Grocery

For this post I simply took pictures of some items in a promotional brochure(advertiser) for Conad, the most important food chain in the city. This will give you an idea of how much groceries costs in Italy.

At the time of writing, the euro is worth 1.45 Canadian dollars. Here is the brochure:

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Let us start with cheese. Very few non-Italian cheeses (or other non-Italian products) are available in the stores. Italians mostly consume locally. Two year old parmesan is just under 12 euros a kilo.

Pecorino is a kind of ewe(sheep) cheese.

 Now drinks, from Coca-Cola to whisky.

Some proseccos (Italian champagne)

UHT milk

UHT cream

Whisky

Montepulciano d<Ab

Then various other things.

Strangely, a few things like artichoke hearts in a vinaigrette is much more expensive than in Canada (unfortunately I do not have a picture).

Sliced bread, but made of spelt.

Tea bags

French fries

And to end with, pasta. I could have put many other things but this gives you an idea of how prices compare. On the whole groceries seem as expensive or perhaps more expensive, but restaurant meals are cheaper in Canada..