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Costco is our salvation here in Ontario. Cheese prices are high, yes, but about 1/2 at Costco compared to anywhere else. They have good selection and quality. Reference is a 500g block of Jarlsberg at currently $9.50 Canadian. Expensive, but still affordable.

Officially, US cheddar seems to be trending about $12/kg ($5.50/lb). I actually pay a lot less, ~$12.50 for a 4lb block (Walmart).

ref: https://www.statista.com/statistics/236863/retail-price-of-c...

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Decent cheddar is £7 / kg in the UK & that’s ignoring the cheap stuff.

Once you're above the grade of "cheese" that I'd suppose Europeans wouldn't recognize as such at all, even our low-end actual cheese in the US is incredibly expensive compared to (Western, at least, IDK about the rest) Europe. Not sure why.