Good morning all. It is a sleepy Monday here at the taco shack – both quietly doing our work. Got an email saying that the spotlights in expatify for Michele and I are  up.

Our first water bill came via e-bill last Friday [paper copy came 3 days later] it was for $57.18 from June 4 to July 2 – not bad at all considering we had 3 house guests for 4 of those days.

I decided to do something a bit different this time with regards to cost of grocery shopping in San Pedro. Instead of my usual telling you what I got for how much – I made a list some prices in Belize dollars  of things that seemed a bit expensive to me.  Keep in mind I have been living on an island for 3 years so things are not likely as cheap as I remember then to be. How do the prices below compare to where  you are?

Outrageous prices list in no particular order from various shops around San Pedro…

$41.50 -  Almonds 2lbs bag
$56.50 -  Sliced almonds 2lb bag
$35.25 – Container of parmesan 1lb
$79.30 – Cold pressed olive oil 2 liter
$24.50 – Sue Bee Clover honey 24 oz
$27.25 – Jiff peanut butter 2lb jar
$31.65 Skippy peanut butter 3lb jar
$28.50 – Peter Pan creamy peanut butter big jar
$14.45 Apple Sauce 3lb jar
$15.15 Smuckers jam 2 lb jar
$8.75  – Crest Calcident toothpaste
$14.75 – Ginger snaps cookies $14.50 and $17.35 at 2 other stores
$58.75 – 20 giant rolls Charmin
$17.45 – 6 giant rolls Charmin
$21.85 – 12 double rolls Quilted Northern
$25.25 – Ensure powder
$49.95 – Folders ground coffee 3 lb
$68.95 – Kona coffee beans 2lb
$49.95 – Blue Mountain 2lb
$36.35 – Maxwell House coffee 12 oz
$28.50 – 1 box equal sugar substitute 200 pkts
$ 37.30 – Extra virgin olive Oil 1 liter
$59.25 – Extra Virgin Organic olive oil 1.5 liter
$36.30 – Mazola Corn Oil 1.89 liter
$14.75 – Johnson’s baby oil 14 oz
$32.95 – Dove go fresh body wash 24 oz
$25.25 – Vaseline body Lotion 20.3 oz
$13.35 – Listerine mouthwash 500 ml
$24.35 – Scope White 946 ml
$25.95 – Scope Citrus 1 liter
$17.05 – 6 pack of scotch brite heavy duty sponges
$54.85 – Kirkland balsamic vinegar 1 liter
$17.55 – A1 steak sauce 10 oz
$18.60 – Charcoal briquettes 7.2 lb or $9.65 4.5lb
$32.87 – Arm & Hammer super scoop clumping cat litter
$32.35 – Pedigree puppy food 8.8lb bag
$28.45 – Whiskas meat selection 6.6lbs bag
$ 17.25 – Rice crackers 18 oz
$ 15.90 – Granola 1/2 lb
$14.85 – dark sweet cherries frozen bag
$18.00 – Blueberries frozen bag
$17.05 – Deluxe mixed nuts 10 oz
$18.15 – Special k cinnamon pecan 12.5 oz box
$12.55 – lite cherry pie filling 4 oz
$16.30 – more fruit pie filling 4 oz
$18.85 – more fruit blueberry 4 oz
$57.70 – Kirkland almonds 3lb bag
$ 54.95 – Clorox liquid laundry soap 5.04 liter or 64 loads
$49.40 – Gain liquid laundry soap 2.95 liter or 48 loads
$17.70 – ultra cheer 25 loads
$27.45 – Tide 2x Ultra 1.47 liter or 32 loads
$19.95 – wd40 12 oz can

Seems high even though it is a large box

Super Buy South soon to be open