The Worlds Most EXPENSIVE Grocery Store

[@vanessal9931]

Years ago, I had a co-worker who had worked at Hollister. She said she was not allowed to smile, greet customers, or offer help. Their goal was to create an intimidating environment to keep certain people out. And it worked. Erewhon did the same thing, but it failed thanks to social media. I think it was meant for a certain group of elites and price "regular" folks out, but now it's just a silly tourist attraction.

[@Eastofcascades]

Aaahhh yes, bringing back memories of loud music, dimly lit clothes racks, and the cloud of perfume/cologne that was Hollister. Our parents saying “we’ll wait out here, I can’t stand it!” their technique worked exactly as it was meant to lol.

[@audreynelson3997]

Omg I’d love a retail job where I was encouraged to not offer help 😂😂😂

[@Sarah-gz4no]

I love the idea of their bougie store getting swamped by tourists 😂 like an every day Bucce's

[@f.tp342]

​@@audreynelson3997 i don't know about all locations but TJ Maxx. we were not told to offer help, if they needed help they would come find us. also when i worked at Aeropostale, they were to come to us if they needed help. also they would keep us low staffed during back-to-school and holiday szn which sucked horribly. i've never worked there but AE also doesn't really want to offer help to their customers unless they ask them. i do now at the AE near me they are required to greet customers though. don't take this as all locations though

[@toolavish]

This is false. They are quite helpful. The items are kinda wild and prices. If you could all markets should be like this.

[@Other-eye]

I just spent $217 on groceries for me, my parents, and my brother. Full grocery cart, food for the next 2/3 weeks. I cant imagine their food is any better quality than like Whole Foods (which is still expensive) or a farmers market. It’s just so out of touch with reality.

[@Volundur9567]

Some of the brands are sold at Whole Foods.

[@desirae2637]

What if they set prices like that like as a joke? Like they were thinking yea no way are people going to pay these prices.... and then they have all these idiots doing this lol.

[@chaylagood1757]

I spend that much for just me and my husband 😭😭😭😭 and we don’t even really get that much. But it usually does last us till the next payday if we don’t eat it all in the first week. Unless you are buying in bulk I don’t know how that lasts you guys! But may god bless you ❤

[@LovingGodLovingOthers]

@@chaylagood1757so relatable for me too, I go to a discount grocery store and somehow I still spend more than $100 a week for me and my husband and we don’t even eat that much food.😢 i don’t even buy snacks, maybe one snack every 2-3 weeks, and I make everything completely homemade.. If we ate 3 meals a day we would be spending $200 too. And I live in Texas, not California or something.

[@leebliss3622]

Whole foods is so cheap! I love it, it’s so much cheaper than our regular supermarkets which can be on par with ^ these prices

[@MaraLatorre]

I love all the people complaining about how expensive their hauls are... like they were forced at gun point to shop there. 😂

[@leebliss3622]

I think most of them return it all tbh

[@brianaturner9965]

I think the same thing! You can just stop by and look at the prices without actually buying anything. No one said that you had to buy it just do the review.

[@AA-ed6ek]

Agreed.

[@yoeddieorsome]

the fact that i leave some things behind while shopping at aldi or lidl because i can't afford them while other people buy 22$ smoothies is crazy to me

[@abbytheredwolf174]

Literally. I’m Canadian and shop at Walmart maybe a local Zhers which I feel like would be a Trader Jo’s. And it’s expensive like 4 things for $60 and I shop there for only a few things I can’t get at Walmart. Even with no taxes on food items right now it’s still expensive. These people are spending my whole grocery budget on like 3 items.

[@yoeddieorsome]

@@abbytheredwolf174it feels so dystopian to me tbh- i'm from germany, currently doing volunteer work (basically work at a school to teach) where i own 250€ per month and have to cover all my expenses with that and some people can just casually spend that amount in one grocery haul for what? like a smoothie and one meal?

[@abbytheredwolf174]

@ I totally agree. This week we spent $280 on groceries between myself and my mom. That’s good meals and lunches for work and thankfully right now no taxes on food. That would’ve been almost $400 if it was fully taxed again. I would try the smoothie maybe but never twice I don’t see it’s worth.

[@yoeddieorsome]

@@abbytheredwolf174same! that thing would be a one time treat (a painful one tho because spending that much money on something i'll like for like 10 min literally gives me physical pain😭) but never more than that-

[@mikaelastefkova]

Aww I'm sorry you can't buy everything that you need. :c It's not the same, but I get a coffee sometimes (or more often it's my dad that gets it as a treat for me) that's about 100 czk (4$) and I feel bad for spending so much on myself 🙈 This is crazy! 😭 I'm very conscious about the groceries I'm buying, so we can do that tbh

[@levii6126]

I fully believe that these stores are meant only for celebrities to shop in peace cause no one else can afford it

[@yuufie4882]

Even Gordon Ramsay's will probably call those on erewhon food an idiot sandwich

[@Erika-xm2mi]

Celebrities have people who do their shopping for them. A lot of them will not have stepped foot in a grocery store in years. I have no doubt that the people behind Erewhon just wanted to see far they could go and see how much money people would be willing to fork out to feel special.

