GROCERY SHOPPING IN THE USA | EXPENSIVE, BAD, AND RIDICULOUS

[@MichelleElsten]

I can't believe that there aren't more people complaining about the price of food. I know many people who have money and it doesn't really affect them. But my husband got sick during Covid, lost his job, and now I am approaching the age of retirement and can barely buy food. I take care of an elderly parent, a grandchild, and work 4 days a week just to buy groceries. I am absolutely exhausted. I appreciate your input on these things.

[@FeelingShred]

in my region not only the prices spiked but they also started messing with the TASTE changing the formulas (dilluting stuff, putting less ingredients etc) I never imagined that in my adult life I would see such a drastic change happen so quickly... it's so scary

[@ozito4]

Thank you Haley. Very well said. Keep bringing us your insightful videos. Hoping Mike, your hubby, is adjusting well to Florida. This coming from fellow Floridian. Happy Holidays & a great new year to u both.

[@HayleyAlexis]

I think Mike loves Florida more than I do

[@lismi9178]

@@HayleyAlexis 😆

[@inesjones5361]

Hi Haley! The social issues/ politics have become a disaster here Like with all things there needs to be a balance. Frohe Weihnachten. 🎄✨️

[@tedellerby]

Hi! from Kaiserslautern, Germany!!!😁Loved your video! Everything you said is true! I am an American that came to Germany in 1972 with the U.S. Army 51 Years ago and I am still here. I hope you are doing well and take care of yourself and say Hi to your Boyfriend. P.S. I know just how your Boyfriend fills when coming to a new country to live!!!😊

[@arnodobler1096]

Wow! Das ist sehr nett

[@daffyduk77]

Really good & topical viewpoints & "communication". Toothpaste is esp. relevant considering dental costs & the cost of not using it

[@hansmuller3604]

Well spoken, Haley

[@HayleyAlexis]

Thank you Hans :)

[@TabithaElkins]

Hayley, I can tell you will be back in Germany, when you are finished with your new degree/schooling. The rents outside of Munich are OK, and the cost of living is still pretty good.

[@FeelingShred]

I would be curious to what are the more "international" german cities for meeting english speakers while I'm there soon... My guess is Hamburg, I can tolerate the cloudy weather I grew kinda tired of the "sun" by now 😥Any other suggestions?

[@frankheilingbrunner7852]

It's so charming (and indicative) that you're in the place where you were born and raised and you're fumbling because you can think of only the German word for what you want to express. Your adaptation to Germany was a great success!

[@lismi9178]

I love it when you go 'politicritical' > you're so to the point and it's hugely interesting to listen to your sharp analyses 👍👏

[@HayleyAlexis]

I appreciate that! I really enjoy political rants.... They just stress me out to make sometimes because I get so annoyed with people....

[@betsytodd3511]

I needed to buy underwear at Walmart, and it was locked up - not only did an employee have to unlock the case and get it for me, but she also had to escort me to the checkout area, and hand the underwear to the person who was in charge of the self-checkout stations! If I hadn't been in a hurry I would have just gone to a different store. They must have to hire more employees to add that extra "service" so I wonder it it really saves them a lot by preventing theft of underpants.

[@fionaryder632]

Seriously?

[@deintri]

This conversation went deep, I didn't expect that.

[@arnodobler1096]

1 gallon of milk I don't get it!🤯 Okay if you have 5 small children, but otherwise? Always comes to mind when I think of US Grocerys! Kind regards, Hayley

[@ramblingmillennial1560]

IF you're like my bf who can go through a liter of milk a day easily, then a gallon works out fine lol. But there are also half gallon containers.

[@bimmer4755]

2.50 for a gallon of milk where I live in SC.

[@Winona493]

Cowsmilk is the most needless foodstuff I am able to think of. All of Hailey's viewers are weaned adults actually. We need no milk anymore, it is for BABIES!!! But instead we take the milk from another species? How fucked up and loathsome is this, when you think about it? And the price is painfully paid by a mother cow, whose baby was cruelly taken away from her right after its birth. And the mother will never see her child again. Please stop drinking gallons of "tit juice" often with pus secretion from innocent and tormented animals, who can feel just as we can. Simply be vegan! Edit: I apologize for being out off topic.

[@dagmarfrerking2235]

I'm single and have no problem going through a gallon in about a week. If I want to make yoghurt or cheese, I have to buy extra.

[@LythaWausW]

Something you'll never see in Germany - the Little Food Sharing Stations (or whatever you call them). I am fascinated by the idea of making food available for free anonymously and I love the idea that hungry children are getting food. I saw them all over the West Coast, not sure how far they go.

[@praxisfurnaturheilkunde5394]

Falsch, die gibt es in Deutschland auch!

