AMERICANS REACT TO FULL SUPERMARKET TOUR IN FINLAND

Added: 2026-05-24

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[00:00:05]Today we are in Finland and we're gonna find out what's in the store and pricing and all that good stuff. If you're new, hit that subscribe if you're on our way to try to hit 100K this year and you guys are doing a fantastic job to help us reach that goal. Hit that like notification bell cuz we do drop daily.

[00:00:21]Let's dive in.

[00:00:22]>> All right. Today we are grocery shopping. curious about the prices of some of the staple foods as well as the availability of some of the more unique items that maybe we haven't seen before here in Helsinki, Finland. And first things first, big smoke stack right beside the entrance.

[00:00:41]>> What the hecking?

[00:00:42]>> I guess the grocery store is in a mall and right beside it is looks like an industrial smoke stack. Something new.

[00:00:49]Anyway, let's get shopping. Ooh, very fancy doors on the way in. Great.

[00:00:53]>> So nice. All right, let's start off with fruit and veg. And so the first thing we notice here in the Finnish grocery store is there's no need to cross multiply and divide. So for example, uh these tomatoes are €3.99 for 23 kg.

[00:01:12]Whereas these tomatoes are 338 for 2 kg.

[00:01:17]And so you might wonder which one is the better deal. It's kind of close on the math. And so it's quite convenient that in the bottom right >> do math though.

[00:01:23]>> But I don't think I >> I don't get why he said that. You still have to do math.

[00:01:26]>> I don't think it's the better deal. I think just what tomato you want >> cuz those two different tomatoes you want to like they're going to be different price >> and and they come with a different amount.

[00:01:34]>> Yeah. Depending on what tomato you cook them with. So I don't think you should compare two different tomatoes and say which one is cheaper.

[00:01:41]>> Price tag. They do the per kilo uh conversion for you. And that seems to be true for all of the fruits here. So, the fruit and veg prices are pretty familiar to Canada, but it's quite helpful with the signage. There's no need to do uh math, which sometimes can be quite close and quite difficult. So, it's uh very convenient.

[00:01:55]>> Everything is so vibrant and bright.

[00:01:58]>> They say lighting does that.

[00:02:00]>> Are they selling over there market?

[00:02:02]Well, their lighting is different. You did mention that yesterday, so price is not too bad. And just beside the fruit and veg, we have a small bakery where you'll see a lot of this particular treat. This is a very common type of bread here in Finland. I guess the inside is kind of like rice pudding or mashed potatoes. And maybe the outside is sort of like an English muffin, although not really. It's pretty unique here in Finland and you'll see it everywhere. And I guess this phenomenon of the price tag is happening all across the supermarket. It's quite helpful. The conversion being done for you. The only time we got something like that in our stores is dog treats. I immediately thought that's what that was.

[00:02:48]>> Yeah, >> cuz that's the only snack. That's the only section in our stores that are like that where it's open and you can scoop and is the dog ghee.

[00:02:54]>> Well, no, like our nuts and stuff too now.

[00:02:56]>> Oh, yeah. Yeah, we got nuts and stuff like that. Yeah.

[00:02:59]>> Easy to navigate.

[00:03:00]>> Easy to navigate. And of course, some fresh bread here. Going to cost you about €4 a package. Looks good. Uh, feels good. I don't want to touch it too much, but uh I guess Finland is known for their fresh bread, especially rye bread, >> which is something I've learned since coming here. I did not know that before coming.

[00:03:18]>> Uh Finnish people love bread. And typically on these supermarket tours, we like to show the cheapest loaf of sliced bread just as a sort of measuring stick.

[00:03:27]I guess it's this one here. €169.

[00:03:31]Uh I'm not sure how many people eat this cuz they got some good fresh bread right beside this one. But in the end, it's uh a lot cheaper because that four euro bread is it's expensive. No, >> I think it's quite expensive >> for a loaf of bread. Maybe it's good.

