Today, we’re grocery shopping around the world. – Let’s talk about that. (groovy music) Good mythical summer. – We are about to explore grocery store prices around the world, but before we talk grocery prices, we need to talk about the often all too high cost of maintaining your mental health. – That’s why this portion of today’s episode is sponsored by Better Help. – Yeah, Rhett and I, you know, we’ve been very open about our positive experience with therapy, especially on our podcast, Ear Biscuits. We’re big fans, of therapy, not just our own podcast. – Yes. – And we encourage people to seek out therapy for themselves and to improve their lives and the lives of the people around them who they love. – Exactly. Is something interfering with your happiness or preventing you from achieving your goals? 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But one thing we really haven’t covered yet is the experience of grocery shopping around the world. – And that is what we’re getting into today, an exploration of food costs around the globe and the many factors that influence it. – And can I just say, the crew’s dedication to finding new ways to illustrate how little I know is nothing short of impressive. Thank you. It’s time for “Check Out on Aisle World: Global Grocery Shopping”. – [Stevie] Okay, boys, in each round you’ll be presented with three different countries from which you may buy a specific grocery store item. Your goal is to purchase the item from the country in the lineup in which that item is the least expensive. – I like that. – So you’re bargain shoppers. – That’s what I do. – [Stevie] Yeah, you want a deal. Be very careful about which country you choose because your picks will affect how far your personal shopper travels up our shopper’s hill to hell. – Oh gosh. – Whoa, you talk about stakes. – Does this remind you of any other very popular show? – No, no, it’s nothing like- – Not yet. – The price thing, the price show. – [Stevie] Price thing, yeah, the price show, exactly. – That will not be mentioned. – [Stevie] So choosing- – Well, nobody burns in hell on that show. – Well, they’re missing out. – Except for people who don’t spay and neuter their animals. – That’s right. – [Stevie] Choosing the least expensive item won’t move your shopper at all, which is good. But choosing the middle option will move you three notches up the hill, and picking the most expensive option will move you six notches up, putting you in extreme danger of falling off the shopper’s hill to hell and being banished into the terrible fiery pit of – Hell? – [Stevie] Yes. If you fall into shopper’s hell before the game’s over, you’ll forfeit your right to keep playing, and by the end of the game, at least one of you will lose and go to hell. Who’s ready to go to hell? – Me! – [Stevie] Well yeah, but you don’t want to go to hell. – Do my groceries burn or? – [Stevie] No, I mean, mainly just you. – Okay. – But the winner goes to heaven, the winner goes to heaven? – [Stevie] Yeah, the winner gets to go to the opposite of hell. But before we begin, we need to determine who goes first, so there should be a grocery basket up there and you’re gonna reach in at the same time, don’t look, and whoever gets the price tag with the lowest price gets to go first. – $9.99. – $1.29, woo woo woo woo woo woo, you’re going to hell. Is that how, he goes to hell now? – Not yet, not yet, man. I see that we have bananas here. – Now, Stevie, are these all just supposed to be bananas or is it blue bananas, yellow bananas and red bananas? – It’s just bananas. – Just bananas, dude. – [Stevie] I do want to see you try and eat any and all of those though. – So you get to go first. It’s plastic. – Plastic, it’s plastic. – It’s plastic. – Ah, okay. – So go first, Rhett. Where’s the cheapest banana, Ecuador, South Korea or India? – Well, I know for a fact- – You look like you’re ignoring the whole thing. It’s back here. – Yeah, I want you to be able to see my face. Or do you wanna see the back of my quaff? – I’ll let ’em look at my face. – I know for a fact bananas are grown in Ecuador. I bet lives of both of my children and all the animals in my house on that. – And if that’s true, I bet that makes ’em cheaper because of food self-sufficiency. – That’s right, Link. I doubt that bananas are grown in South Korea. I do not know if bananas are grown in India. India, I think banana growth is due to latitude. And I don’t know the la, India’s a big country, Link. – And there’s a lot of people in it. – A lot of people. – A lot of people to grow bananas or eat bananas. – I have to assume there are bananas grown in India but I’m very ignorant of that. I believe I’ve seen a sticker that said Ecuador on a banana. Okay, I’ll just, why not? – Well then