So you gotta be rich to live in Alaska, I'll pass I grew up in western ny and had snow . I left the village. I'm in nc no snow on 20 yrs . If they think snow they get is snow . Lol but they can't clean roads
Colorado is more expensive than California now! I’ve lived in Colorado for 4 years before having to move somewhere cheaper cause I couldn’t afford it anymore
Once again, personally I live in barrow and saw this in my recommended. I love how interested the rest of the US is in this little town and I’d be happy to answer any questions that anyone has!
What is there to do in Barrow? How big is the community? Are there people who leave? Anyone who speaks the native language? Are there restaurants or bars? What are houses like, how to you heat them, etc? What is your favorite thing about living in Barrow?
I like how the manager was OK with you filming and answered your questions on camera. A lot of stores in the lower 48 will ask you to turn off your camera the minute they see you filming. Also cool how you respected the privacy of the people who gave you money saving tips by respecting their wishes to not be on camera, too =)
True. In Ontario, Canada there is a small town where you have to register your sugar. Sugar can be used to make some wine. Or brew. And ppl actually do smuggle in sugar and sell it at inflated prices.
Oh my.. I live in Northern Arlansas. Bananas cost 55 ¢ a pound. A loaf of bread is 88cents. I would be eating ramen and snow. Bless you for giving to the church. That is awesome.. God Bless
Keep in mind dispite the fact it's light it's NOT going to be exactly warm. Gets up to around 55 degrees at 2:00 in the afternoon in July and when the sun is lower and not as strong dispite the fact it's still around at 3:00 in the morning it's like 35 degrees. So NOT EXACTLY what you'd inturpit as a nice summer day. Avrage 322 day/ year the tempature will be below freezing at some point in the day. So that's 43 days out of the entire year ware hey it's NOT going to get below freezing today. Just over a month worth of days often in June and July. So DON'T expects warmth with the light. I'm sure you're aware the 55 degrees is a cold day in July by standards of Minnesota or other places in the lower 48 states you'd expect that time of the year to be summer
@@Thatdoesntcostmoney According to what I can find: 'The average income of a Barrow resident is $27,696 a year. The US average is $28,555 a year. - The Median household income of a Barrow resident is $82,976 a year. The US average is $53,482 a year.' This means in the average US household there are 2 full time adult wage earners. In Barrow there have to be 3 full time adult wage earners .... more mouths to feed.
So we don’t have many “dollar/discount” stores up here in Alaska at all. Purely because the price to ship the “cheaper” stuff just doesn’t offset the cost of having those businesses. It’s so sad, I miss shopping at those stores!
I live in Wisconsin. The regional grocery chains around here almost always have the 24 packs of bottled water from one brand or another on special 2/$5. Walmart has their Great Value brand for $2.99. Where I work we have those big bubblers full of purified water sitting around about every 20 feet, free for whoever to use. There's probably over 200 of them throughout the 3 building complex. I can't imagine paying so much for water!
You know what impresses me the most, the fact that a far away land of Barrow, Alaska can get fruits and vegetables grown in places like Mexico and Thailand on its shelves and still be fresh. The transportation costs do mean the prices for them are high, but they are available in Barrow, Alaska!
I can understand the hunting and fishing. That's how the natives have always survived. But I wouldn't think there'd be enough of a growing season for fruits and vegetables.
Kids “Mom I’m thirsty!” Parent “go melt some snow!” Kids “what’s for breakfast?” Parent “scrambled ramen!” Kids “ what’s for lunch” Parent “ramen noodles” Kids “can I have a snack?” Parent “sure, just crush up some ramen and shake some seasoning in the bag” Kids “ what’s for dinner?” Parent “ baked ramen!”
And if daddy gets his bonus next friday will will party with some mustard on our ramen, cuz the catsup was just too much! Wonder if dry pasta and bouillon seasoning would be cheaper? Oh you want bottled water like the other kids.... heres a bottle, theres some snow, next week when it melts you can have it just like the cool kids!
Hint: when you can get on an airplane to buy groceries and come home.... And save money not shopping at the grocery store... YOu have gone to far north.
Ok, something to think about. That is one way flight is 720 miles and you still pay 1.00 per pound beyond what the airfare gives you. I hope you are not overweight with baggage. Also $359.00 each way for airfare (min cost). No extra weight is given. Also travel time (is\can be) quicker to fly to NY from Seattle. Than flying from Anchorage to Barrow. Flying same model of plane. Alaska is a Big State. 90% of maps shrink the size of it. LOL.
Use coupons for tide at Cvs and dollar General. U still have to line up the deals but it can be done cheap and sometimes almost free. Check out these you tubers. Gregthatdude. Couponingwithstar. Runningkimono
Hoyt Stevens Thanks for the advice. By the way. Always decide on the best recommendation. Having 3 channels to check out makes me less tempted to check out any of them. People don’t got time to peruse 3 channels in a night, haha. But it is interesting nonetheless, what channel would you say is the one to sub to of the 3?
