Food prices that piss you off
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Organic anything. I really would like to eat organically (I know that is a hot button here...I have my own personal reasons for this though...not a huge belief that everybody should eat organic), but its so expensive.0
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*kitten* ake are mushrooms, why would you censor that? Bizarre.0
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Salmon, definitely! Also: avocados, berries, lean meat in general, crab and scallops. Seafood is a once in a while treat.
Meanwhile, we can get a pizza for $5 to last two of us 2 meals! I'd spend at least that on EACH meal I made with seafood. Unfortunately it's sooo cheap to eat sooo bad!0 -
*kitten* ake are mushrooms, why would you censor that? Bizarre.
I think you misspelled it, which is why it was censored. It's shiitake!0 -
Oh and speaking of food prices, I'm sick of the Farm Fresh down the road forcing you to buy all of the items to get the deal. At Food Lion and Kroger you only have to buy one.0
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GRAPES!
Over $8 for under 2 lbs of grapes. WTH!
And spaghetti squash....3 lb squash almost $12. I think not.0 -
Limes. .89 cents each
Hamburger close to $7 for 1.25 lb.
Chuck Roast $14 for 2 lbs minus all the fat I had to trim off.
Deli Roast Beef $10 for 3/4 lb !
$5 for two portabellas ? Really ?
And last but not least...bagged salad ! Complete rip off and looks terrible a day or two later.
But someone out there must not mind...they sure have plenty of choices to choose from.
They have to charge $5 a bag for 50 cents worth of lettuce to maintain their profit margine because of the 575785439875487437432179347267493219784324643261789 bags that sit there rotting because they charge $5. When it goes on sale to $1.50 it miraculously disappears from the shelves and you cant find any. Hmmm go figure.0 -
Yep , raspberries here { Scotland/UK } cost about £6-7 { $11-12 } for a pound even more for organic types up to £10 a pound. Fortunately in season they grow abundantly in my vicinity of Perthshire as do Brambles {blackberries} I am sure they must sell brambles somewhere but I honestly do not ever recall seeing them in a supermarket.
Bramble picking brings back a lot of happy {sometimes painful memories , the wild varieties are thorny buggers :happy: } first as child for my Gran then my Mum now for my wife .It is a small price to pay for some delicious Bramble preserves and my particular favourite Bramble fool. Though as I am on the LCHF plan I will not be eating much this year0 -
Nothing. Pay now or pay later.0
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Lamb chops are pretty expensive, I usually buy when they're on offer and freeze. I'm lucky to live near a street market where most fruit and veg are £1 a bowl.
Lamb! I almost forgot about it because it's so expensive I never buy it! The last time I had it was over a year ago and I miss it!
A rack of lamb here is about $22/lb (13 GBP) and never goes on sale. *Sigh* I better save up...0 -
Raspberries and blueberries have always been expensive. They do go on sale occasionally. I have raspberry plants in the backyard though so come August we'll have a ton.
Bacon is currently extremely expensive due to the pig disease going around.0 -
Blackberries from UK supermarkets.
Cost £2.00 for like 12-15 of them! I wouldn't care but come autumn I can gather loads of wild ones from the hedgerows in my part of France. I intend to make sure that I get of my *kitten* this year and collect a big stack of them and then freeze them all (or make some jam maybe). Mmmm - low cal homemade blackberry jam with PB2 peanut butter on wholemeal toast.0 -
Friggin avocadoes!!!! Maybe they're not that bad, but I started eating them when they were in season and 4/$5....now cheapest you see is $1.99 for one!0
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GRAPES!
Over $8 for under 2 lbs of grapes. WTH!
And spaghetti squash....3 lb squash almost $12. I think not.
Whaaaaaat,
Spaghetti Squash is $1.29/lb here. That would drive me insane!0 -
Nothing. Pay now or pay later.
Are you inviting us over for dinner?0 -
A few years ago there was a bad grape crop, prices skyrocketed. I took a small bag to the cashier and it was $16!!! I didn't buy it.GRAPES!
Over $8 for under 2 lbs of grapes. WTH!
And spaghetti squash....3 lb squash almost $12. I think not.0 -
*kitten* ake are mushrooms, why would you censor that? Bizarre.
So that was censored??!!! Wow, strange!
(It's Shiitake, with 2 I's, by the way)
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Cherries are always so darn expensive. I feel dubed every year even if I buy a small bag.0
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When I went low carb, my food bill doubled. Still haven't figured out ways to save. Having an Aldi nearby helps a lot.
