$100 in groceries

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Spring has sprung, and rotten produce is back at Aldi.

I strongly suspect they use an unrefrigerated supply chain, so food rots in warm weather.

Not sure why people are surprised. You get what you get with cheap produce. They're cheap for a reason! Aldis buys their produce from different suppliers (cheaper suppliers, cheaper origins, lower quality grades, closer to sell-by dates) than Whole Foods. If you are careful and smart about it, you can make it work, especially if you eat the produce quickly. But on the whole I've been burnt too often trying to safe a few pennies getting cheap produce.

[Anonymous]

Buying frozen fruit and vegetables has really helped me avoid the rotten produce issue. It doesn't work for every recipe, but there are lots of things where it's easier and just as tasty. I still buy some fresh items, but then I use them first and save the frozen stuff for later in the week.

[Anonymous]

This reminds me of david Brooks’s tweet about the $78 burger at Newark airport. The restaurant let us know that 80% of the bill was his bar tab. I still like David brooks though.

https://x.com/nytdavidbrooks/status/1704668479259820413?s=46

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Spring has sprung, and rotten produce is back at Aldi.

I strongly suspect they use an unrefrigerated supply chain, so food rots in warm weather.

Not sure why people are surprised. You get what you get with cheap produce. They're cheap for a reason! Aldis buys their produce from different suppliers (cheaper suppliers, cheaper origins, lower quality grades, closer to sell-by dates) than Whole Foods. If you are careful and smart about it, you can make it work, especially if you eat the produce quickly. But on the whole I've been burnt too often trying to safe a few pennies getting cheap produce.

So many things are like this. I was looking for a second fridge for my mil to keep in her garage, and someone told me to buy the least energy efficient one. Why? Because they said that the really energy efficient ones are that way because they are underpowered, causing the compressor to kick on all the time, which will cause premature failure.

[Anonymous]

I just filled up a Whole Foods Amazon cart with the following for $93.11:

Bag of gala apples (48 oz)
6 bananas
1 lb onion
1 lb carrot
3 heads broccoli
3 sweet potatoes
block of cheddar, 8 oz
gallon skim milk
32 oz plain yogurt
2 packages spaghetti
2 marinara sauces
2 cans black beans
8 tortillas
3 lbs chicken breast
1 loaf multigrain bread
1 container peanut butter
12 eggs
box of cereal
1 lb ground beef
1 frozen bag stirfry veggies
80 ox bag of white rice

I mean, this is not enough to make tasty meals for me (I'd want sauces and herbs for sure and am guilty of buying berries and chili crisp and micro-cilantro) but it's certainly much more than what's represented in many shock articles about groceries. I do not shop like this. But it is possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just filled up a Whole Foods Amazon cart with the following for $93.11:

Bag of gala apples (48 oz)
6 bananas
1 lb onion
1 lb carrot
3 heads broccoli
3 sweet potatoes
block of cheddar, 8 oz
gallon skim milk
32 oz plain yogurt
2 packages spaghetti
2 marinara sauces
2 cans black beans
8 tortillas
3 lbs chicken breast
1 loaf multigrain bread
1 container peanut butter
12 eggs
box of cereal
1 lb ground beef
1 frozen bag stirfry veggies
80 ox bag of white rice

I mean, this is not enough to make tasty meals for me (I'd want sauces and herbs for sure and am guilty of buying berries and chili crisp and micro-cilantro) but it's certainly much more than what's represented in many shock articles about groceries. I do not shop like this. But it is possible.

But you clearly cook from scratch and with better ingredients. The picture on the tweet thread shows me someone who prefers using more processed food to cooking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just filled up a Whole Foods Amazon cart with the following for $93.11:

Bag of gala apples (48 oz)
6 bananas
1 lb onion
1 lb carrot
3 heads broccoli
3 sweet potatoes
block of cheddar, 8 oz
gallon skim milk
32 oz plain yogurt
2 packages spaghetti
2 marinara sauces
2 cans black beans
8 tortillas
3 lbs chicken breast
1 loaf multigrain bread
1 container peanut butter
12 eggs
box of cereal
1 lb ground beef
1 frozen bag stirfry veggies
80 ox bag of white rice

I mean, this is not enough to make tasty meals for me (I'd want sauces and herbs for sure and am guilty of buying berries and chili crisp and micro-cilantro) but it's certainly much more than what's represented in many shock articles about groceries. I do not shop like this. But it is possible.

But you clearly cook from scratch and with better ingredients. The picture on the tweet thread shows me someone who prefers using more processed food to cooking.

Also meant to add that those processed foods are going to cost more $$ even though lower quality.

[Anonymous]

Thank Biden inflation.

