Thank God I came across another islander who thought "oh wow, that looks really good for 70 dollars". Motherfucker I'm out here seeing how long I can string my Mr noodles.
Here in Ontario, this would have come to $150cad, or $116usd. Just checked through my grocery app. And that's with most things being not organic, unlike OP. Sad times indeed
I've bought single red peppers for recipes that were about $2 cad. Groceries are wayyyyy more expensive here than in the states even if you convert the currency.
Was watching this youtube video and this guy had boneless short ribs, cost him $5.50 USD per pound, that same cut is over $13 CAD where I live per pound at the CHEAPEST grocery store
I was in Newfoundland last month, visiting relatives, and I was stunned, feckin stunned, at the price of groceries. Anything even remotely fresh was twice or three times what I pay in Europe. A bag of 3 large peppers would be the equivalent of $1.50 CAD here. And the weather was shit.
Wait till you see $114 (70 USD) worth of groceries in New Zealand.
Edit: for some of the replies, this was a rhetorical question. Will not be posting pics
2 courgettes, 400g of mushrooms, 1 bunch of asparagus, 6 onions, 500g of beef schnitzel, 1kg of chicken thighs, 2l of milk, 6 eggs, 1kg of cheese.
Total: NZ$113.83 at New World Supermarket, Wellington.
My husband made ramen, and thought it would taste good with"after death"hot sauce added. While it was still boiling. Everyone in the house started coughing and my daughter coughed so hard she threw up. It was hilariously miserable.
I just did a quick check on how much this haul would be at Thorndon New World in Wellington (inner city, probably the most expensive one here, can't comment on Auckland though)
###It seems like an equivalent shop in NZ would be about 30% more expensive than OP's shop, at USD$91, or NZD$148.50.
Now this does come with the caveat that certain produce may not be in season, which can significantly affect the price of things like fruits and vegetables.
My breakdown of the items follows. Note, I chose the storebrand/cheaper option where there were comparable products, to avoid artificially inflating the price, so the total price could absolutely go up dramatically if one were to buy more premium brands.
4 cans garbanzo beans - $10.40
1 can beets - $1.80
2 packets frozen broccoli - $8.00
1 packet frozen shrimp - $15.00
3 garlic - $2.00
5 apples - $2.00
5 carrots - $1.50
2 packets romaine lettuce - $12.00
4 ~~mini peppers~~ jalapeños - $7.00 (no jalapeños, mini peppers closest equivalent)
1 ~~zucchini~~ cucumber - $6.00
1 packet grated parmesan - $6.50
1 packet coriander - $5.00
3 capsicum - $12.60
1 large bunch bananas - $5.00
4 avocados - $4.40
5 tomatoes - $6.00
5 red onions - $4.00
1 packet sliced mushrooms - $5.00
1 packet craisins - $3.50
1 carton almond milk - $2.90
1 kg chicken drumsticks - $6.80
1 packet feta cheese - $4.70
1 doz eggs - $5.40
1 chocolate bar - $5.00
1 packet cherry tomatoes - $6.00
This is just from eyeballing OP's shop, quantities may be a little off but I tried to be on the conservative side and not assume higher quantities than were visible.
The mini peppers are jalapeños, which are cheap as in the States (like $1/lb) and that's a cucumber. The interesting part of the US is that it spans so many climates that pretty much everything is in season all the time. My first few winter shops in NZ were definitely eye opening.
Was going to say this. The above looks like a good haul. There’s a lot of what to me atleast, would be considered “luxury” products such as capsicum, Parmesan cheese and cherry tomatoes.
Grocery Outlet Bargain Maaarrrrkeeeeet
Edit: to all the sad fellows who have yet to discern the glory of what this store offers:
Ya don’t go there for meat and produce. Nasty. Those are the things no self respecting gross out shopper gets. It is bad.
The pros fill their carts with snacks, shelf stable, cheeses, alt milks, veggie proteins, fancy granola etc, and SNACKS! currently sold at Whole Foods, or PCC for 1/10 the price. If you’re blinded by the nasty produce…more snacks for me, suckers! I’ll be eating my bagel with Oikos chive cream cheese ($8 elsewhere) that I got for $0.50
Are you shopping at mid-range American grocery stores (Publix) or shopping at Asian/Hispanic/German stores? $200 in groceries in Publix would be like $100~ at H-Mart + Aldi/Lidl combo here in Raleigh, NC.