I love when you guys do these type of videos. I’m in Canada and I find it so interesting ! Oh and I’m jealous of your snow ! We had a green Christmas this year. It was so warm people were out on their boats. :(
I remember going up to Barrow as a teenager, shopping was very difficult to plan out. A lot of people rely on a subsistence lifestyle too. Great video. It definitely humbles you.
Autumn McClain hi, a subsistence lifestyle is basically living off the land. Whether it’s fishing, hunting moose, seals, caribou, berries. Some animal oil is even used to warm homes. It isn’t easy, but it’s something many do in Barrow and all over Alaska. I think in Barrow the main source is whale 🐋
Before watching this I was like “I’m sure it’s just like 10% more, that’s understandable” and then seeing the 40 dollar pack of paper towels made me hyperventilate.
Well something most don't know. The shipping distance (2,640.0 mi) and cost is the killer. Plus having to ship like bread or other things like fruit that goes bad. Many times we had stuff get caught in the ice, a storm, or just plain bad fog. Things go bad if frozen, like apples, raw veggies, etc. You don't want cans to freeze or they explode too. I used to work for them. Was a fun job.
On the other hand, your household income would be 20,000 higher per year on average, Plus every person gets (for the last 2 years at least) ~$1600 just for living in Alaska the whole previous year. as a general fund paid out for the use of Alaska's state resources by the oil companies.
I'm literally having to pull my jaw off the floor at seeing those prices. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area where it's expensive, but I will NEVER complain about high prices again. That's INSANE.
Very nice that the Manager spoke freely about the associated costs. Mainly due to logistics and weather. If the Manager or company read this he’s a good guy there.
We were in Barrow in August, 2007. Went to the AC store out of curiosity to see if the merchandise/brands were familiar and to check on prices. While it was good to see that even for their remote location, the locals could find a really good assortment of grocery items, the prices we saw were pretty stunning. Great video! Thanks!
I can imagine this conversation happening Mom: I asked little Johnny what he’d like for his birthday dinner. He said bologna sandwiches with chips. Dad: Ok, we’ll go to the bank tomorrow and ask for a loan. Mom: Since we’re getting a loan maybe we can spring for a cupcake for him? Dad: Our credit’s not that good. Yeah, I think I’ll stay in the lower 48. 🤣
@@krishammond272 amen!! Next time i go to meijer I'll make sure to give every employee a nod, i'll never take for granted the blessing we have known as meijer
@@batlordman Well, I worked for ACCO for some time. Josh was correct. Some times whole shipments would be killed due to age (going bad), cold/frozen, fallen off barge, seawater damage, or other crazy AK things.
Zonda Yes they do I was a manager at a store and we threw away at least half of all the produce so we could have it way overstocked so people would buy it. That’s how all grocery store works It’s crazy how much waist
I used to work for ACCO Parent's company (The Northwest Company). Costco is their main (some what) competitor and also they source products with them. It is cheaper just to ship it with Kirkland brand instead of something else.
Tip: When you go to a grocery store and you see expensive prices for those products, think of rations to stretch your grocery for a week. Example is Mac and Cheese, get four on a discount if possible, but don’t cook all four of them in a week. Throw in more vegetables because vegetables have Vitamin built in for winter season, so as fruits. When doing dinner, make sure fruit and vegetables are always on your plate and have smaller meats or poultry. The more vegetables and fruits on your plate, the better the foods are in your own refrigerator and freezer.
Dude you have a good heart to buy stuff for donations, alot of people there really just get by on the skin of their teeth. I'm positive you helped a few families
Usually smaller grocery chains or individual grocers will either join a retail co-op like the one I work for, URM Stores or purchase their products from a wholesale club like Costco or Sam's Club.
I work in a supermarket here in Georgia. I love to go in supermarkets in other countries and other states just to see the differences. I'd love to come to Alaska one day. :)
love bug Well in retrospect if you did live there you could buy lots of refrigerated, or frozen foods to store them in an attached unheated room of your house. That could save a chunk of your budget since you basically live in the worlds biggest refrigerator there.
I was at that grocery store. I took pictures of the prices to shock folks back home. Everything has to be FLOWN in. I'm impressed Amazon Prime is there.
@@marybethfuesting2894 I was thinking that it would be cheaper to shop online and have it shipped once or twice a month. Fresh produce could be a problem, though, I would think, unless you can preserve fresh items that you grow up there enough to last all winter. I would think root vegetables would be a hot item in a climate like that, especially since they can freeze over winter and still be edible when the ground defrosts. What a challenge.
@@yellowbird5411 I get fresh veggies from Full Circle delivered (a CSA that services Alaska). I try to get off slope every 4-8 weeks, and will buy dairy, especially if it is on sale or anything I don't want to wait 2-3+ weeks for from Amazon
Oh wow! The prices were shocking! Bless those that have to shop there. Especially if you have children to feed. Definitely need a meal plan. Would be easy to stay nice and trim. Thanks for the shopping trip! ❤️❤️
Freight was the first factor I thought of when seeing the prices, after living in isolation for 15 years in Australia where most goods are flown and or barged in. Depending on the location. A lot depends on whether there is a freighting subsidy offered by the company (mining) or government. As a couple without children, we really enjoyed our 15 years of working in two major remote locations. Now retired, we live in a northern regional centre (Townsville) that supports the surrounding district. Which is still considered isolated by those who have never lived outside of major cities but we love it. Living in isolation in Australia, there use to be really go incentives until companies started fly in, fly out employment. Meaning you work long hours per day, and days straight through until you fly out for you off time. So maybe work two weeks on with three weeks off ( or vise versa, example only). From the 1970s to early 1990s, these types of areas actually employed people willing to live on site with their family. Costs became exorbitant and there were family issues, living without extended family support, schooling issues where boarding school may be required, so companies went to the FIFO work pattern. Psychologically I think they are experiencing more difficulties with this, than living on site.
