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  • suncluster
    suncluster Posts: 539 Member
    Those are not Alaska prices.

    I wish I could buy a bag of frozen veg for 90 cents?
    Wait...can you do that anywhere in the lower 48?
  • mrsbeck
    mrsbeck Posts: 234 Member
    Although the point as made stands, i.e. it's cheaper to buy real, whole foods than to go to a fast food joint, your mileage will vary depending on season and location. Right now, in Seattle, in February, a pound of strawberries is about 5.99, I've never seen frozen veggies for less than 1.50/lb, and specialty type foods, like the meatless patties, would be closer to five bucks, and 96% lean ground beef is more like six bucks a pound. For 2.98/lb you can get the 80/20 beef. Everything else looks about right--I don't like cashews, so I have no idea what they cost here. Still, you are getting more bang for your buck at the grocery store. There's three to four days worth of dinners, and probably some leftover lunches for a little over 32 bucks vs. 21 and change for one meal's worth of food at the burger joint.
  • GradatimFerociter
    GradatimFerociter Posts: 296 Member
    So, now I really want a burger.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Those are not Alaska prices.

    I wish I could buy a bag of frozen veg for 90 cents?
    Wait...can you do that anywhere in the lower 48?

    yeah...you can.
  • Followingsea
    Followingsea Posts: 407 Member
    I'd love to see a date on that image.

    I'm comparing prices with my grocery store down the street (they have a buy online+delivery option, though that doesn't affect base price).

    The image says a pound of 96% lean ground beef is $2.98. I can't find it that lean locally, but 93% lean is 6.39/lb - more than twice as expensive.

    The morningstar farms stuff is a dollar more expensive locally than in the image. The cheapest gallon of OJ I could find (from concentrate, store brand) was a dollar more expensive. A sixteen ounce bag of frozen mixed vegetables is a buck fifty, not under a dollar. A pound of strawberries is four dollars, not two. A fourteen oz can of cashews (not 16 as in the img) is eight dollars, not 4.18, at the cheapest price I could find for them.
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    do not assume your experience is the same as everyone else's
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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,454 Member
    Yeah, that chart has been around for a very long time and needs some updating.


    I also live in Western Washington, and all our produce is shipped in during the winter, so it's not cheap.

    That said, I cook all my meals at home and can eat on about $5 a day. (That's 1600-1800 calories). You have to be willing to spend time on shopping, prep, cooking, and cleanup. I'm not buying organic. But if I ate two meals a day out, it would certainly be more than $5, unless I was willing to forego vegetables other than potatoes.
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    I'd love to see a date on that image.

    I'm comparing prices with my grocery store down the street (they have a buy online+delivery option, though that doesn't affect base price).

    The image says a pound of 96% lean ground beef is $2.98. I can't find it that lean locally, but 93% lean is 6.39/lb - more than twice as expensive.

    The morningstar farms stuff is a dollar more expensive locally than in the image. The cheapest gallon of OJ I could find (from concentrate, store brand) was a dollar more expensive. A sixteen ounce bag of frozen mixed vegetables is a buck fifty, not under a dollar. A pound of strawberries is four dollars, not two. A fourteen oz can of cashews (not 16 as in the img) is eight dollars, not 4.18, at the cheapest price I could find for them.

    To be fair the price on the Burger King is out of date too. You're not getting a Whopper combo meal for $5 and change anymore. It's probably closer to $8.

    So remove a couple burgers and fries from the above example as well. At least it's inaccurate in a balanced way...it's ALL out of date! :ohwell:

    On Whopper Wednesday you can :flowerforyou:

    Maybe that's just a Canadian thing.
  • redheadmommy
    redheadmommy Posts: 908 Member
    $1.67 for 1 lb strawberries?? Try $5.67 :( Everything on the healthy option is at least 2-3 or more times expensive .
  • gkauf744
    gkauf744 Posts: 128 Member
    In college I had a budget of $20 for groceries for the week. I bought ramen noodles.
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    I would like a Rodeo Burger, please.
  • Ivey05131980
    Ivey05131980 Posts: 1,118 Member
    'tis true.
  • kiittenforever
    kiittenforever Posts: 478 Member
    vre_buy2.jpg

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    Grocery prices from Wal-Mart and Meijer in Noblesville, Indiana, and Cincinnati, Ohio; fast food prices from the greater Indianapolis and Cincinnati areas, 2010

    http://www.sparkpeople.com/blog/blog.asp?post=what_20_will_buy_at_the_drivethru_and_at_the_supermarket
  • Hobb3s
    Hobb3s Posts: 119 Member
    Wow, prices in the states are considerably cheaper.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    Considering I wouldn't eat half the healthy food, I'll stick with the take-out.
  • MysteriousMerlin
    MysteriousMerlin Posts: 2,270 Member
    Just wait until later this year, when dairy prices double :sad:
  • AlessisMore
    AlessisMore Posts: 179 Member
    Totally going to BK tonight :)
  • Rays_Wife
    Rays_Wife Posts: 1,173 Member
    Good lord, this again?? :noway: In my area, the "healthy" food would run me about $32.00. That's way more than what the picture says.

    Now pass me a Big Mac :laugh:
  • DonaldChadDavis
    DonaldChadDavis Posts: 89 Member
    2lbs of chicken breast for 2 bucks? I live in Alabama (pretty cheap state) and Wal-Mart sells its chicken breast for 1.99/lb and that's with 15% chicken broth added...

    For 20 bucks you can get 18 burgers from checkers, though.
  • sullus
    sullus Posts: 2,839 Member
    I could make the value meals in the first pic for about $8.

    So, cooking is cheaper than going to a restaurant. This is true.
  • Liss_Bee
    Liss_Bee Posts: 187 Member
    Ummm, I just went to the store today and a gallon of skim milk was $3.48 for the walmart brand? These prices are wayyyy off, jus sayin. =]
  • DeltaZero
    DeltaZero Posts: 1,197 Member
    God now I want pizza. SERIOUSLY.



    Thanks for prompting me to eat everything today and get FATTER.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,454 Member
    OH. Well, I left Indiana and Ohio 35 years ago for the West Coast. Would not go back and would rather pay the higher prices out here than live there.

    So, there is that.
  • MadTownD
    MadTownD Posts: 149 Member
    Yeah... if we could shop in 1970! :huh: Those prices are SO out of date. And, you can get two Whoppers for $5 at my local BK.
  • feliscatus84
    feliscatus84 Posts: 80 Member
    I WISH chicken breasts were 2 bucks for 2 lbs. Try 15 bucks!
  • saffron981
    saffron981 Posts: 22 Member
    Prices for the groceries are WAY off. Not sure about the Whopper meals.....
  • SeriousBen
    SeriousBen Posts: 41 Member
    2 lbs of chicken breast for under $2?
  • SugaryLynx
    SugaryLynx Posts: 2,640 Member
    Indiana is boring, to be fair.

    But there's a Burger King down the street. I think it needs me...away!! *superhero whoosh*
  • GiveMeCoffee
    GiveMeCoffee Posts: 3,556 Member
    Now I want KFC thanks! Luckily my laziness is going to win out cause that would require leaving the house.

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