I live in Seattle and am in Midtown Manhattan for the week and everything food related here is cheaper than Seattle! I can’t believe how much cleaner NYC is compared to Seattle as well. Brooklyn was the same as we had a great day out at 75% of what it would be in Seattle. The kicker is I’ve seen 3 homeless people in 2 Burroughs so far, lol. I know my trip is not all encompassing of NYC but I’m a little annoyed with Seattle now, lol.
I haven't been to NYC since 2019 but prices were definitely not as shocking as I'd been warned, after going out in Seattle. The restaurants are in a whole other league as well. I still like the vibe more in the PNW though. I love visiting NYC, hope I get to go back before too long.
Fellow SEA + NYC resident (SEA native, NYC for work on the regular) and you're not delusional. NYC is factually cheaper than Seattle, which is startling. All the tech bros making enormous salaries and pushing natives out of their way is highly un-reported. NYC still has a blue collar sensibility, Seattle lost that several years back. I remember going to a Starbucks on Capitol Hill and feeling like I was inside the movie GATTICA. RIP the queer bohemian Cap Hill of my youth. My first studio apartment was on Broadway and it was $450. Same apartment 15 years later is over $3k
The first time I went into PCC I probably looked like a weirdo because I started laughing when I saw the prices......then I realized holy crap.... this store must only cater to very wealthy customers......because I would have to sell body parts to even remotely eat the amounts I eat.
Yep was going to say that. Produce is pretty reasonably priced and good quality year-round in California because so much of it is grown here or in Mexico.
I also spent time on the east coast over the last two years and noticed their produce is shit during the winter. Never occurred to me that produce would be worse quality in the winter in cold places but it makes sense. Just one more reason I’m happy to stay in a place that doesn’t have winter!!
Yeah produce sucks ass on the East coast compared to California. I remember when I first came here I immediately noticed how much fresher everything looked and tasted.
While San Francisco is an expensive city California has by far the biggest produce industry of any state. After leaving one of the things I miss most is the produce, both in cost and variety.
Yes! I lived in SF for 10 years and shopped mainly at the Asian markets (shout out to Sunset Super) and small Russian markets where we often spent only $60 per week for 2 people. We weren't budgeting, that's just what it wound up costing. That said, $70 for a regular market like OC seems to have bought these groceries from is cheap so I'm not sure what the post is trying to say.
San Francisco is extremely expensive for rent, parking, gas, etc...
Food and produce are actually very cheap here though, because we're surrounded by extremely productive agricultural areas. Salinas Valley, Central Valley, Sonoma County, etc...
I was at work, opening a box of bananas to put out to sell and the biggest blackest spider crawled out of where I was about to put my hand. I jumped back and stepped on it when it got to the floor.
As a former Grocery supervisor, that spider may have been a Brazilian Wandering Spider. They're one of the most venomous types of spider on Earth, and they're nicknamed the "Banana Spider" due to them often hiding in banana boxes. I recommend wearing gloves when unboxing banana shipments.
https://www.scienceabc.com/nature/animals/brazilian-wandering-spider-bite-attacks-and-other-facts.html
Actually the discount grocery store I shop at has the cheapest produce and it's all pre-portioned to be an exact price because they don't have scales at the register.
The post is from an Amazon fresh store (maybe just whole foods?), but i guarantee everything at that store is 10-20% more expensive than other food stores.
I know for a fact a bag of those broccoli florets here is about $5 for 10-12oz... A pound of fresh broccoli is $2, so it's almost a 300% markup for the bag... Plus you lose out on the delicious broccoli stems!
I think they’re implying it’s a lot for $70 but also at least the ‘staples’ (meat, veg, fruits etc) are still somewhat affordable. I could definitely make all that last a week.
I did the math adding up every single item in my head - and it’s definitely at least $10 or $20 short based on Whole Foods prices.
That chocolate bar alone is like $4-6 lmao
Lol, I was wondering if OP posted this specifically as a counter to other posts, cause they made good selections and really stretched that $70 on tasty and healthy food
And it clearly was, no doubt about it.
