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[@livinginguernsey]

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[@andrewcripps8857]

I use a ldl store, 4 pints semi skimmed £1.45, Asda seeded bread £1.25. Morrisons are dear, in the uk there is more shopping choices. To save money try own brands, usually made by the big names as a rule

[@greebo6549]

£1.70 1lt milk, £5.09 for Lurpak, 😊 almost cheaper to get your own cow 🐮... £6.15 for Listerine, probably about £3.00 in our home bargains or pound shop

[@00fish01]

I live In guernsey and we shop in waitrose and m&s as its cheaper we refuse to go to morrisons unless we have too 😅

[@jpoole1955]

Peterborough Ross, That would be about a tenner here 😂I'm used to Guernsey prices when i come to see my friend but i took the wife to Jersey last year and she nearly had a heart attack in the shop lol 😅

[@markjarvis7637]

Some of the prices were on a par with the UK, Lurpack is about £1 cheaper here, milk is half the price but in 2L contaners, bread is about 75p, Listerine is £4,

[@MikeSmith-tq4xf]

Hi Ross - here in sunny Buckingham, that lot would have cost a lot less even in Waitrose, and about half that in Aldi or Tesco using own-brands where possible.

[@jeffsmith3392]

Those prices are extortionate. My Wife would go nuts. She's already complaining of Aldi increases every visit. Infact she won't let me go with her as I shove all sorts in the trolley. Especially when I'm hangry.

[@rileyshales5306]

That’s Guernsey For you. I actually work at one of the 3 Morrisons locations not the one he went to, even with my discount card things are too expensive

[@stevenr2463]

Very interesting Ross! Cheers. I notice you have introduced (background) music recently - I preferred your videos as they were.

[@ohbehaveu]

Eggs goes in the Fridge

[@louiseescott3091]

I have converted Australian $ to UK £ (@ current exchange rate) 6 FR eggs $4.40/£2.29 1L Skim Milk $2.95/£1.54 Lurpak Butter 400gm $7.50/£3.91 (not locked away, btw) Loaf Seeded Bread $4.80/£2.50 (brand name Helgas) 500mL Listerine $10.00/£5.21 (normally, but on special $5.00) 2Pk Paper Towel $7.50/£3.91 (Brand name, reasonable quality) Interesting exercise.

[@paulcrawley390]

Hi Ross, I believe that apart from the milk, eggs the rest would have to be imported from the UK so they bump up the price to pay for the shipping/import prices

[@CherryBlessed]

This is super duper helpful .. we are moving over in about a month for my work, and was wondering about grocery prices. I live in London currently so it doesn't look massively different, but most things still higher by about 50p - £1

[@wendymwhite2155]

Hi Ross, i am shocked 😮not at the cost, which is comparable to here in Sussex. I can't believe you bought lurpak over Guernsey butter. We love Guernsey butter, only place it's available here is waitrose's. Too expensive we don't have one local to us. Your son is adorable ❤ x

[@chrisc4093]

Morrisons “ daily” or any of the “ express or local” smaller convenience stores are always more expensive… unfortunately on the rock, you’ve no choice or alternative…gives the stores a “ licence “ to charge a premium…20p on this, 50p extra on that, soon adds up… 😏

[@martinw245]

Should have gone to Waitrose, that would be expensive. ;) One of the first things we noticed when moving to Guernsey, a weeks shopping doubles.

[@AndyKing1963]

I recently had to buy a few things in Forest and bought some shaving foam. It cost £2.99 whereas from Tescos back home it currently costs £1.50 for exactly the same 200ml can

[@kurtsteiner8384]

I guess most supplies come to channel islands by sea eitber from uk of france. So guess thats why it costs more.

[@angelic_luna]

In the UK you can get bread for 40p if you go to aldi or lidal 😅

[@yamyam_1978]

You guys need Home Bargains and B&M

[@jolp37]

I definitely keep my eggs in the fridge. It depends how quickly you are going to use them. Half dozen lasts me quite a few days. They definitely keep longer in the fridge.

