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Sending money for groceries in the Dominican Republic: 10 staple items at a Santo Domingo corner store cost RD$2,760.43 in September 2026, RD$92.04 less than in January
A sample shopping list of 10 staple items (rice, beans, chicken, eggs, plantains, milk, onion, tomato, cassava and cubanela pepper) cost RD$2,760.43 at Santo Domingo colmados (corner grocery stores) in September 2026, based on average prices from the Dominican Ministry of Agriculture: RD$92.04 (−3.23 %) less than in January. Chicken and plantains got cheaper; rice and eggs went up. According to the Central Bank, prices for the lowest-income 20 % of households rose 4.92 % over twelve months.
Every Friday at Economía con Datos we look at what families receiving remittances face in the Dominican Republic. Today: groceries at the colmado, the neighborhood corner store. Using average monthly prices published by the Ministry of Agriculture, a sample shopping list of 10 staple items cost RD$2,760.43 in Santo Domingo in September 2026, down RD$92.04 (−3.23 %) from RD$2,852.48 in January. The list and the totals are Economía con Datos calculations with the Ministry's data.
What is in the list
10 lb of selecto rice, 3 lb of red beans, 5 lb of fresh chicken, 30 eggs, 10 large green plantains, 4 liters of milk, 2 lb of red onion, 2 lb of salad tomatoes, 3 lb of cassava and 1 lb of cubanela pepper. The total fell to RD$2,663.05 in May and rose again to RD$2,760.43 in September.
What went down and what went up
A pound of chicken went from RD$107.55 in January to RD$97.08 in September (−9.74 %); a large green plantain from RD$40.78 to RD$35.55 (−12.83 %). A pound of selecto rice rose from RD$47.86 to RD$50.19 (+4.88 %) and an egg from RD$9.35 to RD$9.70 (+3.75 %).
Prices for lower-income households
For the whole consumer basket, the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD) price index by income quintile rose 4.92 % from September 2025 to September 2026 for the lowest-income 20 % of households and 5.13 % for the highest-income 20 %. Since October 2020, the index rose 38.73 % for the lowest quintile and 33.61 % for the highest (Economía con Datos calculations).
Source: Ministerio de Agricultura de la República Dominicana (document in Spanish).
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