[@limitlessbianca]

@@Erika-xm2micelebrities crave “normalcy” as well, that’s why they go to places like erewhon so they could act like or do “normal people” thing without actual normal people around them. But now it has become a tourist attraction so you wont be seeing the celebs anymore 💀 hailey bieber should have kept quiet about her skincare smoothie lmao

[@joannal.2308]

they dont do their own shopping most times

[@Kevinthesnail]

It’s so idiots who can’t afford it can feel special like a celebrity… which is brilliant for the store honestly! We live in a time where influencers are at a celebrity status but only making enough to make it day to day keeping up with the celebrity Jones’s. They won’t have anything when it comes down to it because they had to spend a fortune to look a certain way. This has made the common person want that luxury and the whole lifestyle so badly. It makes it seem so seemingly attainable. It makes people ok with spending 2 hours of work on a smoothie just to have a taste of that life. They sell 40,000 of those strawberry smoothies, not 40,000 of those packs of cucumbers…

[@flaamingeaux]

American here: I grew up in the east coast side of the states in a rural area with a lot of farms. Now not all of us in the area are farmers, but a good percentage still has some basic knowledge thanks to our curriculum adding agriculture based classes. Let me tell you why a 'non-GMO' produce technically does not exist. GMO, stands for: Genetically Modified Organism, pretty much ALL domesticated produce and livestock are GMO. I think right now, when people hear GMO they think chemical injections and overuse of pesticides (which are real to be honest, the over dependence on pesticides is creating weaker results) However, GMO doesn't have to be any sort of chemical AT ALL. A GMO is often something that has just been selectively bred. With selective breeding they often look for characteristics like: bigger mass, flavors, resistance to disease or pests, etc. Every single piece of food we eat whether it was grown or raised has faced thousands of years of selective breeding! Therefore it's ALL GMO. Even if you decide to buy seeds and use healthier methods of growing crops in your own yard, those seeds are the result of SELECTIVE BREEDING making it a GMO. Food that is not GMO is next to impossible UNLESS you choose to eat foods that have not been domesticated. Deer, wild turkey, or wild boar, are a few American meat based ones I can think of. As for fruits or vegetables, muscadines or scuppernongs are another example. They're basically the closest relative to a grape. All the store grapes you eat in America (yes, even the one labeled as 'California grapes') are descended from a European variety that faced thousands of years of domestication. The muscadine on the other hand, while it has faced some domestication, it's only has done so in the last few hundred years, meaning that even if you buy some or get seeds from a winery that specializes in muscadines, they still retain their wild and natural taste. (Muscadine jelly is THE BEST. Absolutely bursting with flavor and doesn't taste watered down like store grape jelly) Muscadines you still can just as easily find randomly in the wild too. Unfortunately for folks like me: I like chicken too much to give it up......Well wild duck tastes good too, but not as easy to get so I'll stick with my kfc lol TL;DR: 'Non-GMO' foods are next to impossible because humans have domesticated food for so long, that everything has been modified through one method or another, no matter if the farmer has used natural methods of farming. If you truly want food that is non-GMO go hunting or foraging in the woods and make sure you don't eat anything poisonous. Not all GMOs are bad, in fact without them, we wouldn't actually have as many foods as we do today.

[@jenniferlee1993]

Well said. Thank you for the knowledge drop.

[@flaamingeaux]

@@jenniferlee1993 I don't hate influencers, but god so many of them are way too far removed from how agriculture is done in US and as a result, spread stuff as shown in this video without realizing it. Is it the best system in the world? No, in fact, there's actually a lot of issues that I won't get into here. But influencers are SO misinformed on the actual processes and tend to be focused on the wrong things unfortunately (like their obsession with foods not having GMOs rather than being worried about supporting local farmers directly or holding corporate farms accountable for harmful practices towards farmers, produce, and the environment)

[@f.tp342]

yess we love GMOs in our house. so many common misconceptions. we are local farmers (fruits and veggies) we personally do use GMOs but people tend to come to us because they think we don't. we also market as organic (because we are), which people think means no pesticides. we just use organic pesticides which yes does bring up cost as a small & local farmer, but not for the farms that mass produce.

