My first post.. although I am a long time fan of Corfu. My first encounter was 25 years ago (my first time abroad)... I was blown away, as I was 2 years ago when I returned with my familiy. A lot has changed but the magic is the same.


Anyway... less of the rambling. We are coming again with a group of 3 other families staying at Thalia Villas nr St Spiridon in June. We are expecting to eat in a fair bit and I was wondering how supermarket prices for food and drink are looking at the moment and how they compare with eating out. I love eating out in Corfu but some of our budgets are on the tight side.

Also does any one have any Supermarket recommendations in the area. We will have hire cars.


Thank you in advance


Julie

Thanks for that.

Does anyone know how costs compare to the UK?

Julie

Hi Razaker,

Also if you want a quick snack or cheap dinner if you drive in to Acharavi just past the roundabout thingy on the right hand side you will find a little place called Pacman and they do lovely gyros and souvlaki chicken and pork, sometimes if we have had a late lunch and cant manage anything dinner wise we nip down late at night for a naughty gyros!!! Roll on June.x

Hi Julie...Welcome to the Agni forums.

There are only 2 of us, and depending what we eat, it is usually cheaper to eat out, unless you take things like salt, pepper, dressings etc. We bought everything for a Greek salad, feta, salad, olives, bread, olive oil and compared to eating out it was nearly double. Its the extras that add up, and then lots of it gets thrown away at the end of the holiday, but if there more of you this may not be the case. Enjoy whatever you do lol Ann xxx

Thanks for all the replies and advice, the comment about making sure I am not the only cook made me laugh. I think you must know me already as that is what usually happens... although that is probably just my inner control freak manifesting herself .

Can't wait to get away.... roll on June.

Thanks all

Julie

Kassiopi which is just down the road (about 12 km) has plenty of good supermarkets which will cater for all tastes but only you can make the descision about eating in or out but what ever you do just enjoy your holiday

corfugirly wrote: My first post.. although I am a long time fan of Corfu. My first encounter was 25 years ago (my first time abroad)... I was blown away, as I was 2 years ago when I returned with my familiy. A lot has changed but the magic is the same. Anyway... less of the rambling. We are coming again with a group of 3 other families staying at Thalia Villas nr St Spiridon in June. We are expecting to eat in a fair bit and I was wondering how supermarket prices for food and drink are looking at the moment and how they compare with eating out. I love eating out in Corfu but some of our budgets are on the tight side. Also does any one have any Supermarket recommendations in the area. We will have hire cars. Thank you in advance Julie

The supermarket on the main road at Kassiopi used to do very reasonable priced made up fresh chicken souvlaki which were a lot cheaper than any taverna and easy to grill or barbeque, that coupled with some salad stuff and some fresh bread made a lovely meal

Chicken is cheap to buy to do with what you will

Wine in the big 2/3  litre plastic bottles is very cheap and palatable unless you are a wine expert

Beer and spirits are still cheaper than buying them out by a long way. Mixers, Greek makes, are available and very cheap compared to big brand makes. Greek cornflakes sold in plastic bags are OK too, they look different but they taste fine!!

We always go for Greek branded stuff in the supermarkets but it is still more expensive than the UK, Butter and cheese are expensive. Fruit an veg are fairly cheap so long as you stick to the local stuff grown in season. Packets or herbs are also cheap and you take home what you don't use, sets you up for the rest of the year

We always make our own breakfast, the very large litre  tubs of  sheep and goats milk yoghurt are cheap and we have that with fruit or honey plus fresh bread and jam

We also make up our own lunches, sandwiches if we do not want to go back to the accommodation, or a simple tuna salad and bread if we eat on the balcony (buy the Greek tuna not Princes or any brand you recognise, it is half the price

We also sometimes buy cheese pies or cheese & spinach pies at the bakers and heat them  up back in the apartment for lunches or even an evening meal.

We also always take basic ready measured Indian spices in little packets  with us so we can knock up an authentic curry if we want to. We buy the garlic, peppers and chicken or something locally along with the rice

Have to admit we normally eat out in the evenings

Hope that helps a bit