Does It Matter Where You Shop in Belize?

The same bottle of dishwashing liquid. Five stores. A $1.00 difference in price. For families already stretching every dollar, that gap adds up fast.

News Five took a grocery list of ten basic household items to Dangriga Town and compared prices across five different grocery stores. The results show that where you shop in Belize can genuinely affect how much you spend.

Some items held steady across the board while others reflected price gaps wide enough to make a real dent in a weekly shopping budget.

The findings raise a very timely question every shopper should be asking: is the store you are loyal to actually giving you the best deal?

For the full breakdown of every item and every price across all five stores in Dangriga, tune in to the News Five Live newscast tonight at 6 o’clock.