[00:03:44]But >> but it's fresh. So you have to think of that.

[00:03:46]>> That's why I think it's just depends on like you cooking that day. Fresh bread.

[00:03:49]If you're looking for to stay on the shelf at your house, get that bread.

[00:03:52]Yeah. So >> cuz that's how we are. Like we make >> like let's say spaghetti. We're going to get a French or a garlic bread fresh cuz we're going to eat it right then and there. But if it's just bread that's probably going to be on the counter for a couple days, then I'm going to go to this department and get that bread. €4 is a lot. And not only rye bread, but also cinnamon rolls are very common and popular here in Finland, which is something I've learned since being here.

[00:04:13]I didn't know that. And uh the price is not here. It just says 36. I guess the idea is you would weigh it and press 36.

[00:04:19]>> This is the price.

[00:04:19]>> Uh although they have the per kilo price, >> €17 a kilo.

[00:04:24]>> Seems like a lot, but how much does one weigh? Maybe that's that's five or six of them. I don't know.

[00:04:27]>> Yeah, maybe.

[00:04:28]>> In the end, it's a surprising thing. rye bread and uh cinnamon rolls and of course salmon which is >> I think the only thing that would drive me crazy and I've learned that about your stores they have a lot of stuff that just is out for you to just grab >> and in America if you don't know people are nasty nasty that's why I don't do no buffets in America >> like I just that right there would drive me crazy >> the kids are grabbing there eating you know it I don't know if I can grab maybe over there for you guys it's cleaner you know you guys do it right and but here I I don't think I'll be grabbing anything that just >> their hands and then just >> open out in the open like that. You just don't. Sneezing, coughing, just I could just think about it now.

[00:05:08]>> Is right ahead of us. It looks like >> yum.

[00:05:13]>> And I guess not only salmon. And this must be very fresh because the price is about 35 a kilogram.

[00:05:22]>> Uh it's a lot though.

[00:05:24]>> I should get salmon fish. Yeah, but I think salmon is expensive.

[00:05:26]>> Maybe it's really fresh and good salmon caught in the cold water nearby. It could be delicious.

[00:05:31]>> And along with the salmon comes the salmon products. There's a bunch of I guess like cold salad or mayonnaise and salmon salad over here. But the star of the show is this smoked salmon.

[00:05:42]>> It looks so good. And believe it or not, it actually smells so good.

[00:05:47]>> You guys know I'm not a fish lover, but the smoked salmon smell is amazing. And unfortunately, our translation software is having a hard time with these uh price tags here. Although, we know this one is smoked salmon filt. Looks like €49.

[00:06:02]>> Salmon. I'm smelling I'm in the wrong fisherman.

[00:06:06]>> Smells good, right? I've never smelled a smoked fish smell that made me say, "M, >> but it smells delicious."

[00:06:11]>> Yeah.

[00:06:12]>> Stay tuned for that. Maybe we'll go to a restaurant and get some smoked salmon fililelets. I'm ready for that.

[00:06:18]And in terms of meat prices, the pork chops look great and >> they're maybe y'all got a different pork chop over there, but that is our cheapest meat in the store in America. If you want a cheap quick meal and the pork chops are always cheap. So there's they must got some type of different pigs over there because that is our cheapest >> meat. You could get a slab of like eight pork chops for like nine bucks.

[00:06:43]>> Well, maybe we getting fed the wrong ones. I don't know. Theirs was up there.

[00:06:46]That was like 16 bucks. That's crazy.

[00:06:48]Whatever you guys got pork chops, you can get the cut.

[00:06:51]>> Oh, >> I don't know. That That's different.

[00:06:54]Chicken used to be our cheap, but now chicken is through the roof. So, uh, pork chop is the way to go if you want a cheap meal.

[00:07:00]>> Euros a kilo, which is not cheap, but they do look delicious.