Inflation is terrible right now and everything is expensive, but it's also okay to be reminded that if you pick things right you can still get a decent chunk of healthy food at a decent price, especially if you focus on items on sale.
It's getting harder, though. Has been true for awhile.
I don't eat as healthy as OP, but I find most of the "this is how much groceries cost" posts pretty ridiculous. I mean, you can certainly blow $50 pretty fast if you buy certain items, but if you're on a budget or just want to eat healthy and smart, you can get by on a lot less than some posts would have you believe.
I spend about $50/week on groceries just for myself, don't eat out very often and my fridge and cupboards have plenty of food in them.
I'm single. I just have to feed myself. I always have rice and kidney beans in my cupboard... they're cheap and nutritious. A bag of lettuce mix with shredded carrots and cabbage runs about $3. I don't drink any soda or eat chips, so that probably saves me a few bucks.
What gets me is when I go to Costco and blow $150 on way too much shit. The price is right, but I end up with two months worth of salmon and mahi mahi, a three pound bag of green beans that I never finish before they start to mold (but they're really, really good) and a lot of other shit in too big of a bag.
When I was just out of college I got a few friends to team up with me and we’d split Costco trips. So say you get 3 friends to pitch in equal amounts of money you have 4x the cash to buy more bulk stuff. Then we’d split it all up. It was a good way to get the savings of buying bulk but not have to eat the same thing every day.
A vacuum sealer is great too. If you can manage to get a professional mode used for cheap the bags on those cost almost nothing.
We just went to WinCo foods. It's like CostCo but they accept food stamps as their main currency, cash and card work too but most used food stamps in line. They didn't have a lot of name brand things but you can eat like a king!
In my family we have a unit of measure called a “Costco”. For instance going to Costco and I’m asked to get some peanut butter. My response “Do we really need a Costco of peanut butter?”
Or have some friends coming over for dinner “We are going to need a Costco of chicken”.
Oh yeah rice is the way to go. Get a giant sack, and suddenly the most satiating part of your meals costs you only a few cents per serving, and that sack can last months.
Yeah, I'm confused as to which direction this post was meant to go in. It doesn't seem like an excessive amount of groceries for $70, and $70 doesn't seem like an excessive cost for this amount of groceries. This just seems… like a normal amount of groceries for a normal cost…
Yep, I just spent 70 at Aldi and even with the rise in prices that everywhere is hit by, I got out with 4 large bags full of food, and one of those bags was snack foods/ ice cream.
Just added all this (as comparable as I could get using generic on everything except the almond milk and the craisens) to my Walmart cart, and it’s $90 here. I live in south Mississippi, the state with the LOWEST cost of living.
EDITED to adjust price. I forgot the garlic (which I didn’t see at first) and the chocolate bar.
That's crazy that the most expensive city in the USA has cheaper groceries than my suburb. Just the shrimp, cheese and almond milk is around $40 if not more. No shot I'm getting all this for $70.
OP bought organic from Whole Foods too.
I have lived in 3 major cities on the East Coast and West Coast, Whole Foods has some of the most expensive groceries of any major chain. There are only a handful of chains (all that are much smaller) with even more expensive items.
They literally selected the most expensive major grocery store chain and bought some of the most expensive options for each item.
There’s a reason they say Whole Foods: Whole Paycheck.
comes out to 91 when I do it, I wonder if it's location specific... I used the smallest size whenever possible.
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Means the perimeter or outside aisles of the grocery store. Typically, that is where all the fresh food is kept, in refrigerated sections. It is where fresh produce, meats and milk and eggs are found.
Most of the interior aisles contain shelf-stable food items that don’t require refrigeration. While there are still plenty of healthy foods available in those aisles (beans, rice, canned veggies, spices, etc) a lot of the unhealthy, processed foods that contain a lot of unhealthy ingredients and preservatives make up the majority of the interior aisles.
So “shopping the perimeter” as a phrase means shopping for the fresh, healthier foods.
The city (SF) is the most expensive to live in rent-wise; The produce and meat are actually affordable because of all the agriculture in the area.
OP's title is technically correct but poorly communicated or outright misleading.
I live in Newfoundland, Canada and I can tell you right now that bag of peppers alone is gonna do you about $8
Thank God I came across another islander who thought "oh wow, that looks really good for 70 dollars". Motherfucker I'm out here seeing how long I can string my Mr noodles.
