Cost of Groceries and Stuff
Expect to pay thousands on a shopping trip! 1 Canadian or US dollar = approx $200 Guyanese dollar. This page will be updated as I explore!
Drinks
Nescafe Classic instant coffee 100gms = 740
Red Rose Tea (50 bags) - 550
Carib (Trinidad beer - 275ml = 200 - 300
Banks beer (Guyana's own - 275ml) = 225 - 400
Heineken (330ml at the store) = 350
Parbo (beer from Surinam - 330ml at the store) = 240
El Dorado 5 yr old rum (750ml) = 980
Coke = 1L/2L = 195 - 240 / 360
Tropical mist bottle water 1.5L = 205
Guyanese Diamond Club Black Label Whisky (surprised there was a Guyanese Whisky) =1,300
Groceries
Karibee parboil rice 1kg/2.2 lbs = 225
Top Ramen instant noodles = 87
Chow mein noodles 454g = 235
Full Cream Milk powder 400gms = 800
Vegetable oil 900 ml = 460
loaf of brown bread = 285 - 620
Pasta = 200
Dry black eye peas 400gms = 290
Dry channa 400 gms = 400
Rice (white) 2kg = 405
Coconut milk powder 50gms =185
Tomato paste 156ml - 120
Tandy's Pinapple Jam 340gms = 315
Toor dhal = 695
Roti (home-made) = $90 each; Dal puri = $100; Potato roti = $100
Eggs (6) = 240
Potatoes (1 pound) = 80
Bora (string beans- a bunch) = 200
Egg plant/boulanger/baigan (2 medium size) = 200
Onion - 1 pound = 80 - 120
Carrots 1.3lbs = 160
ginger 1lb = about 1,000
Kalaloo (spinach) chopped - small bag - 100
Minced beef (raw) 1 lb = 500
Stewing beef (raw) 1 lb = 550
Chicken at Borda market 1lbs = 370
Spices
Lala's Madras curry powder 227g = 425
Turmeric powder 56.7 g = 370
Cumin powder 7 oz - 922
Tamarind concentrate 400gms - 1,380
Mustard seeds 7oz - 920
Garam masala 100gms - 400
Black pepper 100gms - 460
Patak's mild curry paste 283gms - 1,150
Mango Achar (indian pickles) 12oz - 458
Duck and goat curry powder 85gms - 300
Supplies
Pack of 10 dish sponges (cheap and don't last long) = 285
Toilet paper = 70 - 135
Flipflops = 500 - 2500 (depending on quality and brand)
Clorox toilet cleaner - 575
Utilities
Land line (Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Co, Ltd (GT&T) Standard telephone monthly subscription charge $500 (actual charge depending on calls made). $12 per minute for local calls
Internet (GT&T): DSL modem - one time charge =$15,640; Residential Standard: 1Mbps - $9980; Residential Lite: 256Kbps - $4,999
Electricity (Guyana Power & Light Inc). $53.78 per KWH. One month bill for two people worked out to $7415, which includes a fixed charge of $370.
Cooking gas (tank) = $3800 + 300 x 2 taxi fare to get the empty/full tank to the store and back.
Drinks
Nescafe Classic instant coffee 100gms = 740
Red Rose Tea (50 bags) - 550
Carib (Trinidad beer - 275ml = 200 - 300
Banks beer (Guyana's own - 275ml) = 225 - 400
Heineken (330ml at the store) = 350
Parbo (beer from Surinam - 330ml at the store) = 240
El Dorado 5 yr old rum (750ml) = 980
Coke = 1L/2L = 195 - 240 / 360
Tropical mist bottle water 1.5L = 205
Guyanese Diamond Club Black Label Whisky (surprised there was a Guyanese Whisky) =1,300
Groceries
Karibee parboil rice 1kg/2.2 lbs = 225
Top Ramen instant noodles = 87
Chow mein noodles 454g = 235
Full Cream Milk powder 400gms = 800
Vegetable oil 900 ml = 460
loaf of brown bread = 285 - 620
Pasta = 200
Dry black eye peas 400gms = 290
Dry channa 400 gms = 400
Rice (white) 2kg = 405
Coconut milk powder 50gms =185
Tomato paste 156ml - 120
Tandy's Pinapple Jam 340gms = 315
Toor dhal = 695
Roti (home-made) = $90 each; Dal puri = $100; Potato roti = $100
Eggs (6) = 240
Potatoes (1 pound) = 80
Bora (string beans- a bunch) = 200
Egg plant/boulanger/baigan (2 medium size) = 200
Onion - 1 pound = 80 - 120
Carrots 1.3lbs = 160
ginger 1lb = about 1,000
Kalaloo (spinach) chopped - small bag - 100
Minced beef (raw) 1 lb = 500
Stewing beef (raw) 1 lb = 550
Chicken at Borda market 1lbs = 370
Spices
Lala's Madras curry powder 227g = 425
Turmeric powder 56.7 g = 370
Cumin powder 7 oz - 922
Tamarind concentrate 400gms - 1,380
Mustard seeds 7oz - 920
Garam masala 100gms - 400
Black pepper 100gms - 460
Patak's mild curry paste 283gms - 1,150
Mango Achar (indian pickles) 12oz - 458
Duck and goat curry powder 85gms - 300
Supplies
Pack of 10 dish sponges (cheap and don't last long) = 285
Toilet paper = 70 - 135
Flipflops = 500 - 2500 (depending on quality and brand)
Clorox toilet cleaner - 575
Utilities
Land line (Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Co, Ltd (GT&T) Standard telephone monthly subscription charge $500 (actual charge depending on calls made). $12 per minute for local calls
Internet (GT&T): DSL modem - one time charge =$15,640; Residential Standard: 1Mbps - $9980; Residential Lite: 256Kbps - $4,999
Electricity (Guyana Power & Light Inc). $53.78 per KWH. One month bill for two people worked out to $7415, which includes a fixed charge of $370.
Cooking gas (tank) = $3800 + 300 x 2 taxi fare to get the empty/full tank to the store and back.
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