[00:07:05]>> And then beef is like 23 per kilogram. I bet you there's a cheaper place to get some more prepackaged meat. This is like the fresh butcher section which looks really good but seems to be a bit expensive.

[00:07:19]And then chicken breast is about €16 a kilo and the legs are like 7 per kilo.

[00:07:29]>> Uh maybe sort of similar to Canadian pricing which is kind of expensive.

[00:07:34]Okay. Hey, same bananas like Canada.

[00:07:37]Chaita. Same brand.

[00:07:39]>> Really?

[00:07:39]>> Chaita.

[00:07:40]>> Chaquita or >> Yeah, same brand. Chita, >> I think you buy the bottle and you fill it up and put it right.

[00:07:47]>> You got those. Those are very popular now in our store or a few stores >> and and I was just in Sam's Club yesterday where they do the fresh orange juice. They were doing lemonade. He was squeezing fresh lemons. When I walked by, it was like a strong lemon smell.

[00:07:59]>> I didn't know they had the lemonade one, but that's so cool.

[00:08:00]>> Yeah, Sam's doing it yesterday. But yeah, I like that now that they got it at our gas stations, too.

[00:08:04]>> Yeah, actually. Yeah, our gas station's got these.

[00:08:06]>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, you're right. You buy a small, medium, or large, and then you fill it up. Fresh juice. Not a bad idea for the grocery store.

[00:08:18]And here is the cheese section, which I am very curious about cuz you know I love cheese. First of all, it looks very good. This kind of cheese looks very flavorful. This block for instance, €7.

[00:08:29]>> Yummy.

[00:08:30]>> Cheese is always expensive.

[00:08:31]>> Looks good. And the pricing is not too bad cuz cheese can be pretty expensive.

[00:08:34]>> Does Finland produce cheese?

[00:08:36]>> I don't know, but it smells so good over here. We should leave before I spend all of our money. Um, this kind of cheese looks very real. Looks kind of >> very real.

[00:08:44]>> Delicious. No, very flavorful.

[00:08:45]>> Probably coming the American way. You know, we got some fake cheese, >> right?

[00:08:49]>> Um, our like high-end stores got cheese sections like this, like Sprouts and uh Trader Joe's.

[00:08:54]>> Trader Joe's, but one of our local like chain uh can't even talk.

[00:09:00]>> Grocery stores.

[00:09:01]>> Grocery stores is Albertson's.

[00:09:02]Albertson's has a huge section like this that has >> gourmet. Theirs is kind of like this one, but they also put like meats and crackers and stuff. So, it's like you can kind of like put stuff together.

[00:09:09]Yeah, but our other stores, there's other stores that really have gourmet cheese like >> I think Sprouts is probably the best. I want to say >> Sprouts and the other stores are just like >> cheap cheese, sliced cheese and stuff and shredded.

[00:09:20]>> €4 and a half. Cheese seems to be pretty fair price in uh in Finland.

[00:09:24]>> Similar to Canada.

[00:09:25]>> Similar to Canada.

[00:09:26]>> Holy jumping. The cheese section goes on and on and on. I guess this is the more processed cheese, but some good prices here. This thing so big. It's a kilo.

[00:09:35]It's like a heavy weight. It's only €7.

[00:09:38]Yeah.

[00:09:39]>> I don't know. I've never seen that.

[00:09:40]>> Good price. No. Or even 5 and a half for Gouda. 800 g.

[00:09:45]>> So good.

[00:09:46]>> Good prices. No.

[00:09:47]>> Yeah. And cheddar.

[00:09:48]>> Cheddar. 5.75.

[00:09:50]>> A block of cheddar.

[00:09:53]>> Very nice.

[00:09:54]>> Good job, Finland. Yeah. Not bad at all.

[00:09:56]This is the kind of cheese we usually buy. I think it's more processed, but it's >> cheese. You can tell >> this is still good. That one is more.

[00:10:02]>> Ah, right. Right. Now, according to my translation software, this is called bread cheese. Ivan, you know what this is? Is it bread or is it cheese?

