Tema - Post Report Question and Answers
How would you describe the availability and cost of groceries and household supplies relative to your home country?
You can get pretty much anything you want or need, but not necessarily when you want or need it. Stores stock items from overseas without any regular schedule. One day it may be there, next day, finished. All of the big expat stores like Koala, Max Mart, or Sotrec in Accra, Evergreen in Tema are expensive. Buy fresh vegetables and fruits at local markets for fairly small money. One excellent buy is fresh bread from Vasillis for about US$1 a loaf. Beef at the big stores is also priced fairly well, about US$2-$3 a lb for an amazing array of cuts, from minced to eye round, and even osso bucco. Fresh chicken can be expensive, surprisingly, but Darko Farms has at least got chicken breast for about $3 a pound. - Dec 2006
