Grocery Shopping in Dominican Republic is ...

#Streetfood #Jamaica #Travel #shopping
One of the first things I like doing in a new country is to go to the supermarket, not only because I need to eat but I need to see what the cost of basic items are. Santo Domingo isn't the cheapest country I've been in for groceries but the prices are not bad.
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[@MyFullFiguredLife]

Wow so much cheaper! Everytime I go to DR I make sure to get their honey and vanilla to bring back home 💛

[@SueShanel]

Cost of living and how much Dominicans are able to pay.

[@luismanuelreyesRD]

Greetings from Dominican Republic!! 🇩🇴 I hope you enjoyed our country

[@SOAIVLOGS]

Loved it!

[@StacyBianco]

I have been watching your channel for a while now and it’s always so informative and entertaining. Just wanted to take a moment to let you know that I found this episode in particular very interesting and fun. Thanks for bringing us along! Enjoy your trip. 😊

[@SOAIVLOGS]

Thanks Stacy 😁

[@F.O.I.Number2]

Fabulous does not disinfect it just gives a good smell for a minute. You never see it used in hospitals first clue.

[@NickyInParadise]

I just started my living in Dominican Republic KZbin. I'm definitely going to support your channel. Good luck Brother. 👍

[@tommykelvingomezjimenez9136]

The price for those limes is per pound (lbs). So for $1 you get like 5 or 6 limes.

[@SOAIVLOGS]

Good point!!!!

[@kadesaanderson9756]

I remember the days when I never had to look at the prices,because they were stable,not anymore,I have to watch the prices these days Costco is a life saver,it got so bad I couldn't shop at the grocery store no more and Costco was our life saver The only thing with Costco,you have to go early to catch a parking space,and don't try to get gas there if not around 10 am❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@welditjamaica]

✈️ 🧑‍✈️ 😂🎉, bredda 👀 ,that must be a whole month worth of groceries by the looks of it 😂😂❤🎉 , looks like we are in for a long trip peeps 🧑‍✈️✈️

[@jaybrown2212]

💯👍 Were you intouch with Wode Maya while he was in Jamaica?

[@Mywatch]

That guy Chubby 😂!!Can't go wrong!! 9:48

[@kadesaanderson9756]

I love how you add the exchange rate

[@kadesaanderson9756]

The last time I came back, airport security asked me if I have cook food from Jamaica and I said no,the way he asked me I realized he was doing something very illegal 😅😅😅😅😅

[@UPEASTHAITIANZ]

Fab is well known in Haiti Any powder detergent is call fab in Haiti 😅

[@angellafraser638]

I started a new soai play list for 2024,soai pack is vlogs with so much information and love❤❤❤❤

[@t_unique888]

The avocados home make these in Texas look like raisins 🥴

[@annettejohnson2683]

One of those shelf stable milks that you picked up was lactose free for those with milk allergies. It is a good idea to buy the long life milk as it does not have to be in the refrigerator until after it is opened.

[@nickgrant205]

Cost of living is much less than Jamaica. Their fruits and vegetables are around 70% cheaper than yard. I don’t understand why our fruits and veg. are so expensive

[@SOAIVLOGS]

Same, I don’t know why

[@stevestevens502]

even the locally grown produce...

[@kadesaanderson9756]

Soai,every year,over 100 million USA families look for affordable places around the world to take there families,the beaches,the lakes, amusement parks etc When you visit other countries you got to show some beaches or hiking places Jamaica is reaping great success from you Jamaican KZbinrs ❤❤❤❤

[@soniadaniel6295]

I work in a supermarket in the USA so I watch people grocery shop around the world to see what foods they are choosing and the prices of they products . I suggest you get an IKEA bag for shopping more items in one place instead of multiple bags.

[@globbie4241]

Another thing at most Supermercado Nacional you can buy cooked food by the kilo at a reasonable price.However,saltfish is expensive everywhere you go.

