'$25 for cheese,' wrote one stunned commenter regarding the high grocery prices. 'I think I'd just buy a cow.'
"Goods are priced higher since they have to travel farther by plane or barge to get to rural areas," explains the TikToker in her clip.
Viewers flocked to the comments section to express their surprise at the clip."I'll never complain about grocery prices in NYC ever again," wrote @vivkirutwind.Fellow residents of Alaska also chimed in to back Emily's video."Thank you for posting!!" commented @ibdrennen."Your prices match ours in Bethel AK ....
Others made a point of reminding viewers that the video was filmed in a rural area, meaning that"prices are NOT this high in the main cities like Anchorage and Fairbanks.", filmed in Anchorage, where groceries are"much more reasonably priced." There, for example, the Tillamook cheddar that cost $25 in a rural grocery store cost only $11.99—and was further discounted to $9.99.
Late last month, a TikToker went viral for exposing the high cost of food in rural Alaskan grocery stores. A customer browsing at a Safeway in California, 2007.
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