I love grocery shopping and it's like a must do esp when travelling. I do agree with you when buying an item, there are not many brand options (apart from dairy products, rice, pasta and wine) and I miss having that option. I thought it was me so I'm glad you guys mentioned it. But I recommend having a Continente club card as the discounts can be generous. It's hard to avoid the walls of wine especially when it's so much more affordable than Australia, Singapore and the US. You guys said Lidl's more humble…I think grocery shopping in Portugal in general is humble while Lidl's prob most humble 😅. But Lidl does have good selections and I'm surprised you can get a lot more than in Continente bom dia. Lidl's my to go place while Continente's for the big shop. Just keep in mind that prices in Lidl can sometimes be cheaper than Continent. Eg. I pay 1 Euro less for mushrooms in Lidl therefore buy 3 for price of 2. Great share guys 👍🏻

you don’t have long life milk in US?

Im portuguese from same City, oporto or Porto for us, lol, for me the best is PD or pingo doce, because quality / price, continente its ok too, but some itens example for my cat i buy at lidl, Usually lidl have less prices, but quality less too.
Welcome and enjoy my / our city and Portugal too. In portuguese "bem vindos ao Porto e a Portugal também " . If you buy brand of the pd its the same quality of the usual brands you buy.

Lidl is great, I love going there in the US too, way cheaper than shoprite which is usually the cheapest and Lidl here is pretty much the same as you showed. Unfortunately there's no Lidl near enough to me to bother going all the time. Interesting to see that some things like cheap bread and eggs are actually more expensive there but pretty much everything else seems cheaper, meat was kind of hard to tell the price because it wasn't per pound or even killo, was that a per pack price? The fish was still pretty expensive but probably still cheaper than the US so I can definitely see how it's possible to spend a lot if you buy lots of meat and fish. Good bread does seem cheaper though just not the cheapo dollar bread unless they have that and you didn't show it, also pasta wasn't really any cheaper.

Hi Can you share which place is best to stay in portugal, when it comes to natural disaster, mostly which place it happens? forest fire, earthquake and sever floods?

overall i'm seeing a total grocery run being about 10% – 15% less than the states.

I love you guys covering everyday things when you travel. I visited Portugal 2 years ago and fell in love with it. I notice you two don't speak much portuguese. No problem, study the videos of Stephen Krashen, Jeff McQuillan. Once you learn what "comprehensible input" is and how get it, you'll be speaking in no time. Good luck, great vid! ; )

What about local markets/butchers/bakeries? More stops I know, but I'm curious if shopping super local is an option.

Great Video! I'm planning on retiring in Portugal in the next year. Unless I missed it, you didn't mention what city this video is from. I guessed Lisbon. Are there big differences regionally in these prices? I mean, is Algarve more/less than Lisbon. Are non-coastal areas cheaper? Thank you!

Portuguese here "Living in the 🇺🇸" what made you guys moved there and what was your main difficulties of adapting to our country ?

I love grocery shopping in Switzerland as there are only one or two choices for each item.

Please keep about job & link to aply for jobs…even about framing
& also about 300 to 400 euros apartments ….Please begging to make a video

Wish you would convert to USD!!?!

Non-refridgerated milk in Tretra Paks is irradiated. Fresh milk is always better. Some grocery stores sell single eggs, and you keep your old box and take it to the store empty and get however many you want. Yes, and bring your own shopping bags.

This was so helpful!!! We love Lidl too:) We shop there whenever we can when we visit the UK and Europe. What do you guys know about finding gluten free options? I have a wheat and gluten allergy, will I have trouble finding gluten/wheat free options when we move to Portugal?

So they have vegan selections? Vegan cheese, butter, beyond burgers? Planning to move there in a few years.

Can you tell me again about the agency you guys used thanks

Still mask wearing there?

Would you be able to say how much lamb costs?

What r u eating?

What about kid costs – like diapers, wipes, education , etc ? Could you do a video on that ?

Remember.
Portuguese fish, cheese, wine and vegies
The best and maybe the cheapest in the world !

With the exception of a few items I find grocery shopping in Portugal considerably more expensive than the UK. Other than Lidl or Aldi it's difficult to find real bargain stores. Love to use traditional Portuguese markets though!

That was interesting, shopping American (USA) style instead of European. Gotta give your audience/followers what they want. 😁

Thank you so much for your video. I'm currently doing research about life in Portugal for expats, and this has been very helpful.

Great job with the grocery stores! Would you consider doing a video (unless you have already and I haven’t found it yet) on the train and other transport systems between cities? Obrigada!

So you guys are great I am watching all your videos now 😂 I love the United States but I have tried twice to permanently leave the US to live overseas just because I love different cultures and the life experiences have been unmatched. So now I am starting my 5 year plan to move overseas again I had given up with COVID but Portugal looks like a great opportunity to make my dream reality.

If you are still in Portugal, please, please, please also make VLOG about mobile, computer, etc. stores.

Hello friends, how are you?