[@LythaWausW]

Explain - where and how? @@praxisfurnaturheilkunde5394

[@1esk192]

It's called Foodsharing and it's a thing here

[@LythaWausW]

@@1esk192 A little container on the sidewalk that ppl put groceries in for others to take?

[@sylviav6900]

​@@1esk192Even some supermarkets provide such shelves in Germany. And outside, often next to churches or in abandoned phone boxes etc. those food sharing shelves do exist.

[@DeshanHoward]

Yo. I completely understand you. I'm vegan and have to shop every two weeks. I have to be strategic about every purchase, especially out here in California where you get taxed for breathing. 😅

[@humtidumty1]

@10:15 That is what they call penny whise but pound foolisch. About the complaint towards the governement: This shows that many people vote different from what is good for them. And this happens everywhere. If you don"t have ahouse but want to rent one for low price vote that way. Do not vote coffee and complain about the tea! Than you should vote tea!! Many voters do only follow the soundbites from politicians instead of looking into their plans!

[@arneplischewski2901]

Greetings from Germany, to be honest, at least our government or let's say the members (and there general party "plans") or what they stand for while election campaign is running has nothing to do with what they do after been elected. Right now our government can be described as FUBAR. example for changing mindsets before and after election, the green party before: no weapon deliveries to warzones. Same people now part of the goverment: send all weapon-system available ( most parts of the Bundeswehr are niot working or ran out of ammo) where ever they might need them.

[@rairei]

Hi Hailey, reason to come back to Germany asap: knowing the word for Vorratskammer immediately LOL + grocery price

[@kellflowers]

Interesting video, Haley. Your 1st point was spot on, and I blame a combo of our educational system and social media, plus people living in their echo chambers and refusing to reevaluate their beliefs. The junk food issue here is disheartening, and I admit to being guilty as crap on this one. I am trying to improve by buying healthier items and in smaller amounts so nothing spoils. Small victories. The income disparity (edit: and the extreme corporate greed. Profit is fine, gouging is greed.) in this country is alarming and you are very correct that we (society) need to seriously evaluate how we address the lack of access to basic human needs like food, shelter, sanitary items like toothpaste, shampoo, deodorant, feminine cycle supplies. We are failing each other in this regard and unfortunately, I don’t see a big desire to address it. In fact, where I am now (Texas, but native Floridian), it seems to be worsening and the “I got mine, you get yours” way of life has been worse since the pandemic.

[@daffyduk77]

was it just the pandemic, or Trump/polarisation also ?

[@arnodobler1096]

France: Reusable menstrual products will be free for all girls and women under 26, according to the budget law on social security finally passed on Monday (3 days ago). I think that's exemplary.👍

[@jessicaely2521]

​@@arnodobler1096it should be all the way until menopause.

[@LuizaRocha]

Last year I was in Boca Raton for a month and one day at Publix I was checking toilet paper and this woman looked at me (she was also chucking toilet paper) and said: it's soooo expensive right? And I said: definitely. I don't know how much it is now there but there's nothing special about American toilet paper and I believe it's much cheaper in Brazil (where I'm from) and other countries I've been. Next time I'm gonna check the tooth paste cause you made me curious. 😂

[@Visitkarte]

From my American friends I know that Florida is the hottest of the hot messes compared to other parts in USA regarding grocery prices.

[@GlenHunt]

I just got back from five years in the future and the entire grocery store was behind glass. I had to use a giant claw to try to get the groceries I needed. The real challenge was to figure out what I could make with the few ingredients I "won".

[@V100-e5q]

It's called "hashmagandy". Or in German "Resteessen".

[@missd2657]

Buying in bulk may work with toilet paper, but not with food. Bulk just encourages more consumption, which is great for the food and pharmaceutical industry, but not for the everyday American!

[@HayleyAlexis]

This comment*** people think there isn’t a correlation between these things but there is 😫😒🧐

[@LythaWausW]

I read somewhere that TP is the best reason to shop Costco because it never expires and you always need it. And I don't think having 57 rolls of it would make me use more *lol* (I realize that Haley differentiated food vs other bulk products.)

[@chinacetacean]

"Here in the United Stakes..." bester Versprecher 🤣🤣

[@HayleyAlexis]

I heard it too LMAO

[@ThePixel1983]

Stakes or Steaks? 😂

[@timlandscheidt]

In Germany, many of those items are not locked up because the "customers" steal for their own needs, but because they sell it off to bodegas nearby. Now one can argue that stealing ("having to steal") is still an indicator for poverty, but one should not imagine them being driven by their desire for clean teeth.

[@amyboleszny543]

When I was a child there was no toothpaste. We made our own with baking powder. We used washing soda for dish detergent and also grated up bars of soap, mixed it with soda and washed our clothes in it.😊

[@dagmarfrerking2235]

I make my own laundry detergent: half a bar of real basic soap, grated up, mixed into some hot water, ½ cup of washing soda added, filled up with cold water to make two gallons. ½ cup does a regular load. No artificial dyes, perfumes etc. and dirt cheap.