[@JauntyCrepe]

Ok sorry but there is a difference between GMOS and the selective breeding that humans have done forever. This is directly from LSU’s agricultural center: “While hybrid and F1 hybrid plants originate from breeding techniques long used by humans, genetically modified organisms are a modern innovation created in the laboratory by inserting specific desirable genes into the genetic material of a plant. These desirable genes may even come from vastly different organisms that would never naturally cross with the plant.” I’m not talking about the ethics of GMOS or what my opinion is but you are factually incorrect here. I worked on an organic farm for a few years. Organic certification doesn’t allow for GMOS for this specific reason, but does allow for hybrid plants because those can even occur in nature.

[@sheeniebeanie2597]

🧠 ⬆️ That is you! Seriously, this is great information and it’s awesome that you are so knowledgeable!!

[@susannahfriesenofficial]

half the contents of her sandwich just fell out LOL

[@HeyItsThaliaBree]

my dad watched this vid & goes “there goes $7 falling out of her sandwich”

[@susannahfriesenofficial]

@@HeyItsThaliaBree hahaha your dad seems like a funny guy

[@yeeyeeyeeye]

I am convinced this is a front for money laundering

[@germyw]

Same. Watch what happens…

[@AllisonM90]

Ooh, who do you think is involved?

[@Ericka-uh9yx]

Yup I agree

[@feathercat9118]

That's basically most posh shops that sell overpriced shit.

[@labelmeposh]

😂😂😂

[@unscarred8698]

This is a masterclass in marketing. It shows how emotion plays into this experience.

[@ColeClawson]

I’ve never been to Erewhon but a reminder that “cost” & “worth” (to quote the finance guy from Confessions of a Shopaholic) are VASTLY different things and the price of a product in no way dictates its inherent worth. I think it’s sad that people are guilted and shamed about where they get literal body fuel (Aldi shopper here😅)

[@Aries73]

Trouble is that there are people in this society who believe healthy food should be a luxury.

[@CarolinaS.Mendonca]

i just love that you quote confessions of a shopaholic. a underrated movie ❤

[@moose8883]

Rosanna Pansino did a video on remaking the smoothie for a better price and better for you. It was very interesting the price comparison.

[@AllisonM90]

I HAVE TO try the banana cream one omg lol. But FR, I'm buying those ingredients today lol.

[@User-ic9jy]

​@@AllisonM90 Was it good?? Do tell lol

[@AllisonM90]

@@User-ic9jy I haven't found frozen bananas get, but as soon as I try it, I'll let you know.

[@User-ic9jy]

@@AllisonM90 Okay!! Thank youuu

[@nastynat2002]

​@AllisonM90 If you don't find frozen bananas, you freeze your own. So easy to do. You freeze the ripe bananas, you always them when needed

[@aadpiraat7126]

Just because you're rich does'nt mean you're smart

[@mii481]

🤣 100%

[@polydactylblackcat2218]

The thing about the ice is that it's directionally frozen to prevent ice bubbles from forming within the ice which makes it melt more slowly and is the reason why it's so clear. This method of freezing takes longer, but I doubt it justifies the price.

[@Yaboringme]

That’s a pretty cool fact though

[@tarracavenah1589]

I think you can use boiled water for the same clear ice effect

[@suryamgangwal8315]

@@tarracavenah1589 that doesn't work actually.

[@suryamgangwal8315]

Directional freezing is not a hard thing to do; you basically need an ice cooler and a large enough freezer. That's it

[@ValerieDee123]

So you're going to pay for tap water without bubbles. Interesting

[@Protoplanetary_Dust]

As a poor person from a giant family, these prices are giving me actual physical pain. We buy two carts full of groceries for 400 bucks. 400 dollars at this wild store would buy like ten things. I would actually pass put at this dang store

[@nicholej]

we are ALREADY IN INFALTION and people wanna play grocery shopping at the most EXPENSIVE grocery store? bahahahahahahahahahaha okaaaaaayyyyyy

[@supergleek12]

Never complaining about Whole Foods ever again

[@Timeus]

When did whole paycheck become a lesser evil?

[@ST52655]

Whole Wallet

[@AllisonM90]

​@@TimeusAt least they sell actual normal food, not random ass sea moss nobody wants lol. I've only ever shopped at Whole Foods when on vacation w my Mom in Monterey, CA, and no other grocery stores were open or nearby. Granted it's been a while, but I don't recall it being that bad. And we got hot bar items for dinner instead of going out. I guess it just depends. We don't have a whole foods where I live but we have a Nugget which is very similar. I only go when I absolutely have to or just want to see what's new.