I'm not sure if I'm going to say anything new but:
Anything with 'Atkins' or 'low carb' in the name (I paid almost $5 for Mission Low Carb Tortillas at Walmart the other day)
Nuts including Almond Flour
Cherries (I haven't had cherries in YEARS)
Grapes (my soon to be husband likes the black grapes, so we buy them occasionally anyway)
Raspberries ($5 for a small small container at Walmart. Aldi has blackberries pretty regularly for $1.50, but I can't find raspberries for any less than $5)
Most meat...we live on ground beef and chicken
Bell peppers (the green ones are usually pretty cheap, but if you want yellow, orange, and red, you pay quite a bit more...usually my fajitas only have green peppers in them)0 -
Salmon!! well all manner of seafood really but Salmon is definitely my #1. after that any kind of dairy free "dairy" product; ice-cream, yogurt, milk.. its all over priced. it's like being punished twice for being lactose intolerant.0
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I'm finding lactose free milk is finally coming down in price. Sometimes it's even cheaper than regular milk when it's on sale.Salmon!! well all manner of seafood really but Salmon is definitely my #1. after that any kind of dairy free "dairy" product; ice-cream, yogurt, milk.. its all over priced. it's like being punished twice for being lactose intolerant.0 -
To everyone complaining about the prices of limes, there's a very good reason why they've gone up so much in the last few weeks: THERE IS A MASSIVE LIME SHORTAGE!!!! There was too much rain in Mexico, a tree disease, and now the cartel's getting involved based on the higher prices. I'm dead serious, they're calling it the lime panic.
My biggest irk with grocery prices is fish. I LOVE fish, but I can rarely afford to eat it
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I don't know, really. I shop at Marks and Spencers, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Morrisons, Co op, Nisa, Premier, and Aldi. I spend on average about £25 on food shopping a week. My protein powder is £15 plus I eat out, at least once a week. Mac Donald's are expensive.0
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I don't know, really. I shop at Marks and Spencers, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Morrisons, Co op, Nisa, Premier, and Aldi. I spend on average about £25 on food shopping a week. My protein powder is £15 plus I eat out, at least once a week. Mac Donald's are expensive.
I'm a dual national so I've spent a considerable amount of time in the US and UK.
It's sooo true that McD's in the UK is expensive, but I'm pretty sure it's because the British government taxes the crap out of it. In the US, I can get a burger and fries from the value menu for around $2.50, or GBP 1.49 pounds. McDonalds is super cheap in the US. Same goes for other American/British fast food crossovers- Pizza hut, KFC, etc. I was surprised at how expensive UK Pizza Hut is. In the American Pizza Huts, if you get a pizza for more than $12 (GBP 7.13), you're getting ripped off.0 -
Green seedless grapes!
Ridiculously priced, hard to get good quality (not mushy, not sour, etc), and lately I can't even get any at the grocery stores..when I really really want some0 -
Bacon
Honeycrisp apples
Honey Crisp were $5.99 a pound went I went to the market last night, and they were small & crappy looking.
Along with several things others have listed, my most missed is avocado ($2.50 each) and limes ($2).
Meat is ridiculously expensive. I found boneless, skinless chicken breasts for $1.98 a pound and I snapped up 10# before they realized it should have been $4.98.0 -
Laughing Cow cheese. Must comment.
I quit eating it when I tried to broil/melt some on a slice of bread.
It would not melt ! Scary.
You know what does melt? The wax coating on the Babybel cheese. Especially if you leave it on your dashboard. I know. Duh.0 -
I live in the UK...
They don't tax Pasties....
They tax my protein powder...
Do I really need to say more?
Pasties? The tassel things that strippers wear on their tata's?!0 -
This is not cool the prices for veggies and fruits are really expensive where I am at. I look forward to moving to a state where growing produce is easier.
Small bag of cherries 8 bucks vs. Cherry ice cream 4 bucks
1 avocado 2 bucks vs. fake avocado dip 2 bucks
Romain lettuce 4 bucks vs. Doritos 2.500 -
So there's this super cute organic mom and pop grocery store across the street from me that sells all grass fed local, gluten free, nitrate free stuff..... I can easily go in there and spend $40 on an armful of meat because it's soo good. Bison and everything dammit! I need to stay away from that place, lol0
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