Hi Lyn Australia here too! My local Iga is expensive so I travel only once a week which is almost 90 km return to do a big shop at Aldis doesn't help in this 45c weather tho!
@@iraynalee3570 We use to drive two and a half hours each way on an occasional weekend for something different too do and do a big grocery shop, in WA. On trip we bought something and once we got home, we thought we really should have bought two. So we did the trip all over again. The good part was that it was nice and cool in the vehicle. At that stage, we had our very first vehicle with air conditioning. The mad things we do living far away from cities.
One item really stood out at 5:35. The 24 package of bottled water. At my local No Frills grocery store I can find this often on sale for $5 CAD. The store he is asking $30 US. That's about $37.50 CAD.
My new saying, “these groceries are expensive but, at least I don’t live in Barrow Alaska!” Great video, I’ve always wondered what groceries would cost in remote areas, now I know. Thanks.
What I learned from this video is no matter how down and out you are Ramen noodles will always be there for you
You said it 👊👍After reading about what war veterans ate on a daily basis. You can survive and fight with the basic calories
You'll get more nutrition from eating dirt pies than ramen...
@@Fattony6666 of course you will know
Around my neck of the woods ramen noodles are used for body filler on cars
Commissary mealtime. Two packs of noodle and 1 pack of chicken.
Sounds like if you have a friend in Barrow, Alaska, the best Christmas present you can get them is groceries
Or a plane ticket out of there.
vhulheim i love your comment
So you gotta be rich to live in Alaska, I'll pass I grew up in western ny and had snow . I left the village. I'm in nc no snow on 20 yrs . If they think snow they get is snow . Lol but they can't clean roads
@@melindasmith3713 from what i heard you get paid to live there
Merry Christmas! Its Spam!
Everyone: why is California so expensive?!
Barrow Alaska: Hold my cold weather
Colorado is more expensive than California now! I’ve lived in Colorado for 4 years before having to move somewhere cheaper cause I couldn’t afford it anymore
@@PD-ss6qb exactly why my family left the state
@@fbiagentmiyakohoshino8223 where are you guys right now?
I can't believe I just watched a 12 minute video on grocery prices. But I did.
Never been to Barrow, but in Iceland & Norway where I lived for a couple yrs, grocery prices there are fairly high as well.
Me either 😂
And it was interesting AF
I'm halfway through and I'm absolutely finishing it 😂
youtube is wild
I will never complain about grocery prices again. Glad I'm in Georgia
I am also in Georgia and 24 pack of water is like 3$ depending on the brand. I gasped at the toilet paper price.
I was at the publix in Orlando and the prices were similar to barrow for some weird reason.
@@unclejustin7267 well that is horrifying
Im in Georgia too lol
I used to be in Newnan Georgia.
You know it’s bad when it’s cheaper to FLY elsewhere to shop
Better REALLY get a lot to get your money worth. $400 round trip.
Brian Schaffer I just found out my boyfriend left me for an eskimo
Caleb No, why are you called Caleb that is not a name you would hear in Utqiagvik that name is american unless you are a sarcastic idiot.
@@seanconlan3138 not everyone in barrow is native Alaskan
mabuaun yes however i do not believe caleb and he has no videos proving he is in barrow we need evidence
Amazing how beautifully stocked the store is in the middle of nowhere
I was thinking the same thing. I’m impressed with the variety.
Your music loop is enough to drive people to pay those high prices just to get it to STOP playing. DANG SON!!!
Once again, personally I live in barrow and saw this in my recommended. I love how interested the rest of the US is in this little town and I’d be happy to answer any questions that anyone has!
What jobs do people have to afford these prices?
Does Barrow have a major drug trafficking issue due to it being so small and away from the rest of society?
@@AEE341 probably oil workers
I would love it if you did videos on your everyday life living there in Alaska. I live in California and our weather and such is so much different
What is there to do in Barrow? How big is the community? Are there people who leave? Anyone who speaks the native language? Are there restaurants or bars? What are houses like, how to you heat them, etc? What is your favorite thing about living in Barrow?
Muh boi Ramen still coming in clutch in the middle of nowhere.
In Idaho ramen is only 5 cents or 20 for a dollar
FACTS
robofish312 - you have that turned around . Its 20 cents each or 5 for a $ for ramen in Idaho . Happy
Frissdas1207 facts🤣
@@robofish312 its about 3 or 4 for a dollar here in Texas and i thought that was cheap, theyre giving it away in Idaho
Ramen noodles looked to be the only thing in my price range on this trip 😂
Mine too.
