I checked for a 10kg bag of wheat flour and its 45$ it comes for 3.5$ in my country, 5L mustard oil is 35$ which is 10$ in my country

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  1. The website for Walmart is like Amazon

    Anyone can list something on it. Change your location and click the tab that says “in store”

  2. Why are you searching prices of wheat flour in kilograms in Nevada? What country is “my country.”

  3. 22 pounds of flour for 45$….sounds about right honestly. Didnt know you could buy such big bags at a walmart

  4. Looking at my local Hy-Vee a 5lb bag of flour is $1.99. So that’d be about $9 for a 10kg bag if my mental math is right.

  5. That flour must be a brand like King Arthur or something. We would need to know what country you come from to make the comparison. If you are coming from France then yeah it’s a lot more expensive, but if you are coming from somewhere like India then the cost of living and different wages are going to come into play

  6. Every person along the chain earns at least US minimum wage, not Indian wages. The checkout clerk, the shelf stocker, backroom, truck driver, etc. The store and warehouses buy property at US prices and pay US taxes. And on it goes.

  7. Nevada has a higher cost of living than, say, Kentucky. Check prices at stores across the United States to get a better idea of what costs are like everywhere here.

    I moved from Kentucky to Nevada last October, and some simple things cost much more in Nevada than in Kentucky. People do tend to get paid more in Nevada for the same job in Kentucky, though.

    The US economy is strange. Looking at prices in one state doesn’t give an accurate picture.

  8. 10kg is not a standard weight for selling flour in the US, where a 25lb (11.34kg) bag would be about $10-$15. Walmart’s website is a marketplace and allows 3rd parties to sell items that Walmart doesn’t sell. A 10kg bag of flour is almost certainly imported. The average American is does not eat a large amount of homemade bread. Many Americans will buy a 5lb(2.26kg) bag of flour for $3-$5 when they need flour.

    Mustard Oil is not an oil commonly used in the US. Similar Canola is extremely common in the US and is sold for around $10-$12 for a US gal (~3.54L). Again, a 5L container of Mustard Oil is almost certainly being imported and resold at a substantial markup.

    The items you linked in another sub are 100% imported by a reseller and are not sold buy Walmart.

  10. >I just checked wallmart prices for Items at a store in Navada, why is everything so expensive, it’s literally 5x to 7x for the same item, was is always this way ?

    Here’s the issue – you are trying to compare the cost of staple goods in your country (India) to the US where they aren’t that widely used.

    Also, using a direct USD to INR (or vice versa) conversation rate makes no sense as the average incomes here are much higher than in India.

    Try using that PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) conversion rate [PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) conversion rate](https://data.oecd.org/conversion/purchasing-power-parities-ppp.htm) and you’ll probably get a more reasonable comparison.

  11. Prices are different in different countries for various reasons. $120,000 will barely have you making it by in Manhattan, that is equivalent to 1 crore INR which will have you living like a king in any city in India.

    Indian American here. Indians tend to be well versed in economics so surprising you asked this question.

  12. There are 3rd party sellers on the Walmart site selling imports whatever super specific thing you’re searching for.

  13. Nobody outside of restaurant owners, survivalists, and obsessive-compulsive bakers buys ingredients in bulk like that here. That might be why.

  14. Well it is true that prices are higher. My area 2 24 packs of soda is easily $32 dollars. Its fucking crazy. Feeding a family of four for $250-300 only gets you about 4 to 5 days max unless you eat spaghetti 3 nights a week.

  15. So things like that are usually done by weight here. Flour is less than a dollar per pound. You can make a lot of bread with a 10/lb bag of flour that costs like $5 or less.

    For perspective, things like a bag of flour, I don’t even look at the price. Its a needed staple and it doesn’t cost much. I usually keep an opened bag and at least an extra bag or two in the cupboard for good measure.

  16. Looking at a local grocery store the largest bag of flour seems to be 10 lbs. 5 lb bags are more normal. 10 lb bag of store brand all purpose flour is $6.69. A 5 lb bag of flour ranges in price from $2.88 to $7.39.

    Eggs are $1.89- $6.99 a dozen.

    32 ounces of vegetable oil is $3.29. A 40 oz bottle of sunflower, canola and soybean oil blend is $5.24. Sunflower oil is not common. Canola oil, vegetable oil or olive oil are the more common oils.

    1 gallon of whole cows milk is $4.49-$7.96.

    A 5 lb whole chicken costs $9.75. Many people buy packages of chicken parts like just breasts or just thighs. Boneless skinless chicken breasts cost about $3-11 per pound right now.

    I live in a lower cost of living area of the US and this was a regular grocery store. Prices somewhere else might be higher or lower.

  17. Part of the difference is that American labor is being paid significantly more. The guy loading trucks and the guy at the Walmart might well be clearing $19 an hour and that money has to come from *somewhere*. In addition, India subsidizes these basic foodstuffs significantly more than the United States, especially to end consumers; while American agriculture is subsidized the subsidies are methodologically different.

    This is besides the fact as observed by other commenters the real price of that quantity of flour is more like $10-12.

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