Nicaragua 🇳🇮 Grocery Store Prices
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- Опубліковано 23 лип 2022
- I was asked to do this one, so I took the iPhone 13 Mini out to La Colonia in Zaragoza, León, Nicaragua and shot some examples of what products are there and what they cost and talk about the currency conversion a little bit. This should give you an idea of what a premium grocery store experience will cost if you are living in Nicaragua as an expat. Life in Nicaragua is generally pretty cheap as the cost of living is low and groceries are no exception.
La Colonia is a very American-style, but traditionally local, Nicaraguan supermarket and is available in most large cities in the country.
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Really awesome video ! I have never been out of the states and its neat to see other stores in other countries .Thanks for sharing and have a blessed day !
My pleasure! Con gusto!
I’m a vegetarian as well so this was great!
Prior to it being La Colonia. That was a smaller family owned super market called El Salman. It was also nice. Great video Scott!
And that building is from something like 1886! Just cool that it is a historic building made into such a nice grocery store.
Helpful. Thank you.
You're welcome!
Hi again Scott
Having now been in Nicaragua for three weeks and having done a fair bit of grocery store shopping its been interesting to find that overall there isn't a huge difference in most respects to our location back home in Northern Canada. The most significant differences being the cost of meat products but they have been on the rise generally. We are able to buy 3 large chicken breast at maxi Pali or Pali for what amounts to about 4.5 Canadian dollars. Whereas a package of 6 chicken breast back home has been hovering anywhere from 22 dollars to almost 30. Beef prices back home are eye watering with a cheap cut of steak being roughly 13 dollars with the majority of the more costlier cuts being in the mid 30 dollar range.
As you noted the processed or imported food stuffs seem to be on par. But there are definitely ways to reduce costs. If our Spanish was better we would try to get to the markets more.
The things we are certainly enjoying are the local chicken, fruits and vegetables.
Having lived all over, Nicaragua is what I'd call a middle-tier grocery cost country. Panama is expensive. Spain is cheap. US, Canada and Nicaragua are in the middle. So while I pay less here in Nicaragua, it's not a lot less.
We are vegetarians so we don't see the huge meat cost disparity. But as locals that actually live here full time, we have processes that make things cheaper for us. We have local shoppers that do market shopping for us and sometimes we do market shopping, and that's way below supermarket prices. We bulk buy at the PriceMart in Managua regularly. We've adapted to local foods and almost never buy something from North America. Even when we get chips or cereal, we're getting Central American brands, every time. And our diet has moved to a lot more rice and beans and plantains than before. All super cheap.
The longer you are here, I think the cheaper it gets. At first you aren't sure where to shop or you can't buy in bulk. But over time you know when, where, and how to buy to get the good prices (same thing would happen in reverse if you moved to Canada for the first time.)
Great video but I was under the impression Nicaragua had really cheap food. I suppose this is an expensive grocery store because the prices are equivalent to Canada. Thank you again for your hard work.😊
Nicaragua has cheap food, not really cheap food. Spain has really cheap food, for example. Panama very expensive. Nicaragua is cheap, but not like jaw dropping cheap on food. Housing, yes, jaw dropping cheap.
This IS the top end grocery store (La Colonia and La Union are the two most expensive grocery chains in the country) so these are all top end luxury prices mostly for imported goods. So even among grocery stores this is expensive. Cheaper grocery stores include Pali and Maxi Pali, for example.
What you will generally find is that goods that are imported from the US cost more than they do in the US. Goods from Europe are just a smidgen cheaper than in the US. Goods from Latin America are much cheaper than in the US. And goods from Nicaragua are super cheap.
If you eat Nicaraguan and Honduran made foods more or less exclusively, you will find it all to be super cheap.
Really liked the little map thing.
That's from MotionVFX. They have some great tools that I'm starting to use.
Great video. My overall cost of living here is so much less expensive than it was in the States, I don't really look at prices and my pantry is full while still saving money , so this was interesting. Yes, please do a milk/dairy video because it is way different here. Also to note that meat is very reasonable here and Nicaragua is the #1 exporter of beef to the USA, so its also a good quality.
Okay, I'll try to do some dairy. That's harder because the style is different. Cheese is tough, but I did manage to do a Maxi Pali vs La Colonia shredded cheese comparison and that will post in two days. Pretty surprising differences in price, there. And my wife says that the cheese from Maxi Pali is of higher quality.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog - Yes quite a difference in price indeed..
Is the beef in Nic grass fed?
@@raindances3310 generally yes. because anything else is expensive. cattle graze in open fields and road sides. they are used all over the country for grass control instead of lawnmowers in public spaces. grass is free so it is what is used.
You must go to esteli and purchase cheese. It's better. But now many don't know how to make the cheese.
We love the local neighborhood outdoor markets. We are Vegan so live mostly on fruits, veggies, gallo pinto, tortillas, etc…cheap !
Yes, the outdoor markets are amazing for locally produced food. So cheap and healthy.