I’m gonna take India ’cause I agree with you so. Look, I did some shopping. – [Stevie] Look at how tiny your little baskets are. – I can’t even fit my banana in my basket. – [Stevie] Okay, bananas are the least expensive in India. – Yo, good, that’s what I did. – So in India, one kilogram of bananas, which is about seven bananas, only cost 73 cents US. So all the pricing I’m giving you is gonna be in US dollars so we can understand it. – Okay, good. – [Stevie] India’s the number one producer of bananas in the world. – Oh, see, you learn something new every day, guys. – You can quit. – [Stevie] But almost none of them are exported. They’re all consumed domestically. So they eat a lot of bananas. – So many people. Right. So I’m not moving anywhere. The question is, how far are you moving? – Hopefully, I’m not the most expensive banana. – [Stevie] The middle option was Ecuador. – Okay. – [Stevie] Where one kilogram of bananas will cost you 76 cents US. Ecuador is the number one exporter of bananas in the world. – That’s why I’ve seen stickers that say Ecuador on the bananas. – [Stevie] That means the most expensive country here is South Korea where bananas happen to be the most expensive in the world. – Whoa. – [Stevie] One kilogram will cost you $3.74. – Whoa! – [Stevie] Bananas were once considered a luxury in Korea as they have very low fruit self-sufficiency. – I gotta say, not worth it, not worth it. Just do without the bananas. – Oh, come on, you’re a banana hater. – I went through most of my life without liking bananas. I’ve only recently started to almost think about liking bananas. – Name a fruit you can grasp like that. See you can’t do it. – A carrot. – Only a banana. – What is this, sand art? – It’s rice. – Sand art around the world. – [Rhett] It’s yellow rice, red rice, blue rice. – You go first again. – Yeah, whoever’s losing- – You’re losing. – Goes first. Okay, rice. I believe everyone- – [Link] Loves rice. – Each one of these countries, there are people who enjoy rice. I have to believe that rice is grown in all of these countries, right? You’ve got the fertile Nile delta. I mean, surely they’re growing rice in the Nile delta, right? – I don’t know. – And just because of Singapore and Japan being in that part of the world, they’ve gotta be growing rice over there. Japan, things are expensive in Japan. You know, things are expensive in Japan. I mean Singapore seems like the most obvious answer, but that’s what I did last time and I was wrong. Maybe I won’t be wrong twice. So I’ll just take Singapore. I’m gonna take the yellow rice from Singapore and I’m going to pour it into my- – Yep, that worked. – [Rhett] Okay, well I didn’t really think that through. – Now I am left with, I don’t know about this- – It makes a nice little rice base. – This Nile delta situation. I don’t believe in rice there. It’s not, I don’t know they- – It’s not fertile enough. – Shoot, now I’m going against my instinct. I just think that Japan, there’s just not enough, there’s not enough land for terracing. – Oh, that’s a good point, terracing though. – They’re bringing in a lot. – Hold on, mountain terraces, rice paddies, mountain terracing. I didn’t even think about that until, I mean that’s, that sounds like good reasoning to me. – Okay, I’m gonna go, I’m gonna stick with my instinct and I’m gonna stay with Japan. – [Rhett] Yeah, there you go. – [Stevie] Of these three countries, the country with the least expensive rice is Egypt. – Oh no! – We both, we’re both hurting a little bit now. – ‘Cause it ain’t as fertile as you thought it was. – [Stevie] Egypt is the largest rice producer in the Middle East. One kilogram, or a little over two pounds will cost you just 94 cents. The second least expensive option here is Singapore, so Rhett, you only move three spaces. In Singapore, one kilogram of rice will run you 96 cents. – It’s not bad. – [Stevie] And that means our most expensive rice option is Japan. So that means Link, you have to move six spaces. In Japan, one kilogram of rice will cost you $4.21. The reasons for such a high price are complicated, but in a nutshell, they can be attributed to a 700% tariff on rice imports and government subsidies that have disincentivized growing rice. – Oh, okay so they are importing. Apparently, they’re not terracing. They’re tariffing. – That’s right. Okay, since we’re tied, lowest price goes first. $6.99. – $3.46. – All right, go. – Okay, Coca-Cola. – [Link] Finland, Australia, the USA. – What is USA? Where’s that? – That’s us. – Oh, that’s us. Okay, so I know that Coke was invented in USA, and I know that Coke is headquartered in USA, in Hotlanta, Georgia. – Yeah. – Does that make it the cheapest because we grow our own Coke? I mean, is that how it works, we’re growing