I just got back from our local grocery store, Shrijee's and I've decided that they should rename the place the Daylight Robbers Store. They sell dried chinese mushrooms at TSH5,000 (RM 13.70). I felt terrible when I purchased it but I had no choice because I couldn't find it anywhere else.
Another grotesquely overpriced supermarket is the Seacliff Village which should be renamed Cuthroat-Prices-R-Us Ltd.
How does one purchase coffee for close to US15 (about RM40) without gagging? Granted it's Alta Rica and apparently it's really, really good coffee but hellooowwww - unless it has real gold flakes in it, I can't imagine spending that much money on coffee.
If you think that's bad, don't get me started on the foreign magazines. Oprah sells for around TSH 30,000 (that's close to RM 90). I love Oprah but even I have to admit that her magazine isn't worth that much money!
Unfortunately, Cuthroat and Daylight Robbers are well aware that customers (namely the expat crowd) will eventually give in to their craving for coffee, dark chocolate or some other hard-to-come-by item that cannot be found within the borders of Tanzania and end up forking out ridiculous amounts of cash.
If I were to be fair, I'll admit that it must be expensive to import the stuff into the country in the first place - but I don't want to be fair! All I know is, thanks to the prices of groceries around here, I find myself wanting to lick the bottom of the coffee cup every morning just so that nothing goes to waste.
Disgustingly unladylike behaviour, true but that's what overly expensive ordinary items can do to an otherwise well-behaved diva!
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