Grocery Shopping

Now I must admit I need very little food. Before I came to Alaska, I shopped at home and used the flat rate boxes to mail my food here. I sent around 23 boxes of food. Then, when I arrived, I was able to purchase three large whole salmon @ $5 apiece from our student teacher. I cleaned them, cut, vacuumed sealed, and froze them. And, Circle Farms co-op was also available for fresh vegetables and fruit at the cost of $54 a box delivered to a nearby village and then brought to me. So, really, I need very little food.

But every once in a while I get the opportunity to go to a grocery store and buy food: chicken, hamburger, bread, etc. Still, I always have moments of sticker shock. So, today I will share the prices of food in a grocery store in Bethel, Alaska. None of the items shown is large. I consider them to be the normal size rather than extra large. And, yes, we buy all vegetables and fruit by the pound. If you were to shop in my village grocery store, the prices would be even higher! Enjoy the photos! Think of me next time you're shopping at the grocery store.