[00:10:12]>> Looks good.

[00:10:13]>> The translation software says bread cheese.

[00:10:16]>> Oh, it looks like cheese.

[00:10:17]>> It looks like cheese, but it's kind of cooked on the outside of the >> Looks like it's from corn.

[00:10:20]>> I don't know.

[00:10:21]>> Is it corn?

[00:10:24]>> Hard to say. Sometimes the Google translate hits a limit where it doesn't really make sense.

[00:10:28]>> Uh, bread almost worth trying. Maybe it's like a cheese tortilla.

[00:10:34]There's a lot of them. It seems like a common product.

[00:10:37]>> Never seen it before.

[00:10:38]>> Something new for us. And I guess they've got some pre-made, pre-cooked, and uh prepared food here, which is really good price. I mean, this thing is 2 and 12 or €2.7. I think it's just rice and meat with not even any sauce. But a good option for a student or a young person. Come on.

[00:10:56]>> Like meatballs and mashed potatoes.

[00:10:58]>> Oh, this is a pretty full meal here.

[00:10:59]This is almost €10. Almost nine $10 a young person.

[00:11:05]>> Cheaper than a restaurant probably.

[00:11:07]>> Get some food on the go.

[00:11:09]>> Oh, for the win. Go for the local soda.

[00:11:13]43 cents a liter. Can't be that bad.

[00:11:16]Come on.

[00:11:18]>> Now that looks yummy, doesn't it?

[00:11:22]>> Big jug of real honey where it's sort of separated in the bottom.

[00:11:25]>> 17.

[00:11:25]>> Oh, honey is good stuff. And I guess Finnish language is at least a bit related to English because a lot of words are similar. For instance, I saw this and I thought, "Okay, there's some ground beef." And I said, "Wait a second. This looks a little different than ground beef." And the sign says uh vegan, which I'm going to say means vegan.

[00:11:44]>> This is the vegan uh >> It's not beyond beef or something. Yeah.

[00:11:48]>> M O.

[00:11:53]Now, it wouldn't be a supermarket tour without us talking about mustard. And so, I guess sapia means mustard. And they've got a bunch of different types of mustard here, including vakava sapia, which means strong mustard. I bet you this is good stuff. And for 72 a kilo, I think we'll pick up a tube of strong mustard.

[00:12:17]>> Mustard prices on it.

[00:12:19]>> All right. So, we've only been in Finland for 2 or 3 days here on our trip, but I can tell you the good news and the bad news. The good news is I'll probably lose some weight. And the bad news is it's because beer is expensive over here. And so, this is the cheapest beer I've found. It's 24.41 for a half liter. Although, I'm thinking maybe there's a discount if you get more because 452 is not double that price. So, maybe you get a discount if you get more than one.

[00:12:48]But, this is not that cheap. and it's the cheapest one I can find. Not to mention some of the IPAs over there are up to like €10 a liter. It's like wow.

[00:12:57]Very expensive. Now, thanks to the YouTube comments, I've learned about this drink. I guess this is distinctly Finnish gin and lemon. It's about the price of one of those IPAs.

[00:13:10]>> €45 for one can. And I guess this is a commonly consumed Finnish drink. I love the label. Original. Yeah, >> cuz it's gin and lemon. And I think I'll buy one. It's a bit expensive, but I'd like to try it. I wonder if it's sweet.

[00:13:26]>> Gin and lemon? I don't think so, sir.

[00:13:28]You might just be getting some lemon. I hear >> it. I'll buy one, Ivana.

[00:13:32]>> Now, we've come to the frozen treat section where there's lots of ice cream and familiar products. But this is something we see a lot of. Uh, I guess the flavor is >> salted licorice.

[00:13:44]>> This might be really good. I like salt.

