GROCERY SHOPPING IN FARTHEST NORTH CITY IN AMERICA| BARROW (UTQIAGVIK) ALASKA | Somers In Alaska
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Lets go grocery shopping in the farthest North City in America, Barrow Alaska!! Some of the prices will shock you!
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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!
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
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?
Shop lifting could get you a felony at those prices.
Yeah its called Grand Theft Grocery LOL
Wrel Rel 😂😂😂
It would be grand larceny
ha hha
Amazing how beautifully stocked the store is in the middle of nowhere
I was thinking the same thing. I’m impressed with the variety.
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'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.
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.
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.
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
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!
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.
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 ❤️
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
"fairly high" is an understatement
Tosa funny thing is some of the prices are not that far off of LA stores 😂
$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'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
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.
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.
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!
Bless your heart donating to the Church!! 💗
That one fry that got loose at 3:48 alone is worth like 50 cents omg
🤣😂🤣
My cousin just moved to Alaska. She has a care package mailed to her to save money.
AD Gee that’s smart
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
Awesome to see how others live in this great country,!
This is the best stocked grocery store I've seen since the before times.
Would have liked to see the Church’s reaction😄
what do you mean
Cool... the manager is a friendly feller.
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
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.
If I lived there I'd have a heated greenhouse with a high powered electric fence to keep out the moose and bears. All that would still be cheaper than those prices. Wow wow wow is all I could say throughout this video. That grocery manager does a phenomenal job keeping that store stocked with a variety of goods. Better stocked than some of the mountain towns I go camping at here in PA.
I see ramen is still fairly affordable. 😂😂😂😂😂
I will never complain about grocery prices in Louisiana again
Exactly what I just told my husband I will never complain about the price of groceries in Ohio again
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 was stationed near Fairbanks in 81-82, Sodas out of a machine back in the 48 were a quarter a can. There they were 60 cents.
Not only are the prices out rages, but everything seems be overstocked. How am I to believe that all those heads of lettuce and cauliflower and broccoli and tomatoes will be bought before they go bad?
JenGirl Ride along I am sure one could live like kings and queens dumpster diving behind this place
HazeOverL - so true
I can't believe how big your store is! WOW. I lived in Cold Bay and our store was not even close to this or with all those items. Prices were not bad for village style store
Well you got a remember that the pay in Alaska is pretty high because a lot of these jobs are high risk but the pay is pretty good so the higher the pay the more expensive things are going to be.
All of a sudden, a water purifier sounds like a good ideal.
Well, electricity cost is the killer here. All power in town is run off diesel generators. They get one barge of it per year for Barrow. Before the freeze sets in that is.
That's nice that you spent $1000 dollars on a cart of groceries for the church. I'm glad they'll be able to eat for an evening.
that is an extreme shopping trip lets fly to anchorage and go shopping.
Wow, that 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.
I live in Bermuda which is said to be one of the most expensive places in the world to live. Some of these prices are along the lines of what we pay here, but others were crazy. Many of the locals also fly overseas (usually the US east coast) to purchase goods to ship back.
This video made me feel broke... I won't Complain about our grocery prices here in Mississippi ever again in life!
Now, with 2021 inflation, some of our prices in Florida are approaching these Barrow prices! Seems like a business opportunity is right here to provide some competition to these guys.
You all must get higher salaries out there.
This is comparable to AC prices in Bethel, AK. Yeah, we go to Anchorage with totes and coolers to save.
heading to a place like Barrow next week for the start of the US Census. This was useful to get an idea of what to expect at the grocery store. Ramen it is, I guess...
When you consider a bottle of water a "treat"
pretty sure the tap water up there tastes pretty clean and fresh. I know it sure did when I lived up in Mass. vs Florida
When does the other sizes of hoodies launch?! ❤
Good job! Even as an Alaskan I find your Chanel fun. Hey, say hi to my nephew and niece in law Randy And Erin Catterson and their girls Scarlett and Gracie is you know them!
Everything is 3 to 4 times more than my local store...Ohio.
I'm more surprised by the variety and quantity of fresh produce available in such a remote area.
I'd have to go on a very restrictive diet. LOL Seriously, I've lived where the cost of shipping can greatly affect the price of most goods. I'd be curious to know what the average income in Barrow is compared to the lower 48.
$80k
@@francescadaniel6381 per month?
@@MakyVonTravel annual
@@francescadaniel6381 so earning 2x what people where I live in Ohio make to spend at least 4x-5x what groceries cost... i'm not sure how the cost/benefit pays off to live there...
I would be amazoning prime everything.
They don't have amazon prime there....I hope you where being sarcastic...
The guy making the video said amazon does deliver there.
I met a family in Edmonton who drove down from Alaska with a cargo trailer with fridges and freezers and a generator to go shop at Costco... and take a mini vacation at the W. Ed Mall.... that was also before they built a Costco in Grande Prairie which would cut down the drive by 4hrs 1way
I just looked up the average salary there....how? Just, HOW?
Yo. Thanks for sharing this video. AC has moved to a new location and their prices have changed since. A new store has opened up called Stuaqpak at the old AC location.
I'd be so skinny lol
If you guys are shocked by these prices...this is what the Federal Reserve wants in the future. Their stated goal is for 2% yearly inflation. Compound that for 17 years and the prices you see in Barrow will be that high in the continental US.
I thought here in Alberta Canada was expensive 😭😭😭 as a single mom I would never afford what my boys love so much
I know the feeling my kids eat like crazy good thing I'm a coal miner so I make a good living to feed them
I know right! :O I saw cereal in Barrow Alaska was on par with the Canadian price
I work in a volcano mining gold. I cannot afford to talk to single moms so now I am broke.
