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Old 07-17-2024, 12:57 PM   #16512
nfotiu
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Originally Posted by Sainters7 View Post
The bolded actually surprises me. I was in Paris in the spring, my cousin lives there so I went grocery shopping with him. Most items in stores are way cheaper there, I couldn't believe it!

I even bought a couple of toiletries as they had the same brand I use, and even with the tough exchange rate, it was quite a bit cheaper. Grocery shopping within metro Paris shouldn't be considerably cheaper than Calgary.
(a night out on the town in Paris is where it's actually crazy expensive)
Canadian grocery prices have shocked me for a while every time I go back. They were already high pre-COVID inflation.
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