Prices in mercados and shops

[Padrepapp]

Hello Pilgrims!

Anyone have a pricelist of items in shops/mercados? Things like: bread, chees, eggs, bottle of milk and wine, box of fruit juice, veggies and fruits, etc?
Or maybe someone able to list sime prices off the top of one's head?

 

[Deleted member 3000]

In the chain supermarkets, a box of wine can be as little at 56 cents per liter!

 

[Pingüigrino]

In the chain supermarkets, a box of wine can be as little at 56 cents per liter!

Hi, falcom269. I woudnt call "wine" to anything at this price.

 

[peregrina2000]

One idea would be to look at the online offerings of Eroski, a big chain supermarket throughout Spain. You'll have to know the names of the foods in Spanish, but that's something you'll have to know anyway. Prices are all there.

https://www.compraonline.grupoeroski.com/es/

Prices are likely to be higher in the small shops in villages, but probably not dramatically.

 

[annakappa]

IMHO Beggars can't be choosers! When you are walking the Camino and you go to the only shop in the village, either you buy it or leave it, depending on how much you actually need it in that moment!
When in the larger towns, go to one of the main supermarkets, where you will find the prices very similar to their competitors.

 

[xymmot]

Its food and it is no more expensive than buying stuff at home. I survive four days with just bread and water before someone notice that I didn't look so well. The doctor that was walking the Camino said I needed some protein after hearing I just ate bread and water. The pilgrims meal worked out well for 10 euros that had a salad, choice of meat entree, liter of wine, bread, and a dessert. I went another two days with just bread and water and every third day a pilgrims meal. It worked out fine. I lost over fifty pounds in two weeks, didn't miss the food until I felt weak. Chocolate candy bars gave me a boost of energy and strong coffee. I spent a average of 20 e a day that was roughly 600 euros in thirty days which includes the Albergue I stayed in and meals.

 

[Kurt5280]

I live in Denver...the price of food in large grocery stores was about 25%...I regularly left a large grocery store with a full bag of food more than 10 euros...the price of restaurants meals were about 50%...but most Pilgrims told me that prices had doubled from their prior Caminos...for example a liter of cold bottled water on the Camino Frances ranged from 0.8 to 1.5 Euros...that would range from $2-2.5 in Denver.

 

[Padrepapp]

Thanks for all the answers!

I went another two days with just bread and water and every third day a pilgrims meal. It worked out fine. I spent a average of 20 e a day that was roughly 600 euros in thirty days which includes the Albergue I stayed in and meals.

Me and my girlfriend are aiming around 20 Euros a day too (harder to come up with money from eastern european countries). Fast is not unfamiliar for me, but when I started running the 46 day fast was really demanding, as I was hungry ALL the time, and I thought walking 25-35km a day on the Camino would be equally or even more challanging with limited nutrition.

 

[Pingüigrino]

http://ahorra-ya.es/carrefour-catalogo-17?gclid=CNqPy9fD-csCFUeeGwodBpQJaw
http://www.ofertia.com/promo-retail...p0wodzHgLtg#brochure/view/id/954353871/page/1

Here is a pair of links to spanish supermarkets pages. Prices at small shops are usually 10% to 20% higher.

 

[Roger Hogstrom]

Lok at this: http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/country_result.jsp?country=Spain

Roger

 

[Anniesantiago]

bread, chees, eggs, bottle of milk and wine, box of fruit juice, veggies and fruits, etc?
Or maybe someone able to list sime prices off the top of one's head?

Bread €1
Cheese - buy it by the slice. How much do you want?
Eggs - buy them by the each - How many do you want?
Milk - I don't use it, but cheap
Fruit Juice - €1,50
Veggies - Buy them by the each
Fruits - Buy them by the each. I will say that if I want Cherimoya here in the USA I have to pay upwards of $5 for ONE and in Spain I've gotten them for €,89. So it depends on the season and what you're buying.

If you budget €20 per day for picnic food, you'll do fine.

 

[Kiwi-family]

I would not recommend eating only bread for two or three days and then having a pilgrim meal. I think you would be far better off (if money is so tight) avoiding restaurants and buying cheese, salami, nuts, a carrot, greens, yoghurt to go with your bread every day. This would be much more healthy and just as cheap, especially if you stock up in supermercados rather than relying on tiendas.
Another strategy would be to offer to cook for other pilgrims and ask them to contribute towards the food cost - we could make a good dinner for five for ten euros. Pasta, tomato-based sauce with onion, garlic and grated carrot, maybe mushrooms, chorizo, olives, cheese, green salad, egg, melon.
Another budget option would be to soak half a cupful of rolled oats in a pottle of yoghurt overnight (you'd need to carry a small lightweight bowl) and eat that for breakfast. More nutritious than bread alone and good slow-release energy.
With a little planning *healthy* and *cheaply* need not be mutually exclusive.

 

[Red Rose]

http://ahorra-ya.es/carrefour-catalogo-17?gclid=CNqPy9fD-csCFUeeGwodBpQJaw
http://www.ofertia.com/promo-retail...p0wodzHgLtg#brochure/view/id/954353871/page/1

Here is a pair of links to spanish supermarkets pages. Prices at small shops are usually 10% to 20% higher.

We tried to buy at the Dia Stores when we could. The prices were the best that we found. When we bought chicken in a meat store it was the first time that we could have our meat fileted while we watched.

 

[november_moon]

Another strategy would be to offer to cook for other pilgrims and ask them to contribute towards the food cost

Yes, this is an excellent strategy. And you make friends.

 

[Wanderingfriend]

I would not recommend eating only bread for two or three days and then having a pilgrim meal. I think you would be far better off (if money is so tight) avoiding restaurants and buying cheese, salami, nuts, a carrot, greens, yoghurt to go with your bread every day. This would be much more healthy and just as cheap, especially if you stock up in supermercados rather than relying on tiendas.
Another strategy would be to offer to cook for other pilgrims and ask them to contribute towards the food cost - we could make a good dinner for five for ten euros. Pasta, tomato-based sauce with onion, garlic and grated carrot, maybe mushrooms, chorizo, olives, cheese, green salad, egg, melon.
Another budget option would be to soak half a cupful of rolled oats in a pottle of yoghurt overnight (you'd need to carry a small lightweight bowl) and eat that for breakfast. More nutritious than bread alone and good slow-release energy.
With a little planning *healthy* and *cheaply* need not be mutually exclusive.

I couldn’t agree more. Walking without proper nutrients is a dangerous game. I needed to pay close attention to my changing body needs as I went 20-25 km a day. The first time I went I took few snacks. This last Camino, I always had nuts, a protein source and some fruit to supplement my meals, as well as electrolites in my water. There are ways (as suggested) to cut costs but I feel like eating properly is a building block for a good Camino.