[@kadesaanderson9756]

We pay 6.65 for 24 eggs at costco,18 eggs at Kroger is from 5,99 to 6,99,walmart is a little cheaper and I only buy eggland brand eggs

[@os8051]

Those eggs actually cost $110 pesos Dominican currency if you convert that to USA currency is $1.86 cents dollar pretty Better to what’s you pay in USA like 5 sum for just 14 eggs hell nah

[@kadesaanderson9756]

Food is so expensive these days,but many things are coming down,we normally cook oxtail at Christmas,we didn't this Christmas, oxtail was 14 USA per pound,I got some at Costco this week for 8 USA per pound was so happy And 5 pounds of plantain for 3.49,I grab 2 bags,lol😅😅😅😅

[@kadesaanderson9756]

Call up a few of the restaurants and find out how much they buy saltfish for and make a deal or something where you make a profit and they come out still paying less soai❤❤❤❤❤

[@globbie4241]

Supermercado Nacional is also hood to shop at.Talking of Fabuloso the hotels dont really use such I formerly stayed at Hotel Atalaya on Avenida Contreras in Santo Domingo and whatever the maid used for cleaning it was good and I beileve it was a combination of various cleaning stuff and she used fabric softener as well.

[@mirroreffectchannel]

Go see how much that cart would cost in Jamaica, these some helpful tips

[@kadesaanderson9756]

Live in America 30 years and I cannot eat the Kroger brand eggs,I use to throw up so bad from it,and I found the eggland brand eggs,taste just like eggs from Jamaica so the last 30 years eggland,two years ago we switch to Costco brand❤❤❤❤❤

[@globbie4241]

Boy I asked about you now that Wode Maya is now in Jamaica but your friend has helped him and Miss Trudy a great deal

[@JuniorRD1994klk]

Hello, I am Dominican, thank you for visiting us. If you had gone to the Olé supermarket, the purchase you made would have been cheaper.

[@kadesaanderson9756]

Soai,you better bring a suitcase of saltfish back to Jamaica and have somebody sell it at the market or sell it yourself at the market ❤❤❤❤❤

[@michellejennings4176]

Salt fish thick n nice

[@WarrenFearchild]

Dominican Saltfish is from Norway

[@kadesaanderson9756]

While you driving to these restaurants you sell the saltfish to the restaurants,like tia who restaurant got burn down Saltfish is expensive in Jamaica ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@ramatgan1]

Those prices are expensive. Here in Somalia you could these things for a 1/3 of the price there.

[@sandraalmonte6449]

How much money you make in somalia? This is the point

[@erinbarrow4819]

Hello Stephen happy Saturday

[@Rockmoney]

Bro salute General. We got to get your views back up. It’s like KZbin ain’t put you in the right demographic. They messing with you bro 😊

[@Ali4Begginers]

Love your content

[@SOAIVLOGS]

Thank you!

[@kadesaanderson9756]

The demand is very high in Jamaica for saltfish and it's not in the dominion Republic ❤❤❤❤

[@kadesaanderson9756]

Yes,the cubby😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@luismanuelreyesRD]

Fruits and vegetables are cheeper outside of the supermarket also there are supermarket brands way cheaper and the same good quality: wala brand, olé brand, bravo brand. You'll find everything and cheaper so i usually go to those supermarkets: Olé, Bravo, La sirena and Apresio the two last one owe the wala brand and the others one their respective names: olé brand and bravo brand. So if you move well around you'll save a bunch of money.

[@SOAIVLOGS]

Thanks for the tips!

[@UPEASTHAITIANZ]

Fabuloso is fabolous for Brooklyn.😅

[@davidlue4029]

Maybe supply n demand for price of salt fish

[@Elconcon809]

117 usd Not bad at All bro 💪 😊enjoy

[@kadesaanderson9756]

You can bring ackee to the USA? I didn't think we could,I remember one time I brought my cook food and when I reach Atlanta an officer asked me if it was cook food from Jamaica and he said I wasnt allow to bring it into the country and I gave it to him,he eat my food infront of me To this day I still felt like he lied to me but I never bring food from Jamaica to the USA❤❤❤❤

[@truthandjustice.1182]

Really??

