. I think for most people the biggest difference would be to not have a mortgage or high council rates, body corporate fees any more. Also, the fact that for the most part you can eat locally produced food that is non GMO, so hopefully in the long-term health would be better. I should be doing the second part of this video as soon as the month is up. In the meantime, I made another video a few months that discuss gas and electricity bills 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqumZJ95ndOCr9E

[@carollogue8218]

Oh my goodness! I would spend so much less due to my age and meatless diet. Plus I love cooking so no meals out. Maybe once a month! Interesting though. Keep up with your videos. I enjoy them very much. 🇨🇦

[@rossinniandco]

Thanks so much Carol 😀

[@carollogue8218]

@@rossinniandco you are so welcome. We are planning on retiring in Italy in 4 years and are hoping that the Italian government will let Canadians purchase and live there by them!

[@rossinniandco]

Hi guys. It's not the Italian government that made the decision. The Canadian government broke the reciprocal agreement with many countries to 'decrease' foreign investment in Canada, as a consequence the other party has to do the same, so Canadians can't purchase in Italy as much as Italians can't purchase in Canada now. So in reality you have JT to thank for putting so many Canadians in this pickle! 🤷‍♀️

[@carollogue8218]

Yes. It is definitely the Canadian government to blame for this situation.

[@rossinniandco]

It's a shame. Hopefully it can be sorted soon 🤗

[@estelladog1]

WOW! What a nice looking town. Just lovely. I cannot wait to find a nice new home in the next couple years, once I can leave where I am now! So looking forward to it. You must freeze everything (I would think) to get it to last or stay fresh the 15-30 days required. Here the mortadella would not last several days maximum before going bad. It all looks great. Nothing better than an actual butcher!

[@rossinniandco]

The mortadella doesn't last long because we love it! 🤣 Hopefully you find a beautiful town too 🤗

[@violetaarcher8296]

I see a chocolate trend... you guys love it! :)

[@rossinniandco]

We love food and my hips are starting to show 🤣

[@maryviolasse2846]

So helpful...grazie.

[@rossinniandco]

You're welcome 🤗

[@maryviolasse2846]

@@rossinniandco ❤

[@joanneromano1234]

What about staples? Pasta ,condiments, veggies, fruit, bread, cheese? Etc.Etc..? Maybe a day by day expenditure would be more realistic? With the big meat haul figured in for the month? But loving your videos and thanks for sharing your new life!

[@rossinniandco]

Hi Joanne. We often don't need to buy vegetables as we get some from our garden and our friends and neighbours gift them to us. For other items we haven't bought in April, you may find this video useful 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqumZJ95ndOCr9E

[@katerinasaval7673]

super

[@mr-vet]

My wife and I have a, tentative, 5 year plan to move to Italy (or Spain). We currently live an hour west of Washington DC…have lived in the area for 20 years or so total. .

[@rossinniandco]

How exciting. All the best with your research, it is a very important part of the process 👍

[@jean-philippeplanas9682]

Grazie infinite Fiorella and Aden per questo video molto piacevole. Era molto interssante di vedere questa "svuota la spesa" e anche i prezzi di tutti i prodotti che avete comprato. Mi sa che compriate cose di alto livello di qualità, soprattutto per quanto riguarda la carne, e quindi sono magari un po' cari.

[@rossinniandco]

Hi Jean-Philippe, certain meats like ventricina are expensive, but I think the red meat we buy is pretty average. We get different types to mix it up, for example between meat for soup which is cheaper and steak which is more expensive. The quality is very good, even mince meat is made from a nice cut and minced in front of you

[@jean-philippeplanas9682]

@@rossinniandco Thank you for these details.

[@jimm8682]

Eating out seems to be cheaper than anywhere else we have been to, or maybe smaller Italian cities have cheaper restaurants?……Yes that makes sense….less tourists.😊

[@rossinniandco]

Yes, some touristy places really try to rip people off!

[@mca200tq]

Are you working on your citizenship through the local comune in montecilfone, or are you applying in a bigger city like termoli? I've read that you can apply through any comune, but their interest and/or experience can make a big difference from town to town, kind of like our dmv system in the united states. That's something that's nearly as important as the location itself, is having a good comune to help with citizenship and integration in general. This was a great video! It's nice to see how affordably you can eat/live depending on how you want to live. For us, the local butcher, deli, and fruit/vegetable market is where the best food is found, and it also looks like it's the least expensive. Win-win!

[@rossinniandco]

Hi. Thanks for watching 😉 We are doing it locally, but they also depend on the Italian consulate in the country/city you're originally from.

[@angelosinatra7310]

That’s cheap in USA Utah un meal is just 24?$ without tip. 4 people is around 100$ minimun

[@rossinniandco]

😧

[@katerinasaval7673]

Grazie mille

[@rossinniandco]

Thanks for watching Katerina

[@sonyasvab8238]

Hi thanks for this very helpful. Can I ask if you have had to do a driving test?

