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I am very surprised. Given that the cost of eating out is so much cheaper in the States, I just always assumed shopping was too.

Then again, prices change, as do exchange rates.
I know food costs are much higher in Australia now comparatively. My Uncle's wife made a big fuss about how much shopping cost when they were last over here (16? 18? years ago) but Mum found things much more expensive in Aus when she went just the other year. I think meat might have been cheaper. And being on the coast, seafood was better and more varied.

But it's nice to hear an alternative to the general attitude of "rip-off Britain" which permeates our media.