Overpriced shit at grocery stores

[Godzuki]

i don't get why some shit is so expensive consistently at groceries.

for example potato chips. the big bags are like $3.99 consistently, but they always have deals like 'buy 2 for $5~'....then you see a smaller bag about half the size of the big bag selling for like $1 at the checkout and i'm thinking WTF kind of sense does that make? how hard is it to even make potato chips in mass quantities, and they want to sell big bags normal retail for $3.99? :biggums:


then theres shit like paper plates. i swear i used to see these for like $1~, but now theyre like $2.99 minimum. its fukking paper...i can get a 500ct of copy paper for like $2~

even cereal is way overpriced. Shit is like $4-5~ for a box. thats just not right.

a lot of stuff at groceries, in fact most stuff, is very cheap(non organic) like vegetables especially, and reasonably priced, but i swear when i look at some common stuff while grocery shopping i always think how the hell does some of this cost that much?!!

i was even looking at Old Bay the other day selling for like $8 a cannister :wtf:

[L.Kizzle]

Nigha you buying Gucci paper plates or something? 2.99. 100 for a dollar.

[JohnnySic]

Discount stores are great for some stuff.

[SmackOrH.A.K]

ya'll need an H-E-B

[Knicks101]

#brokeniggashit

[joe]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantitative_easing

[riseagainst]

i agree man. Chicken breast should not be 4.99 for a fcking pound. They should go back to 50 cents for a pound like the good old days.

[L.Kizzle]

i agree man. Chicken breast should not be 4.99 for a fcking pound. They should go back to 50 cents for a pound like the good old days.
You gotta look throughout the whole meat section.

If you see something for $4.99, say "that's cool, but I can beat that meat!"
Look a little deeper and find a $4.09 package. You're getting warmer, $3.49.

But you can "beat that meat!" BAM, $2.89.

[gts]

You gotta look throughout the whole meat section.

If you see something for $4.99, say "that's cool, but I can beat that meat!"
Look a little deeper and find a $4.09 package. You're getting warmer, $3.49.

But you can "beat that meat!" BAM, $2.89.

i now have a mental image of Chris Farley finding a package of $2.89 meat and screaming "Bam Beat my meat"

[riseagainst]

I also hate Albertsons because they try to rip people off. If a meat is about to expire they'd put it on "sale": buy 1 get one 1, or buy 1 get 2 free. But their price per pound would be like 14.99 a pound, beef/chicken breast. I'm like WTF is this sh1t when i saw it.

So they'd just double or triple the normal price per pound when they do that sale thing, which would come out to be the same price as before. But the un-aware, or the people who are naturally inclined to buy everything that are on "sale", just go ahead and buy them only because there is "free" in the keywords.

They don't even take a minute to read the price per pound. I mean who the fck would buy chicken or beef for 15 dollars a pound.

i mean i was literally at that store the day before the sale and the price of those things were 4.99 a pound, which i wouldn't buy for that price in a billion years. Rip the fck off.

:roll:

[DeuceWallaces]

Why are you buying paper plates. Grow up and wash some dishes. Stop eating cereal and have a real breakfast, or get right to the point and have sugar and milk; it'll be cheaper.

[Myth]

OP, time for some economics and marketing classes if this is going over your head.

[Bosnian Sajo]

Paper plates :facepalm

[L.Kizzle]

Damn, is ISH too good for paper/plastic plates now? Maybe it's for a party or get together. I doubt his dishes consist of paper plates, jelly jars and plastic silverware and album covers for place-mats.

[rufuspaul]

Aldi

[Godzuki]

why are so many people on ISH judgemental douches? :oldlol:

paper plates are for work since i've been buying chix salad and making shit instead of buyying fast food lately. and been buying unsalted utz chips which i normally don't eat which is why i noticed the price of chips being so stupid.

bought cereal awhile back, love honey bunches of oats with almonds :pimp: ...but i don't normally eat breakfast so i'm off that kick.

there u go fgts :cheers:

[Godzuki]

Damn, is ISH too good for paper/plastic plates now? Maybe it's for a party or get together. I doubt his dishes consist of paper plates, jelly jars and plastic silverware and album covers for place-mats.


this place is so judgemental :lol

[DeuceWallaces]

Damn, is ISH too good for paper/plastic plates now? Maybe it's for a party or get together. I doubt his dishes consist of paper plates, jelly jars and plastic silverware and album covers for place-mats.

