Shopping Trip

Today I made my first trip to the supermarket here in Choma called Spar. The Spar in Lusaka is huge and has tons of stuff, so I was curious to see how much this one would have! Blu dropped me off and picked me up an hour later and I had spent one million, one hundred fifty-thousand kwacha!! Below is a list to give you an idea of how much things cost in Zambia!

package of topside steak - $3
package of chicken breasts - $6
package of fresh okra - $.34
six oranges - $2.50
10 bananas - $1.80
5 bell peppers - $.70
6 gala apples - $4.20
6 tomatoes - $.50
pkg of baby marrow (zucchini squash) - $2.60
small bunch of red grapes - $5.11
3 large potatoes - $2.15
package of 10 green apples - $2.20
4 onions - $1.35
White Bread - $.84
Rolls (like hamburger buns) - $1.05
package of weiners - $5.50
package of 5 pieces of lunch meat - $2.90
12 slices of cheddar cheese - $3.12
Small chunk of block cheddar - $4.40
Large container of yogurt - $2.55
1/2 gallon of milk - $3.15
Small tub of butter - $4.30
Small package of chips - $1.79
package of brown sugar - $1.14
Spaghetti noodles - $1.60
box of oats - $3.48
package of basmati rice - $4.94
50 napkins - $.95
powdered sugar - $1.44
box of tea bags - $2.88
baking powder - $1.86
3 pkgs of yeast - $2.65
pkg of 12 cookies - $.77
sleeve of crackers - $1.84
small jar of jelly - $1.98
salt - $.35
Sweetened condensed milk - $5.50
honey - $3.07
syrup - $2.05
small vegetable oil - $2.05 (I couldn't find olive oil!! :(
mayonnaise - $5.00
canned tomatoes - $2
sugar - $2.55
nutmeg/cloves/cinnamon - $4 each
cream of mushroom soup (in a package) - $1
ketchup - $3.77
Light bulbs - $3.78
baking soda - $1.28
vanilla - $2.20
Peanut butter - $5.58
Large can of cocoa - $10.74
cornstarch - $2.67
flour - $3.72
Juice - $2.90
one small roll of paper towels - $4.05
Toilet bowl cleaner - $2.67
Large bag of laundry detergent - $13.50

There you have it! :)