The most expensive supermarket in Russia

Says Sergey Dolya: "If you think that the "ABC of Taste" has expensive tomatoes, and the "Globe Gourmet" has expensive onions, then your world is about to turn upside down. There is a supermarket in our country, next to which Moscow trade masters seem to be a cheap fruit and vegetable base.

Here, "Putin's Caviar of 2016" is on sale, an egg costs 95 rubles, and ordinary green onions are snapped up at 950 rubles per kg..."

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The supermarket looks inconspicuous. It is located in an ordinary gray building without bright signs.

It is called "Novomariinsky supermarket", and it is proud of its prices. On its facade there is an advertising screen showing prices. I remember an anecdote about new Russians who bought the same tie in Paris, where one asks the other how much he bought his tie for, and when he found out that it was only for $ 1,000, he tells him that he is a fool, since it was sold for one and a half around the corner.

Sometimes prices are interspersed with political advertising.

The best store advertising.

Let's go inside. Bananas — 465 rubles per kg.

Pepper — 245 rubles.

Salad — almost 1000 rubles!

Ordinary green onions — 950 rubles.

Zucchini for 445 rubles.

Eggplants cost 600 rubles per kilogram.

Carrots at a discount of only 145 rubles!

Sauerkraut — 225 rubles.

Here are more prices:

Cucumbers — 445 rubles. Lemons — 895 rubles. Plum — 575 rubles. Apricots — 685 rubles. Cabbage — 65 rubles. Beetroot — 75 rubles. Tomatoes — 445 rubles. Grenades — 385 rubles. Melon — 225 rubles. Oranges — 195 rubles. Radish — 165 rubles. Pears — 225 rubles. Pumpkin — 145 rubles. Leek — 950 rubles.

Let's go to the dairy department.

Yogurt — 150 rubles.

220-gram package of processed cheese — 210 rubles.

Cheese "Maasdam" — 750 rubles. Cheese "Dam" — 985 rubles. Cheese "King Arthur" — 745 rubles. Homemade cheese — 685 rubles.

An egg with a surprise in the form of a price.

Probably, the locals have a big dilemma — to start the morning with scrambled eggs or a sandwich with caviar?

Sausages.

Drinks.

There are also small grocery stores nearby. Prices here are 20 percent lower than supermarkets, but the assortment leaves much to be desired.

Bananas here are not 465 rubles, but only 290. Nectarines — 290 rubles. Grapes — 260 rubles. Peaches — 260 rubles. Kiwi — 300 rubles. Pears — 320 rubles. Apples — 262 rubles. Grapefruits — 290 rubles. Tomatoes — 150 rubles. Radish — 250 rubles. Pepper — 240 rubles. Garlic — 360 rubles. Potatoes — 80 rubles. Carrots — 100 rubles. Beetroot — 85 rubles. Eggplant — 260 rubles.

It remains only to add that all this is located in the capital of Chukotka, the city of Anadyr. You can bring fresh vegetables, fruits and milk here only by plane, which is reflected in the price.

I asked the residents what their average salary was. In Anadyr, it is about 70 thousand rubles — this is the salary of a teacher or a doctor. In small villages like Laurentia, salaries are half as low, and prices are even higher. For example, an egg there already costs 120 rubles, not 95, as in Anadyr.

People live mainly at the expense of the sea. They collect mushrooms and berries, fish with barrels and then eat it all winter. In general, they hold on somehow…