99 People Show How Much Groceries Cost Where They Live And It's Pretty Bad

We need food to sustain ourselves every single day. Without it, we quite literally could not survive. Even so, being a basic necessity doesn’t make it cheap. Lately, even tossing cherry tomatoes into your cart or daring to grab two avocados instead of one can feel like a real splurge.

That frustration is pretty much universal at this point. But what you actually end up paying depends on where you live. To see it for yourself, we’ve rounded up posts from r/whatsinyourcart where shoppers from around the world share their hauls and totals—scroll down to compare.

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$37.38 (5,519 Yen) Tokyo

Assorted groceries with price tags and labels showing the cost of food items where they live in Japan.

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99 People Show How Much Groceries Cost Where They Live And It’s Pretty Bad (New Pics)

$37.38 (5,519 Yen) Tokyo

$130 At The Farm Today! I Ended Up With About 63 Lbs Of Produce. It Lasts Us About 3 Weeks

17$ Poland

Made A Stop At 99 Ranch For A Few Items And Walked Out With A Bit More. Wasn’t A Bad Haul At $75

$102 At Aldi, I Filled My Local Community Fridge!

Sixteen Dollars At Walmart. The Best Part About Being An Adult Is That You Can Randomly Decide You Want A Cheesecake At 5:02pm On A Saturday. And Then Eat It Like A Pizza

Whole Foods NYC $158

$19 At My Local Farmers Market

$30 Gifts For My Dad. Hoping It Will Feel Special On A Low Budget

$55.33 In Midwest USA

€8 Farmers Market Belgium

55.40€ Lidl Germany

$5 At The Local Municipal Market, 100% Organic

$20.71 At Super King Market In Socal

$50.14 At Target

$150 From Aldi In Mid Michigan

$7.92 In Sacramento CA

$63 At Trader Joe’s And $63 At Whole Foods Comparison

Sprouts - Los Angeles, CA - $70.99

About $130 For All

$62. Aldi And Publix. In College On A Tight Budget While Trying To Stay Healthy

Whole Foods $258.85

$35 Produce Box

Went Out For Eggs. Promptly Forgot Eggs. $9.42

€ 45,39 In Portugal

13€ Anti Waste, France

Weekly Market-Portugal- 22.12€ Or 23$

£112, Tesco, England

$50.26 Safeway In The Bay Area ($7.50 Saving With Membership)

First Time Really Buying Groceries For Myself. 52 Dollars At Kroger

My Produce For The Week - $7.67

My $15.93 (After Coupons/Rebates) Couponing Haul From Publix And Food Lion!

Pretty Proud Of This Haul - Cost Less $29.77

Roughly $120 At Whole Foods

$66 In Los Angeles - Grocery Outlet

$175 From Whole Foods, USA. Includes 18 Fresh Oysters ($1 Each)

Target Trip. Spent Way More Than I Wanted To. I Only Went For The Hair Stuff & Coke. $58.89

$106 Worth Of Groceries From A Supermarket In Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

$162.47 (Northern California)

120$ At Aldi. I Feel Like I Did Pretty Good

3 Stores For 5 People- $109.04

Super G Mart Grocery Haul In NC - $322

$95 At Aldi In Atlanta

Think I Did Pretty Good. $170 @ Aldi

Se WI, $59.21. Had A Bad Week And Pretty Much Treated Myself To Whatever I Wanted

$202.17 At Aldi’s In Missouri

$101.74 At Whole Foods In Va

$166 Whole Foods

Kroger Haul 84.50

What $62 At Aldi Gets Ya

$85.43 At Aldi, Midwest

$328.92 Whole Foods In NYC

$2 Meat?? What I Bought vs. What I Made

$3 Turkey

$10 Bulk Ingredients Haul

$188 Chicago

My $392 Aldi Haul!

What $9.00 Can Get You At A Chinatown Supermarket In Oakland, CA

Tulsa, Ok ~ $54 Dollars Whole Foods + Target

134$ Market Basket Maine

30£ At Lidl, England

18,760 Won ($12.78) Busan, Korea

$243 At Winco

€96.00 Lidl, Ireland

Target Baby Run $102

$433 Costco Bay Area

$75.57 At Aldi 🥕🥔🧀🥖😋

115$ For Myself And A Toddler In TX Pretty Happy With The Haul

Your Tax Dollars At Work. Wic, $26.92

Aldi UK - £63.92

Changed My Eating Habits 2 Months Ago, Feeling Good! Heb, South Austin, Texas. $152

$97.03 From Trader Joe’s. Not Pictured Is One Normal And One Mini Reusable Tote Bag

$64.64 At Met Market In Seattle

$110 Whole Foods

$81 At Safeway In Denver, Co

Normally I'm An Aldi Guy But Kroger Impressed Me Today. $113

$75 From Aldi Lasted Me Weeks Between Semesters

132$ Market Basket Maine

$79 From Walmart 🥕 🍍 🥒