The Bulgarian needs about 100 leva to fill the refrigerator and closet with food for two weeks for a family of four members at a market in the Turkish city of Edirne.
This calculated an inspection of the Telegraph on the basis of prices announced in local supermarkets. The publication specifies that in the farmers’ markets and stock exchanges the purchases can be even more expensive.
Food prices are more or less the same as they were at the end of the year, although the Turkish currency has depreciated by another BGN 1. At the moment you can buy 7.74 pounds.
The reason is that local traders, due to the devaluation, slightly raise the prices of products so that they are not at a complete loss, commented compatriots who regularly travel to neighbors.
What can a Bulgarian buy for a hundred levs during a tour of shops, exchanges and markets in Edirne?
For less than BGN 100, the Bulgarian can fill the bags with food. Namely, 12 eggs for BGN 1.60, 3 kg of local cheese for BGN 17, 3 kg of rural cheese for BGN 10.80, 1 kg of olives for BGN 5, 1 kg of pistachios for BGN 12, 2 kg of sausage for BGN 10, 1 kg of beef or red meat for BGN 8.70.
The hundred includes 10 more fresh salads, which cost BGN 4.40, and the number is BGN 40. One and a half levs for three kilos of ripe onions, BGN 2 for 5 kilos of potatoes, BGN 1.40 for a kilo of rice, 2 BGN for five kilos of cucumbers, BGN 2.22 for 3 kilograms of greenhouse tomatoes.
To the purchases we add a liter of fresh milk of 74 cents, half of freshly baked bread for 39 cents. There is still a little money left, with which our people supplement the bags with jars of local pickles, eggplants, pastry crusts. In most cases, a jar costs less than a lev.
At the same time, a head of native lettuce (lettuce) costs BGN 1.80, a kilo of cucumbers in our country is more expensive than the most expensive yellow cheese in the neighbors and in the greenhouses it costs BGN 7.80, a kilo of pink Greek tomatoes hits BGN 5.80. BGN in Sofia, and a bunch of fresh Bulgarian onions is BGN 1.20, several radishes are sold for BGN 1.60, an inspection of the Telegraph found.
Bulgarian cucumbers are a corner because greenhouses close their doors due to high gas prices. A liter of Bulgarian fresh milk costs between BGN 1.90 and BGN 2.20, the cheapest palm cheese is about BGN 5-6 – as much as ripe yellow cheese costs in Turkey.
Travel by bus round trip from Sofia to Edirne costs a maximum of BGN 50. And eating in an average expensive restaurant for two with typical Turkish soups, kebabs, rice is a maximum of BGN 15.
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