[@globbie4241]

Another thing at most Supermercado Nacional you can buy cooked food by the kilo at a reasonable price.However,saltfish is expensive everywhere you go.If that supermarket is called 365 then perhaps they have changed the names or under new management.Wow you had a good shopping for that price my friend.Not too bad.I used to shop once per month and pick up any little chuckaments that might be needed later.

[@SOAIVLOGS]

Yea shoo at Nacional, and jumbos

[@djdenzillkitchenandadventu8017]

Nice video

[@deanhamilton9280]

Well that saltfish in Florida is about $12 to $13.

[@SOAIVLOGS]

Yuuuuuup!

[@Morrikd]

$2 Uber? I would be rich out there

[@SOAIVLOGS]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@oneilop7156]

That a lot of food

[@kadesaanderson9756]

Been here 7 years and I still forget to like and share these Gems❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂

[@SOAIVLOGS]

🤣🤣🤣

[@DarkAngelBright]

Wtf why its so expensive 😂😂😂inflation hits DR so bad 😢 still cheaper here in ASEAN 😅 your whole cart 🛒 can cost here maybe 3-4 thousand pesos atleast here in the Philippines 🇵🇭😅

[@christian66ca]

boys like big ones too

[@wendynunez3406]

If you really want to inform people you have to be honest and also go to the supermarket, like Nacional or Bravo and they have all the things we have in ny, I just hate and people have blogs to inform and are not informing

[@SueShanel]

You can compare $1 for $1 because many food and non-food items are imported right? An economy with a currency of little value compared to the US $ that is also importing food will have its citizens paying more $$$. Additionally, in comparison to Caribbean countries, the cost of producing the same items should be similar however Jamaica's currency is so devalued that companies there criminally charge the citizens more in comparison to DR etc. Countries know how much their citizens especially average can afford to pay.

[@michellejennings4176]

Hey Cuz

[@kadesaanderson9756]

Why Jamaica grocery store food so expensive,the Chinese own most of the grocery store and control the price of most food products,I try to support black own grocery store because they may show us some mercy on the price of food❤❤❤❤

[@zndrsmith]

Not quite true about the Chinese ownership of grocery stores being the reason why things are so expensive. There is a “get rich quick mentality with many Jamaicans” of all color so they put high mark ups on their products. Then there is the government that charges heavy duty fees on many of the products, and we import most things in Jamaica. We make less things now than 15 years ago, even St. Mary’s banana chips I have seen marked product of the Dominican Republic. If I go shopping from the vendors and they find out I’m not living in Jamaica they jack up the prices. The authorities charge US$25 to get into Dunn’s river falls it should be closer to US$15. This all makes Jamaica one of the most expensive places in the Caribbean

[@luismanuelreyesRD]

What is interesting Dominican Chinese groceries and shops tend to be cheaper

[@zndrsmith]

@@luismanuelreyesRD For the most part they are also cheaper in Jamaica and in the capital Downtown Kingston if you buy 3 or more of the same items you get them at a wholesale rate. But if you are comparing them to a Pricemart which is a membership store then the Chinese store may work out more expensive but you don’t have a membership fee.

[@user-qr8jz8qx9j]

Any other Caribbean country is cheaper than Jamaica

[@kadesaanderson9756]

😅😅😅😅😅😅 truth❤❤❤❤❤

[@stevestevens502]

bahamas is expensive AF

[@welingtonogando]

Lime 69 peso pound

[@SOAIVLOGS]

Si

[@toneybrandon9700]

I haven't watched you in a while colaz smith has took your place you are to inconsistent