[@Caljostro]

About a year ago, I was watching a video about the grocery situation in Russia because with all the sanctions. They had butter "bricks" secured with security chips which you normally find on clothing or small, but expensive items. In this case, they had put them into locked plastics boxes for razor blades.

[@ekaterinaalekseeva5172]

It could only be a temporary situation when the new supply chains were being established and people were buying in bulk cause they were afraid that shops would be running out of goods, which never happened.

[@CARambolagen]

10 bucks for toothpaste??? 🤯 That's at least 10 times the price compared to in Germany!!!

[@slod.3712]

Great clip. Think you described in your words the basic difference between the neoliberal hardcore (in Germany they would say Heuschrecken) system and the so called social market capitalism that you have experienced in Germany. Adds up to the question if wealthy countries should commercialize EVERYthing in the marketplace or should most basic necesseties of life, like food, clothing, toothpaste should be available to everyone?

[@lazyperfectionist1]

1:23 "People are now posting about their _families,_ their _children,_ the price of _electricity_ and the price of _groceries-"_ 😄 I once came across a list of indications one has truly grown up. One said, "Your friends marry and divorce instead of _hooking_ up and _breaking_ up."

[@pfichtner01]

Good to have you back..❤

[@jomo3735]

I love Costco😂 when you get your gas and groceries there the membership pays for itself with the yearly return check they issue. Also I love buying TP there so I don't have to think about it for some time…

[@kbittorf335]

Great dialogue. I find in my area a vast difference in grocery prices of the same item at different locations. I have found items 50% less depending on where they are purchased. I believe the issue lies in the distribution network where all the people in the middle are the benefactors and NOT the store owner. Most grocery stores in the US operate on a 4% profit margin except Aldi who is 1%.

[@Westpark16]

Hi i dont disagree with you totally. In general i have found if you buy cleaning supplies.toiletries laundry derergent razors at a reg grocery store or drug store those items are way expensive and they are priced for convenience factor one stop shopping. I try to buy those items at dollar tree or walmart .type store They are regular size not bulk. We tend to like one stop shopping experiences hope that makes sense

[@praxisfurnaturheilkunde5394]

Ja, es haut mich auch immer um, wenn normal große Familien in den USA riesige Vorratsräume haben. Und dann müssen sie diese Kammern und speziellen Möbel mit speziellen Einsätzen bestücken, damit alles ordentlich und übersichtlich ist. Was das an Aufwand und Geld kostet. Und dann füttern sie die Familie doch im Fastfood-Restaurant oder mit Aufback-Pizza. Die Realitäten können mit den Ansprüchen nicht mithalten. Naja, vor 200 Jahren wurde schwer bestraft, die einen Apfel oder ein Brot von einem Marktstand klauten. Und heute ist ein Diebstahl weiterhin ein Diebstahl, egal was das gestohlene Gut wert ist. In deutschen Supermärkte und Drogeriemärkten sind Rasierklingen übrigens schon seit Jahren eingeschlossen. Und zuletzt: Meine Freundin arbeitet im Erdgeschoss eines großen Kaufhauses. Sie sagt, die Diebe laufen zügig durch die Eingangstür herein, schnappen sich etwas Teures aus der Parfumabteilung und gehen beim anderen Ausgang zügig wieder heraus. Sie sagt, es ist immer der gleiche Typ Mensch.

[@daffyduk77]

Americans seem to want to pay for service & extras they don't need. Someone to bag their items. Free bags. All those stupid "greeters" etc. They are conditioned to expect those things

[@alexamurawski4524]

...and they are not really free; you pay them in higher prices

[@mylifeintheusa4720]

​But I don't get a discount if I bring my own bags or do self checkout.​@@alexamurawski4524

[@JouMxyzptlk]

That toothpaste comparison makes be go "full Axel Foley": "Faive taimes moure! 'cmon, read my lips! Faive taimes!" Your "facebook snooping" experience pretty much matches with the latest "trip bitten" video who is visiting his home, i.e.USA, again.

[@HayleyAlexis]

It really feels sometimes that I am living in a cartoon/movie.... The stuff that comes out of people's mouths here is ridiculous

[@daffyduk77]

best brand of toothpaste here in the UK is about a dollar forty for 75ml size

[@jennyh4025]

I’m pretty sure it’s similar in Germany. Us Western Europeans may not be best known for our pretty teeth, but (according to studies) they are healthy.

[@TheTiniMartini]

Same in the UK. Toilet paper is sooo expensive here. I don't mind buying in bulk, but I found even Costco isn't cheaper than Lidl and Aldi when it comes to toiletpaper.