That’s exactly what I said! 😬😂
Water to price to do noddle 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
.59 cents it’s still a lot for ramen. A package is 10 cents
YOU CAN GET A PACK OF RAMEN here in NY/NJ FOR 25 TO 50 CENTS.IF IT IS ON SALE YOU CAN GET IT FOR 10 CENTS EACH. CUP O NOODLES COST 50 cents to $1 each
I like how the manager was OK with you filming and answered your questions on camera. A lot of stores in the lower 48 will ask you to turn off your camera the minute they see you filming.
Also cool how you respected the privacy of the people who gave you money saving tips by respecting their wishes to not be on camera, too =)
It is basically like doing your grocery shopping at Walgreens.
Walgreens actually has really good sales on items tho.
Walgreens is cheaper than this place
*you're
@@LindaFromSeaAtTull No, 'your' is correct here.
@@LindaFromSeaAtTull maybe u should steer clear of “correcting” anyone else’s grammar for a while. “You’re” is short for “you are.”
I'm clearly in the wrong business, I need to start smuggling groceries up there and sell out of a van =/
😅😅😅😅
While you're out shopping for a van you might save some time and look for a plane too.
Yes in a van down by the river
True. In Ontario, Canada there is a small town where you have to register your sugar. Sugar can be used to make some wine. Or brew. And ppl actually do smuggle in sugar and sell it at inflated prices.
Good luck with the van. You can’t even get to barrow by road.
Who else is watching this in the middle of the night.
1:18 AM
1:25 am
Jake Fisher 1:44 am
1:30am
12:21
I’m getting chest pains from the prices 🤣
Same i choked at price of Charmin... produce outrageous..fairly high is being very nice like those prices are heart stopping..imo..
I was feeling the same way. It hurts my soul just looking at it.
I agree with all of your statements.
You not by yourself on that
Right?! I'm not even buying anything and I'm getting anxiety!
My soul left my body when you showed the price of flour😭💀
Jordan Light wait til you see flower prices
Jordan Light I know right I’m from England and I pay £1 may be £2
20 bux
Exactly! $20 for a bag of flour?!
Must be because of how heavy it is. That's my guess anyway.
I’ll never complain of grocery prices again. What an eye opener. Thanks for a dose of reality elsewhere to realize how good we have it ❤️
Oh my..
I live in Northern Arlansas. Bananas cost 55 ¢ a pound. A loaf of bread is 88cents. I would be eating ramen and snow.
Bless you for giving to the church. That is awesome.. God Bless
Yikes the prices!! I enjoyed the explanation and the reasoning for the prices. The store manager did a great job!
Barrow’s on my bucket list just to see the 24hr daylight during the summertime.✌️
You should really come here sometime!
Keep in mind dispite the fact it's light it's NOT going to be exactly warm. Gets up to around 55 degrees at 2:00 in the afternoon in July and when the sun is lower and not as strong dispite the fact it's still around at 3:00 in the morning it's like 35 degrees. So NOT EXACTLY what you'd inturpit as a nice summer day. Avrage 322 day/ year the tempature will be below freezing at some point in the day. So that's 43 days out of the entire year ware hey it's NOT going to get below freezing today. Just over a month worth of days often in June and July. So DON'T expects warmth with the light. I'm sure you're aware the 55 degrees is a cold day in July by standards of Minnesota or other places in the lower 48 states you'd expect that time of the year to be summer
👀 I couldn’t even afford to go to the bathroom in Barrow.
Well yeah you could because the median income there is about 82k lol
@@Thatdoesntcostmoney According to what I can find: 'The average income of a Barrow resident is $27,696 a year. The US average is $28,555 a year. - The Median household income of a Barrow resident is $82,976 a year. The US average is $53,482 a year.' This means in the average US household there are 2 full time adult wage earners. In Barrow there have to be 3 full time adult wage earners .... more mouths to feed.
Good heavens $6 for a loaf of bread! I'd say you need a Dollar Tree but it would probably be a $10 Tree!
Miranda Brooks haha!! That was funny 😆
Id consider baking my own bread but then again flour is $20
Anthony Rios still cheaper
So we don’t have many “dollar/discount” stores up here in Alaska at all. Purely because the price to ship the “cheaper” stuff just doesn’t offset the cost of having those businesses. It’s so sad, I miss shopping at those stores!
$6 is average for a loaf of bread in Vancouver BC
this really hit me when you showed the 24pk water for $30. it’s like $2.30 here wow just wow...
I live in Wisconsin. The regional grocery chains around here almost always have the 24 packs of bottled water from one brand or another on special 2/$5. Walmart has their Great Value brand for $2.99. Where I work we have those big bubblers full of purified water sitting around about every 20 feet, free for whoever to use. There's probably over 200 of them throughout the 3 building complex. I can't imagine paying so much for water!
Hey I live in barrow and it's like that because we are a very small town I'm started to get offended by these comments😡
@@traceyosborn5544 becoming offended because people are shocked at the outrageous prices? You would fit right in in California.
