Shanghai - Post Report Question and Answers

What household or grocery items do you wish you had shipped to post?

You can find anything you need there. If you like higher end alcohol you might want to ship that as it's pretty easy to buy fake stuff. - Nov 2020


Any specialty foods (gluten free, soy free, whatever free). Yogurt starter and a yogurt maker. - Oct 2016


We brought brownie mix and peanut butter. Good choices. Olive oil is a great one ($$$ here). - Dec 2014


Nothing, really. Everything's available in Shanghai. - Aug 2014


More staple food items, shampoo, make-up, deodorant, other cosmetic products, also alcohol (it's expensive here unless you know where to look). - Aug 2011


None. - Dec 2010


More Western grocery items. Not b/c they aren't available, but to save money. Diapers, which are prohibitively expensive locally. The best air purifiers money could buy. - Feb 2009


None. - Jun 2008


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