[@Timeus]

@@AllisonM90 I'd eff with Sea moss but it doesn't gotta be erewon priced

[@AllisonM90]

@@Timeus Exactly. The prices are what's insane. Nobody can convince me 1 box of strawberries is worth $20. It reminds me of seeing the fruit in Japan that's hella expensive but you're not even meant to eat it, you just look at it, they're often given as gifts.

[@arsvivendi2636]

it's not about fair pricing for the product. it's to prevent poor people from setting foot in there and ruining the vibe.

[@Hunter889]

Im belgium we have so many shops that sell the same things at erewhon but much cheaper, cant wrap my head around the facts that you pay 20 dollars for a smoothie damn.

[@seeleunit2000]

We call that in North America price gouging

[@noons4464]

Oh hello fellow Belgian! Yeah, those prices are ridiculously high.

[@Hunter889]

​@@noons4464OMG hello!! Right those prices are insane!

[@Yaboringme]

@@Hunter889. We don’t pay that much in America either. One stupid store in California does not define America

[@Hunter889]

​@@YaboringmeI know im comparing Erewhon prices to the prices to the stores we have here i know thay there are much cheaper stores in America to shop for food.

[@abbyno4917]

The strawberry price is hilarious because they are grown in California.

[@rebeccamueller8790]

That's what I was thinking😂😂

[@UnpopularOpinion3000]

And is that going to the folks who picked the strawberries? The farmers? Funding for microloans to help the pickers or farmers? 🤷🏾

[@danielihb3447]

​@@UnpopularOpinion3000well ... probably not 😅 probably going to stakeholders and ceo and such

[@danielihb3447]

​@@UnpopularOpinion3000well ... probably not 😅 probably going to stakeholders and ceo and such

[@monkeynumbernine]

The gorgeous produce is available to everyone in California. My kid just moved to LA and said one of the best things is the variety beautiful produce available for low cost at farmers markets.

[@SunshineBear17]

But it’s not designer produce cmon now!

[@Yaboringme]

@@SunshineBear17 yea the rich people have logos on their produce. Strawberries stamped with LV

[@Paddy_PI]

In the 1970s, I think 1975, a guy by the name of Gary Dahl came up with the idea of a "Pet Rock". He sold nearly $15 million dollars worth of rocks, that came in a nice packaging. He basically would pick up rocks around his location, package them, and sell them. He too was in California and Californians bought them up. This grocery store is the same business plan in a way. Basically creating an environment, with overpriced everything, so social media influencers and social media anybody can say they shopped there for clout. It will die out soon enough, as all fads like this are never meant to last. As others have stated, Whole Foods and other establishments sell healthy food as well. This fad will pass as well.

[@leebliss3622]

I love pet rocks it’s so funny

[@dave3657]

Instead of going to a super expensive grocery store - 1) go to a regular grocery store. 2) buy some groceries. 3) leave the cashier a $100 tip. 🤷🏻🤷🏻🤷🏻Same thing. 😂

[@lili-oy1xf]

Wait fr lol

[@f.tp342]

i just spent $140 on ONE dinner and about 1 week worth of groceries 🥲. for reference i went to food lion and im from north carolina.

[@drmimzz309]

I just spent $111 on my weeks grocery shop here in NZ. I got everything, fruit veg, a whole chicken, sugar free bougie jam, organic half and half and a lot more. I shop the sales, and make my meals and baked goods from scratch. There’d be white blackbirds before I ever paid those prices lol

[@karinaescott505]

😂 white black birds 😂😂, im using that one 😊❤

[@meganpoppylloyd2721]

I love the phrase "they'll be white blackbirds" ❤

[@everburninglamp]

I’ve honestly seen a white blackbird, it was leucistic and completely white 😮

[@Libby_Hannah]

Taste test for a literal ice cube

[@joeafricano9270]

The lady who said it was like Channel is so accurate! That place feels like a Gucci grocery store. You don’t need it but people go there and get their 40 dollar strawberries for 20 minutes of clout 😂

[@leebliss3622]

It’s not just for “clout” it’s also a psychological phenomena that makes people feel special, if you buy a small item for a lot of money it’s pretty etc it makes you feel special That’s a huge reason why some people get shopping addictions and become obsessed with name brand stuff

[@jordanmclifton]

"Spherical ice" for the ultra rich and elite. Last I checked, people who wanted their drinks cold without deluding them used whiskey stones. Which arguably are not only better for your drinking experience, obviously cheaper, and less frustrating to use, they are more enjoyable because you can get customized whiskey stones.

[@theoriginalr7310]

Oh My Gosh! Thank you so much for validating me! I HATE celery. Several family members ( including my husband) keep saying "But it doesn't have any taste...you can't even tell...it's just in there for the crunch..." No, it is vile.

[@jazziered142]

As a person who loves celery, they are gaslighting you saying it does not have flavor, it absolutely does!

