What is your inflation “red line” at grocery stores?

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Anonymous wrote:One dozen egg was ~$3.50 at Safeway. Used to be 1/2.

This is a pretty normal price for eggs? The Harris Teeter by me carries one brand that is $8 a dozen! Now that I won't do.

We get the super expensive eggs for animal welfare reasons. Our eggs actually haven't gone up in price - I guess inflation isn't yet affecting the bespoke, more humane farming industry (and hopefully won't).

Think about it this way: If you're now spending $4 for a dozen factory farmed eggs, why not spend just $4 more on the eggs produced by chickens who aren't tortured!

Basically because I don’t think it’s that different. I think the free range and the grass fed seem pretty marginal in terms of the overall experience. Unless they literally live in someone’s backyard, I think it’s marketing, and even then they have a pretty crappy life. I think the “humane” thing to do would be to not raise them. And also among animals, chickens are not my favorite.

So basically I don’t pay the extra $4 because I think it’s just $4 to absolve yourself emotionally but the actual differences are fairly meaningless.

Some of these eggs taste a lot better, though..

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Anonymous wrote:$8 for a carton of organic strawberries. Nope.

Same. Also blueberries. I bought wild frozen for our pancakes.

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I started shopping exclusively at Aldi over the past 8-9 months. I see a huge difference in what I spend on groceries, especially when it comes to produce and dairy.

In general I can keep the grocery bill around $125/150 a week. We eat almost all meals at home/pack lunch.

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Anonymous wrote:One dozen egg was ~$3.50 at Safeway. Used to be 1/2.

This is a pretty normal price for eggs? The Harris Teeter by me carries one brand that is $8 a dozen! Now that I won't do.

We get the super expensive eggs for animal welfare reasons. Our eggs actually haven't gone up in price - I guess inflation isn't yet affecting the bespoke, more humane farming industry (and hopefully won't).

Think about it this way: If you're now spending $4 for a dozen factory farmed eggs, why not spend just $4 more on the eggs produced by chickens who aren't tortured!

Basically because I don’t think it’s that different. I think the free range and the grass fed seem pretty marginal in terms of the overall experience. Unless they literally live in someone’s backyard, I think it’s marketing, and even then they have a pretty crappy life. I think the “humane” thing to do would be to not raise them. And also among animals, chickens are not my favorite.

So basically I don’t pay the extra $4 because I think it’s just $4 to absolve yourself emotionally but the actual differences are fairly meaningless.

Yes, the better thing would be to not eat eggs altogether. But if you are going to, it makes a huge difference for the animals if they are stuffed into battery cages so small they can barely move, in buildings with no light or ventilation for their entire lives, or if they are allowed outdoors where they have fresh air, fresh grass, and the space to express normal behavior for their species. Truly, factory farming of chickens is one of the cruelest possible things that we inflict on billions of sentient creatures.

"Cage free" isn't as good as it sounds (but is still better than the regular eggs) - "pasture raised" is leaps and bounds better than regular, factory farmed eggs. You can look for the certified humane label for even more assurances.

Again: yes, better not to eat eggs at all (or only to eat eggs produced by your neighbor who isn't culling out all the male chicks). But if you're going to, then look for the pasture raised eggs, if you have the financial means to do so.

Thanks for the reminder There's a lot of fine print on the packaging that is misleading - dairy products, too.

Animal products is the one area I won’t skimp on. Pasture raised or not at all.

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I almost paid $11 for grapes the other day. I rang it up and then realized. No way!

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PP with the grapes again. Shopping at Traders has reduced our overall costs quite a lot.

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I surprised by this topic. I have a pretty stable grocery list, some of the items are particular brands. I won’t change it unless I am literally out of money! I can maybe save $10-20 per grocery run by selecting cheaper substitutes but I am not quite there yet.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't really have a "red line" on a particular product or price. More that if there's a less expensive substitute I'd pick it, but if not, there's not much to do. Like a $5.00 can of soup is pretty expensive, but a can of a soup and some bread is still a pretty cheap meal for the family, whether that's a total of $8 or a total of $12.

