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Grocery shopping in Denmark

  • Compare the different supermarket chains.  Carry a list of your 10-20 most frequently purchased grocery items and note the prices in the different chains.  It’s quite enlightening.
    o    Netto, Fakta, Lidl, Aldi - offer excellent prices on many everyday items.  A bit chaotic, yes, and sometimes selection is limited, but you can save a LOT of money by doing most of your shopping there.
    o    Føtex, SuperBrugsen, Kvickly, Bilka, Irma, SuperBest - next level up.  More selection, more imported products. Sometimes good deals, if you buy 3 or 4 at a time and can store or freeze what you cannot use immediately.
    o    Magasin, Illum – high end.  Shop there for specialty items you can’t live without and cannot find anywhere else.
  • Read the prices carefully.  Often the price advertized only applies if you buy a certain number of the item.  “Ta’ 4”, for example, means you must buy four in order to get the special price.
  • Buy in season. Many vegetables are very economical, for example, beets, mushrooms, arugula, broccoli, red peppers, red onions, potatoes.
  • Check the leaflets you get as junk mail.  There are sometimes good deals, e.g. wine and meat.
  • Frequent the “Green Grocers” and compare prices.  The prices vary according to area of town.  Nørrebro has many excellent stores, with hard-to-find spices, dried beans, grains, & breads for very good prices.  Also ethnic specialty grocers on Reventlowsgade by the main train station in Copenhagen.  Compare produce prices with Netto-like stores, - green grocers might be more expensive.

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Grocery shopping
•    Compare the different chains.  Carry a list of your 10-20 most frequently purchased grocery items and note the prices in the different chains.  It’s quite enlightening.
o    Netto, Fakta, Lidl, Aldi - offer excellent prices on many everyday items.  A bit chaotic, yes, and sometimes selection is limited, but you can save a LOT of money by doing most of your shopping there.
o    Føtex, SuperBrugsen, Kvickly, Bilka, Irma, SuperBest - next level up.  More selection, more imported products. Sometimes good deals, if you buy 3 or 4 at a time and can store or freeze what you cannot use immediately.
o    Magasin, Illum – high end.  Shop there for specialty items you can’t live without and cannot find anywhere else.
•    Read the prices carefully.  Often the price advertized only applies if you buy a certain number of the item.  “Ta’ 4”, for example, means you must buy four in order to get the special price.
•    Buy in season. Many vegetables are very economical, for example, beets, mushrooms, arugula, broccoli, red peppers, red onions, potatoes.
•    Check the adverts you get as junk mail.  There are sometimes good deals, e.g. wine and meat.
•    Frequent the “Green Grocers” and compare prices.  The prices vary according to area of town.  Nørrebro has many excellent stores, with hard-to-find spices, dried beans, grains, & breads for very good prices.  Also ethnic specialty grocers on Reventlowsgade by the main train station.  Compare produce prices with Netto-like stores, - green grocers might be more expensive.


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#1 Janine 2011-05-03 13:02
One can also order groceries & alcohol online, which is very convenient.

www.superbest.dk
www.nemlig.com (one has to order >DKK400, delivery costs DKK30)
www.irma.dk

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