[00:13:46]I like licorice. I immediately had flashbacks of what's that? We tried that black licorice one that was in our pocket. I can't. Nope. I don't wouldn't even want to try anything licorice right here. And I know you guys don't come for me because you a lot of UK carers love the licorice. But listen, no. Put it back.

[00:14:02]>> I thought I was going to say like soybeans. I don't know.

[00:14:06]>> I don't even know what type of acquired taste requires to eat black licorice.

[00:14:10]Like you people that are in the comments like, "Oh, I eat it all the time." Like it's so >> It's their norm though. They grew up on it. So that's why it's different.

[00:14:17]>> I'm going just buy some in the house for the kids. Oh, they start, you know, here. Get you some of this. Eat some black licorice.

[00:14:23]>> It's so Oh, it's gross.

[00:14:25]>> Our daughter likes it.

[00:14:26]>> So bad. It's so bad.

[00:14:29]>> And this particular one is like an ice cream salted licorice. But we see with everything, even a >> drink a drink was like salted licorice drink.

[00:14:38]>> Interesting.

[00:14:38]>> Oh no. See that going too far.

[00:14:41]>> Do you like black licorice flavor?

[00:14:42]>> Not really.

[00:14:42]>> Oh, see I kind of like it. So maybe I would I would go for this. Yeah. Wow.

[00:14:46]Check it out. This is the coffee section, which to be clear has a bunch of >> candy and chocolate and a bunch of familiar stuff, but a huge section of black licorice, >> which I think we'll try some because >> I don't mind black licorice. And they've got about 40 or 50 variations of black licorice candy.

[00:15:03]>> I would try them cuz maybe they all taste different. I would try them.

[00:15:07]>> This one seems to be Yeah, this is the same ice cream we saw.

[00:15:09]>> Yeah. Oh, they are. They look like >> I have a lot in common with Finnish people.

[00:15:14]>> I feel I feel connected to this place. I feel connected to this place.

[00:15:18]>> Look at him right now.

[00:15:20]>> The snow.

[00:15:22]>> I'm I'm Finnish 10% maybe.

[00:15:24]>> And I tell you what, it seems like, and this could just be our impression, but it seems like Finnish people like Mexican food. They got tacos, sauce, this is >> guacamole.

[00:15:35]>> Guacamole. We've seen more than a few taco restaurants outside. They got salsa. tortilla section. It seems like uh Mexican food, especially tacos, have caught on in Finland. That's at least our impression. There's two taco restaurants near our place.

[00:15:49]>> Open a taco.

[00:15:50]>> And I tell you what, it's funny how these supermarket tours work because every country has something that's just >> completely cheap. There's a very good deal. And in Finland, it's coffee.

[00:15:59]>> Wow. I can't believe it. This is good quality coffee. It looks like it's that sort of uh vacuum sealed brick. Uh and it's like €6 for a half kilo. We got out of this >> or 11 and a bit euros a kilo. This is a good price. In Canada, this would be 20 or 25 bucks.

[00:16:15]>> I think so.

[00:16:16]>> Wow. Good job, Finland.

[00:16:17]>> And the low name brand, I guess, extra.

[00:16:19]It's only >> Oh my gosh. I mean, €4 a kilo. And I bet you it's good enough coffee. I think I will say one thing in America. If it's any type of imported coffee over here, oh lord, the price tag on it. Yo, it's >> like paying for alcohol.

[00:16:34]>> Real. We've seen coffee as high. What?

[00:16:36]How big? Maybe I can't even think of what weight with that. Okay, that's like 500 gram. So, right here, like that 500 gram bag if it's import Oh, $40, $50 easily. We've seen it. We like Oh, no. No.

[00:16:48]>> Put it back. Put it back. I drink too much. I'll go through that too fast.

[00:16:52]>> Crazy.

[00:16:52]>> Finn people love coffee. I think it has a good coffee culture over here.

[00:16:55]>> Yes.

[00:16:55]>> We've seen a lot of coffee shops, too.

[00:16:56]>> That's right.

