Food prices that piss you off
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Seafood, fresh organic produce, and meat! WTF!0
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Pork and avocado.0
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Seafood, for sure. And $4 for a head of cauliflower is stupid.0
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Meat-It can be so expensive, especially for a family of 7.0
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Almost everything at the grocery store - $5 lb for brussel sprouts, $4 head for cauliflower, $4 for a pack of greens, $2 ea for red pepper, $2-$5 lb for mushrooms. $30 lb for fresh fish, $20 lb for antibiotic free meat.
This is why we garden, raise chickens, fish and hunt.0 -
Strawberries. They wanted $5. I know it's off season, but still. I recently discovered a local business that you can get fruit and veggie baskets from for $25 a week. I split it with my coworker, but it lasts me the entire week and it's got awesome stuff in it. This week - even strawberries!
Cherries. I guess fresh fruit and veggies in general!
Also, steak.0 -
fresh produce tends to be expensive here in the uk
would love to do a nice bit of lamb on the weekend but cant justify £7+ for a small joint
my partner has decided he wants to grow vegetables this spring/summer and has been looking into small fruit trees too, hey he can take as much of the garden as he wants along with his allotment, more savings for me
the convinience foods seem so cheap in comparison. 4 sausage rolls for £1, biscuits for 50p etc. would prefer savings on the produce
i also go round the reduced counter looking for bargins to freeze but these days they seem to only knock off a few pence0 -
martyqueen52 wrote: »Usually don't get upset with food prices, what pisses me off are the people who shop with welfare, don't work, and have 6 kids. I can't stand that *kitten*.
Well those 6 kids gotta eat, regardless of how you feel about their parents.0 -
Mandarin oranges. Thanks to that brilliant cutie's campaign my kids are addicted. They cost $8 a bag.0
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Lean beef, good quality yogurt, fruit other than bananas.0
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melimomTARDIS wrote: »martyqueen52 wrote: »Usually don't get upset with food prices, what pisses me off are the people who shop with welfare, don't work, and have 6 kids. I can't stand that *kitten*.
Well those 6 kids gotta eat, regardless of how you feel about their parents.
Well said.
I don't get too upset about food prices, I shop at Aldi, everything is pretty reasonable.
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I agree that it doesn't help.
At the top of my head... $4 for a small cauliflower, $8 for a container of Fage, $2 for an avocado, $4 a pound of Brussel Sprouts, $2 a pound of apples (which is what.. 2 apples?), $3 a pound of peppers, $3 or more for 4oz of berries (off season, I know).
Lean ground beef too. Yikes. And chicken breast often $3.69 a pound (then 1/3 of the package is fat you have to trim off).
Bleh. Then you can buy boxes of Mac and Cheese that feed 4 for $1.0 -
Avocados and lemons at $1 each, $3.50 for a not-quite-medium-sized head of cauliflower, $5 or more for a pound of lean hamburger, $8 a pound for salmon. Thankfully potatoes are super cheap here, and unfrozen chicken of various parts is usually on sale for $.99 - $1.50 a pound somewhere around town. So yeah, chicken and potato for us.0
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Beef. Even stew beef is 7 or 8$ a pound here and it's the unwanted bits full of gristle they trim off the good steaks. We eat very little beef now. For those prices I get lamb or crab legs instead when the budget allows.0
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Seafood. I would love to eat more fish and shrimp, but can't afford it.0
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Salmon and shrimp.
Also trying to figure out what's going on with asparagus prices?0 -
Asparagus, brussel sprouts, mangos, shrimp, strawberries... and meat! Even chicken is so expensive here
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I checked my receipt after i left the store yesterday and saw that my grapes had cost me 9 dollars. For a regular size bag. And asparagus (which i checked befire grabbing and subsequently didnt buy) was 8.
Ridiculous. And I live in the middle of nowhere with only one grocery store for 40+ miles so its not like i can shop around...0 -
Paid $3.38 for a small head of cauliflower this week at Sam's club, and I thought that was high. After reading this, I guess not. Going to look into frozen cauliflower prices, though, cause I am the only one who eats it. It went a little brown before I finished it, & I hate it when food goes bad. Hate wasting food.0
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Cant wait for the Summer, when tomatoes are $0.30 a kilo (2 pounds).0
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Ground beef here used to be $3.99 a pound but in the last 3 months it's gone up to $5.47! Used to be able to make lots of chili and spaghetti sauce but now those are like a treat any more. I'm also surprised that our grocery store also often charges $3.00 for a head of cauliflower as well as a head of broccoli. Geesh!0
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i have to watch my grocery bill, but grew up in a house where everything would be skimped on in order to buy good food. We ate massive amounts of produce, and fish twice a week (i still ended up fat - although the lack of junky food at home kept me better in check until I moved out). I think i've picked up the habit now of prioritizing food in my budget too. Nope, don't have a tv or cable subscription, nor newspaper/any magazine subscriptions, and a bunch of other stuff that's eats up money thoughtlessly. I don't miss those things. If there's a frugal gene, I have it. Not enjoying shopping makes life easier. I've started to think about food prices are price per unit of nutrition. Junk food is cheap - but you don't get anything for your money. I hate a bad deal! If you buy junk and then have to buy vitamins, also expensive - you could have bought the real food with the vitamins that are more usable to your body upfront.0
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Where are you buying milk? I get skim for $2.79 a gallon at Kwik Trip. It's $2.38 if you buy the bags instead of the jugs. You're less than 30 minutes from me, so prices shouldn't be that different!
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Paid $3.38 for a small head of cauliflower this week at Sam's club, and I thought that was high. After reading this, I guess not. Going to look into frozen cauliflower prices, though, cause I am the only one who eats it. It went a little brown before I finished it, & I hate it when food goes bad. Hate wasting food.
If cauliflower gets a little brown, but isn't slimy or moldy, you can just trim the brown part off and the rest is perfectly fine to eat.0 -
Avocados and cherries. Love them but so damn expensive!0
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For me gluten free foods.........E.g A small bag of gluten free porride oats for £2.50 when i can get a huge bag of smart price oats for 50p (it says it may contain gluten, but ive eaten them with no effects)...outrageous
Also since when has cheese cost as much as steak.. its just manky milk gone hard and milk is dirt cheap. when i was a kid cheese was dirt cheap, my mum called it poor mans meat
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Milk, Is 5 dollars a gallon here. I have a baby and a man that loves cereal and milk..at least 2-3 gallons at home and 1 for the bbysitters house weekly.
as for produce we eat a lot of veggies and fruit- I have a local produce stand and my ladies down there are very reasonable. I can get a several types and lbs of veggies and fruit for $20. they also have beans and rice and anything latino I may desire-love that place
Meat- we get from the butcher and buy in bulk so its a fair price .0
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