A lot of our visitors want to know what the average cost of living on the Costa Brava is, particularly the cost of food in the supermarket.
So, we have set out below the cost of common foods and household products from several of our supermarket trips in 2013.
Hopefully this list of the average costs of goods will help you in your holiday planning.
Bananas (platano) - €1.25/kg
Apples (manzana) - €1.50/kg
Avocado (aguacate) - €2.99/kg
Olives (aceitunas) - €1.29/900g tin
Carrots (zanahoria) - €0.68/kg
Lettuce (lechuga) - €1.55
Peaches (melocoton) - €2.09/kg
Oranges (naranjas) - €1.25/kg
Potatoes (patatas) - €1.20/kg
Tomatoes (tomate) - €0.99/kg
Pumpkin (calabaza) - €3.44
Mushrooms (champinon) - €0.99/300g
Broccoli (brocoli) - €1.00
Aubergine (berenjena) €
Onions (cebolla) - €1.45/500g
Peppers (pimiento) - €58/each
Tinned chopped tomatoes (tomate troceado) - €2.28
Frozen bag of peas (guisantes) - €1.19
Baked beans - €3.85/4 tins
Cheese (queso) - €1.75/250g sliced
Bread sticks (picos de pan) - €0.49
Crisps/potato chips (patatas fritas) - €0.75/180g bag
Croissants - €1.19 (bag of 9 small croissants)
Cookies (galleta) - €1.29 (small bag)
Chocolate - €2.10/big bar
Chorizo - €2.89/500g
Salami (salchichon) - €2.89/500g
Chops (chuletas) - €4.50
Serrano ham (jamon) €2.50
Fish fingers (varitas pescado) - €1.80
Sausages (longaniza) - €3.00
Tuna tins (atun) - €2.09/ 3 cans
Pizza - €2-3
Spaghetti - €0.79/kg
Rice (arroz) - €0.71/kg
Rice cakes (arroz de tortas) - €1.09
Bread (pan) - €0.99/loaf
Pasta - €0.79/bag
Weetabix - €2.70
Chocolate cereal - €2.95
Muesli - €3.95
Water (agua) - €2.12 for 5 litres
Fruit juice (zumo fruta) - €0.61/kg
Coco cola - €6.05/12 cans
Fanta - €2.00 /2 litres
Milk (leche) - €1.70/1.5 litres
Coffee (cafe) - €5.45/bag of filter coffee
Coffee (cafe) - €1.72/jar of soluble coffee
Beer (cerveza) - €0.39/per can
Wine (vino) - €4-10.00
Sangria - €1.19/carton
Ketchup - €2.09
Mayonaise - €1.99
Pesto - €2.05
Sugar (azucar) - €0.93/bag
Jam (mermelada) - €1.63/jar
Marmite - €3.30/small jar
Butter (mantequilla) - €2.15
Honey (miel) - €3.05/jar
Tin foil (papel de aluminio) - €1.70/30 metres
Washing up liquid - €1.63
Clothes washing liquid - €1.16
Toilet paper (papel de bano) - €2.29 (9 rolls)
Baby wipes (toallitas) - €1.49/79 wipes
Nappies (panal) - €8.40/pack 20
Sunscreen - €14.90
Tampax - €3.65
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