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Food Prices In Hawaii Skyrocketing | These Tips Can Help

20 great tips from us and from visitors as even bigger increases lie ahead for food prices in Hawaii.

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13 thoughts on “Food Prices In Hawaii Skyrocketing | These Tips Can Help”

  1. Thank you so much for all these tips! When traveling with family it can get pretty pricey especially when eating out every day every meal. Your input is greatly appreciated!!!

  2. Thank you, BOH, for the tips on cutting food costs while in Hawaii. Jewel/Osco in the Chicago area is also part of Albertsons which owns Safeway. If you have a Jewel/Osco card it will work in Hawaii at Safeway. We are visiting Kauai in October after a three-year wait and we are really excited about returning to paradise. Mahalo!

  3. These are things we have done for years in our travels to Hawaii. When we were traveling with 4 children we had to keep food costs down to be able to afford the trip. Frozen meat packed in a cooler and then put into your checked bag arrives still frozen when we unpack. We have a timeshare in the islands so we often go a couple of times a year and any decrease helps.
    We have also found out the hard way that it can be very difficult if not impossible to get gluten free things like soup for cooking or bread so we now bring our own

  4. We usually stay 3-4 weeks during the Christmas Holiday. I always mail a Box of my essentials to myself or the Condo we stay at. It really helps with the $$$$ costs. We do frequent the Farmers Market for Produce and baked goods. Spending $6.00 for a Bottle of our favorite salad dressing is crazy.We do shop at the Times market as it is close, Good Meat and Produce Prices.
    When we leave I donate the left overs to the Church Foodbank. We do eat out but not every day.

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  5. If you have a Dillon’s or Kroger saver card, you can use it at Safeway. I saved a bunch of money and had no idea!

  6. We were visiting Kauai in May and I was buying produce from a stand in Kapaa. Another tourist stopped and asked how much the mangoes were because she just paid $9 for one at a farmers market!! I was pretty shocked at that. Could that be a true cost at local farmers markets for tourists?? Your insight is always valuable, thank you!! I always read your emails!!

    1. Hi Laura.

      Thanks. Yes, we see those ridiculously priced mangos at the farmers market as well. Thinking of one vendor, in particular, we just don’t patronize him. Some visitors do. We have been paying $2-$4 for excellent mangos at the farmers market.

      Aloha.

  7. Good time to ask Hawaii congress people for an emergency suspension of the Jones Act. With luck an emergency suspension will lead to a permanent removal.

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  8. For the small packets of salt, jelly, soy sauce, etc. and small travel-sized toiletries (more than are available at WalMart) check with minimus.biz. Also travel accessories, and much more.

  9. One caviat I got from a local farmer on Kauai is to be a little careful about buying fruit from people selling out of their cars by the side of the road. Some of the produce is stolen from local farmers, so stick to farmers markets or maybe more permanent roadside stands where you have a better chance of helping locals farmers.

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  10. We used both Walmart and Safeway while on the Big Island to purchase some good lunch meat, sourdough bread, a decent head of lettuce, some good cheese and condiments. That gave us sandwiches for several lunches and salad options as well. It certainly made the food bill for the week more tolerable.

    We ate out three different occasions- one each breakfast, lunch and supper – and felt like we had sampled some flavor of the BI without breaking the budget.

    Both Safeway and Walmart in Kona are strongly suggested by us.

    Foster’s Kitchen in Kona was an excellent meal as well.

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