our own Coke? – Well, we do, yeah. – But you have to guess that at least in Australia that they’re also manufacturing their own Coca-Cola, right? It’s a big culture, it’s a big, big, big country, it’s a continent. It’s the only country that’s a continent. – There’s not a lot of people on it though. – Now Finland, they’re not manufacturing. But first of all, they’re not manufacturing anything because they don’t exist. It’s a fictitious country as I’ve established thoroughly on this show. – So you should choose it. – No, things are very expensive in fictitious countries because they don’t actually use a regular economy. It’s like Monopoly. I think because they have moved, I don’t know, Australian dollar compared to the US dollar. I think it’s the US, I’m just gonna- – Oh, that’s what I was gonna choose. So I’m gonna have to go with, I don’t know, are they bottling in Finland? No, I gotta go with Australia. – Whoa, hey, that was cool, you just did it right into your thing. – [Link] Yeah, I wanted to indicate my choice. – Of these countries, the one with the least expensive Coke is the USA. – Boom. – [Stevie] A half liter, which is about 16 ounces, costs 76 cents in the US on average. So Rhett, you move no spaces. – [Link] A half liter? What’s a half liter? – The second least expensive option is Australia. In Australia, a half liter costs an average of $2.08. Australia makes Coke domestically. So these costs reflect what it takes to manufacture it with Australian labor costs factored in. So Link, you go ahead and move three spaces. – [Link] No, take me to the bananas. I don’t wanna buy a banana. – [Rhett] Oh, you’re going all the way to the cereal aisle, which you love. – Oh yeah, but I’m trying- – You love it, you love that. – I’m starting to smell hell. – Okay, and Finland, so Finland is the most expensive. Why is that, Stevie? – [Stevie] It’s because Finland has a very high cost of living, as well as a hefty tax on sugary drinks, so a half liter runs an average of $2.45. – Ouch. – You guys and your sugar tax. – Eggs. Who goes first now because? I go first because I’m closer to hell. – Yeah. – Tell me about Slovakia. You’ve been there. Did you see a lot of farmland? Did you see a lot of cluckers running around? Russia’s huge. – I don’t remember having any eggs. I’m sure I did have eggs. I had a lot of fried cheese during my summer in Slovakia. – Really? – Fried cheese, yeah, which requires eggs. – There’s so much farm happening in the Netherlands. – Maybe it doesn’t require eggs. – I think they’re pretty self-sufficient with their eggs in the Netherlands. Of course I don’t know about the tariff situation. – Yeah, who does? – You know? And Slovakia is south. – South of what? – The Netherlands. – Yeah. – So you’ve got chickens are flourishing more unless you got, you got those cold weather- – Oh, so these are wild eggs? These are from the local chicken population. – I’m gonna go with the Netherlands. I don’t know anything about the egg situation in any of these countries. Everything that I’m about to say is based mostly on BS and somewhat on just some general knowledge of things. Having been to Slovakia, I did not take note of the eggs. – You said said that. – Having been to the Netherlands, I did not take note of the eggs. I have not been to Russia, but Russia is a giant country where I just don’t think things are that expensive there in general, and it covers so many time zones and so much long longitude and latitude. They gotta have chicken farms everywhere, right? Why not? – But the tariffs. – I’m saying they don’t have tariffs on eggs. Why would you tariff an egg? What you got against eggs? – Other people are tariffing them. – No, they’re growing their own eggs. It’s just a big country. – Too cold. – [Link] The country with the least expensive eggs out of these countries is Russia, where a dozen eggs will cost you $1.39 – Whoa. – Russia has made a big push in recent decades to become poultry self-sufficient, which means, Rhett, you don’t move any spaces. – [Link] Yeah. – [Stevie] The second least expensive option in this lineup was the Netherlands. – Okay, great. – Okay. – [Stevie] Where a dozen costs $3.10, so Link, you move three spaces. – [Link] I don’t wanna go to hell, but I’m not willing to clean up my life either. – Lookey there, checking out the meats. – [Stevie] That means the most expensive eggs in this lineup come from Slovakia, where a dozen eggs cost an average of $5.25. – Good gracious. – Dang. What are they using, egg substitute, like egg in the carton? – [Rhett] I don’t know, man, I didn’t take notes. – [Stevie] Okay, so you guys are a little bit better at shopping for cheap groceries around the world than we thought. – Thanks. – [Stevie] But as I established at the top, the