[@simplypie]

@@jazziered142it has a flavor, flavor that I dislike a lot.

[@sailingwiththegods538]

I feel the same about onions.

[@grundgesetzart.1463]

it has a lot of vitamins and fiber.

[@Sydoku]

It totally has flavor and that flavor is like a green pepper that absolutely hates you

[@regenbogen_sim]

The kerrygold butter for 6.99 USD made me laugh out loud, it's 3,89 € or about 4.05 USD here and usually on sale for less 😂😂

[@hsfhanaa]

16:10 She is wrong. Erewhon is expensive because it was originally targeted towards celebrities. The idea is that celebrities were willing to pay more so that they can enjoy the peace of grocery shopping alone because it wasn't financially reasonable for the common person. But because of influencers, they ran with it and started targeting it towards them because obviously today's society is giving in. You want to argue the price is for the type of fresh produce? No, a bag is NOT fresh produce. They are price gauging and making things expensive because they know people will do hundreds of videos "buying expensive fruits from erewhon"

[@月光-z6q]

She is saying the same thing you’re saying. But she’s also sharing her perspective, which may have been influenced by working there more recently (and seeing how the store pivoted to cater more towards influencers).

[@hmwtal9146]

That whole shop must be filled with influencers and tiktokers

[@swine13]

Must be such a lovely place 🤮

[@shelbystaples6721]

$150 for a tote bag is CRIMINAL. I would have said “no thank you” ☺️☺️ this ain’t the place for me 🙂‍↔️

[@leebliss3622]

I’d have openly laughed, pointed, taken a video, laughed again, turned around, loudly told everyone, laughed again, and then called everyone I know and told them while laughing loudly.

[@shelbystaples6721]

@ as you should 😂

[@mxydxy1]

Fun fact to that ice they sell: if you actually want a cold drink without diluting it's taste (and you can't just put it in the fridge), you can just get plastic or steel cubes for drinks from amazon that you chuck into the freezer and then use instead of regular ice. the highest price I saw was like, 23$. and they're resuable.

[@kerrithornton]

19:54 what you are saying about liquid calories and eating food. It's true, most people are the same way. It's actually important for us to chew our food when we are eating because it starts the digestion process in our brains. When we only have liquids, we will still feel hunger very soon after and it's because we skipped a step in that process. Even in the smoothie is filling. So it's better to have a light calorie smoothie and a snack. Rather than a meal-replacement smoothie. And I say this as someone who LOVES smoothies.

[@HeyItsThaliaBree]

thank you for commenting on this!! makes so much sense

[@ambersmith2612]

I looooooooove a big ol smoothie and a snack

[@kyleveszi4895]

After watching this I think imma have to go see a doctor with the amount of times my jaw hit the literal floor! Majority of my groceries come from farmers markets and ShopRite, and 150 for a large reusable bag?!?! That better be someone’s purse at that point. Them prices there are absolutely insane.

[@HeyItsThaliaBree]

you & me both! those prices are indeed insane, hard to believe! don’t think I’m cut out for the L.A. lifestyle 😅

[@kyleveszi4895]

@ That lifestyle is buck wild!

[@SunshineBear17]

9:41 my fridge makes me frozen water for free. I just press a button, put my glass under the spout (made that mistake b4) & select crushed ice. Oooo ahhhh

[@Sparkedbynatty]

Everything should be in a GLASS SEALED reusable container if I’m paying for those price cuz TF! I live in LA and I think normal groceries are getting out of hand too

[@CalxAndRoses]

For anyone who actually wants to try these smoothies without buying them from Erewhon, Rosanna Pansino actually recreated them with full recipe and ingredient lists that are not only cheaper but taste exactly the same, if not better.

[@swNapoleon16]

Grocery stores have gotten so expensive with the way our economy is right now in USA. But, for $86 in a foodlion, Walmart, or Aldi I can get easily double the amount of food to eat on for the week 5:01

[@karo1565]

About around 14:00 ok so, I work at a book store, we have super cute tote bags, they're popular, nice quality and the design is nice, they're 2,50€... We even hand them out for free if someone spends at least 50€, which with books isn't hard, WHY IS EREWON'S BAG SO EXPENSIVE

[@thechief043]

Insane people would spend this kind of money on groceries when shit's already expensive. Another case of keeping up with the Joneses.

[@jadanicole8750]

yep that’s all ppl are doing nowadays all while complaining weird

[@jessmacc-504]

Thalia talking about strawberries makes me nostalgic 🍓🍰

[@luckdragongirl]

Those chickens who produced the $1.30 an egg" eggs better be small farm, free to roam a large area outside, eating the bugs, etc. They better have the best coops. They need full protection from predators. They need to be pampered ladies. If they are crammed in cages with no sunlight in an industrial barely heated/cooled complex, there's a problem.

