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Old Apr 15th 2007, 10:46 pm
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My husband is all set for his move, we are to follow the latest end of june begining july. I know it may sound silly but whats it like there in abu dhabi for food shpping and where is the best place to go? As I already know there are no tescos or asdas or sainsburys, what is the equivelent there? Whats the average shpping bill for a family of 3-4 pple? Thanks in advance
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Abu Dhabi Coop, Emirates General Market, Spinneys and of course Carrefours are the main ones. All have their strengths and weaknesses but Spinneys is bl00dy expensive.

3/4 people shop 150-200 dhs
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Abu Dhabi Coop, Emirates General Market, Spinneys and of course Carrefours are the main ones. All have their strengths and weaknesses but Spinneys is bl00dy expensive.

3/4 people shop 150-200 dhs
damn site cheaper in Abu than it is in dubai then !
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damn site cheaper in Abu than it is in dubai then !
It must be per day.
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It must be per day.
i hope it is or I'm doing summat seriously wrong

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i hope it is or I'm doing summat seriously wrong

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me too!!
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me too!!
We'll all be driving over to AD to do our weekly shop if it's true.
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We'll all be driving over to AD to do our weekly shop if it's true.
the BE bus trip to AD for food !!
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Should have said for two peeps, me & the missus. I'll check again this weekend.... erm, the cost not the number of people.
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Should have said for two peeps, me & the missus. I'll check again this weekend.... erm, the cost not the number of people.
before we had sproglet we were still doing about 400 dhs a week at least ! and that was 4 years ago

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Originally Posted by Knoblet
Should have said for two peeps, me & the missus. I'll check again this weekend.... erm, the cost not the number of people.
i knew it...these bleedin kids, they are clearly costing me a sodding fortune!

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