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Q: reasonable priced imported food shopping ?
Hi All,
I have been living in Shanghai close to 10 years now and with the arrival of our second kid, and his entry in Kindergarten , the budget do tend to get a bit tight. which brings me to my question. I'm open to all sorts of info you guys can spare.
Where do you guys go shop for pantries groceries.
(not vegies, fish and meat but the rest)
It does give me an itch to spend 40 kuai for a pack of good cornflakes, 25 for biscuits .... 400 for powdered milk is really abusive
Prices for imported food are on average 3 times higher than back home
i do understand chain stores like Carrefour are charged with transportation costs, import duty ....
I understand too that there is a cost to living like home when you are in fact 10'000km away from home.
anyway. let me know if you guys have any good tip.
I live in Gubei but work in Minhang so i do travel, location is not an issue.
sorry for the long read and thanks for reading
I buy cheese, taco seasoning, pizza sauce, big bags of sliced pizza pepperoni all the herbs like thyme and oregano ect. just search taobao and there are suppliers. And it comes right to your door in like aday or 2.It is cheaper than the grocery stores. A lot of the cheap products are in bulk. Search taobao or something similar and you can find lots of stuff. You need to search in Chinese characters though, not English...but im sure you know that,
