How much is a bag of rice in ghana? With the fuss about Ghanaian Jellof, you can tell that rice is a predominant meal in Ghana. Indeed, Rice is a common food consumed and produced in all ten regions of Ghana. As a matter of fact, over the past 60 years, the consumption of rice in Ghana has quadrupled and currently the consumption level of rice in Ghana is still relatively high as the rice consumption per capita in Ghana is over 43.5 kg per person and this rice consumption is expected to even grow in the nearest future. Hence, it seems like you cannot survive in Ghana without consuming rice, and the common forms of rice consumed in Ghana are either local or foreign rice.
Local rice is rice produced by indigenous rice brands in Ghana, and foreign rice being rice produced by foreign rice brands and exported to Ghana. As a consumer of either local or foreign rice, you definitely need to know the price of what you are consuming especially with the recent hike in prices of bags of both local and foreign rice in Ghana, so that you can know how much you are going to budget when next you are going to the Market to buy a bag of rice. For this purpose, in this Article I shall examine the current prices of a bag of the various brands of local and foreign rice consumed in Ghana and places where you can purchase this bag of rice.
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Brands of Rice in Ghana And Their Current Prices
The following are the various well patronized brands of rice consumed in Ghana and the prices of their products:
a. Diamond Thai Jasmine Rice: Diamond Thai Jasmine Rice is a foreign long grain rice traditionally grown and produced in Thailand. This rice is regarded as the best rice in Ghana and is known for its light, soft and fluffy texture, sweet taste and nice popcorn like aroma free from particles. These features have established it as a popular rice brand imported and consumed in Ghana.
A 5kg bag of Diamond Thai Jasmine Rice costs 174 GHS; a 5kg x 5 quantity of Diamond Thai Jasmine Rice costs 500.00 GHC.
b. Gino Thai Jasmine Rice: Gino Thai Jasmine Rice just like Diamond Thai Jasmine Rice is produced in Thailand and exported to Ghana. Gino Thai Jasmine Rice is a long grain rice brand with a fine luster, purity, and irresistible aroma commonly consumed by citizens in Ghana.
A 5kg x 5 quantity of Gino Thai Jasmine Rice costs 400. 55 GHC.
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c. Wienco Ghana: Wienco Ghana is a leading and long standing Agricultural company in Ghana notable for milling and distributing Aduanehene Jasmine Perfume Rice and Copa Jasmine Rice. Aduanehene Jasmine Perfume Rice is a quality long grain local rice brand and Ghana’s leading locally grown rice brand enjoying wide patronage from the Government, Supermarkets, schools, and individuals in the state thanks to its quality long grain variety, nice aromatic fragrant, and enhanced packaging. A 5kg bag of Aduanehene Jasmine Perfume Rice costs 30 GHC and a five bag in 1 sack quantity of Aduanehene Jasmine Perfume rice costs 425 GHC.
On the other hand, a 5 x 5Kg quantity of Copa Jasmine perfumed long grain rice costs 195 GHC.
d. Lele Rice: Lele Rice is a product of Ramani Distribution Company Limited through its Lele Group which is currently the biggest food manufacturer in Ghana; manufacturing a wide range of food products including Lele Oil, Lele tomato paste, Lele corned beef, and notably Lele Rice. A 5kg bag of Lele Rice costs 25 GHC and likewise a 5kg x 5 quantity of Lele Rice costs 312 GHC.
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e. Ofie Special Ghana Rice: Ofie Special Ghana Rice is a quality local rice brand which has gained market prominence in recent years. In the market, a 5kg bag of Ofie Special Ghana Rice costs 36 GHC and a 25 kg bag of Ofie Special Ghana Rice costs 155 GHC.
f. Cindy Rice: Cindy Rice is a leading foreign rice product milled in Vietnam and exported to Ghana. This rice is nice fragrant jasmine long grain rice with 5% broken. A 5kg bag of this rice costs 74 GHC, while a 5kg x 5 quantity of this rice costs 215 GHC.
g. Champion Long grain rice: Champion Long grain rice is a long grain brand of rice milled in Ghana to the highest international standards. Impressively, over the years it has established itself as one of the most well consumed rice brands in Ghana today.