C mom under 3$ for a 40 pack of great value water in nc . But gas still 1.89 at gas station .
Tracey Osborn It’s expensive there because everything has to be shipped in due to its remote location.
Holly Molly!!!! I'm from Los Angeles and that store made our most expensive store look super cheap. My jaw kept dropping. Wow!!!!
Stella Aksyonova never thought you’d find a store more expensive than Bristol Farms huh?
No kidding. I could have gone through Whole Foods in Beverly Hills for half of that 😫🙈
@@AbsFabbs totally!!
Yup, just normal alaskan things,
@@myearthsuit Ikr😍 I Thought The Whole Foods On Fairfax & Santa Monica Blvd. Was Outrageous🌞🌺
Can’t imagine Whole Foods in Alaska
Whole foods in Alaska: single Free Range apple, 97$. Organic bubble gum, 56$
Jokes on you.. same price....
Whole Salary (instead of paycheck) lol.
That would be your Whole check.
Bet Hawaii is just as bad, if not worse! It's certainly not cheap to live in Alaska or Hawaii!
You know what impresses me the most, the fact that a far away land of Barrow, Alaska can get fruits and vegetables grown in places like Mexico and Thailand on its shelves and still be fresh. The transportation costs do mean the prices for them are high, but they are available in Barrow, Alaska!
You did a good job. If I lived there, I would have to live on Ramen.
Same!!
Carolyn Garrison $10 a box
Rt andvwiping with paper or kids old clothes..🤣😂😂😂...the price of Charmin made me choke
Carolyn Garrison even ramen gets boring after awhile.
Ditto
Maybe that’s why they hunt and fish a lot there... 😂 So they can actually eat.
I’d just breed cats and rabbits.
Ice fishing, But id imagine it would be too cold for wildlife
The Android nope, there are a number of arctic animals that can be hunted.
But guns are bad!
galinda91 might be a fun hunting trip then
This is why everyone fishes/hunts/cans fruit and vegetables
I can understand the hunting and fishing. That's how the natives have always survived. But I wouldn't think there'd be enough of a growing season for fruits and vegetables.
David Cox In a person garden there would be.
@@davidcox3076 Greenhouses exist you know
@@bigboineptune9567 you gotta build a greenhouse first. and you need money for that lol
Kids “Mom I’m thirsty!”
Parent “go melt some snow!”
Kids “what’s for breakfast?”
Parent “scrambled ramen!”
Kids “ what’s for lunch”
Parent “ramen noodles”
Kids “can I have a snack?”
Parent “sure, just crush up some ramen and shake some seasoning in the bag”
Kids “ what’s for dinner?”
Parent “ baked ramen!”
😂🤣😭😭😭
And if daddy gets his bonus next friday will will party with some mustard on our ramen, cuz the catsup was just too much!
Wonder if dry pasta and bouillon seasoning would be cheaper? Oh you want bottled water like the other kids.... heres a bottle, theres some snow, next week when it melts you can have it just like the cool kids!
Holly Gibson did you spell ketchup like catsup
G C hahahah that’s a good one lol
Ramen slushy anybody
@@hollygibson628 if dad gets his bonus we still can't afford mustard. We need toilet paper.
Somebody need to open a Little Caesar's Pizza so they eat
A Pizza place can make 45 bucks a large pizza pie there. Not kidding.
Dam that’s crazy
@@lordlebourgeois yup its a logistical nightmare. well not nightmare, but its costly to get inventory there.
Idea for a sequel: Shopping in Barrow “Extreme Coupon Edition”
Hint: when you can get on an airplane to buy groceries and come home.... And save money not shopping at the grocery store... YOu have gone to far north.
This is why Anchorage has two Costco's.
@pcx 2019 Imagine if you were.... Not was.
Ok, something to think about. That is one way flight is 720 miles and you still pay 1.00 per pound beyond what the airfare gives you. I hope you are not overweight with baggage. Also $359.00 each way for airfare (min cost). No extra weight is given. Also travel time (is\can be) quicker to fly to NY from Seattle. Than flying from Anchorage to Barrow. Flying same model of plane.
Alaska is a Big State. 90% of maps shrink the size of it. LOL.
Nice to know Tide is overpriced no matter where you live.
Wow... That's how America is going to stay great..... NOT!!!!!!!!!!!.... Freeloader at their best.
@@GouletJohnny Don't listen to this fool he's the type gives all us hard working Americans a bad rap.
@@hockeyguy2005 Wait, you steal detergent from the store?
Use coupons for tide at Cvs and dollar General. U still have to line up the deals but it can be done cheap and sometimes almost free. Check out these you tubers. Gregthatdude. Couponingwithstar. Runningkimono
Hoyt Stevens Thanks for the advice. By the way. Always decide on the best recommendation. Having 3 channels to check out makes me less tempted to check out any of them. People don’t got time to peruse 3 channels in a night, haha. But it is interesting nonetheless, what channel would you say is the one to sub to of the 3?
When purified water costs more than Dr Pepper...
you already have purified water , it called Snow
Water costs more then soda in California
If you're living in Alaska and paying for water.... you're doing it wrong.