[@musicislife7849]

I’m pretty sure they’re pasture raised so they’re not in cages or crammed inside a coop for their entire lives. That’s all I know tho.

[@ellaella5338]

If regular store are getting costly.... what makes you think that I can afford things from that store...life expensive man. 😢

[@blacswanb1273]

The problem with this "luxury" grocery store, is that Walmart sells some of the same products for 75% less in price. The celebrity gimmick of this store forces it to remain where it is. Whole Foods learned that the hard way by having their brand diluted and expanding too fast.

[@nadinemcleish2754]

And here is me eating £2.50 pack of Tesco strawberries

[@dunestar29]

If they really wanted to keep the public out, they’d charge membership fees like Costco. Instead, it’s now a public spectacle of how much people will go to waste their money.

[@user-kr2ty9vk5n]

The point of Erehwon is to give celebrities and the elites a place to shop without running into regular people. That's why it's only in LA and is super expensive.

[@Kagrenackle]

Finally, relatable Erewhon content.

[@Life-oo2tr]

I’m convinced Erewhon is just so rich people can cosplay as normal working class people.

[@Opossumluvr777]

Erehwon is the inspo for the store that loves family owns in You. It’s nowhere backwards, just like anavrin is nirvana backwards

[@kararookie]

That egg price is crazy. We have six chickens and sometimes have so many eggs we have to give them away just so they don’t go bad. Like if your chicken is happy you can get so many eggs. Only one of our chickens is laying rn and we still have enough to feed two people. Those prices are crazy.

[@mimi__core]

2:24 half of that sandwich escaped when you look away😭

[@mayflower6058]

😂😂 I noticed that too like an entire half of avocado fell out 😂😂

[@erisxx899]

that box that contains only some broccoli and noodles and this super healthy smoothie for 60!! dollars? this is 2 days of my work in my country. THAT'S CRAZY

[@heyitsmoto]

I’ll jus stick with shopping at aldi 🤣

[@breezybre5674]

Uh absolutely lol you can get so much food

[@mimi__core]

love me some good old aldi

[@bri6032]

OOH i love the silly fun aisle at aldi with all the random things in it! their shopping cart system is smart, they let their employees sit, 10/10

[@Defy_Convention]

Kool kids call it The Di

[@luckdragongirl]

If you ever get a Lidl, go there. It's only in a few East Coast states. Lidl is closer to me than Aldi. They sell the same stuff (different branding, of course), they have the same prices, BUT they have fresh baked breads in their bakery section, the produce is the first thing you see when you come in, their carts do not need a quarter (and people still put them back), and they have self-checkout. It's awesome. I LOVE Lidl!

[@dawnwang1558]

I can’t believe people are paying so much for their groceries to make grocery shopping “an experience”

[@Sleepwalkyr]

About a decade ago I was an assistant to a high end fashion owner and she would send me to Erewhon a few times a month in her G-Wagon for guest refreshments. The people working there were older than me and would see me pull up and this one friendo valet guy I saw regularly eventually asked what I do for a living. I just said "work, just like you man" and he just gave a confused laugh. Never talked to me again after that 💀

[@Lady_kirigakure]

That 71 USD he spent on his plate and smoothie is equivalent to what we spend in fresh produce, a bit of meat and groceries for one month in my country for two people. 150 USD would include that and a trip to Costco for toilet paper, napkins, detergent and soap.

[@Seungmolover1423]

It’s funny because in Korea at certain convenience stores you can buy a cup of ice that’s in the form of a sphere for less than a dollar and he definitely knows this and still bought it 😂 8:44 (I also traveled and had to take a connecting flight to Arizona, I was hungry and it was SO EXPENSIVE so I think that airport prices was the inspiration 😭😭 10:28 )

[@ayedhhiknife4161]

2:23 she just dropped 5 dollars HAHAH

[@kiterafrey]

That first girl with the $50 haul. When she stopped to take a bite of the sandwich I 100% thought just those two items were her $50 total.

[@PengThao]

So dang expensive... at this point we eating air LOL

[@salma2001]

I genuinely don't understand how these people's brains work or do they just enjoy spending that much money mindlessly

[@swine13]

"I genuinely don't understand how these people's brains work" That's the thing - they don't.

