prices in Spain for food etc

uk is cheaper for many things . i take about 2hundred quids worth of dried tinned food save about 30 quid . mind with the pound down it will be more . you really have to go look see what you can buy or like . if its cheaper buy it . i bring some things back . specially beer etc . dont buy beer in uk bring enough back to last 6 months . or more . and spanish brandy goes down lovely.
uk could be cheapest place in europe for many things . didnt used to be but clothes ,shoes . car parts ,tyres ,batteries all cheaper in uk.
but go look find out what you like and look at prices . its not life changing differances .
 
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We've lived in Spain for 13 years and find that the cost of food and drink in general is lower than France, Germany, UK and most of other EU countries we've visited in that time. I have to say that variety of products in Spanish supermarkets doesn't come close to what can be found in UK, France or Germany.
 
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spain used to be very good prices , but it started to change about the time the euro came out . since then every year some things seem expensive . like tinned sardines or just cheap long grained rice .
mind i do bring mortadela back . great in sarnies etc . bit like spam. my kids and grandkids love it .
but price a tin of corned beef up. far better in uk.
bread here in uk 40p for a supermarket sliced loaf . 95 cents in spain . but you have to buy it . cant take enough for 6 months .
chedder cheese well if you dont take . its expensive in spain . porridge oats again take them.
 
We are in Europe for around 10 months of the year split up into 2 or 3 trips, when we leave the UK we take a small amount of the things we like, when abroad we mostly buy local and guess what.......when we come back to the UK we bring a small amount of the things we like from wherever we are returning from and then we buy local.

Part of the experience of touring and living abroad is sampling the local food and culture, which we do, but there are parts of our own culture and food that I also like and when away for extended periods it is nice to indulge in corn beef hash or spam'n' beans occasionally:)

I wonder how many of the 'only eat local' types need to access uk tv etc when abroad!
 
chaser said:
30 odd euros a kg dont think so, 8 at the most at home we usually get a 2.5 kg block for a tenner.
We found cheese here the dearest thing compared to UK.
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8euros per kilo at our local market for most cheeses but a few like Roquefort 11 euros . Never buy supermarket cheese !!

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part of being away in the van is eat what the locals eat and use the restaurants that locals use. Have had some amazing meals doing this, eating food with names I couldn't pronounce. much the same with drinks
 
spitfire said:
8euros per kilo at our local market for most cheeses but a few like Roquefort 11 euros . Never buy supermarket cheese !!
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Put a nought on the end of that and you would be nearer to the price that we paid for the farmhouse comte!!.......on a market!!
 
We had a curry in Javea last night.....can’t get more British then that....:D2
 
matamoros said:
Put a nought on the end of that and you would be nearer to the price that we paid for the farmhouse comte!!.......on a market!!
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We have been here 13 years and agree supermarket is expensive for cheese and also some markets too but our local cheese man is very cheap and a huge selection and with very long queues !!!
 
spitfire said:
We have been here 13 years and agree supermarket is expensive for cheese and also some markets too but our local cheese man is very cheap and a huge selection and with very long queues !!!
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He will be at those prices:)

We don't normally pay anything like that but the 2 nice young ladies offered us a taste, very nice we thought( cheese was nice too ) no prices showing so we thought can't be that expensive........€13 for a piece maybe 200g........live & learn!

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matamoros said:
He will be at those prices:)

We don't normally pay anything like that but the 2 nice young ladies offered us a taste, very nice we thought( cheese was nice too ) no prices showing so we thought can't be that expensive........€13 for a piece maybe 200g........live & learn!
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sounds like a tourist scam to me
 
TheBig1 said:
sounds like a tourist scam to me
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Could well be but it is a local market that we use a lot and have seen cheese of this sort at similar prices since.......cos we looked........but didn't buy:)
 
Geejay said:
I can only think of a couple of world class foods coming out of Britain (apart from whisky, which strictly speaking isn't a food) - one is Stilton, and I can't remember what the other one is.
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Err.. Warburtons bread... With captain birdseye's fish fingers on it :inlove:
 
lawry said:
Packing van soon for trip to Spain for 5 months
Being early retirees on a budget is it better to stock up as much as weight allows or just use the supermarkets in Spain ? We also have two large hungry Golden Retrievers. Is dog food cheaper? Any tips
Thanks
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May be an odd tip this one, but, here goes.

I love tomatoes, good tasty ones with a pinch of salt and pepper. I can eat them with almost anything.

But Spanish ones are tasteless, mostly. So bad, there is even reference as to how bad they are in a Robert De Niro film "The Family" set in France.

If you like tomatoes, there is a variety grown in Spain that have a pale look with a green vein running through them, taste bloody lovely. I will try to look up the name.

If you don't like tomatoes, I have wasted our time...........

Otherwise, hasta luego

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Just an observation based on living in France. Brits buy on price, French buy on quality.

If you don't like the price of some French cheese why buy? Except of course to then complain about prices in France.
 
We saw Brussel Sprouts in a supermarket in Italy yesterday - a rare sighting in Europe. It must be getting close to Christmas. :)

And the large knobbly tomatoes you sometimes see are very flavoursome. Sliced on a plate, dribbled with olive oil, fresh basil leaves sprinkled over them and then fresh mozzarella crumbled over the top. Add salt and black pepper. One of our favourite lunches when eaten with crusty bread.
 
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We were actually really disappointed with the fruit and vegetables in Spain last month. All the oranges were dry and tasteless, the tomatoes and apples pappy.
We did enjoy some gorgeous figs and melon though.
 
Always eat the local food when on holiday but without fail take my Jammie Dodgers and McVitie digestives...

Been to a fair few places around the world and never found any other biscuits worth having..

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Mousy said:
We were actually really disappointed with the fruit and vegetables in Spain last month. All the oranges were dry and tasteless, the tomatoes and apples pappy.
We did enjoy some gorgeous figs and melon though.
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The oranges are out of season so they would either be imported or last seasons.

A tomato is a tomato to me:D
 
matamoros said:
He will be at those prices:)

We don't normally pay anything like that but the 2 nice young ladies offered us a taste, very nice we thought( cheese was nice too ) no prices showing so we thought can't be that expensive........€13 for a piece maybe 200g........live & learn!
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Been there done,in France,,will never do it again,,BUSBY,,
 
Can't get my head round people saying food in Spain is dear, as it's not been our experience at all. Obviously, some top-of-the-range specialities are expensive, such as jamon Iberico de bellota which might set you back €275 for a whole leg, while in the UK you can get it for a snip at £375!!

I've just remembered what the other "world class" food from Britain is (well, from Scotland really) - Aberdeen-Angus beef, slow grown, grass fed, pampered, kept like friends of the family, slaughtered with respect and hung at least 2 weeks. Delicious. Well, I would say that as we had a small herd at one time and always ate our own and have never tasted a sirloin steak as good since we've had to buy at the butchers or even direct from the farm. Although we did have an excellent solomio at Christmas from a small butcher in a mountain village south of Valencia.
 
TeeMyob said:
May be an odd tip this one, but, here goes.

I love tomatoes, good tasty ones with a pinch of salt and pepper. I can eat them with almost anything.

But Spanish ones are tasteless, mostly. So bad, there is even reference as to how bad they are in a Robert De Niro film "The Family" set in France.

If you like tomatoes, there is a variety grown in Spain that have a pale look with a green vein running through them, taste bloody lovely. I will try to look up the name.

If you don't like tomatoes, I have wasted our time...........

Otherwise, hasta luego
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Kumato tomatoes
 

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