[@uncipaws7643]

Let's put ourselves in the perspective of a free market radical: Prices are too high which opens opportunities for competitors producing more affordable things and taking the market away from those asking too high pries. If that doesn't happen and there's no general shortage of supplies making it impossible to go down with prices, there's a monopoly or oligopoly and this is where even proponents of free markets would ask for government regulation. It is not a purely american phenomenon though. Grocery chains reducing sizes while increasing prices is a phenomenon in many countries. It's never good if any one company becomes too powerful.

[@folkehoffmann1198]

In some stores in Berlin they lock up certain shampoos. Like it is possible to grab it but the bottle will be in a box and you're going to have to get a staff member to open that box.

[@eaglevision993]

Really? I lice in Baden Württemberg and never seen this. But then again...Berlin is not really Germany anymore considering crime.

[@folkehoffmann1198]

@@eaglevision993 I don't know about that. I think all other big cities probably also have areas with a rather high crime rate.

[@suzanne8323]

I live in Berlin . They lock up just the very high cost premium shampoos. Actually, selbst hoch bezahlte Beamte klauen aus Spaß, which is also a question of mental health.

[@zekevarg3043]

In Sweden i can get a tube of Colgate, Aquafresh etc. for approx. 1 dollar.

[@Alexander-dt2eq]

import tooth paste from Aldi in Germany.

[@nicktankard1244]

It's not just Florida. Canada has become insanely expensive as well. It's ridicilous how much money you have spend here just just to have good healthy meals at home.

[@HayleyAlexis]

I spent 70$ yesterday to make homemade "Thai noodles" (they aren't traditional or anything)...I had to buy Peanut butter Lime Thai noodles Red cabbage Sesame oil Honey Carrots all the spices you would need soy sauce Peanuts Siracha Spring onion and that cost me 70$- granted a lot of the stuff will be used multiple times but still that is a lot of money to spend to make one particular meal.

[@nicktankard1244]

@@HayleyAlexiswow that’s crazy. I miss German prices. I left Germany 2 years ago so it was cheaper everywhere back then but still.

[@picobello99]

I visited Canada last summer from the Netherlands and was absolutely shocked at how expensive groceries were. Especially produce. I mean, 6 dollars for ONE single leek!? Over here those cost €0,50 😂 But also bread, rice, pasta sauce, even ice cream and frozen pizza, just everything was more expensive, only meat was cheaper. While grocery shopping I mostly ended up with the cheapest options rather than what I actually wanted. I wanted to get an apple for example, then saw the price and thought "nah, may be get a banana instead". Last year I went to Norway though. By far the most expensive place I've ever been, omg 😂

[@KitKat-sf7yg]

​@@HayleyAlexisI did a quick mental tally of that list and I'm pretty sure I can get that list for around 20 Euros. It's only that much because the soy sauce, Sriracha, and sesame oil are the more expensive items on this list. The produce is cheap. This last year my brother in Virginia paid $10 for a non-organic dozen eggs! I was able to buy 10 free range eggs for 2.79 euros. I can never go back to the US. 😱 Also the regular grocery store here has a little butcher counter where I can buy a single chicken breast at the same price per kilo as a bigger package. It's fantastic!

[@vondrauen5118]

@@HayleyAlexiswow. I went grocery shopping yesterday (Austria) and bought stuff for a week and payed 75 Euros (for 2 people) ... and we had fried noodles too 😅

[@Ray-pt5bi]

Takeaway: donate tooth paste to food banks and care packages for homeless&struggling people

[@HayleyAlexis]

They usually have an abundance of toothpaste. It’s usually small luxury hygiene articles they don’t have like nice soaps/shampoos or nice tampons/pads or nicer toothbrushes or even perfume/facewsh. People forget how important tiny self care luxuries are to your mental well being ☺️

[@Ray-pt5bi]

@@HayleyAlexis ok! Thanks for telling me!

[@EllenBraddock]

Not as bad, but it was so surprising that I needed to have a shop assistant open a cabinet to buy brandy here in Australia (it being time for certain recipes). I couldn't find a Chromecast and, upon asking, found they are behind the counter,Maybe it's age, or nostalgia, but things are not improving.

[@beckysam3913]

electronic toothbrush, disposable razors and more items are also only available via a personal in german drugstore, nothing special. the cheap appearing and often used items are most stolen, thinking that it doesnt hurt a company, but the losses are high. i worked as minijob in a german drugstore chain, the struggle is real for companies and i am not talking about the very few super rich ones , most are even rather modest family businesses in germany but give impression as if they were giant entities that are multi-billion dollar rich and invincible. food prices in germany especially are regulated, and European Union subsidises milk and milkproducts, grain producsts, eggs and more to make it affordable. i live alone and have a freezer to freeze items that are only sold in bigger packages, cook even what can perish and freeze the meal, or vegetables, etc too. it takes not much time and its more economic. eating out is expensiv in germany too, in comparison to take out meals or eating fastfood.

