Grocery Shopping

 Grocery shopping is quite the adventure here! Since we’ve gone to the grocery store a couple of times, we thought it a good idea that we actually figure out what we are spending!

Zambian money is the kwacha. On a daily basis the kwacha value changes because the value of the dollar is decreasing. Basically however, one kwacha equals about 16 cents. 

Here are a few things we did a cost comparison on:

Milk costs K38.99 per 2Lt or $2.33 per half gallon. That makes it about $4.66 per gallon!

Butter costs K124.99 or $7.49 per pound!

The sales tax is 16% but only on some things. Some produce, milk, eggs, and meat are not taxed but paper goods, like toilet paper and cheese, bananas, and carrots are taxed. Not really much rhyme or reason that we can figure out. 

Gas costs about $10 per gallon!! Ouch!!!

It is no wonder the people eat nshima as their staple food and walk!!