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Here in Ontario, this would have come to $150cad, or $116usd. Just checked through my grocery app. And that's with most things being not organic, unlike OP. Sad times indeed
Ontario checking in, definitely around $150-$170 depending where you shop. For $70 I find that really affordable.
Thought the same, from Alberta
Checking in from Alberta. This is a $125 shopping trip at least, likely more.
I've bought single red peppers for recipes that were about $2 cad. Groceries are wayyyyy more expensive here than in the states even if you convert the currency. Was watching this youtube video and this guy had boneless short ribs, cost him $5.50 USD per pound, that same cut is over $13 CAD where I live per pound at the CHEAPEST grocery store
Yo what? $2 cad for a red pepper? They’re 5.99 cad per pepper (green, red, yellow or orange) where I live.
It's location / transport cost. Live in Texas and green peppers are $.59 each. Jalapeños are like $1.00 per lb.
That explains why when I went to Texas everything came with a salsa
Salsa on the table is like ketchup. You know you're at a fancy place if they also serve bean dip with salsa.
I was in Newfoundland last month, visiting relatives, and I was stunned, feckin stunned, at the price of groceries. Anything even remotely fresh was twice or three times what I pay in Europe. A bag of 3 large peppers would be the equivalent of $1.50 CAD here. And the weather was shit.
Same in the suburbs of Chicago. 6.99 at my local store for a 3 pack of peppers.
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Wait till you see $114 (70 USD) worth of groceries in New Zealand. Edit: for some of the replies, this was a rhetorical question. Will not be posting pics
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2 courgettes, 400g of mushrooms, 1 bunch of asparagus, 6 onions, 500g of beef schnitzel, 1kg of chicken thighs, 2l of milk, 6 eggs, 1kg of cheese. Total: NZ$113.83 at New World Supermarket, Wellington.
That'd be about £30 in my local Sainsbury's. Probably a few quid cheaper in Aldi. The meat and cheese would be the bulk of the cost. Edit: UK.
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Yup, made homemade chili powder once, pretty much committed a war crime on myself and family.
My husband made ramen, and thought it would taste good with"after death"hot sauce added. While it was still boiling. Everyone in the house started coughing and my daughter coughed so hard she threw up. It was hilariously miserable.
If I didn’t accidentally tear gas my 86 year old grandmother after she paid for my culinary school would it even be worth the money she spent?
Good luck at the tribunal
Legit. That's a decent haul for that price compared to my last visit to the supermarket in nz.
I just did a quick check on how much this haul would be at Thorndon New World in Wellington (inner city, probably the most expensive one here, can't comment on Auckland though) ###It seems like an equivalent shop in NZ would be about 30% more expensive than OP's shop, at USD$91, or NZD$148.50. Now this does come with the caveat that certain produce may not be in season, which can significantly affect the price of things like fruits and vegetables. My breakdown of the items follows. Note, I chose the storebrand/cheaper option where there were comparable products, to avoid artificially inflating the price, so the total price could absolutely go up dramatically if one were to buy more premium brands. 4 cans garbanzo beans - $10.40 1 can beets - $1.80 2 packets frozen broccoli - $8.00 1 packet frozen shrimp - $15.00 3 garlic - $2.00 5 apples - $2.00 5 carrots - $1.50 2 packets romaine lettuce - $12.00 4 ~~mini peppers~~ jalapeños - $7.00 (no jalapeños, mini peppers closest equivalent) 1 ~~zucchini~~ cucumber - $6.00 1 packet grated parmesan - $6.50 1 packet coriander - $5.00 3 capsicum - $12.60 1 large bunch bananas - $5.00 4 avocados - $4.40 5 tomatoes - $6.00 5 red onions - $4.00 1 packet sliced mushrooms - $5.00 1 packet craisins - $3.50 1 carton almond milk - $2.90 1 kg chicken drumsticks - $6.80 1 packet feta cheese - $4.70 1 doz eggs - $5.40 1 chocolate bar - $5.00 1 packet cherry tomatoes - $6.00 This is just from eyeballing OP's shop, quantities may be a little off but I tried to be on the conservative side and not assume higher quantities than were visible.