[@_-martin-_]

In Denmark, 300 ml of Colgate costs 69 DKK or 10 USD. That's 230 DKK/kg or 33.7 USD/kg.

[@coraschaos1]

There is really something wrong in this world. Here in the Netherlands you can buy a 5-pack (5x75ml=375ml) for € 7,19 = DKK 53,60 = 7.90 USD. The price differences between European countries are already ridiculous; there are Dutch people who do their shopping in Germany because of the low prices there. But what American companies are offering their customers borders on exploitation and fraud. The land of the free (market), what a joke! You will be so much better off with a social economic system (not socialism). Yes, we have bigger governments here in European countries and there are more rules, but generally they are to protect consumers.

[@Ray-pt5bi]

I only buy special gum care and echinacea toothpaste, but even that Is about 4/5.- in switzerland. I think Colgate must be 2-3.-

[@jha6783]

Hi Hayley, 10 Bucks for toothpaste is realy hardcore. I always loved that cinnamon taste from crest. You don't get that in germany.

[@lorismith9102]

So many people out of touch with their own reality.....I'm going to have to use this. It's nice to see someone who's more cultured than me who has opinions like mine. Born and lived my whole life in Mississippi although I don't think I share the cognitive dissonance of many around me. I'm betting it's not the regular crest or Colgate being stolen. Either way, it's sad.

[@carinawessels7232]

You are sooo right.

[@Ray-pt5bi]

You look super cute Hayley! Nice top. I live in switzerland and we used to go shopping when staying in italy. We are going there shortly, and I was looking up stoller prices to buy it so that I don't have to bring our bulky one...😳would you believe the same (budget!) stroller is more expensive than here?! This makes no sense, theyr salaries are 1/3 of ours!! Something is weird right now ..

[@Fidi987]

Coulnd't you just buy in bulk and share with neighbors? Discuss what everybody needs and then share products and money? I always tend to buy too little of certain products, namely water and toilet paper. So, when I don't get to go grocery shopping for some time due to rain or snow (I walk, I have not car, this usually works, but I don't like to go in the pouring rain or when it's slippery. So, then there are times when I tend to run out of these items. Buying in bulk and sharing with neighbors wouldn't be a bad idea.

[@LythaWausW]

If the profit is based on the membership fees, and if people share memberships prices would go up, or? I use my mom's card when I visit America and I suppose I'm making the situation worse for everyone by doing so.

[@annastayziaa]

oh my gosh that’s so sad about the toothpaste 🥺🥺🥺 poor babies

[@vo.thomas1116]

Hey Hayley - Christmas greetings from Germany and just one simple question. Where is your lovely mom? :-) Kind regards!!

[@HayleyAlexis]

I no longer live in the same city/county as her so we dont see each other as often...I was technically supposed to see her tonight but the plans got cancelled

[@vo.thomas1116]

@@HayleyAlexis Even over Christmas no come together? Sad to hear but I guess you and Mike already have some nice plans for the free days?! Best regards and keep your beautiful smiling 🙂

[@petramueden7170]

I remember buying a bottles of boywash in Florida. Could No find one for less than 8$.

[@data7315]

Oh Gosh. Come back to Germany quickly! Zahnpasta günstig heute bei Penny Markt ^^

[@sanderspruit993]

Great shirt, where did you buy It?

[@HayleyAlexis]

are you in Germany or the US?

[@grace-yz2sr]

Germany here! ;) @@HayleyAlexis

[@HayleyAlexis]

I am scared to send the link for the German version because it’s almost triple the price of what I paid in the US 😅

[@HayleyAlexis]

It is the Zimmerman Raie blouse 😅 but I did not pay anywhere near 610€ for it 😩

[@sanderspruit993]

Thanks for the answer, for me it is out of budget here (Netherlands)

[@jochenlutz7195]

Tooth paste is locked up ? Unbeleivable. But you can buy a gun in a shop after a short briefing ? Well for me this is really weird.

[@eleonorereneau8487]

Aldi and Lidl I go no where us 😂

[@guentherwithh4417]

Well spoken hayley.What does Mike say about your views?❤

[@HayleyAlexis]

I think we are similar but different in a lot of views... or maybe have similar goals and different paths/ways to get there.

[@ramblingmillennial1560]

Hayley don't let them hear you call their ideas socialist. They might just pass out! XD I really hate all the fear and stigma surrounding the term socialist. There are so many social programs that already exist in the US that most normal people don't bat an eye at and even LIKE (gasp). I don't think I ever hear anyone complaining about social security, medicare, medicaid, and food stamps but yet conservative politicians always wanna try and either privatize or eliminate these programs altogether. I'm really waiting for the people of these red states to WAKE UP.