[@keira9983]

two thalia videos in 3 days?!!!?! thank you thalia we appreciate the hard work 🤍🤍🤍 i love you

[@HeyItsThaliaBree]

i always appreciate you & your comments so much 🥹 always be putting a smile on my face, thank you!! 🫶🏻

[@leyrose8862]

I grew up in Switzerland and our supermarket prices are like that. But I’ve never seen anyone spending 1k at the grocery store. We spend 100-200 per week for a family. And our food is great quality. But Id never pay those prices out of Switzerland

[@Darling_Nicci]

If you only spend 100-200 weekly for a family, your prices are not like that. Or you're starving your family 🙂

[@user-jd4hn6qy2h]

Yeah as a swiss, like 14$ for a good sandwich is not bad... I've paid more before but our food for the family (5 people) costs way more than 200...

[@Mhel2023]

​@@Darling_Niccithey're not gobbling all day like in the US

[@Darling_Nicci]

@@Mhel2023 true, that will cut your grocery spending in half 😄

[@MadyLeslie]

Lol, the strawberries in my backyard are apparently worth a fortune in LA. Long story short - keep a small garden, eat like a millionaire. 😂

[@hannahviolet927]

"If its not my grandmas pie I DONT WANT IT" Same girl 😂

[@evanmcsparin7380]

Our brains are fried.Spending 20 bucks to watch ice melt

[@ShadowheartNeverMisses]

The prices in USD were already insane, but you mentioning the price in Canadian was mind-boggling. Coming from a Canadian who is also suffering from our current economic situation 😭

[@pilot.sergio4]

That how I feel with Trader Joe’s here in the US. Everything so dang expensive, I can get organic food elsewhere at a better price. I don’t understand it.

[@lololaughing]

Trader Joe's isn't affordable for produce but you can get really good snacks and frozen foods for cheap or at least compared to WF. Even their skincare is pretty good, they have great dupes for expensive brands.

[@zaraisamushroom]

Im surprised you say that because i go to trader joes specifically to get good, cheap produce and fruit

[@pilot.sergio4]

@ idk where I am from, most of the vegetables and fruits are pretty expensive compared to other grocery stores like Ralph’s or Albertsons organic foods.

[@Alexuscherice]

I have been to Erewhon before, it's overrated lol. I was also intrigued about what the hype was and they have a lot of vegan options I heard so I thought I can try something I never had before. I didn't get the smoothie, I walked right past that bar because no😂😂. I just got the buffalo cauliflower and vegan short ribs. The cauliflower was horrible. It was also cold??? The short ribs were bomb tho but not enough pieces for the price. I didn't do valet because... it seemed unnecessary lol. But they were right about all the luxury cars. Everyone had a G wagon If you live in SoCal like I do just go to Mother's Market, they have everything Erewhon has but much cheaper (still expensive but much cheaper). Everything is still organic, vegan, keto, raw, paleo, sustainable etc.. They also have a cafe inside and smoothie and juice bar!

[@fawnwhiskers]

Tbh, some prices didn't shock me, as shops like Erewhon exist in Germany, where a pound of cherries costs about 67€, which is equivalent to 100 Canadian dollars. 😭

[@HeyItsThaliaBree]

@@fawnwhiskers please tell me you’re joking.. just for cherries?? 😭

[@fawnwhiskers]

@HeyItsThaliaBree I wish I was ☹️

[@grundgesetzart.1463]

what kind of shops are these? I've never seen anything like this here....I'm in Vienna, Austria. And I travel to Germany a lot.....

[@abigailseals8950]

I'm sticking to Walmart and Aldi's. Glad I don't live in California for sure because nearly $30 for CHOPPED FRUIT is outrageous!! The $40 strawberries took me out cause I can get regular ones for under $4

[@liveesunflower]

It can’t be that much different than at regularly priced grocery store so I’ll stick to H-E-B, Trader Joe’s and Aldi

[@candyace]

FR, like I could just hit up fancy HEB (Central Market) if I just wanted a nicer shopping experience. It’s way cheaper and the produce looks just as nice.

[@Razor-gx2dq]

You're definitely from Texas

[@AlexaProoo]

Makeup is sooo fleek mamaaaa✨✨✨💖💖💖💖

[@platinum_noelle]

It's approaching strawberry season here in FL, a flight over here AND coming to either one of the farms, a store that sells our local strawberries, or going to the strawberry festival when it's going is cheaper (and tastier) than getting their year-round berries 😂

[@Zoe-lv1rc]

Love that you bring reusable totes to the grocery store💚

[@liamcollinson5695]

I live in the UK so fortnum and mason is probably the most expensive grocery store but erewhons fresh stuff looks about the same quality as Morrisons here that is by no means luxury

[@renaldamarkos7913]

Erewon has been around for a long time. It used to be a health food store that mostly hippies shopped in. Think organic and macrobiotic products 30 years ago. The prices were very high even back then. Probably about $200 for a 2 bags of items. We used to go a lot and we never saw celebs, just lots of smelly hippie types. Over the years as people became more health concious u'd see the farmer market, yoga, cyclist dual income athletic couple types shopping there. Then it got on the celeb radar and now its a social media haven. It used to be real clean, simply healthy stuff. Back in the day the only 'smoothie' they had was wheat grass shots. I think they were $8. Then they put in a salad bar years later and more food items after that.