[@rossinniandco]

Hi Sonya, not yet we still have quite a few months to go

[@linagutierrez7568]

Es caro vivir en Italia, es un hermoso país, tengo la suerte de visitar a mi hija que vive en Milan, y si, es my cara la vida. Lástima, porque es un país maravilloso. Gracias por mostrarnos cómo es el costo, viviendo en un pueblo pequeño. Abrazos desde California.

[@rossinniandco]

Abrazos Lina 😀

[@retireesabroad169]

Always good information, we would like to know what you're paying in Italy for income taxes? No one is sharing that information. We're visiting in 30 days and would love to live in Southern Italy we know most things are much less and excellent quality. However, Europe overall seems to have very high income and death taxes compared to the USA.

[@rossinniandco]

Hi guys, I think for the average person is difficult to do a video on taxes since it depends on Soo many things, including income bracket, activity, whether your country of origin has a reciprocal tax agreement in Italy, how long you have been in Italy and whereabouts in Italy you are, your age...the list goes on. There are some guys on YT that have very good videos for foreigners youtube.com/@esentaxa and there's another one channel Italian citizenship assistance that has videos on the topic youtube.com/@ItalianCitizenshipAssistance Hope this helps

[@Marcellusmars]

Nice overview with the expenses. Just wondering how many hours you guys work a week.

[@rossinniandco]

Hi Marcel. Not sure how that's relevant but it depends on what we have going on

[@alexanderkorolov8264]

Thank you and greetings from Melbourne! What is your feeling about your current expenses in comparison to similar expenses in Australia?

[@rossinniandco]

Hi Alexander, that's a great question! In Australia our groceries bill was a lot more than here. Going out to restaurants was really expensive and we hardly ever did that. The most we did to treat ourselves was to have Uber eats on the weekend, go to Grill'd for a burger every now and then, and/or go to a cafe for coffee (a cooked breakfast was also a rare luxury). Here eating out doesn't make you feel like you're going to go broke and often we can even shout friends when we go to the bar for coffee and pastries. We could not do that in OZ. Council taxes are way lower and we don't have the huge burden of body corporate fees! For us, the electricity bill is about the same and we have a bigger house here. Water and rubbish don't know yet as the bill is issued yearly. Gas bill (cooking) we're still figuring out, but for now we know that when we use a gas bottle we can save more. Car insurance is about 30% more expensive here than for us in OZ. One of the reasons is that here we're considered new drivers with no history. Petrol/Diesel is more expensive here, but we're not commuting as much so it lasts longer. Not paying a mortgage is one of the biggest changes for us! I feel that in general, we can live here with less. Hope this info helps

[@alexanderkorolov8264]

@@rossinniandco thank you for such a detailed answer! Mortgage has grown up significantly in the last half year. We are a mid income family of two and we used to think that we earn enough to save. Not anymore. We are hoping to join you in Italy one day!

[@rossinniandco]

That would be great guys 🤗☀️ I know that many Aussies move to South East Asia for the same reasons but we don't enjoy that type of weather and people end up spending a lot of money to live in 'safe' area

[@jimmyobrien6816]

Was the gas bill of €550 for one month ?? Did that cover your heating and hot or just cooking ? Thanks

[@rossinniandco]

Hi Jimmy. €550 was for the set up of the natural gas service by the plumber. The house didn't have gas when we purchased it

[@alexhatcher8812]

What waa the 550 cover for the gas?

[@rossinniandco]

It was the cost to do drawings of the project bring the gas from the mains outside to the inside of the house and to do the actual job. Here, a plumber needs to present a project to the gas company and explain where the pipes will go, then when it gets approved works can commence. So the €550 was for that, not for the consumption. Here is a video on consumption 👇 kzbin.info/www/bejne/ap23hJ6VnKaWjMk

[@jeffconley819]

The bill for your gas ( 550 euros) is really high compared to my town. Our bill monthly is around 100 US dollars.

[@rossinniandco]

Hi Jeff. That's the connection bill, not the usage/consumption bill itself

[@NancysBungalowLife]

@@rossinniandco I was going to ask - it seemed a lot!

[@qasion]

The 550 for gas was one time fee right?

[@rossinniandco]

Hi Omar. Yes, that was a one off payment for plumbing works to set up what was needed so that the has company could connect the gas. It included some technical drawings that need to be provided to the gas company to approve the connection

[@RaymondHaag]

Did that include your gas hook up.

[@rossinniandco]

Hi Raymond. That's the cost of the gas connection and set up by the plumber, it doesn't include consumption

[@patobrien6364]

So expensive ? The meat especially Might be interesting how much 12 eggs, 1kg sugar, 1 litre milk, 500g coffee, 500g butter/spread, loaf of bread, single coffee, single standard pastry, 500ml water etc etc ? Just a suggestion

[@rossinniandco]

Hi Pat, yes some things are expensive but remember that Italy has a ban on GMO foods so the quality is very high. I made a video about the prices of basic products a few months that you may find useful 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqumZJ95ndOCr9E

[@miamidalia2876]

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[@rossinniandco]

👍

[@judit1783]

I save a lot of money because I am red meat free and no pets!

[@rossinniandco]

Do you eat pork? Pork is considerably cheaper here in Molise in comparison to beef