whole point is that we see someone go to hell and I’m just, I can’t leave it to chances here. So this round, we’re doubling the points if you get the middle option at six, and if you get the most expensive option, it’s 12. And listen, if you tie, like I said, someone has to go to hell, so you’re both going to hell. – Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. – Whoa! – [Stevie] And that’s a threat. – I already knew that. – So unless I get this exactly right, the lowest one- – And you do have the power of choice here. – I’m going to hell. – Because you’re closest to hell, Tesla model III. – Look at that. Out of these colors, I’d buy the blue one. – That’s a sharp one. – I definitely wouldn’t buy a yellow car. – Yeah, it’s a little too like, hey, look at me and my car. – I mean USA has to, how could it be cheaper in anywhere besides the USA, right? – Man, I don’t know, I don’t make Teslas or the rules. – Are y’all messing with me? – This could be a trick, it could be a trick. – How could it be? I mean Norway and Denmark, they’re, I’m sorry, they’re almost the same in my mind. – Yeah right, to us. – They could be making these there and they’re cheaper. – They could be. Wouldn’t that be cool? – But then which one? And then the one that’s closer might be the, this might, USA might be the most expensive. – It’s what it sells for there. There may be like some incentive in these countries, which are more progressive when it comes to like electrification of the automobiles that’s like, do you know that it actually only costs $4,000 to get a Tesla in Denmark? It costs $25,000 to send it over there, but the Denmark government has made a decision to really incentivize it and so they actually subsidize it and it only costs $4,000. Did you know that? That’s the kind of thing that Stevie might say, and she’s gonna use that voice when she does it. Have I confused you? – No, that’s tempting. And plus, the prisons in Norway are just spectacular. – Oh yeah, we’ve heard about that. Good Mythical Morning is featured in a movie that’s about Norway’s prisons. – I’m gonna choose Norway because all the reasons he just gave in that unbelievable voice and because of the prisons. – I sort of believe the things that I said. – And USA’s too obvious of a choice. There were some incentives in America that I think like expired at some point, but Tesla has been dropping the price of the Model III multiple times in the American market. – It’s the best-selling car in America, right? – I think the model Y might better selling, but I don’t know, but I’m gonna go with USA because I just hope it’s not the most expensive. – [Stevie] The country with the least expensive Tesla III out of these countries is Norway. – Oh crap! – I’m saved! I’m saved! – Which means Link doesn’t move any spaces. – Hold on, is it because of why I said? – [Stevie] A Tesla III’s base price is just over 37K. Norway is the world leader in electric vehicles, and because of various incentives the government has put in place to adopt them, Tesla’s able to keep their costs down for the consumer. – Can you use the voice? – I knew it, I knew you were right. – Can you use the voice? – [Stevie] Can I use the voice? – This voice, yeah, the guy who knows everything about electric vehicles. – [Stevie] No. – Okay, thanks. – You know what, just go to hell. – Well, I don’t know if I’m going yet. I have to be the most expensive to go to hell. – [Stevie] Yeah, if he has the second, if he has the middle option, you’re both going to hell. – I’m going to hell either way. It’s the question of are you? – [Stevie] The second least expensive option is the USA, where Tesla III’s base price is an average of 40K. – Go to hell. We’re going together? – Hell brothers. – [Stevie] That means Rhett goes six spaces. – We’re going to hell together. – This is so satisfying for a particular type of viewer. Rhett and Link are going to hell together. – [Link] Yeah! – [Stevie] And before you go to hell, the most expensive Tesla comes from Denmark, where the base price is 64K. – Whoa! – This is the last thing we’re hearing before we go to hell is how much Tesla’s cost- – Huge tax on cars making it the most expensive place to buy a Tesla in the world. And now, it’s time for you both to go to hell. – [Rhett] Oh, look at that. – [Link] Hey look, let’s check out. Is this the checkout? (people screaming) – Oh, okay, all right. – Ooh, I’m burning. – [Rhett] I’m watching you burn. – Hey buddy. – No, no, I’m also, oh gosh, forever together in hell burning on top of one another. – I don’t like how you’ve mounted me in hell. – Yeah, sorry man. I just saw an opportunity. – I’m so bummed out. – Well hey, we’ll do it again. – But we’re in it together. 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