Slovakian Monika has already managed to take our breath away with prices from a luxury cafe in Montreal, Canada, as well as bills from . However, her journey to the big puddle continues and with her another series of photos that she sent to the Koktejl.sk editorial office. This time, she focused on how much the average person will pay for basic food.
Our reader noticed common foods. Her eyes caught the price tag next to the butter, where the sum of 8.99 Canadian dollars (almost 5.60 euros) was shining. Upon closer inspection, she found that it was the amount for a 450-gram brick and the price per hundred grams is 1.98 Canadian dollars (approx. 1.20 euros).
For a package of 30 eggs, you can see the price tag of 10.33 Canadian dollars (6.41 euros) in the photo. The same number of eggs from litter farming costs approximately 7.70 euros in Slovakia. If someone wants a free-range product, they can buy it, the price can go up to 9.5 to 11 euros, depending on the size of the eggs.
At the price of a liter of milk, many a Slovakian will fall into a sled. The full-fat version, which in this case has 3.25% fat, costs C$3.99. Converted to approximately two euros. “I was looking to see if I could see well,” commented a shocked Monika. In Slovakia, the price of shelf-stable whole milk varies within a range 1 € – 1,39 €.
For example, such bananas are without discount for 2.40 Canadian dollars per kilo (1.50 euros). The dominant figure on the price tag is 1.09 Canadian dollars, which translates to 0.68 euros, but this is the price per pound (0.454 kg). You can see how much tomatoes, grapes or different types of meat cost in the photo gallery.