A 5kg bag of Champion Long grain rice costs 40 GHC, while a 25kg bag of Champion long grain rice costs 165 GHC.
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h. Mr Rabbit Jasmine Rice: Mr Rabbit Jasmine Rice is another quality local rice brand grown and milled by StrongMen food and Farms Ltd situated in Akuse, Accra, Ghana. This product is characterized by quality Aromatic long rice and broken rice at an affordable rate.
A 5kg bag of Mr Rabbit Jasmine Rice costs 35 GHC and a 25 kg bag of Mr Rabbit Jasmine Rice costs 150 GHC. This rice has similar quality with other foreign rice, and with its price it is a quality and less expensive option for citizens in Ghana compared to foreign rice.
i. Royal Aroma Vietnam Rice: Royal Aroma Vietnam Rice is a foreign long grain fragrant rice brand produced in Vietnam and Thailand and imported into Ghana. The prices of Royal Aroma Vietnam Rice in Ghana are as follows: A 5kg bag of Royal Aroma rice costs 37 GHC, a 25kg bag of Royal Aroma rice costs 141 GHC, and a 5kgx 5 quantity of Royal Aroma rice costs 370 GHC.
j. Lom nava Rice: Lom nava Rice is locally grown and produced rice brand situated in Nungua beach drive, Accra, Ghana. This white perfumed rice is quite unique consisting of 70% long grain and 30% broken grains of rice.
A 5kg bag of Lom nava Rice costs 30 GHC, a 25kg bag of Lom nava Rice costs 150 GHC, and a 50 kg bag of Lom nava Rice costs 290 GHC.
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Places To Purchase Bag Of Rice In Ghana
Having examined the current prices of a bag of rice in Ghana, it is important we consider the places where we can get them. Hence, the three major places to purchase a bag of rice in Ghana are:
1. Market: The traditional open market is a common place for buying any of the aforementioned brands of rice in Ghana. There are rice markets in every region in the country, and the good thing is that in these markets they sell all kinds of branded and unbranded quantity of rice, meaning that in the market you can choose to purchase a branded bag of rice or unbranded rice open to sell in any quantity of your choice; usually by cup measurement.
The Market price of a bag of rice also appears to be relatively cheaper as they sell a bag of rice at a wholesale rate as opposed to a retail rate which is often the case in personal stores and supermarkets.
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2. Supermarket: Supermarket is another common place of purchasing a bag of rice in Ghana. There are loads of mini supermarkets and other supermarkets known as mall where you can conveniently purchase a bag of rice, particularly imported rice and well packaged locally branded rice.
3. Distributors: Equally, you can purchase a bag of rice from distributors. There are lots of distributors of rice in Ghana. For instance; Simavi Company Limited the number one importer and distributor of Thai Jasmine rice in Ghana, Hippo Group Limited known for importing and distributing quality white rice from Thailand and Vietnam, Olam Group Ghana known for distributing and importing rice from Thailand, Cambodia, India, and Vietnam, Sucryza Distributors Ltd a leading importer and distributor of rice in Ghana, and West African Trading & commodities Limited which is a high volume importer of high quality white rice from outside Ghana.
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Additionally, there are other distributors of local rice in Ghana such as Kyei Enterprise distributing all kinds of local rice brands in Ghana, Wienco Ghana distributing Aduanehene Jasmine Perfume Rice and Copa Jasmine Rice, Ofam Ltd distributing Gbewa branded local rice, Lesfam Company distributing Lele Rice, Gino Rice, and Cindy Rice, House of Rema distributing Rema branded rice, Ofie Rice distributor known for distributing Ofie Special Ghana Rice, and CCTC located in Afife in Volta region and distributing Ghana Pride Rice.
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