@@whoknowswhocares885 Its cheaper to buy gallons of water at the market to water your lawn than pay for sprinklers in California.
Looks like Ramen noodles and spam it is.
LITERALLY what I was going to write. Lol.
scurvy says hello
Straight up
@@mezmerya5130 A little $15 bottle of orange juice a day keeps the scurvy away!
I was totally looking for this comment because that is exactly what I said!
I love when you guys do these type of videos. I’m in Canada and I find it so interesting ! Oh and I’m jealous of your snow ! We had a green Christmas this year. It was so warm people were out on their boats. :(
Hey there..I'm a knight as well..lol.
Where do you live? Lots of snow out here in Alberta!
Where I was at it was suppose freezing this time of year but it was in the high 50s
I DESPISE SNOW lol its evil 2 drive in. I'd b happy 4 a green xmas lol
It's fun to me to drive in lol
I'm from Brazil and I'm fascinated by Alaska, mainly by Barrow. Thanks for showing this!
"fairly high" is an understatement
Tosa funny thing is some of the prices are not that far off of LA stores 😂
This is what I’d imagine grocery prices to be post apocalypse
These are california grocery prices now, and even worse when the Min wage goes up to $15/hr
@@dudewtf1776 No they aren't. Quit exaggerating
@@dudewtf1776 lol I get all my fruits and veggies for free during the six years I live in fresno.
dudewtf1776 🤦♀️
Post apocalypse only suckers would still try to be using money. It would be a free for all.
$40 for laundry detergent, *I'm not complaining about my grocery store prices again* 🥶
Me either
Well yea its a lot cheaper now
🤣
cheaper to just buy new clothes and poop in your own underwear
I remember going up to Barrow as a teenager, shopping was very difficult to plan out. A lot of people rely on a subsistence lifestyle too. Great video. It definitely humbles you.
What is a substinance lifestyle?
Autumn McClain hi, a subsistence lifestyle is basically living off the land. Whether it’s fishing, hunting moose, seals, caribou, berries. Some animal oil is even used to warm homes. It isn’t easy, but it’s something many do in Barrow and all over Alaska. I think in Barrow the main source is whale 🐋
$20 for a bag of flour makes me want to cry.
i mean it’s not lots 😂
Dragon Prince Fan mee too...
That would be $1 in a more central area
The phantasmagoria of the show's soundtrack, the manager talking and Tiny Dancer playing in the background...
Appreciate the store manager educating the masses!
I can't get over the fact that flour was $20! Thata one that caught my eye. I guess it is super heavy for shipping purposes.
Excellent information. I love the interview with the manager. Well done.
Hi
Before watching this I was like “I’m sure it’s just like 10% more, that’s understandable” and then seeing the 40 dollar pack of paper towels made me hyperventilate.
It was toilet paper and it was a 30 pack in it's defense. They usually still run around $35 where I am for Charmin.
Well something most don't know. The shipping distance (2,640.0 mi) and cost is the killer. Plus having to ship like bread or other things like fruit that goes bad. Many times we had stuff get caught in the ice, a storm, or just plain bad fog. Things go bad if frozen, like apples, raw veggies, etc. You don't want cans to freeze or they explode too. I used to work for them. Was a fun job.
I was hyperventilating at EVERY price Jesus Christ I wouldn’t pay a single price in that store if I found a bag of money outside
@Craig Cooper where you buying a 30 pack for 11 bucks at? I gotta get in on this.
He should have shown the watermelons lol.
I saw another video where half of a watermelon was 40 dollars there.
WOW, I'm glad We live in North Carolina !! We would starve in Alaska !
I would have my family send boxes of stuff.
Well...in all fairness, not all of ALASKA is that expensive 😂🙌
Haha me too
On the other hand, your household income would be 20,000 higher per year on average, Plus every person gets (for the last 2 years at least) ~$1600 just for living in Alaska the whole previous year. as a general fund paid out for the use of Alaska's state resources by the oil companies.
I'm literally having to pull my jaw off the floor at seeing those prices. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area where it's expensive, but I will NEVER complain about high prices again. That's INSANE.
i am in bay area. things are expensive here. but definitely not 8 dollars for a lb of apples
Bless your heart donating to the Church!! 💗
I'm so excited you made a full video of their prices! I was truly curious. The videography is SO good! I love the way you filmed this!
Very nice that the Manager spoke freely about the associated costs. Mainly due to logistics and weather. If the Manager or company read this he’s a good guy there.
We were in Barrow in August, 2007. Went to the AC store out of curiosity to see if the merchandise/brands were familiar and to check on prices. While it was good to see that even for their remote location, the locals could find a really good assortment of grocery items, the prices we saw were pretty stunning. Great video! Thanks!
Omg those burger patties 😩
The ramen noodles would be the only thing my family could eat
Exactly my thought!!
Ohhhhh it’s crazy 😮😱
I would eat cats. They breed fast. Then when you skin them you could make so really soft warm house shoes.
Awesome to see how others live in this great country,!
The instant ramen is stIll under a dollar not bad.
decently light for shipping :)
Sustenance..
No matter where you live, you can always survive on ramen
DJ R its a college students best friend.
