Some time ago it was popular to open shops in Riga, where you could buy different products for a small price, for example, 1 euro. These shops were closed, but the topic what can one buy in Riga for 1 euro is worth exploring in the situation of price increase on many products and services.

Expats in Riga decided to make a small market research and present the findings in this article, covering various products categories, from food to household products.

So if have 1 euro in your pocket, according to the survey of supply in Riga shops, you can afford yourself quite a lot in terms of choice, not in terms of quantity nevertheless.

Food
Based on the information on Maxima supermarket chain you can buy a mayonnaise Francis for 0,69 eu. They offer a discount on it right now. Mayonnaise goes well with beet, garlic, marinated onions, and salt in a salad. So if you are not the only one who has 1 euro in your pocket, you can make a pool with your friends to make a salad. One more friend would be enough 🙂

Hygiene
Who can live without a stored up piece of a soap on the shelf now, when everyone got an exaggerated habit to wash hands each time after touching anything as a consequence of pandemic? Don’t worry! 1 euro would be more than enough to choose among various soap brands in Drogas chain to restock a household inventory. They offer several kinds of soap in pieces, so you can differentiate each time you have a euro!

Stationery
Sitting at home, looking through the window, dreaming, and listening how your neighbours spend their salaries on taking a bath. Yes, the pandemic has influenced our regular lifestyle making people limit their time spending within the boarders of an apartment. The habits don’t change fast, so sketching some view you see out of your window could be a nice alternative! Logically a paper is not cheap in Latvia, even the recycled one, but there is one option offered by Valters un Rapa chain — a correspondence paper for only 0,53 eur could be a deal. Unfortunately, they don’t elaborate on the way the paper looks like inside (ask the seller in case it is important for you), or expect the worse for better – that it won’t be plain and with some lines on it. But never mind! A real artist can draw even on a napkin. Or a defect as an effect might become your motto too! But you would need a drawing tool as well. A gel pen for only 0,35 euro is one of the options. But hurry up because the inspiration might leave you any time.

Apparel
Expats in Riga is not sure whether it would be possible to buy a piece of apparel for 1 euro unless you are a real second-hand treasure hunter. However we won’t cover unpredictable market of second-hand wear and will limit ourselves to a choice of chains, where the stock is not limited by one piece and supply is more predictable and lasting. So we stopped our choice on an investment in acquiring a pair of socks. Rimi supermarket chain has something for you for 1 euro or a little below. Either you are a women or a man looking for socks you will find something there for sure.

Last but not least – a chewing gum!
On Circle K petrol station you can get one for less than 1 euro.

We hope that the findings of our market research will make you smile as well as provide some valuable insight on the price level in Latvia.