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411 sats \ 8 comments \ @stack_harder 20h HealthAndFitness

That's right, trolly!

total 232 Bulgarian leva, or 122 USD, or 118 Euros

So I thought I would share what a typical accidental Lidl spillover shop looks like.

I was supposed to get some tomatoes, ham, and sweets for the kids' lunch boxes, but what happens, every time I go to Lidl is I get shopping creep and I end up buying a ton of extra stuff.

I usually class food shops as 'a big shop' or a small one, the difference being in the big one is when we buy all the meat and veg (an average big shop will run about 200- 250 euros or about 206 - 250 dollars). This is more the junk food/ extra shop.

I did get seduced by the middle aisle and bought some boxer shorts, but resisted the form-fitting wife-beater vest.

Fun fact, while the poorest nation in the EU, Bulgarian food prices in stores like Lidl and Kaufland are often as, or more, expensive than in Germany where the salary is higher. There's some big store boycott planned this week because food inflation has been off the rails since covid.

https://www.euronews.com/2025/01/31/consumers-across-the-balkans-boycott-supermarkets-to-protest-against-rising-prices

For those interested in specific item costs, here they are, translated and currency-converted (you'll have to zoom)

I've been seeing some the crazy headlines around eggs in the US at the moment and fortunately, we don't have that here, which is good, because as a family of 4 we probably consume 8-10 eggs per day.

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32 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 18h

I don’t know how healthy this trolly is but it all looks tasty.

32 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 19h

Since you're upfront about this being the junk food store, I'll just applaud you for getting extra virgin olive oil. Good choice.

Also, how dark was that big chocolate bar?

33 sats \ 3 replies \ @stack_harder OP 19h

i kind of make it the junk food store to be fair lol the chocolate was the average milk fiat zero darkness variety, the wife will usually get 85% stuff which I'm not a huge fan of and neither are the kids, which is a plus because nobody raids it !

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 19h

Your wife has good taste.

I know in the US it was pretty clear that blaming the retailers for high prices was preposterous. Is there more to that claim in Bulgaria?

35 sats \ 1 reply \ @stack_harder OP 19h

there are a few factors that make food more expensive in BG, they have 20% VAT on food to start, then there's import cost and a lack of competition to the big German chains. probably other factors like the economics of scale and things. how much of it is related to the price policy of the stores themselves, I'm not sure.

logically, a locally produced stick of butter or egg shouldn't cost more than a german one though, especially when wages are here are way lower, along with operating costs and everything else

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 19h

logically, a locally produced stick of butter or egg shouldn't cost more than a german one though, especially when wages are here are way lower, along with operating costs and everything else

Unless the tax or regulatory situation is dramatically worse than in Germany.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @realBitcoinDog 19h

Cheetos Chicken nuggets Valentines chocolates

Are these the supplements u talk about??

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @stack_harder OP 2h

i have to supplement to offset the cheetos!

the nuggets are for the kids tho, and chocolates for the wife so I'm clear there. my portion of this shop is the wine and some eggs, how's that for optimal