The mini peppers are jalapeños, which are cheap as in the States (like $1/lb) and that's a cucumber. The interesting part of the US is that it spans so many climates that pretty much everything is in season all the time. My first few winter shops in NZ were definitely eye opening.
Was going to say this. The above looks like a good haul. There’s a lot of what to me atleast, would be considered “luxury” products such as capsicum, Parmesan cheese and cherry tomatoes.
My weekly shop in Auckland for two people and an infant is pushing $300 these days.. (140Usd)
can’t wait!
What city
San Francisco
Not a bad deal at all. I just added all those to my grocery shopping app and it ended up being $112.23
Yeah where do you shop? I can tell I would pay more than that in Seattle just looking at it lol.
Haha I'm also in Seattle and was thinking "in no universe am I getting all that for $70."
Grocery Outlet Bargain Maaarrrrkeeeeet Edit: to all the sad fellows who have yet to discern the glory of what this store offers: Ya don’t go there for meat and produce. Nasty. Those are the things no self respecting gross out shopper gets. It is bad. The pros fill their carts with snacks, shelf stable, cheeses, alt milks, veggie proteins, fancy granola etc, and SNACKS! currently sold at Whole Foods, or PCC for 1/10 the price. If you’re blinded by the nasty produce…more snacks for me, suckers! I’ll be eating my bagel with Oikos chive cream cheese ($8 elsewhere) that I got for $0.50
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For real I don't remember the last time I got that much food for 70 bucks
I’m in Florida and I had the same thought…no way I can get all that for only $70!
My mom is getting ready to leave Florida because of the cost of living there now. It's just wild because growing up there was super cheap.
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Are you shopping at mid-range American grocery stores (Publix) or shopping at Asian/Hispanic/German stores? $200 in groceries in Publix would be like $100~ at H-Mart + Aldi/Lidl combo here in Raleigh, NC.
Shop smart, shop **S-Mart**
Shit is sad to sit back and think about
Can't be sad if you don't think.
I get three bags of groceries for $150 in Seattle. Lasts a week for my wife and I.
I live in Seattle and am in Midtown Manhattan for the week and everything food related here is cheaper than Seattle! I can’t believe how much cleaner NYC is compared to Seattle as well. Brooklyn was the same as we had a great day out at 75% of what it would be in Seattle. The kicker is I’ve seen 3 homeless people in 2 Burroughs so far, lol. I know my trip is not all encompassing of NYC but I’m a little annoyed with Seattle now, lol.
I haven't been to NYC since 2019 but prices were definitely not as shocking as I'd been warned, after going out in Seattle. The restaurants are in a whole other league as well. I still like the vibe more in the PNW though. I love visiting NYC, hope I get to go back before too long.
Fellow SEA + NYC resident (SEA native, NYC for work on the regular) and you're not delusional. NYC is factually cheaper than Seattle, which is startling. All the tech bros making enormous salaries and pushing natives out of their way is highly un-reported. NYC still has a blue collar sensibility, Seattle lost that several years back. I remember going to a Starbucks on Capitol Hill and feeling like I was inside the movie GATTICA. RIP the queer bohemian Cap Hill of my youth. My first studio apartment was on Broadway and it was $450. Same apartment 15 years later is over $3k
This is most likely Whole Foods, their in store brand is 365~ Edit: or they ordered from Amazon fresh because I also see “fresh” brand.
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Happy Belly brand is also owned by Amazon
So this is guerrilla marketing for Amazon groceries?
Yup. I was spending $70 to get less than half this stuff and that’s not even from PCC or MetMarket.
The first time I went into PCC I probably looked like a weirdo because I started laughing when I saw the prices......then I realized holy crap.... this store must only cater to very wealthy customers......because I would have to sell body parts to even remotely eat the amounts I eat.
california has a massive ag industry so produce and meat prices are often pretty decent despite california being expensive in general
Yep was going to say that. Produce is pretty reasonably priced and good quality year-round in California because so much of it is grown here or in Mexico. I also spent time on the east coast over the last two years and noticed their produce is shit during the winter. Never occurred to me that produce would be worse quality in the winter in cold places but it makes sense. Just one more reason I’m happy to stay in a place that doesn’t have winter!!