$100 in groceries barely lasts 3 days now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just filled up a Whole Foods Amazon cart with the following for $93.11:

Bag of gala apples (48 oz)
6 bananas
1 lb onion
1 lb carrot
3 heads broccoli
3 sweet potatoes
block of cheddar, 8 oz
gallon skim milk
32 oz plain yogurt
2 packages spaghetti
2 marinara sauces
2 cans black beans
8 tortillas
3 lbs chicken breast
1 loaf multigrain bread
1 container peanut butter
12 eggs
box of cereal
1 lb ground beef
1 frozen bag stirfry veggies
80 ox bag of white rice

I mean, this is not enough to make tasty meals for me (I'd want sauces and herbs for sure and am guilty of buying berries and chili crisp and micro-cilantro) but it's certainly much more than what's represented in many shock articles about groceries. I do not shop like this. But it is possible.

No way this is $93.11. try 193.11

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I just filled up a Whole Foods Amazon cart with the following for $93.11:

Bag of gala apples (48 oz) $6.00
6 bananas. $3.00
1 lb onion. $2.50
1 lb carrot. $1.50
3 heads broccoli. $3.00
3 sweet potatoes $3.80
block of cheddar, 8 oz. $3.50
gallon skim milk. $4.60
32 oz plain yogurt $4.50
2 packages spaghetti. $2.60
2 marinara sauces $5.40
2 cans black beans $3.00
8 tortillas $2.50
3 lbs chicken breast. $15.00
1 loaf multigrain bread. $3.20
1 container peanut butter. $3.19
12 eggs. $4.50
box of cereal. $1.88
1 lb ground beef. $6.00
1 frozen bag stirfry veggies. $3.70
80 ox bag of white rice. $4.50

I just looked up prices for OP's list. It looks about right for $100.

[Anonymous]

Shop at Aldi!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just filled up a Whole Foods Amazon cart with the following for $93.11:

Bag of gala apples (48 oz)
6 bananas
1 lb onion
1 lb carrot
3 heads broccoli
3 sweet potatoes
block of cheddar, 8 oz
gallon skim milk
32 oz plain yogurt
2 packages spaghetti
2 marinara sauces
2 cans black beans
8 tortillas
3 lbs chicken breast
1 loaf multigrain bread
1 container peanut butter
12 eggs
box of cereal
1 lb ground beef
1 frozen bag stirfry veggies
80 ox bag of white rice

I mean, this is not enough to make tasty meals for me (I'd want sauces and herbs for sure and am guilty of buying berries and chili crisp and micro-cilantro) but it's certainly much more than what's represented in many shock articles about groceries. I do not shop like this. But it is possible.

No way this is $93.11. try 193.11

I shop at Whole Foods (and Lidls too). If you stick to produce and the 365 store brand and the basics, you can definitely get this list for $100. Whole Foods isn't as expensive as some of you want to think, as long as you avoid expensive cheeses and oils.

[Anonymous]

If he can't afford it and shops at an expensive place and gets pasture and organic, he is an idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Spring has sprung, and rotten produce is back at Aldi.

I strongly suspect they use an unrefrigerated supply chain, so food rots in warm weather.

Not sure why people are surprised. You get what you get with cheap produce. They're cheap for a reason! Aldis buys their produce from different suppliers (cheaper suppliers, cheaper origins, lower quality grades, closer to sell-by dates) than Whole Foods. If you are careful and smart about it, you can make it work, especially if you eat the produce quickly. But on the whole I've been burnt too often trying to safe a few pennies getting cheap produce.

I've never had an issue with Aldi's produce and often it's the same brands.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Spring has sprung, and rotten produce is back at Aldi.

I strongly suspect they use an unrefrigerated supply chain, so food rots in warm weather.

Not sure why people are surprised. You get what you get with cheap produce. They're cheap for a reason! Aldis buys their produce from different suppliers (cheaper suppliers, cheaper origins, lower quality grades, closer to sell-by dates) than Whole Foods. If you are careful and smart about it, you can make it work, especially if you eat the produce quickly. But on the whole I've been burnt too often trying to safe a few pennies getting cheap produce.

I've never had an issue with Aldi's produce and often it's the same brands.

I go into the stores. It's rarely the same suppliers, or if you see something like Driscoll berries, it's the residues (towards end of season/closer to expiration dates, unwanted surplus). Driscoll also has different grades of produce within their brands. Don't kid yourself into thinking you're getting a bargain.

Aldi and WF are not buying the same produce and selling them at different prices. Most of you have no clue how the produce supply chains work.

You're getting cheap produce and that works for those who shop at Aldis, but it's not what you're getting at Whole Foods.