Single moms are my favorite since I'm a single dad and have my daughter living with me
Good thing Ramen comes in multiple flavors.
I live in a small village in the Yukon, so some of the prices are not surprising, but I changed the currency to Canadian and that would be about $204! Wow! Can't complain about the prices here too much. When we can, we go to Whitehorse, to Superstore, and the prices are more "normal". It's hard living in the middle of nowhere!
Wow. Its cheaper to fly down and get groceries and fly back than it is just to shop there.
I know this video is way old, but I live in South Carolina. Groceries don’t get much cheaper anywhere in the US than South Carolina. I find it odd how some items are just $2-3 more than us and other items are double to quadruple more than they are here. The manager explained it well, but some things like cheese and cereals are WAY up there even though the weight is low.
I only lived here for a short time, can't say that I miss it enough to go back 😂
Keeps you eating vegetables and chicken. Nice!
Those prices make me sad. How can anyone afford that
Sunshine Brady The locals up there don’t know any better and are used to it. Besides, a lot of them hunt wild game including whales and seals up there and pick berries in the summertime.
Or maybe I’m overestimating. I’ve lived just outside of Anchorage for the past 12 years and still can’t get used to the expensive grocery store prices which is why I always shop on base at the commissary where is actually affordable.
Used to live in Eagle River, Alaska. Now I live in Southern Texas. The price difference is so crazy! In the summer produce is so cheap here!
It has some of the highest income because the cost of living is so high.
Priscilla Nieto I lived in San Antonio from 1996-2007 and been in Eagle River since then. Yes, quite huge! I bought a nice small house for $70,000 in 2001
Sunshine Brady The Median household income there is $82,976 a year
Oh my word!!!! I hope they make good salaries up there! Coolwhip - $7.99 - that's crazy! Not to mention all the other prices. Makes me very grateful for our prices in Georgia!
Imagine Whole Foods prices in Barrow, AK (if there were one there) 💀
What’s the rate of pay up there before I start feeling bad for you,everything is relative
Like guests for the price was 160 I was a little over but you said it was 15 4 change
What kind of jobs do they have there that they could afford this??
Oil jobs, government assistance, and people living off a combination of hunting/fishing and government assistance lol
In short it's really expensive and not so logical but hey! Some people like it obviously
@@AKGirthQuake Do you live there?
@@AEE341 No, but I've been there and live in the state
@@AKGirthQuake Awesome. Thanks for replying. I live in the 48. Neat to learn about things up there.
Iceberg lettuce is 30 times the price here in Egypt. I sure love being here and working online making $15K. I think it's much better than moving and working there for even $40K.
This is where Ruvi would be amazing to have shipped to the home ... 4 servings of whole fruits & veggies per pouch, nothing else - add to a blender bottle with water and in seconds, a healthy smoothie! Would love to send up some to try, would love to hear how it helps with cost savings for a healthy guy 😉
Hi
I never buy Charmin. I only buy Scott’s thousand sheet 24 roll and it lasts forever. You hardly get anything on the Charmin roll plus it clogs your toilet.
Wow! Those prices are crazy high even now with our current situation. We wouldn't be eating much at those prices. Tfs Bert! Love your shopping trips.
I thought $1.50 was super high for a loaf of bread but over $6 unbelivable! And a head of lettuce here is like $0.88 and Peppers are around $0.99 each for the expensive red one's give or take. Cauliflower is maybe $1.50 so I can't even imgine paying those kinds of prices!
Watching this in 2023 and these prices aren’t all that far off from the regular stores in the lower 48 now lol
After 26 trips there over 10 years because of The Man's job - I will probably never be back. BUt what 10 years of visiting it was!!!!!
Did Mr.Somers fly up there and then rent or borrow a vehicle? Where exactly is Deadhorse too? It seems like there is way less emphasis on the beauty and the aesthetics of houses and landscaping in the remote villages. Any information on on that would be interesting.
Makes me just want to cry.
God bless you!
And I love Alaska!!!
The grocery bill for 1 person for the week is roughly $500.00 .
I can’t believe that. They need another brave store to go give competitive prices for supplies. Wow
I live in the Hamptons on Long Island and they are way cheaper than that here . WOW 😮
Do people have to "Barrow" money for groceries in Barrow AK?
Forrest Gump anyone who lives in alaska is granted a govt stipend... i believe
Forrest Gump 🤣🤣🤣
Adrock1011 but that is only once per year in Spring time I believe and certainly not enough to live there...yikes- the prices!
We should put in and underground transportation system in Alaska.
Amazon prime membership would definitely pay for itself. Wow.
Are you sure these aren’t Canadian Pesos and not USD?! I guess that’s the cost of having everything flowed in… Although a few of the produce items are only a dollar more than they cost here in North Carolina. The laundry detergent was actually a good bit cheaper there, wow!
Well at least enfamil is around normal price for the babies.
How to get out of Barrow must be a huge conversation/pass time there. No matter which way you look at it it’s either too expensive to stay there or even if you have plenty of money then why would you stay there? Peculiar place.
well, if you lived there all your life, that is what you know :-)
@@emmib1388 yes I guess that sounds logical.
This must be where the expression, “live on ramen” originated from..this very grocery store.. let that sink in.
Lol you should do a new video about the prices at the new store that took over this one. Prices are hilarious!
As someone who lived in Vancouver....I don't see anything strange about these prices
I thought living in Canada was expensive
HRD Heather 77 it is
A few of those prices are close to the prices of groceries here on Guam😩
This place is like Germany in the 30s lol
Those are the prices of groceries in Pennsylvania as of August 2021 🤣
I noticed that romen noodles are about the same price as here in TN USA
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.
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
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