Yeah but think of it this way...still like 400% more in price than anywhere else.
I can imagine this conversation happening
Mom: I asked little Johnny what he’d like for his birthday dinner. He said bologna sandwiches with chips.
Dad: Ok, we’ll go to the bank tomorrow and ask for a loan.
Mom: Since we’re getting a loan maybe we can spring for a cupcake for him?
Dad: Our credit’s not that good.
Yeah, I think I’ll stay in the lower 48. 🤣
Right lol..
Thats funny👍👍👍
Birth days here art as bad as they seem to you Tina W
That one fry that got loose at 3:48 alone is worth like 50 cents omg
🤣😂🤣
When you have to FLY to Anchorage to save money.... not going to complain about groceries anymore
I'm in Michigan, and we would pass out at these prices.
When he showed the first price my jaw hit the floor.. I was a little salty about what I spend at Meijer until I saw this. We dont have it so bad
I was just thinking this . I almost died just watching . Living in Michigan our prices are soooo different.
@@krishammond272 amen!! Next time i go to meijer I'll make sure to give every employee a nod, i'll never take for granted the blessing we have known as meijer
I normally spend $70-100 a week on groceries and wanted to live in Alaska at one time. Yeah, I like Michigan after all it seems.
I live in Indiana. My jaw hit the floor over those prices.
Besides the prices, I am amazed that store is so huge and well stocked.
The produce is reasonable when you consider the effort to get it there
There's so much though, why ship so much. No way there is that many people living up there. Guaranteed around 75% of that produce goes in the trash
@@joshlewis575 thats not how anyone runs their grocery store business
@@batlordman Well, I worked for ACCO for some time. Josh was correct. Some times whole shipments would be killed due to age (going bad), cold/frozen, fallen off barge, seawater damage, or other crazy AK things.
@@lordlebourgeois But you do not do that on a regular basis systematically
Zonda Yes they do I was a manager at a store and we threw away at least half of all the produce so we could have it way overstocked so people would buy it. That’s how all grocery store works It’s crazy how much waist
So interesting that they sold Kirkland brand hamburger patties
A lot of the merchandise sold in Alaska comes through the Seattle area. Darigold is a local brand, as is Costco.
@@MrLjohnstone Aldi sells Kirkland branded items sometimes.
I used to work for ACCO Parent's company (The Northwest Company). Costco is their main (some what) competitor and also they source products with them. It is cheaper just to ship it with Kirkland brand instead of something else.
Wonder how much a Kirkland Meeseek's box would cost...
@free citizen01 what bag of ice cubes?
Tip: When you go to a grocery store and you see expensive prices for those products, think of rations to stretch your grocery for a week. Example is Mac and Cheese, get four on a discount if possible, but don’t cook all four of them in a week. Throw in more vegetables because vegetables have Vitamin built in for winter season, so as fruits. When doing dinner, make sure fruit and vegetables are always on your plate and have smaller meats or poultry. The more vegetables and fruits on your plate, the better the foods are in your own refrigerator and freezer.
Let’s count our blessings, if we live in the lower states.
I agree but they could move.
@@Geeksalmonbanana if the people are well off they could
Cool... the manager is a friendly feller.
Dude you have a good heart to buy stuff for donations, alot of people there really just get by on the skin of their teeth. I'm positive you helped a few families
Their produce looked much better than I expected.
Michael Rakers preservatives
It was interesting seeing costco brand products being sold in that store. Along with Essential Everyday products which are based in Minnesota.
Usually smaller grocery chains or individual grocers will either join a retail co-op like the one I work for, URM Stores or purchase their products from a wholesale club like Costco or Sam's Club.
This is the best stocked grocery store I've seen since the before times.
Every time he put something in the cart I screeched 😆
Especially the goldfish and cookies 😂
I work in a supermarket here in Georgia. I love to go in supermarkets in other countries and other states just to see the differences. I'd love to come to Alaska one day. :)
I had to stop watching. The prices are giving me anxiety
You get used to it and get creative.
@@kelligray1848 cheers from Brazil
The prices made me anxious. Everyone must be skinny there.
Seal oil
beaker_ squeaker bet a lot of people are big I’m native and from here
Hey every one here is well fed now since you don't live here like I do you don't know that every one here is skinny which there not so your wrong
"It's one banana, Michael. What could it cost, $10?"
zztophatzztophat There’s always money in the banana stand.
I'm sorry, the price rose to $15, LOL
TOP RAMEN is what im going to eat for the rest of my life if i live there.
I'll take the Top moose thank you.
I wonder how far the nearest dollar store is.
Approximately 720 miles. It's an 18 hour drive from Anchorage up north to Deadhorse and a couple hour flight west into Barrow.
Dang. I thought Texas was big. Oh well, 2nd biggest.
@@rdill6371
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It's just nothing but instant ramen LOL
It would be an everything is $10 dollar store and people there would think it was a deal.
Everyone is wearing big coats in that store. Not because it's cold, it's so they can shoplift as much as they can.
mopar 1 dude, seriously not a cool comment. Not funny either.
