A video has gone viral that highlights the extortionate grocery prices in a remote town in Alaska.
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Grant Magdanz posted a video to TikTok that has since been seen over 2.7 million times.
"Hi everyone, I'm Grant, I'm back home in Alaska," he opens the video, returning to his hometown presumably for the holidays.
"I'm outside the local grocery store," he continued.
He then explained just how remote the town is. "There's no roads in or out of Kotzebue," he alarmingly added, "everything needs to be flown in."
"So the cost of living here is really high."
Magdanz then took his viewers on a tour of the local grocery store. And the prices are insane.
Insane Grocery Prices At Remote Alaskan Town
Here is a full list of the prices that Magdanz showed off:
- A gallon of milk cost $12.69
- 18 eggs cost $10.79
- 5 lbs of flour cost $12.99
- A pack of six rolls of kitchen paper cost $21.99
- A big bag of Doritos cost $11.29
- A 12-pack of Coca-Cola cost $15.19
- A pint of Häagen-Dazs ice cream cost $10.69
- A kg container of Tide Pods cost $27.49
- A gallon of gas is $8
These prices are absurd.
As Magdanz explained, the prices are only this high due to how they must be imported. Flying in everything will be a costly endeavor, and the people will be the ones paying for it.
One commenter made sure to reassure that the rest of the state isn't suffering those prices, "I live in Anchorage, Alaska and the prices are nowhere near those prices. ?."
Internet Reacts To Insane Kotzebue Grocery Prices
People took to the comments to share their disbelief.
"OMG how can people afford to live there," one questioned.
"I'll take 1 egg and 1 dorito ? ???," another joked.
"Hold up.... how much do they pay people out there in Alaska?" asks one, which is a common question being asked by many others.
"At those prices you could afford to buy a plane and fly your own groceries in," quipped another.
Grant Magdanz did provide some insight when he replied to another commenter. "There's a lot of industry here. Rural Alaska isn't quite like rural America. Healthcare, education, construction, aviation, and fishing are big industries. Much more industry here than else where," he wrote.