I hope you did not leave Portugal before I asked this question.

Since I'm probably planning to immigrate to Portugal in the coming months, I wanted to ask you to make a Vlog about digital stores in Portugal, i mean devices like PC, Laptop and so on.

of course I hoped you would do me a favor.

sorry for my bad English.

9:47 Common mistake people make in Lidl, the price is almost always above the item and not below like in other places, so the peanut butter is not €3.64, that's the Nutella jar below it.

Are their eggs pasteurized/treated like they are in the states?

We love walls of wine ! Question..is their Uber to lyft there? And why no oven?

Cheapest ? Outside the USA we say inexpensive or affordable as 'cheap' means something completely different in most places In the world, I love Ping Dosh as they're everywhere. I used to go to the Lidl near 24 Augusto but prefer to walk next door to a PD !

Great programming guys, very informative, keep it up?!

Hi, I'm so glad I found your channel. I know there are Costco's in Europe, but, are there any in Portugal? Any Walmarts? Also, what about fast food. When you crave it, is it around? Thanks so much! Off to watch more videos.

Great vlog topic. This is the type of insight I find most useful in trying to imagine my own experience. Eventually I will get there to try it all on my own, but until then, thank you for providing this detailed view into basic, useful activities. I also appreciate all of the helpful additions provided in the comments below. You have engendered a community that wants to share the best advice with one another. Perhaps you've covered this topic before. Grocery shopping would be one of the activities I'd check out on an exploratory trip to see about moving to different parts of Portugal. Do you have plans to focus a video on recommendations for how to go about deciding where to live, an outline for how to get the most out of an exploratory trip? I understand that it's subjective–what would be a good neighborhood for me might not work for someone else. Porto is on my list (isn't it on everyone's?) to explore, hopefully this September. Thanks.

I luv the LIDL stores they recently started opening in Northern virginia / DC area. The LIDLs here are very upscale looking and i would say are comparable to Whole Foods type quality. I luv it and they are very economical and comparable with ALDI

I'm wondering if there are grocery shopping options without this much packaging. In Egypt, the green grocers have all kinds of vegetables laid out without packaging and you choose the ones you want, put it in a plastic bag or your own bag and have the man weigh it. Same thing for dry foods shops (like oats, rice and pasta, spices, etc.) Is there anything like that in Portugal?
PS: these options in Egypt are actually cheaper than supermarkets' packaged stuff. I'm hopeful that it's the same case for whatever is available in Portugal!

Yeah, we like the Conteninte super market but have a few smaller grocery stores that we shop at because they are closer and more convenient. We have a home on the Portuguese island of Terceira in the city of Angra, thanks to my wifes parents who left the house to their children. Sooooo grateful, beautiful island.

Do you have an organic shopping trip?

Are those avocados from Mexico? 🇲🇽

"groshery"….?

thanks for the video! what i'm actually wondering is, what you are checking when looking at the eggs? do they look different if not refrigerated?

if you would have bought more of the home brands it would be much much cheaper, and sometimes they taste even better, just as an example you could have bought the Pingo Doce´s peanut butter, it´s much better than the brand you bought! Great video ! Keep up !

Lidi is now in most European countries.

The eggs in the US, and other countries, are washed in water and some product (I can't recall) to kill bacteria, before going to stores. That wash removes a protective layer they have, leaving them exposed to other bacteria, therefore they need to be refrigerated so they don't spoil. In Portugal, and Europe in general, eggs are not washed that way. Keeping that protective layer and therefore, not needing to be refrigerated. As they are naturally protected from the outside environment.

Continente "Bom Dia" is the smallest and the most expensive of continentes. There is a middle sized one, called Continente "modelo" and the biggest one, just Continente. The hypermarket, huge. And the big one is also the cheapest one.

great vid, tip though please don't scan quickly (scan slowly instead) over detailed stuff like numbers and text as it makes me feel nautious. Keep up the great work, oh and stop eating cereal…

Hello! I discovered your channel today.

Welcome to Portugal and the best city, Porto!

It is very rare, I shop in these supermarkets.

My favorite supermarket became Mercadona, fantastic products. In some products it is cheaper, in others it is not. But the quality of the products is spectacular. 95% of them are "own brand". They do not do promotions, therefore, we know that the product will always have that price (sometimes there may be small price updates, this update can be more expensive as well as cheaper).

I leave a suggestion, in Pingo Doce, the products of "own brand" (pingo doce), are excellent in the great majority and are much cheaper in comparison with the branded ones.

Packaged bread usually has preservatives, buy bread at bakeries right at the counter inside supermarkets, or at street bakeries. Freeze the bread, and use it as needed, usually the bread thaws quickly (+/- 30 minutes) or a few minutes in the microwave.

I don't think I forgot to comment.

PS- I'm Portuguese.

You'd cut those expenses immensely if you didn't buy packaged meat
and ham/cheese. If you have a butcher shop inside the supermarket, go for that option instead. You have lots of discounts and the meat or charcuterie is fresher.