[@dezafinado]

Summary: Big is good. Bigger is better. Too big is just right.

[@eleonorereneau8487]

I only shop at Aldi and Lidl 😂

[@katikeller1120]

In the USA or in Germany?

[@GloriaMC_Dance]

Hi Hailey, I agree with your stands 100%. After living in the US for 12 years I am still in cultural shock and it feels like a form of rebellion shopping small, living with the necessary, maximizing the use of space.

[@alexamurawski4524]

Why don't you just ask people to share these cheaper big packages so that you just have to store maybe 30 Toilettpaperrolls and not 60

[@V100-e5q]

@@alexamurawski4524 Socialism! You are not allowed to think of others. Except for how good _they_ are doing compared to yourself.

[@shannilovely]

That top really suits you! I love the colours 🫶🏼 In the UK they have baby formula locked up in boxes, I find that so sad.. 😞 A box of baby formula costs £15, and that will last roughly one week.

[@picobello99]

That happened here in the Netherlands too. Mostly to make sure Dutch people could still buy it, because there were some Asian gangs buying/ stealing all the formula and shipping it to Asia. So in many stores you could only buy 1 box per day.

[@Ray-pt5bi]

Oh no😭😭😭 this sucks. Last Winter I was pregnant and stocked up on formulas (soy, goat, cow..) Just in case of a crysis. I donated them to families in Need as I could breastfeed, and my baby Had allergic colitis to all of the above. I Remember some brandas wouldn't shop anymore, even newborn diapers for a few weeks...cloth diapers and working tits for the win, but heartbreaking for anyone that needs those items!!

[@Ray-pt5bi]

​@@picobello99now that's one way the World is broken😢

[@isana788]

looking good as always. which toothpaste do you buy? your teeth are whiter than snow. Greetings from your second home germany :)

[@dreasbn]

Wie heißt das auf Deutsch so schön: über die eigenen Lebensverhältnisse Geld ausgeben oder einfach über die eigenen Lebensverhältnisse leben..

[@lazyperfectionist1]

"...but the average American is not buying bananas in bulk." 🤔 Yeah. Bananas are not something you _want_ to buy in bulk if you're only providing food for one or two people. They spoil _way_ too fast.

[@daffyduk77]

Must be some serious monopolising/profiteering going on in the USA ? I've heard the FTC is toothless. Yes, must be higher transport costs, more stock-theft security issues but scale of manufacturing (fewer rules on quality/chemicals etc) & fewer food imports from outside must militate against higher prices ?

[@romanbecker6711]

0,79 € for toothpaste at LIDL

[@HayleyAlexis]

We have cheaper options for toothpaste here BUT the popular name brands are way too expensive

[@beldin2987]

I must say, i buy a lot of the cheaper stuff at our Netto, in the end i mostly pay around 20 € buying grocerys for 1 week and thats it. But i once tried the cheap toothpaste, and in the end i put it in the trash after 5 days because the taste was just soo bad and i bought again Odol-Med3 for 1.49 or whatever. Also i once tried a cheaper version of Nutella, and even though i used it up, i will never buy it again, it also just tasted really good. But the toothpaste was really the worst so far, most cheaper stuff is quite OK.

[@HayleyAlexis]

@beldin2987 yes! The same can be said about the cheap toothpaste here... The taste and consistency are HORRIBLE!

[@fariesz6786]

can we just stop for a second to appreciate that fabulous blouse you're wearing? it is so pretty!

[@bimmer4755]

I’m not sure where you see 10$ tooth paste even in Florida. But you can get arm and hammer tooth paste in SC for 3-4 $. Also Publix heavily rips people off and are very over priced on numerous items.

[@HayleyAlexis]

At Walmart

[@bimmer4755]

@@HayleyAlexis that’s crazy. Heck you can get Tom’s of Maine tooth paste for 6$ in my area. Colgate total deep clean 2 pack for 7.96. Regardless though 10$ for tooth paste is disgusting. At one point a bag of ordea fries at Publix was almost 9$ yeah Publix can kiss my a$s 😂

[@betsytodd3511]

I looked up a 3.4 oz tube of Sensodyne that is $6.98 at a Walmart in Ohio and the same kind is $9.99 (!) at a Walmart in Florida. But I compared a 6 oz tube of baking soda and peroxide Colgate and it was the same price at both Walmarts- $1.97. So I guess it depends a lot on what type of toothpaste you want.

[@Ray-pt5bi]

Our toilet paper is about 7.- for 12rolls...is that much compared to other countries? I always thaught that if toilet paper would become too expensive I would use wash cloths. I washed cloth diapers for 2years, it's about the same.

[@Ray-pt5bi]

7 chfr, compares more or less to the same in €&dollarzzz

[@betsytodd3511]

In the US (Ohio), around $10 to $17 for 12 rolls, depending on brand and type.