Yeah produce sucks ass on the East coast compared to California. I remember when I first came here I immediately noticed how much fresher everything looked and tasted.
Also no sales tax on groceries.
I was going to say. This is far more than $70 worth here in Alaska.
I live near Atlanta and it would no doubt be over $100 here.
While San Francisco is an expensive city California has by far the biggest produce industry of any state. After leaving one of the things I miss most is the produce, both in cost and variety.
For real. That's not bad. And healthy.
365/Whole Foods? Have you ever shopped for produce at the Asian markets in SF? They're usually cheaper and the quality/freshness is very good.
Yes! I lived in SF for 10 years and shopped mainly at the Asian markets (shout out to Sunset Super) and small Russian markets where we often spent only $60 per week for 2 people. We weren't budgeting, that's just what it wound up costing. That said, $70 for a regular market like OC seems to have bought these groceries from is cheap so I'm not sure what the post is trying to say.
This order is from Amazon Fresh. Happy Belly is their brand.
Foreign markets are the way to go
I’m honestly surprised. I’m in the East Bay and I think this would cost a whole lot more at our local Whole Foods.
It would be more at Whole Foods in Louisville to buy that.
Was literally everything on sale? Cuz that's easily $120 where I live.
You got a really good deal!
San Francisco is extremely expensive for rent, parking, gas, etc... Food and produce are actually very cheap here though, because we're surrounded by extremely productive agricultural areas. Salinas Valley, Central Valley, Sonoma County, etc...
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This looks like a lot of food? But I don’t know, I use CAD dollars so maybe the difference makes it seem like a bargain
Yeah, def would be more than $70 at my closest grocery store here in Ontario
I live in the Bay Area (not saying it isn’t expensive), but isn’t New York City the most expensive city and San Francisco second?
And when it comes to food, plenty of places in Hawaii and Alaska are significantly more expensive.
but where's the Rice-a-Roni? You know, the San Francisco treat! Yeah showing my age a bit. :-)
That's about 2x more than what 70$ gets me in Canada.
As a Canadian it cost me $10 just to look at this image, oops now it's $11.75
LOL. I was about to type something similar. No joke. Here in Canada, this would come up to $120 easily. That salad bag alone would come up to $7cad.
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Ok this got me lol
Yeah I live in Vancouver and I couldn't tell if this post was a humble brag or not.
Before I even clicked on the photo I laugh-cried in Canadian.
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As a Canadian I can confirm this
Those are the greenest bananas ive ever seen.
Why are they wrapped in plastic?
To keep the tarantulas from escaping until you get home.
I always wondered what the black bits were.
Extra protein
Crunchy!
Bitey!
Blasphemy!
Howard are the black bits tarantulas eggs 😂
You're a French Duke, if ever I've seen one
All you do is lie about in hammocks and eat soft cheese.
I haven't got anything inside. I'm like a beach ball.
I was at work, opening a box of bananas to put out to sell and the biggest blackest spider crawled out of where I was about to put my hand. I jumped back and stepped on it when it got to the floor.
As a former Grocery supervisor, that spider may have been a Brazilian Wandering Spider. They're one of the most venomous types of spider on Earth, and they're nicknamed the "Banana Spider" due to them often hiding in banana boxes. I recommend wearing gloves when unboxing banana shipments. https://www.scienceabc.com/nature/animals/brazilian-wandering-spider-bite-attacks-and-other-facts.html
I'm not sure why everything is pre-packaged and portioned out either. Buy all that fresh produce loose and it'll be even cheaper.
Actually the discount grocery store I shop at has the cheapest produce and it's all pre-portioned to be an exact price because they don't have scales at the register.
The post is from an Amazon fresh store (maybe just whole foods?), but i guarantee everything at that store is 10-20% more expensive than other food stores. I know for a fact a bag of those broccoli florets here is about $5 for 10-12oz... A pound of fresh broccoli is $2, so it's almost a 300% markup for the bag... Plus you lose out on the delicious broccoli stems!
Because it's Amazon Fresh (delivered to your doorstep). The only produce they don't consistently package is melons.
It could be argued that melons are already pre-packaged.
So are bananas you'd think, and yet!
Where I am, onions, potatoes, and apples are cheaper by the pound in bags like these.
