Shenyang - Post Report Question and Answers
What household or grocery items do you wish you had shipped to post?
Canned goods that are frequently used for cooking (rotel, olives, artichokes, canned beans, sauces), good wine and craft beer are good to have, unique items to cook with. - Jun 2024
Canned tomatoes, non-scented laundry detergent, tomato or V8 juice, hair dye, fingernail polish remover. You can find a lot of stuff, but it's not always the brand you want, for example, or if you're buying on Taobao, you don't always know the quality. If you have allergies, you'll want to bring stuff that works for that. - Mar 2019
Peanut butter that does not have added sugar and oil. Canned tomatoes. Canned kidney beans (it's a long story). Coffee is expensive. Suntan lotion is unavailable here. OTC medicines. Many cosmetics and lotions are said to contain whitening agents, which is appealing to Chinese people, not so much for Americans. Amazon Prime is a life-saver. Shipments typically arrive in two weeks. - Jul 2016
Canned goods that are convenient (chickpeas, tomatoes, black beans, etc.), baking ingredients, and toiletries. - Aug 2014
I would include more of our favorite items in our HHE. Or do a consumable shipment. That would include a large list of liquids that won't go through DPO. Probably a full shopping trip at Trader Joe's too. Most everything else you can ship, though you have to take the seasons into consideration. Don't ship chocolate chips in the summer, or things that can't freeze in the winter. - Nov 2013