[@svetlanashorse]

Colgate - heute noch gekauft für 1,49 EUR (75 ml).

[@biaberg3448]

Colgate toothpaste costs less than 3$ here in Norway. 75 ml.

[@betsytodd3511]

The toothpaste in the US is sold by weight- ounces and/or grams- for example 5.7 oz/161 g. I wonder how that size compares to 75 mL.

[@biaberg3448]

@@betsytodd3511 A full plastic tube, similar to the one on the thumbnail, is 105 g. Including the tube.

[@epixgaming8938]

Will Mike soon do your hair again? 😊

[@Alexander-dt2eq]

but you can buy tooth paste in bulk :)

[@HayleyAlexis]

I use a particular kind of toothpaste which isn't sold in bulk :/

[@TotalRookie_LV]

So, that conservative wanted government to regulate prices like in Cuba, Venezuela or USSR (where I grew up) back in the day? 🤣

[@HayleyAlexis]

You know... I don't know where her mind was going wtih that thought.

[@TotalRookie_LV]

@@HayleyAlexis I guess, that kind of people never think through, where they logic will lead, and that doesn't matter to them. What DOES matter - they know WHO TO BLAME! 😆

[@nicktankard1244]

i was also born in the USSR but it's a bit of an extreme comparing to those countries. The insane cost of groceries in the US and here in Canada is what you get with a completely unregulated market. Some amount of regulation of essential goods is usually better. But ofc blaming it only on the current gov is ridiculous.

[@germanyhamburger5552]

Germany spoiled you very much, what you are talking about is our system that you want.

[@Adriana-hx1bf]

Get your certificate and go back to Germany. Get married, have your family and be happy. Gratitude.🤙the elections are only in November 2024, we will be stuck with a senior with dementia for another year.😥

[@K__a__M__I]

And that's if your're lucky...it's absolutely insane.

[@HayleyAlexis]

Well... you know... there is still hope that The Rock will run 🙂

[@schiffelers3944]

🌠So I make this wish, to have something more for us than this! Knowing what we know now.

[@eleonorereneau8487]

Cloth are very cheap. Ross Tjmax marshals 😂

[@TheUlli1964]

And bad for enviroment and the labour who have to produce it.

[@christinehorsley]

Government subsidizing Groceries … now THAT would be socialism !!! And that’s what a former conservative now probably MAGA is calling for ? Tsk tsk tsk. No rhyme nor reason to those people. And I’d checked out that woman too. On the other hand, $ 10 for toothpaste is a bit stiff, but the size of the tube is probably humangous like most things American …

[@Kloetenhenne]

Her name is DIRECTLY under the video and still so many people spell Hayley wrong 🙄 wtf

[@Ray-pt5bi]

Fixed it😂

[@jillyang9663]

Crazy buy cheap toothpaste at usa aldi

[@saminjoon3409]

But isn't it that the salaries in USA are higher than Germany?

[@HayleyAlexis]

Yes but they aren't high enough to justify the huge price difference.... Someone in the USA would have to be making 4X what the average German makes which isn't what happens

[@steveostewart1767]

You socialist, you! Nur Spaß, da ich seit 44 Jahren in Deutschland lebe :-) VLG aus Fürstenfeldbruck

[@henryheinrich6581]

😇👍👍👍👍👍🙏

[@holgerschurig4430]

02:45 "socialist procedures" --- this is what ALWAYS bothers me: that US people don't differentiate at all between "social" and "socialist". I mean, even the english-language Wikipedia says that "socialism" is a politic-economic system that aims for --- and now it comes! --- social ownership of the means of production. "means of production" is: capital, land, labour. And sorry, you guys are TOTALLY misguided if you think that any european country aims for this. Germany, for examples, defines it's economy as "Soziale Marktwirtschaft", social market economy. That is entirely different from socialism, or being socialistic. That was what you had in Eastern Germany, before the iron curtain fell. This name-calling "socialism" is somehow a smear campaign. But it's so wrong. If a US church feeds poor people with soup ... is that also socialism? No, it's just doing something social. Understanding that people are not homogenous, that we have strong and weak ones. And a politics that is social tries to help the weak ones, with the power of the strong ones. That doesn't mean that all land or company gets confiscated (like in former eastern europe), not at all. It just means that you don't have a heart of stone.

[@Muskana2387]

Girl , haben wir uns schon mal getroffen??? In Wolfratshausen? Are you the one from the Gym?

[@HayleyAlexis]

Yes :) that was me!!!

[@Muskana2387]

Ohhhhhhhh ❤

[@Phiyedough]

I don't think having something in bulk should make you more wasteful of that product. I also don't think people in USA are paying 5 times as much for a product as people in Germany. It just means that product is more exclusive, most Americans just won't buy it because of the price. That happens to me a lot. I'm British but living in Croatia. A lot of products I would buy in UK are very expensive here, so I just don't buy them. For example, I make a lot more cakes here because supermarket cakes are so expensive.