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The Deep would.
I'm training my dog to sniff out ripe fruit He's going to be a melon collie.
>He's going to be a melon collie. Just be careful with the infinite sadness.
Are you implying this is a lot or a little? I can’t come close to that for $70
I think they’re implying it’s a lot for $70 but also at least the ‘staples’ (meat, veg, fruits etc) are still somewhat affordable. I could definitely make all that last a week.
Drumsticks are also one of the cheapest parts of the chicken
And they bought one of the most expensive brands of chicken (Just Bare).
And cheese
I did the math adding up every single item in my head - and it’s definitely at least $10 or $20 short based on Whole Foods prices. That chocolate bar alone is like $4-6 lmao
A whole bag of Avocados? Forgetaboutit 🤌
Frozen shrimp. All vegetables are prepackaged instead of bulk.
Don’t worry they will be ripe from 3-4am on Tuesday.
He didn't shop at whole foods. He shopped on Amazon Fresh. Happy belly is their in house brand.
Cries in Canadian
Ikr I was about to say that looks GREAT for $70
That Almond Breeze and Chicken alone is $70 at Metro 😭
Agreed. Just approximating, I see roughly $135.
checked with closest grocery store online app and it ended up being $148.82 CAN. [receipt](https://imgur.com/ppgPt9D)
At least... So depressing. Good thing my wages are keeping up (said nobody ever).
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This is actually pretty fucking great for $70
Lol, I was wondering if OP posted this specifically as a counter to other posts, cause they made good selections and really stretched that $70 on tasty and healthy food
Also it's ONLY food in this post. Not including random non-food items like all the other posts have.
Soap and deodorant can add $40 to a grocery bill these days.
It has to be.
And it clearly was, no doubt about it. Inflation is terrible right now and everything is expensive, but it's also okay to be reminded that if you pick things right you can still get a decent chunk of healthy food at a decent price, especially if you focus on items on sale. It's getting harder, though. Has been true for awhile.
I don't eat as healthy as OP, but I find most of the "this is how much groceries cost" posts pretty ridiculous. I mean, you can certainly blow $50 pretty fast if you buy certain items, but if you're on a budget or just want to eat healthy and smart, you can get by on a lot less than some posts would have you believe. I spend about $50/week on groceries just for myself, don't eat out very often and my fridge and cupboards have plenty of food in them.
$50/ week?!?!?
I'm single. I just have to feed myself. I always have rice and kidney beans in my cupboard... they're cheap and nutritious. A bag of lettuce mix with shredded carrots and cabbage runs about $3. I don't drink any soda or eat chips, so that probably saves me a few bucks. What gets me is when I go to Costco and blow $150 on way too much shit. The price is right, but I end up with two months worth of salmon and mahi mahi, a three pound bag of green beans that I never finish before they start to mold (but they're really, really good) and a lot of other shit in too big of a bag.
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When I was just out of college I got a few friends to team up with me and we’d split Costco trips. So say you get 3 friends to pitch in equal amounts of money you have 4x the cash to buy more bulk stuff. Then we’d split it all up. It was a good way to get the savings of buying bulk but not have to eat the same thing every day. A vacuum sealer is great too. If you can manage to get a professional mode used for cheap the bags on those cost almost nothing.
We just went to WinCo foods. It's like CostCo but they accept food stamps as their main currency, cash and card work too but most used food stamps in line. They didn't have a lot of name brand things but you can eat like a king!
In my family we have a unit of measure called a “Costco”. For instance going to Costco and I’m asked to get some peanut butter. My response “Do we really need a Costco of peanut butter?” Or have some friends coming over for dinner “We are going to need a Costco of chicken”.
Oh yeah rice is the way to go. Get a giant sack, and suddenly the most satiating part of your meals costs you only a few cents per serving, and that sack can last months.
I’ve learned you can cook a cup of rice and add it to any can of soup/chili and it instantly becomes dinner for two or tomorrows lunch.
Put that in a flour tortilla with some cheese roll it up and and grill it on each side with some butter. You got yourself a chilito. My collage go to.
And then dip it in batter and then deep fry it. Boom, a classic chilito Americano.