@@galinda91 like Sargent Hulka said in Stripes, "Lighten up Francis."
3:10 - guess I’d be living on Ramen noodles if I lived up there!
My cousin just moved to Alaska. She has a care package mailed to her to save money.
AD Gee that’s smart
Note to self: never live in Alaska in the middle of nowhere!
love bug Well in retrospect if you did live there you could buy lots of refrigerated, or frozen foods to store them in an attached unheated room of your house. That could save a chunk of your budget since you basically live in the worlds biggest refrigerator there.
@Chadwicked B pop is also that much
If you live this far north in Alaska, I would hope much of your sustenance comes from your own or local hunting efforts.
Witness protection is expensive
or top of nowhere LOL
I was at that grocery store. I took pictures of the prices to shock folks back home. Everything has to be FLOWN in. I'm impressed Amazon Prime is there.
Would have liked to see the Church’s reaction😄
what do you mean
It's like they dropped a grocery store in the middle of a rock concert...
Chuckling in Disney
The best present to get a parent in Utqiagvik is huggies diapers
That makes since
Just remember that all that stuff had to airlifted in. That is why things are so expensive there.
My company ships to Alaska by boat, so it has to be shipped by boat and then flown in there, crazy cost
Oh my... those prices. Amazon has found their hot spot I think.
And something they can score political points on, if needed...
Mike & Nice imagine the shipping cost 😭
I live in Utqiaġvik (Barrow). I, and many others, order almost all our nonperishable from Amazon.
@@marybethfuesting2894 I was thinking that it would be cheaper to shop online and have it shipped once or twice a month. Fresh produce could be a problem, though, I would think, unless you can preserve fresh items that you grow up there enough to last all winter. I would think root vegetables would be a hot item in a climate like that, especially since they can freeze over winter and still be edible when the ground defrosts. What a challenge.
@@yellowbird5411 I get fresh veggies from Full Circle delivered (a CSA that services Alaska). I try to get off slope every 4-8 weeks, and will buy dairy, especially if it is on sale or anything I don't want to wait 2-3+ weeks for from Amazon
Oh wow! The prices were shocking! Bless those that have to shop there. Especially if you have children to feed. Definitely need a meal plan. Would be easy to stay nice and trim. Thanks for the shopping trip! ❤️❤️
Freight was the first factor I thought of when seeing the prices, after living in isolation for 15 years in Australia where most goods are flown and or barged in. Depending on the location. A lot depends on whether there is a freighting subsidy offered by the company (mining) or government. As a couple without children, we really enjoyed our 15 years of working in two major remote locations. Now retired, we live in a northern regional centre (Townsville) that supports the surrounding district. Which is still considered isolated by those who have never lived outside of major cities but we love it.
Living in isolation in Australia, there use to be really go incentives until companies started fly in, fly out employment. Meaning you work long hours per day, and days straight through until you fly out for you off time. So maybe work two weeks on with three weeks off ( or vise versa, example only). From the 1970s to early 1990s, these types of areas actually employed people willing to live on site with their family. Costs became exorbitant and there were family issues, living without extended family support, schooling issues where boarding school may be required, so companies went to the FIFO work pattern. Psychologically I think they are experiencing more difficulties with this, than living on site.
Hi Lyn Australia here too! My local Iga is expensive so I travel only once a week which is almost 90 km return to do a big shop at Aldis doesn't help in this 45c weather tho!
@@iraynalee3570 We use to drive two and a half hours each way on an occasional weekend for something different too do and do a big grocery shop, in WA. On trip we bought something and once we got home, we thought we really should have bought two. So we did the trip all over again. The good part was that it was nice and cool in the vehicle. At that stage, we had our very first vehicle with air conditioning. The mad things we do living far away from cities.
@@Lyn4817 It's good where we at but it's only place cheap enough to just afford rent the gas on the air con conked out the Joy's you can't win lol 🙄
I nearly fell out of my chair when the flour said $19.99 😱
bn649 me too
One item really stood out at 5:35. The 24 package of bottled water. At my local No Frills grocery store I can find this often on sale for $5 CAD. The store he is asking $30 US. That's about $37.50 CAD.
OMGGGGGG..FIRST VIEW AND COMMENT LOL.... I always make fun of people when they post this but it's actually very satisfying.
I see ramen is still fairly affordable. 😂😂😂😂😂
My new saying, “these groceries are expensive but, at least I don’t live in Barrow Alaska!” Great video, I’ve always wondered what groceries would cost in remote areas, now I know. Thanks.
Its Barrow, Alaska
I never thought about moving to any part of Alaska and after seeing these prices, I never will.
Born with money .or your not
I took a cruise to Alaska. Fantastically beautiful place. Live there? No Way!
Was I the only one looking at the couch for sale in the background while he was talking to the manager wondering how much that would cost?!?! 😯😯
There’s probably not a price but rather a loan application.
Me too!
I like the grocery store theme song you selected lol
Pineapples are 79 cents on New Years day 2020 down here in Texas... Yikes .... those prices are scary high😳
Bless This Mess yeah but you might get shot trying to buy one
Cody Niles everyone in Alaska got hella guns too