[@HayleyAlexis]

There are plenty of items that are 5-10x the German price in the USA. Toilet paper being one of them. I just looked up the cheapest toilet paper at Target vs DM which is a decent equivalent and the toilet paper from DM (German drugstore) is 3.55 X more expensive than the US version. Both generic branded/no name.

[@freyjav6055]

​@@HayleyAlexisAgreed 1000%. I've noticed items in the US that I buy are 10x more expensive than in Europe (recently traveled to Romania and Hungary), you're correct Hayley. We aren't even exaggerating.

[@HayleyAlexis]

@freyjav6055 people always think I am exaggerating but it is the truth... Some items are more affordable here or about the same price as in Europe but some items are 5-10X their European counterparts... It is highway robbery!

[@freyjav6055]

@@HayleyAlexis Agreed!!! And I'm pretty sure those who think you're exaggerating, either don't live here in the US, or live in their own little delulu lala-land.

[@tedellerby]

You are 100% correct! Big items are cheeper in America, Car’s, Truck’s, and Electronics Items. Along time ago Homes were cheeper but that time is over! I am American and have lived in Germany for over 50 Years and Hayley you are right! 👍 @@HayleyAlexis

[@liesascott5414]

I am as a retired person living in the US. The little bit I can eat if I don't want to get fat I can easy afford. In Germany you have ridiculously high power bills and no AC. There is no room, everywhere people are breathing over your shoulder and privacy is an unknown term. Don't let me start as a German woman on the differences how I am treated here with high respect in public and also in business. American men are to die for! After you are used to be treated like that all German men can go home and stay there. People not helping each other? The US has the most fat people on the globe. Go to any food bank and look at the people standing in line. They are all overweight. I pay $40 a year at Costco and get excellent stuff. What's the big deal? I came to the US at 39 with $400, two suitcases and a child, spoke no English. If I could figure it out in no time how to have a great permanent life here than how hard can it be for the Americans who can do it in their own language? Stop complaining. Stop eating insanely expensive junk food, cook and bake the little own food you need and you won't have to cry over prices. You don't exactly look skinny honey.

[@Kaspa-gb3lp]

Stop complaining the average salary is much higher in the us and in german supermarkets you have like 2 cereals you can choose from. you have to go to several supermarkets to get what i need. Especially in rural areas.

[@HayleyAlexis]

My German supermarket was in a very rural area and had 30+ cereals to choose from. The average salary is higher in the USA but it is not 2-4X the average German salary (which is what you are paying for a lot of items in the USA when grocery shopping).

[@Holilo7]

​@@HayleyAlexis Maybe you should also take the distribution of assets in the USA into account. How do the 1,000 Americans who own over $1 billion and the 18 million Americans who own between $1 million and $1 billion affect the average wealth/salary of the remaining 320 million US citizens? There is a very enlightening and clear but short clip on YT: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4GufISkns-hqa8si=Za_ZVHy98avVlyaF

[@Holilo7]

Maybe you should also take the distribution of assets in the USA into account. How do the 1,000 Americans who own over $1 billion and the 18 million Americans who own between $1 million and $1 billion affect the average wealth/salary of the remaining 320 million US citizens? There is a very enlightening and clear but short clip on YT: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4GufISkns-hqa8si=Za_ZVHy98avVlyaF

[@freyjav6055]

Speaking of random things being locked up: In my recent trip to Romania, they had PISTACHIOS locked in protective anti-theft covers 😂 I was so dumbfounded lol

[@HayleyAlexis]

Pistachios are a luxury item LOL they cost an arm and leg here

[@freyjav6055]

@@HayleyAlexis True! Hahaha apparently! To be fair, they seemed to be a hot commodity over there. They only locked up one brand though, all the others were just available to grab 😂🤷‍♀️

[@HayleyAlexis]

They are pretty expensive here as well.... but they arent locked up... People in the US arent stealing pistachios :p they are more concerned with toothpaste and shampoo :P

[@freyjav6055]

@@HayleyAlexis Which is sad as hell tbh. It shows we are failing here. I'm sick of paying an arm and a leg for Toothpaste and toilet paper. (I'm not in Florida, but Utah, and it's just as bad here too)

[@andreamolnarova2185]

In Russia its the.BUTTER. I can understand tho, its pretty expensive here in Slovakia too.

[@itsmejohnson0891]

is 460k/year good income in the costliest state in the US?

[@melanief.204]

Oh man, that sounds so sad. The Schere zwischen Arm und Reich is just to big in America 🫤 (I know you understand, so I don’t make the effort of translating it 😉)