Shopping at a Hawaiian Grocery Store – What $100 Gets You in Paradise!

Ever wondered what it’s like to go grocery shopping in paradise? In this video, we take you inside a real Hawaiian grocery store—think Safeway, Foodland, or local spots like Times Supermarket—on the beautiful island of Maui 🌺

From local snacks and sky-high prices to fresh poke, spam towers, and fruits you’ve never seen before… get ready for a wild, delicious, and eye-opening grocery haul that shows what island life is really like!

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🛒 The Aisles of Aloha – What We Explore:
• First Impressions: Palm trees outside, lei-wearing greeters, ukulele music playing in the background—you know you’re not in a mainland store anymore.
• Produce Section:
We explore dragonfruit, apple bananas, liliko‘i (passionfruit), papaya, and purple Okinawan sweet potatoes.
Prices: “Wait… $9.99 for a watermelon?!”
• Local Favorites:
• Spam in 10+ varieties
• Poke bar with fresh ahi, wasabi mayo, shoyu, and spicy tuna
• Li hing mui gummies, taro chips, and Hawaiian sun drinks
• Hawaiian-made mochi and butter mochi squares
• Imported Mainland Goods:
Viewers gasp as we show milk at $7.49 and eggs at $8.39 a dozen. We compare to Costco prices and explain the “Paradise tax.”
• Cultural Finds:
• Fresh leis at checkout
• Hawaiian blessing salts
• Japanese, Filipino, and Polynesian grocery sections
• Eco-friendly packaging everywhere
• Checkout Shock:
Our cart isn’t even full and the total rings up at $192.47!
“Is this the most expensive grocery run ever? Or just the price of paradise?”

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💬 Audience Engagement Moments:
• “Comment below: Would you pay $17 for pineapple?”
• “What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever found at a grocery store?”
• “Should we do a ‘cook what we bought’ island dinner video next?”
• “Smash the like button if you’d eat that wasabi poke!”

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🍍 Final Thoughts:

Shopping in Hawaii is equal parts adventure, culture, and sticker shock.
It’s where you see just how different life is in the middle of the Pacific.
You’re not just buying groceries—you’re buying a piece of island living.

Whether you’re planning a trip or just curious, this video gives you the inside scoop (and a few laughs) about what it really takes to fill a fridge in paradise.

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• “We Spent $200 at a Hawaiian Grocery Store—Here’s What We Got!”
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• “What Groceries Cost in Hawaii 2025 | Island Life Breakdown!”

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