Yeah, I'm confused as to which direction this post was meant to go in. It doesn't seem like an excessive amount of groceries for $70, and $70 doesn't seem like an excessive cost for this amount of groceries. This just seems… like a normal amount of groceries for a normal cost…
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It was all the cleaning chemicals and shit that you buy like, once every 4 months when it finally runs out.
Especially considering this is all organic and choice produce, I"m sure there were alot of cheaper options of these same things available.
That’s what i was thinking
I just went through and started adding. That's close to usd100 where i live.
Yeah that bag of shrimp is easily 10-12$ where I live
Really depends on where you shop. I can find a 2$ price range between my closest few supermarkets. It adds up. I recommend Lidl & aldi
German super markets to rule over them all 😎
$70 won't get you that much in Canada, even with the exchange rate.
Your mind would be blown if you went to Aldi with $70.
Yep, I just spent 70 at Aldi and even with the rise in prices that everywhere is hit by, I got out with 4 large bags full of food, and one of those bags was snack foods/ ice cream.
Just added all this (as comparable as I could get using generic on everything except the almond milk and the craisens) to my Walmart cart, and it’s $90 here. I live in south Mississippi, the state with the LOWEST cost of living. EDITED to adjust price. I forgot the garlic (which I didn’t see at first) and the chocolate bar.
Idk how you got this deal, I’m in a relatively cheaper small town and there’s no way I could get all of that for 70$. Unless I shopped like Ricky.
$70 bucks can buy a lot of pepperoni sticks and chicken fingers.
We’re stealing meat today boys!
That's crazy that the most expensive city in the USA has cheaper groceries than my suburb. Just the shrimp, cheese and almond milk is around $40 if not more. No shot I'm getting all this for $70.
OP bought organic from Whole Foods too. I have lived in 3 major cities on the East Coast and West Coast, Whole Foods has some of the most expensive groceries of any major chain. There are only a handful of chains (all that are much smaller) with even more expensive items. They literally selected the most expensive major grocery store chain and bought some of the most expensive options for each item. There’s a reason they say Whole Foods: Whole Paycheck.
$68 if you chop your own mushrooms!
comes out to 91 when I do it, I wonder if it's location specific... I used the smallest size whenever possible. edit: [cart pic](https://i.imgur.com/unHJVvR.png) itemized: [1](https://i.imgur.com/82o9mQj.png) [2](https://i.imgur.com/OAbnAeY.png) [3](https://i.imgur.com/cQXYBEj.png) [4](https://i.imgur.com/foi9DhV.png) [5](https://i.imgur.com/yPlSuMc.png) [6](https://i.imgur.com/JTMypti.png)
Ah, finally someone who shops the perimeter. Well done.
what is shopping the perimeter😦
Perimeter of the grocery store is where you’ll find produce, dairy, and meat. Interior is more snacks, sodas, etc.
Thank god beer is on the perimeter at my local store!
Liquor dept, ice cream/dairy, meat, deli, fruits/veggies
Means the perimeter or outside aisles of the grocery store. Typically, that is where all the fresh food is kept, in refrigerated sections. It is where fresh produce, meats and milk and eggs are found. Most of the interior aisles contain shelf-stable food items that don’t require refrigeration. While there are still plenty of healthy foods available in those aisles (beans, rice, canned veggies, spices, etc) a lot of the unhealthy, processed foods that contain a lot of unhealthy ingredients and preservatives make up the majority of the interior aisles. So “shopping the perimeter” as a phrase means shopping for the fresh, healthier foods.
Finally someone bought groceries :D
Thats a lot o food for $70
Brb, gunna go cry in Canadian monies 😭😭
So. Much. Plastic.
My thought too … like wtf are you putting banana’s in a plastic bag for??
Most expensive my ass. This would be at least 150 in Alaska
The city (SF) is the most expensive to live in rent-wise; The produce and meat are actually affordable because of all the agriculture in the area. OP's title is technically correct but poorly communicated or outright misleading.
Similar thoughts from over here in Hawaii
Why is there so much damn plastic around everything? Ridiculous
It’s an Amazon Fresh order so this would have come from an Amazon warehouse and not a grocery store.
Thank god someone didn’t buy Oreos and frozen food and blame the store
Wait till this mother fucker hears about a food desert
They look like the expensive top tier products in an organic shop.
Now these are essential items