[00:16:57]>> And the prices are, I mean, unmatched in the developed world. At least in the place we've been. Uh, best price for coffee. Wow. Now, in terms of chips, they don't have Lays at this particular supermarket, which is a bit of a bummer because we like to do Lays comparison, but they do have consistently large bags of chips everywhere you look. Extra large size, which I'm a fan of. And they're about €3 for a big bag or about €12 a kilo.

[00:17:23]>> Uh, they look I've got a lot in common with Finnish people. The large chips, the strong mustard, tacos, coffee. I'm like, I'm feeling at home in the Finnish supermarket. He's at home. Move to Finland.

[00:17:34]>> In conclusion, we bought this bag of groceries.

[00:17:38]>> How much?

[00:17:38]>> For €35, it's not bad.

[00:17:40]>> Sort of continuing our theme with how Finland is sort of similar to Canada. I think it's similar pricing with some exceptions. The coffee is much cheaper over here, like much cheaper, and the beer is more expensive.

[00:17:51]>> But it's a rainy and windy day, so we figured we'd do some grocery shopping and go home and make some burgers.

[00:17:56]>> Bye-bye.

[00:17:57]>> So that beer, you take that beer off. I think he's probably at n 29 bucks maybe cuz that beer was like eight n bucks for that can or j and lemon.

[00:18:05]>> Oh, it was like six bucks I think he paid for that one.

[00:18:07]>> But that's not bad. I mean for what he got I didn't see everything they put in the cart from but what else? They I had a few little things in there. So >> yeah, >> 38 bucks is not bad at all for some meat, veggies, snacks, and beer. I don't know cuz it's like what veggies? What snacks? So it's like that. And then what kind of meat? Like did you get like a big amount or just like a little pack? I think that also fits into the pricing.

[00:18:29]>> But they had some good stuff. I like the last store they were in when they were in uh I forgot where they were the one we did.

[00:18:35]>> I feel like this one was like a a weight roast.

[00:18:38]>> Yeah. Give me more like a higher end uh >> a waitress or what is it called? Yeah, I feel like that one cuz this one kind of gave just more >> highend. It was like more highend compared to the other ones. Even in like in our America I would say like a Sprouts or something because you go in there you're gonna spend a little bit more >> than you wear to a normal grocery store.

[00:18:55]But still a good store. I mean I love the way these stores look. You I will give you guys that your stores look way more appealing >> to than ours. You have to go in our high-end stores all our to get this type of look. And even I think our highest end which is Sprouts and Trader Joe's still don't look like how these stores.

[00:19:11]>> I mean they do but it's very like simple.

[00:19:13]>> Yeah. Their lighting is on point. Like your store's lighting I would give them that. Their lighting is on point. Like D brought that up in the last video. Y'all lighting like when you walk in the produce is like like it's shining. Like everything looks like I'll be like, "Oh, didn't we get this? Let me get this."

[00:19:24]So, >> but another great store. We love these because like we can compare our groceries.

[00:19:28]>> One day when we go groceries, we'll take you guys with us. So, >> yeah, I keep saying that. We haven't been at Audi since I said it. So, that's why I haven't gave y'all that video. Um, so we haven't been in there lately. Um, but we will once we go in there, we will >> or even like a Sam's or something.

[00:19:42]Anywhere.

[00:19:42]>> Yeah, any store. We'll give you guys a tour of our stores so you guys can see >> definitely >> what our stores look like and the pricing and what our price tag is like walking out.

[00:19:50]>> I should have did it yesterday. It been great or great for them to see what we spent yesterday at grocery at the grocery store.

[00:19:56]>> Well, you spent not me we >> 400 y'all. 400 was spent on one grocery trip when you asked in the comment section what I got.

[00:20:03]>> I couldn't tell you food. But thank y'all for tuning in once again. Another great video. Don't forget to drop your suggestions either on our socials or email or down in the comment section which the comment section kind of gets lost so be careful. So thank you guys.