Cost of Living In St. George's

Have you been wondering what things cost in Grenada? Well it does depend where you live and where you shop. We shop everywhere in St. George's- local bakeries to CK's the island version of "Costco" only on a Home Hardware store scale. Canuks will understand this perfectly!

All prices in Eastern Caribbean Dollars

Food- Local market or street vendor
2 cucumbers  $3.00
1 avocado $2
7 corn $5
6 papayas $5
Genups $1-2 for a bunch
Green beans (bag) $2-3
Watermelon $3.00/ slice or about $2-3 per pound
6 buns $3.00
1 loaf of bread $3.00
1 sugar cookie $2.00

Food Grocery store
fruits
4 bananas ripe $3.20
3 red plums (total vanity/hunger purchase) $7.98
Watermelon (on sale at MNIB) $1.00/pound
lettuce $9.80

milks/dairy
1 litre of milk between $5-6.50
ice cream 1 litre $16.50
yogurt cup $3.51
small brick of cheddar cheese $10.45

processed
Giant bag of Cheerios $18
Flour tortillas $10.70
whole wheat bread $4.35
small frozen bag whole kernel corn $3.80
lunch meat ham/turkey combo pack $17.65
brown rice 2 lbs $3.24

meat
fry pork chops $15.83

Household
small garbage pail- $12.00
small cheese grater $8.95
Broom (from under $10 Store) $10.00
Soap $1

Internet/Phone
$75  for slower bandwidth but unlimited amount (can use Skype no problem)

Electricity
$240 this is actually $100 less than when we had an old fridge. But still quite expensive when you consider there is no water heater, no furnace, no air conditioner, no dishwasher, no clothes dryer...

Transportation
Buses are the main mode of transportation, I think we took a cab once and it was because we had a lot of groceries and 4 people.

Bus within the St. George's are usually about $2.50. So to go from my house to the bus station. To go out of the city the prices are higher. To get from St. George's to my work is $4.00. To go to Sauteurs at the very north $8.00. School aged children are half price.


Clothes
Skirts & Pants. You really need to shop around. The stores by the market, up market hill, and down past Bryden and Minors have good deals but you need to look around. I was looking for a skirt for work. A skirt suit at one store was $115, but I was able to find a skirt for $35. I found a pair of black pants (I never thought I would wear pants here) for about $55.

Blouses are "hard" to find because I am lazy. I don't want to iron. You can find tops for between $45-$65 but you will need an iron.

Shoes
Are an adventure. If you are a woman you can get a thong sandal for $25 and there are plenty of little shops to find anything you are looking for. There is also now a Payless Shoes at the Grand Anse Mall. Shoes for children, boys in particular, are more difficult. be prepared to spend an afternoon hunting them down if you can't find them at Payless.

Movies
There is only one movie theatre in Grenada and it is in St. George's. The price is really reasonable, even if you don't go on two for one night. Adults $25 and children $20. They play first run movies (Fifty Shades of Grey is currently playing) and the theatre is air conditioned. It is small, but like most of us were used to growing up- not these giant Cineplexs.