Thanks for making this Scott and I saw you also made one from MaxiPali. I am Canadian but have not lived there for 16 years. I moved to Bermuda to reduce taxes and it is the most or close to the most expense country to live in the world. ect.. the cheapest loaf of local bread is $5.85 and if you want some seeds on your bread you are paying between $8-$9.
I have heard that it is pretty crazy there. Beautiful place, but things just cost so much. I love how little everything costs here, it is amazing.
Can milk and eggs be found directly from the rancher?
Hey thanks for the helpful video. How would you compare the weather in Spain vs Nica and how it feels? Thank you :)
Spain is incredibly mild. Spain is like Italy. You can see snow in extremely limited events (or on mountain peaks.) Spain has the hottest city (historically) in all of Europe, Cordoba, and honestly, it's not a hot city at all. Mean temp of 18C with a low high of 15C and a high high of 37C. That's a warm city, but only warm. Even for a New Yorker, it's pretty mild.
Matagalpa has a mean temp of 22C with a low high of 24C and a high high of 28C. Far less variation, but way warmer on average. And Matagalpa is considered quite chilly for Nicaragua. Jinotega is considered the coldest city of any size in Nicaragua and is essentially identical. 4C warmer than the hottest place in Europe.
Now keep in mind we are cherry picking a city that Spaniards consider to be brutally hot and Nicaraguan cities that Nicaragüenses consider to be so cold as to require jeans and a solid jacket. Go to a normal city in Spain like Madrid, or a normal city in Nicaragua like Managua and the differences go off the chart. Mean for Madrid is 14C and snow is possible for a few weeks. Mean for Managua is 28C. And that's not cold for Spain or hot for Nicaragua, those are just considered "average-ish" cities.
So basically, Spain is more like Guatemala. It's got seasons, unlike Central America, but they are all incredibly mild. Cool summer, warm winter, long spring, long autumn. Spain is considered one of the most mild places you can possibly live while still maintaining seasons.
Nicaragua is the warmest country in the region and likely in all of Latin America (Panama gives us a good run for our money) as a national average and it has the number one and possibly number two hottest cities in Latin America (as an average, Merida Mexico is in the competition.) The coldest parts of Nicaragua are significantly warmer than the warmest parts of Spain. But there are no real seasons, it's the same temperatures all year round.
So if you enjoy solid, stable, year round sun and heat Nicaragua is the undisputed champ. Loads of people flock to it because they want their joints to feel good and never be surprised by weather. Spain gets cool and has some variations, but never gets extreme. Nicaragua starts extreme, and just stays there, every day,
I lived in Granada, Spain and it was amazingly mild. But a good wind and you could have snow in the middle of summer because of the mountain peaks. But it would rarely snow in the winter. Spain also has a lot more land area and varied terrain, so you can get somewhere cold or somewhere warm nearly any time of the year. Nicaragua is much smaller and has a much less varied set of altitudes.
If Spanish weather / climate is what you prefer, and most people do, then it is Guatemala and to a lesser extent El Salvador and Honduras, in the region who are able to provide something more similar. None of us down here have European style seasons or changes in length of day. But for average daily temperatures and more mild climate, Nicaragua and Panama are the most extreme (hot, all the time, year round), Costa Rica, Honduras and El Salvador are a middle ground (more mild because of mild altitude) and Guatemala is the extremely mild choice (eternal spring, never really gets hot, extreme altitude.)
Now that you have a cook who shops at the local markets, have you noticed a difference in the quality of fruits and vegetables? Do you think the local vendors or farmers have fresher produce?
no, I don't think that they do. La Colonia gets the first picks. The markets are good, but the supers tend to be better. Remember that the supermarkets OWN the majority of the farms.
Scott I live in Los Angeles California n want to go and live in nicaragua could you tell me where is the best place to live and not be expensive thank you
Well everywhere is cheap compared to the US, let alone LA. So as a starting point, the cheapest vs most expensive will hardly be noticeable to you. That said, places like matagalpa, Leon, Esteli, Chinandega and even Managua are going to have really affordable options compared to places like Granada and San Juan del Sur that are the most expensive in the country.
Are masks required in some or most stores? or is it optional ?
thanks!
Almost exclusively it is the grocery stores. I did need them at the museum the other day. But mostly I never remember them because I do all my shopping, restaurants, hotels, etc. without a mask. You see them often, but mostly it's just people who want to wear them. Grocery stores and some government offices require them, those are the only places I need to think about it.
Based on the prices here in Seattle, everything seems very cheap.
Yeah, it's decently cheap. It's mostly cheaper than even Texas, which is a very cheap state. I'm sure Seattle is way more on average. I've spent time in Seattle, but probably didn't grocery shop.
Cheese is expensive in that store.
Eveyrthing is, it's La Colonia. It's "Managua Premium"
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Nothing more than sky high hustle prices. Nothing for the private citizen of the country.
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Most of the customers are locals, and the gringos are very few. They have 52 stores around the country and they do very well. The gringo is limited to a few cities so he doesn’t count.