Thursday, January 21, 2010

Grocery Shopping

I went grocery shopping at Novis Shopping Center this afternoon. The shop is on the main strip, Bole Road, and meant for upper-class locals and foreigners, so I assume the prices are higher than what you'd find in the local street shops, or from the women who sell veggies on the side of the road for that matter. Nevertheless, here is today's breakdown, in US dollars. Also, as an added bonus, since I've been fooling around with spreadsheets today, the percentage of each item of the total cost:

690g Tomato sauce - $3.98 (32%)
500g Frozen tortellini - $3.07 (24%)
100g Gouda cheese - $2.36 (18%)
500g Penne - $2.13 (14%)
Can of Sprite - $1.00 (8%)
A tomato - $0.25 (2%)
An egg - $0.18 (1%)
A bread roll - $0.12 (1%)
Total $12.81 (100%)

($1 = 12.9 ETB)

Posted by Steve at 7:08 PM

1 comment:

  1. DougJanuary 22, 2010 at 5:03 AM

    Western goods at western prices - what a deal!! :P
    At least the produce and whatnot (last 3 items) is cheap.

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