Expat Grocery List in India
Moving to a different country is challenging on many different levels from finding a home to insurance to finding that certain food you might be craving in the grocery store. Expats in India are finding that to keep their cost down they eat more local Indian food, but they are able to source Western products more and more. “Of course, there are issues such as quality and price which have to be faced. So often, expats are trying to figure out whether to boil the milk or to eat or avoid pork and poultry in summer. Or whether to buy imported items which are often better quality but much higher priced. Sometimes expats have difficulties with language when shopping for greens or fish and meats at local markets. “Language is a barrier but you can still make yourself understood. Most of the counter guys can understand what you are saying if you say it slowly, and have less of that accent,” feels Jennifer Moore, who works for Strategic Links in Chennai. She cooks a lot of Indian food, and shops for spices and vegetables. For seafood, she sometimes goes to local markets, where she likes to bargain to get the right price. Not surprisingly, the challenges of finding grocery for high-flying expats in India have thrown up business opportunities, especially in the metro cities. Roger Langbour was on an assignment at the French Embassy in Delhi in the 1970s, when he decided to stay on after his retirement. ”
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Expats flying in and out of Britain may have found British airports a bit more quiet then usual. BAA has seen a 4.1% drop while Stansted airport has faced a 10% passenger loss since 2008. “The 4.1 per cent drop, announced by BAA, reflected a year in which the recession saw demand for overseas holidays drop and a number of airlines ground planes to save money. Worst hit was Stansted, with 2.3 million drop – representing 10 per cent of total as both Ryanair and easyJet cut back on capacity. Passenger numbers plummeted in the first half of the year, when not only was the economy at its lowest ebb, but weather forecasters were predicting a “barbecue summer”. When the barbecue summer stubbornly refused to appear, there was a surge in bookings in the second half of the year, which slowed down the rate of decline compared to the first six months of 2009.”
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