[@AAA19999]

I always check prices before I buy stuff, avoids shocks; also not buying big brand products helps and cost way less

[@susanashcroft2674]

Funnily enough I did a price comparison this week buying the same basics in Tesco and Lidl and to be honest there was little difference in price. I appreciate this may vary depending on where you are in the UK and my findings were only based on a few items (milk, bread, cheese, eggs, crumpets, olive oil) but I found it interesting to compare. When I was in Guernsey I was self catering so tended to look for bargains in the Co op and M & S and was lucky. Although I had wanted to see if I could buy veg and other things from a hedge veg stall to make soups as it was October but wasn't successful, yet would have loved to have seen what I could have made.

[@Wayne-wm6wq]

That's much dearer than the organic food we have they say Listerine is watered down floor cleaner mate

[@stevenr2463]

Ive just realised - there is no VAT in Guernsey. So everything should be a bit cheaper than elsewhere. But it isnt anymore. When I was young it was. Im talking about the 1960s, 70s and perhaps 80s.

[@colindelamare3180]

Despite no VAT Guernsey has associate membership of the EU and as such has to charge the same rate of tax as other EU countries may not be called VAT but it is still a tax. The UK may have left the EU but not completely they still have a lot of say in some taxes apart from a blatant rip off which they say is for freight there is allso a lot of profiteering Guernsey has been a rip of ever since the states sold their soul to the banking industry

[@paulb1034]

Even more motivation for the residents of the island to push back on GST

[@martinw245]

Well, the money needs to come from somewhere. there's a big shortfall. The GST proposal is only 5%. Not sure if it would be on food.

[@chrisc4093]

5%… right!… and for how long?… I can guarantee it will only ever increase!… raise taxes for the wealthy and corporate elites.

[@martinw245]

@@chrisc4093 Bound to increase over time, indeed.

[@martinw245]

@@chrisc4093 Just discovered that GST wouldn't be on food

[@paulb1034]

@@martinw245Why is there a big shortfall, fuel and alcohol duties are similar to the UK now, is it correct that Guernsey operates a private health care system rather than a tax payer funded NHS?

[@sylviafleet6650]

Yes Ross I brought a small calendar to send to my sister there in guernsey , from here in NZ was going to cost $ 30 to send , needless to say I didn’t post it , took a photo & put it on messenger fo her😳 price of food here is also high

[@HenryLaw19891024]

Cost just about the same in Hong Kong. Dairy products are more expensive here but others might be a bit cheaper, but not really that different.

[@rileyshales5306]

I work at Morrisons St. Peter’s guernsey it’s all too expensive even with my discount card

[@SteveJones-gz4vd]

Eggs . I have 4 hens so get my own eggs, if you don't wash eggs and store them pointy side down they will last 6 months, if you buy eggs from a store and they have a use by date of say 4 weeks, then those eggs are most probably 5 months old

[@ameliagier.]

In WA USA we pay about the same for milk, less for Listerine, more for everything else 😅. I believe the reason is mainly taxes, indirectly (taxes and regulations on the companies which raises cost of business so then prices)

[@livinginguernsey]

Interesting 🤨

[@prior9181]

Milk £1.05.😮. We know who does the shopping in your household Ross 😂

[@stevenr2463]

Eggs, milk might be slightly more expensive than eg where I live (Austria) but they are Guernsey local produce and far better quality!

[@user-ze7pf6li2k]

£2.50 for the mouthwash in Boots. Crazy price for £6

[@brunolacoste1162]

Each time I’m in Guernsey, I buy my food at Waitrose, it’s cheaper. But prices are about 50 % higher than in France where I live. £1.70 for the milk, so about 2 euro, it’s 1 euro in France (French milk but not local). And I’m surprise that the fish is very expensive for an island…

[@louisschiavo4834]

Sky high those prices Ross . And no VAT in the Channel Isles 😢, though import charges apply don’t they 🤔.