[@rgreen-xz1kz]

the airport prices comment got me. i work at the airport and its crazy having to spend so much on the same things you can get outside for a cheaper price. this alone is a valid reason why they should pay airport employees higher.

[@toolbag5465]

Do Americans genuinely not have organic food in their regular stores? I find that shocking..in the uk, regular super markets have a section of “organic” items aswell as non organic. Also the prices are definitely wayyyy more affordable. I find it so depressing that americans dont have good food to eat. Id be so scared to get sick

[@darkmusician0123]

We do.

[@Razor-gx2dq]

We do actually and it's not anywhere near as expensive

[@toolbag5465]

@@Razor-gx2dq interesting. So is this store for like super rich people? Or is it just made for a fun experience

[@Shortorderboy1048]

Yeah I’m not gonna go broke buying food lol

[@lucyservo6574]

$240 aud for a tote bag is CRIMINAL 😭

[@swine13]

If you spend $240 on a tote bag, you ARE a tote bag.

[@lucyservo6574]

@swine13 lol ur right

[@UnpopularOpinion3000]

Welp! Whole Foods on Ponce in Atlanta, Ga (it's the taxes) is looking mighty lovely right now. Counting my blessings (and my $$).

[@ilariasalomone5874]

I come from Italy and many of us are obsessed with food and we can be pretty annoying when judging (not only foreign food but also what is cooked by restaurants or friends, or family), now imagine how strict can some Italian chefs be (the good ones of course, we have bad chefs too). I would be really curious to see them tasting the food and give their judgement. If it's frozen stuff they would recognize it 100%.

[@fala-zt9ep]

I had a dream that erewhon was an experiment by aliens who wanted to understand humans😂

[@nightreader1264]

I would go to the craft store and buy a blank tote bag. I would bedazzle the grocery store and bling it out. I am sure that someone would pay big bucks for it.

[@seeleunit2000]

Perhaps

[@Aries73]

Lunds & Byerly's is as high-end as it gets for me in Minneapolis. Target's my go-to for groceries. There's no way in Hades a store selling organic foods should be charging this much for basic needs. It's blasphemous.

[@TON-os]

So this is just nowhere spelt backwards with h and w swapped

[@KireiC]

6:56 the avocado oil! I was thinking the same thing - I got a huge bottle from Costco just the other day. (I also recognized other brands in that segment that I can get at any grocery store, or even Target)

[@EverydayDesigner]

My LG fridge makes sphere ice. These are same people complaining about rent

[@bethedior]

what people don't understand is that every company has a target market. Erewhon doesn't target regular people but the wealthy ones that's why the prices are !so expensive and somehow privide products that you cannot find elsewhere.

[@vic-sd9mi]

organic doesn’t mean no pesticides/ herbicides ! though i totally agree i wish everyone had access to fresh food :’)

[@ikkelimburg3552]

Me sipping a homemade smoothie made out of frozen strawberries out of my backyard from last summer, one tablespoon of honey, yoghurt and crushed ice looking at this vid, the price and calories of this Hailey Bieber smoothie: 😵‍💫 I did not know about the existence of Erewhon. This vid just popped up in my recommended vids on YT. I’m really too old to be watching this but I’m sure I can impress the teenagers in my household by saying I’ve heard about ‘Erewhon’ and I know what it is 😂

[@Z_ayy]

My friend went here for her birthday and I'm now realizing how insane of a choice that is 😭 I live in CA and here, an entire Costco haul of food that'll last about a month is around $200-300 which is like 10 items from this store

[@mgf7_]

It’s a store for rich people so they don’t have to interact with the general public.

[@swNapoleon16]

18:35 you can make the same smoothie cheaper and better with ingredients from another store. Rosanna pansino did this and has a video up about it

[@stvntylerpjays]

5:32 i spend 5.49 at my local discount store for the juiciest, sweetest, crunchiest, most satisfying strawberries I’ve ever had.

[@pelitsR6]

i love watching ur videos as soon as they come out, keep up the great work!

[@emelysedlak9830]

The ice can‘t even be used for whiskey because you don‘t drink whiskey with ice and if you still wanted to, the ice cube would be prob to big for a whiskey glass. So tf is it for?

[@taekookshipper7931]

There’s an even more expensive one 😭 I forgot the name but there’s one that makes erewhon cry 🥲🤣