I mean, there are a lot of things I just don’t buy if they’re too expensive. But normally it’s things like produce that will come down in price once in season, or that I need to wait for a sale & stock up. Aldi’s prices have increased, like everywhere, but they’re still pretty good, & that’s where I mainly shop.

I think ALDI may be changing suppliers where they are not changing prices. Cream cheese costs pretty much what it’s always cost there, but the number of carbs per serving has doubled and it has even less of the Philly tang than it used to.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't really have a "red line" on a particular product or price. More that if there's a less expensive substitute I'd pick it, but if not, there's not much to do. Like a $5.00 can of soup is pretty expensive, but a can of a soup and some bread is still a pretty cheap meal for the family, whether that's a total of $8 or a total of $12.

Okay Mr Bumble that’s some Oliver Twist logic… please sir can i have some more… So two adults and kids should make due with $12 worth of canned soup and bread. You do know a load of bread is over $5. And you have to eat a a lot of bread to stretch a few cans of soup.

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Anonymous wrote:I started shopping exclusively at Aldi over the past 8-9 months. I see a huge difference in what I spend on groceries, especially when it comes to produce and dairy.

In general I can keep the grocery bill around $125/150 a week. We eat almost all meals at home/pack lunch.

Same here

Also with regard to the eggs I raise my own backyard chickens and figured out that with the organic food they eat I am paying 5 dollars a dozen. So not saving money but I know they are loved.

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$5.49 for an Amy’s frozen entree. I wanted it as a treat for myself after grocery shopping right before lunchtime but that price was a nonstarter for me.

Other changes - I now drink Safeway brand coffee, we only have steaks maybe 1 x month and it’s London broil, not one of the fancier cuts, and we stopped buying soda altogether. We get most of our weekly staples via Misfits Market. Like a lot of other people have said we do buy free range eggs. The extra expense is worth it to me.

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Last Friday I went to place our pizza order as usual and the total for a pizza and breadsticks was $40. I looked and the delivery fee had jumped to $5. It’s a mile from my house. With that and tip, the total was about $10 higher than if we just went and picked it up. So we did. First time the fee didn’t justify the convenience of delivery for us.

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Anonymous wrote:$5.49 for an Amy’s frozen entree. I wanted it as a treat for myself after grocery shopping right before lunchtime but that price was a nonstarter for me.

Other changes - I now drink Safeway brand coffee, we only have steaks maybe 1 x month and it’s London broil, not one of the fancier cuts, and we stopped buying soda altogether. We get most of our weekly staples via Misfits Market. Like a lot of other people have said we do buy free range eggs. The extra expense is worth it to me.

A frozen entree is a treat??

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Anonymous wrote:$5.49 for an Amy’s frozen entree. I wanted it as a treat for myself after grocery shopping right before lunchtime but that price was a nonstarter for me.

Other changes - I now drink Safeway brand coffee, we only have steaks maybe 1 x month and it’s London broil, not one of the fancier cuts, and we stopped buying soda altogether. We get most of our weekly staples via Misfits Market. Like a lot of other people have said we do buy free range eggs. The extra expense is worth it to me.

A frozen entree is a treat??

Have you ever had Amys? Its good - similar to NYC The Smith. I love their frozen mac, so much that I had to figure out to make it at home (I did and it involved 5 cheeses). If you don't want to bother with that - a $3 frozen version is not bad.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm finding that prices are all over the place. I went to my local h-mart type store (Good Fortune) and hass avocados were $2.99 each! But, little mangos were $12 for a case of twelve (which is a pretty good price if you are the "who the hell east mangos poster). Trash eggs were $2.99, which is a lot considering that at this store they are often 99 cents or free with purchase over $20. I bought the eggs, did not buy the avocado or mangos (good price but I can't eat 12 mangos).

Trash eggs! I call them sad chicken eggs myself. Because you can taste the sadness of the chicken who cannot run free and eat bugs.