livenorway

I want to move to Norway, however I heard stuff is pricey there... Though I also heard that it is different in Southern and Northern Norway, and especially in and around Oslo.

So I would like to know the current prices somewhere outside of Oslo, somewhere cheaper, like Southern or Northern Norway. Here are some items that I'm interested in. I'm asking for specific titles sometimes because that way I can directly compare the item to here. If I'd just say "coffee" there is coffee for $100 a kilo here as well, so it doesn't mean anything. Here's the list:

Water (5 liters) (unless tap water is better than in Latvia there)
Cookies (1kg, you put into the bag yourself)
Peanuts (1kg, you put into the bag yourself)
Peanuts roasted, i think with salt (1kg, you put into the bag yourself)
Almonds (1kg, you put into the bag yourself)
Cashews (1kg, you put into the bag yourself)
Hazelnuts (1kg, you put into the bag yourself)
Tomatoes (1kg, you put into the bag yourself)
Butter cheap (bad)
Butter costlier (good)
Yoghurt costlier (good)
Yoghurt cheap (bad)
Avocado (1 fruit)
Apples (1kg, you put into the bag yourself)
Eggs cheap (bad)
Eggs costlier (good)
Cheese (packed, in a vacuum)
Jacobs black coffee (green pack) (500g)
Lavazza Espresso coffee (black pack) (250g)
Chocolate Milka (100g)
Chocolate Schogetten (100g)
Bevita Breakfast (cookies) (300g)
Cocao (100g)
Olives (1kg, you have to ask a lady to put it in a bag for you)
Cheese (1kg, you have to ask a lady to put it in a bag for you), cheaper (better)
Cheese (1kg, you have to ask a lady to put it in a bag for you), costlier (good)
Hot smoked pork
Cold smoked fat
Chicken meat (I think it's chicken breasts or something)
Raw pork (looks like a palm-sized steak, usually has some fat on one side)
Broccoli (1 piece)
Cream (the thing you add to coffee instead of milk)

Michael

Given the specificity of your list, unless there is someone in Norway working in a grocery store who can answer the questions, you may have to take a trip to Norway to find out for yourself what the prices are like.

Alec

Or if you read Norwegian, go to a Norwegian supermarket site. If they offer home delivery service, you can find out how much foodstuff costs.

nytraveler

Amazing really how different foods can be. Whatever is "cold smoked fat"?

And wouldn't cheeses depend very much on what cheese they are?

And who would want bad butter or eggs?

And don't costs depend partly on season - esp for vegetables (here out of season is usually more expensive - but prices drop to nothing when the perfect jersey tomatoes come in, or the Long Island corn).

dyoll

You don't find any (or at least vey few) places where - you put into the bag yourself - except for vegetables and almonds around christmas.
Tap water is fine - bottled water expensive
You won't get bad eggs, butter or yoghurt
Oslo would be the most variety - it is politic that prices are the same throughout Norway.
Best deals are probably in immigrant shops around Grønlandsleiret and Tøyengata - there you might find essential in large packaging and bulk (put in bag yourself or ask the lady)
Home delivery service - http://www.rema.no/nyheter/rema-1000...-med-kolonial/ Open in Chrome browser for translation.

socaltraveler

I find it curious that you have such a specific grocery list for price comparison regarding a potential move to another country. I would think visas, lodging and job issues would be more important than the cost of hot smoked pork. Something seems off.