[@livinginguernsey]

Yes true

[@richardwoodthorpe5229]

bit expensive but that is how things are at the moment, plus it is hard to tell in a super market as they discount some things and take a loss to get you in the shop to buy other things, cheers Ross when are you having fish and chips next? lol.

[@colinbishop2329]

Does not channel islands have a form of vat is not called gst

[@tonkadriver1752]

do you pay income tax on wages or is put on the products that you buy

[@WhiteOutHunting]

EGGS = FRIDGE

[@mattball7074]

Eggs in the fridge 24/7 baby

[@rajchoudhury5130]

I pais £7 for lurpak 500g today. Worcestershire

[@pjnora2809]

Blimey Ross - I nearly choked on my breakfast. That was just horrendously expensive. Here, (Italy), I shop at Lidl or Aldi. A litre of skimmed milk is about €1.20 (in pounds about a quid). But in all fairness, the salaries here are much lower. (PS : I don't keep my eggs in the fridge )😂😂

[@stephencox9615]

Woow thats alot what's the minimum wage on the island if you don't mind me asking has to be more then uk ?

[@jpoole1955]

That big supermarket over near st samson is better Morrisons anyway,Their a rip off here as well

[@xvsupremacy7190]

No you turn the box daily.

[@mka4pol]

Pardon my long-winded comment... If I were moving to a new place, my concern would be less about price than availability, as my consumption is quite different than that of the average consumer (what I would call 'generic' items); the California equivalent of your items would likely be comparable if not higher, as almost everything here is higher than the rest of the USA, because they know they can get away with it. Food-wise, I eat only high-fat 100% grass-fed-and-finished meats (NO grain), which I buy and have shipped from Texas and Missouri for $10-18/lb depending on the animal, pastured eggs (NO corn or soy), which I get locally for $5.99/dozen, RAW grass-fed dairy (full-fat milk (bovine A2, goat, and camel), heavy cream, kefir, and cheese, not pasteurized or homogenized), which is produced in-state and sold in stores at a justifyingly higher price than the processed junk that is referred to as 'milk', a few organic fruits in moderation (mostly melons), bee products (raw honey, Brazilian propolis, and royal jelly; again in moderation, and available online), and a variety of high-powered nutritional supplements specifically for anti-oxidation and life extension/enhancement (again, available online). I eat NO grains or vegetables (with the exception of fermented garlic), I use only non-toxic paper (hydrogen peroxide rather than chlorine-bleached), cleaning, and personal care products (simple natural ingredients rather than chemicals), and I make my own mouthwash, again without chemicals or alcohol. While many items or their components on that long list might be available in the Islands, or online to be shipped over, I would guess others might not and would necessitate substitution or deletion. For those wondering about my health given the commonly-held perception of what I eat: I'm 68, still working a full-time job (on-call 24/7, and haven't taken a work day off in 16+ years), haven't been to a doctor in 40 years, haven't had the flu (including covid) in over 40, haven't been vaccinated for anything since childhood, haven't even had a cold in almost a decade, and weigh about the same as I did in high school. 😊

[@WhiteOutHunting]

milk in sheffield 1 litre is £1:25

[@michellebrockhurst1049]

No eggs in the fridge

[@BeuC]

only thing that cost more was the milk, the bread was a few pence cheaper

[@karabatsi]

It's more expensive than it is here in OZ.

[@livinginguernsey]

Interesting thanks 😊

[@geraldinejulou6101]

Cheaper then NZ

[@patriciacurtiss6853]

don't put eggs in the fridge

[@livinginguernsey]

Yes it’s weird because we don’t put eggs in the fridge but it says on the egg carton that they should be refrigerated🤔

[@chaz2wells]

Used to be expensive there....not now mate