Food prices that piss you off
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xomorganjc wrote: »Grapes it was like $11-$13 for a small bag - so frustrating!
It's the middle of January. They *should* be expensive, unless you live in the southern hemisphere.
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watermelon during the winter is nuts same with cauliflower , grapes and portobellos0
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Alatariel75 wrote: »A few weeks ago, my local supermarket wanted $7 for a cauliflower. For a freaking CAULIFLOWER!
Cherry tomatoes are damned expensive, and so easy to grow, so I go without in the off season and have plants on my balcony in the growing season.
i'll only eat cherry toms I grow myself. Sun ripened, nothing like it0 -
Everything.... Just saying this time last year ground beef was 1.48 now its 4$ per lab, broccoli head large 90 cents now 2$ a pound..... At least raspberries and blackberries are cheapish atm. Apasauguss went from 1.99-2.99 up to 5.99-7.99, yikes!!!!!0
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anything gluten free...a loaf of bread here is $6!!! 3 coeliacs in 1 house....0
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Ugh, I forgot. Bananas are getting WAY expensive, too. They were 75 cents a pound the last time I went to the grocery store. That doesn't sound like a lot, but when they were as low as 40 cents a pound only 2 months ago....
Do you live by a trader joes!!? Bananas are 19cents each, comes out to about 34-38 cents a pound depending on the size of the banana!0 -
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HERBS. Why are herbs so expensive. I want to make a meal with fresh herbs, I have to pay like $2 for a small packet of each one.0
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The difference in fat levels between grass and feedlot fed is trivial compared to the difference between either and wild game. Nothing raised in a pasture is going to be particularly "natural".
People may as well pick based on taste and price preferences.
There is a significant difference between grass fed and grain fed if you're talking fat content. There is further difference if you talk industrial vs small producer.
Your thoughts about pastures make me think you are an urbanite.
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Berries, cheese and tomatoes are the really expensive things that I like to eat. I haven't bought berries in yonks because the prices are insane. They're in season in Australia and it's still about $7 for a tiny punnet of blueberries. I just don't buy them which is sad because I do like them a lot.0
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Yes this happens to me all the time!!0
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The difference in fat levels between grass and feedlot fed is trivial compared to the difference between either and wild game. Nothing raised in a pasture is going to be particularly "natural".
People may as well pick based on taste and price preferences.
There is a significant difference between grass fed and grain fed if you're talking fat content. There is further difference if you talk industrial vs small producer.
Your thoughts about pastures make me think you are an urbanite.
I raise free range (really free range) heritage breed pigs. "Friends and family" use and supply a very small number of premium restaurants in the area. Make the best bacon within...a wide radius. Expanding into wider range of charcuterie this fall.
The nutritional differences are not significant - sorry.
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Meat. Poultry. Fish. Fruit. Vegetables. Cereal. I think I will start a small farm... Zoning laws be darned.0
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I am quite blessed where I am in Wales, pretty much everything is on offer all the time and hubby and I always shop at the end of the working day where a lot of the food we buy reduces in price for a quick sale.. passion fruit can be a pain to find, its not always there which really compliments fresh salmon, which most of the time is 1/2 or a 1/3rd off the price, but at full price its really expensive, we love the wild Atlantic salmon!0
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Since moving to New Zealand I have been shocked with some of the prices down here.
$12 for 1 kg (2.2 lbs) of tomatoes in the winter. Good luck with making salad.
$40 for 1 kg (2.2 lbs) of limes in the summer. Lime margaritas in the sun? LOL.
Yet I can't complain about the prices of avocados because they're dirt cheap compared to Canada!0 -
noexcusesjustresults2014 wrote: »Nobody in the USA should ever complain about food prices. We are spoiled here. In fact I wish prices on certain things were much higher (because we should be cancelling certain food subsidies which keep prices artificially low).
Food in Canada is overall more expensive than in the States, but I still agree with this statement. After living in both Korea and New Zealand, I took prices in North America for granted. Quality of life and food in NZ is much better, but ouch does it ever hurt your wallet.0 -
3 pomegranates came to $12.00 the other night. I also LOVE greens like swiss chard and spinach... but I find I am looking at $4 just to have a meal with it.0
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walking_the_labyrinth wrote: »Fresh raspberries and blackberries. $5 for the world's tiniest container that I could easily eat in a sitting.
PS: GREEK YOGURT! It is $6-$7 for a large container. UGH!
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I try not to think about it and focus on building a bigger garden each year. Last yer was our first year in a new home, but I was able to can tomato sauce, and zucchini, as well as storing onions and garlic, and all the blackberries I could want.
I guess the price of organic food is scary to me. I used to eat all organics, but now I don't feel I can afford it.0
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