That's exactly what I imagine his dishes consist of.

[DukeDelonte13]

Aldi


i like aldi's a lot.


There is a butcher by my place that has beef cheaper than any grocery store.

But i think recently ground beef, bacon, coffee, have all gotten a little too expensive.


And who goes to grocery stores for paper products? You gotta hit up a dollar store for paper plates and cups.

[Godzuki]

That's exactly what I imagine his dishes consist of.

considering u live in the forest u probably eat with your hands and lick your fingers to clean them...after pickiing up bear poop. this raggedy doll mf'er talking about paper plates :facepalm

[rufuspaul]

i like aldi's a lot.


There is a butcher by my place that has beef cheaper than any grocery store.

But i think recently ground beef, bacon, coffee, have all gotten a little too expensive.


And who goes to grocery stores for paper products? You gotta hit up a dollar store for paper plates and cups.


I have this wide circle i make when buying essentials for the week. I start at the farmer's market, then hit Aldi, Costco and Trader Joe's. Then I'll go to a regular grocery store (Harris Teeter in NC) only if I can't get an item at one of the other places. It's a pain in the ass but it saves me a few hundred bucks a month.

[Tarik One]

Chicken wings are about the same price as buying them cooked at a restaurant.

Here's a tip: Never buy boneless skinless chicken breasts. Always purchase whole chicken breasts and rip the skin and bones off when you get home. You can slice them how you like as well.

The price is at least 50 - 60% less.

[rufuspaul]

Chicken wings are about the same price as buying them cooked at a restaurant.

Here's a tip: Never buy boneless skinless chicken breasts. Always purchase whole chicken breasts and rip the skin and bones off when you get home. You can slice them how you like as well.

The price is at least 50 - 60% less.


Good advice. Actually it's even better to cook them on the bone with the skin on and just remove the skin afterwards. The flavor and texture are much better and it only adds a negligible amount of fat.

I usually buy a whole chicken and roast it on a Sunday, slice up leftovers to have on a salad or make chicken salad, then make a stock with the bones. You get a lot of bang for your buck that way.

[Dresta]

It's the government of the past taxing your ass.

[DukeDelonte13]

Chicken wings are about the same price as buying them cooked at a restaurant.

Here's a tip: Never buy boneless skinless chicken breasts. Always purchase whole chicken breasts and rip the skin and bones off when you get home. You can slice them how you like as well.

The price is at least 50 - 60% less.


I usually get 5 pound bags of wings and it usually works out to around 20

[Jailblazers7]

Yeah, Aldi's is where I do most of my shopping now. There is one two blocks away from me now so I can take a short walk and grab a couple bags worth of stuff whenever I want. Much more convenient than doing big weekly trips every week or two like I would do when I lived in the burbs.

[JohnnySic]

Paper plates are awesome.

[christian1923]

Grapes, strawberries, green apples all overpriced.. I remember buying a decent sized bag of grapes for my little brother the other day and it came out to 8 bucks :coleman:

[Godzuki]

Grapes, strawberries, green apples all overpriced.. I remember buying a decent sized bag of grapes for my little brother the other day and it came out to 8 bucks :coleman:


oranges too. they're like a $1 each now, i swear you used to be able to get a crate full of them for like $20~

one thing i discovered tho is Shoppers Warehouse has the best grilled chicken by far. easily better than KFC's and much more reasonably priced. KFC way overprices their fried chicken. Even Shoppers Warehouse fried chicken isn't bad at all, more home made taste than the KFC's and Popeyes. Giant's fried chicken isn't bad either, really crispy. sometimes they cook it bad tho, have to look for the thick kernels.

[rufuspaul]

[QUOTE=DukeDelonte13]I usually get 5 pound bags of wings and it usually works out to around 20

[SunsN07BookIt]

Grapes, strawberries, green apples all overpriced.. I remember buying a decent sized bag of grapes for my little brother the other day and it came out to 8 bucks :coleman:


Most grapes(this time of year), and strawberries come from California where labor and water costs have skyrocketed, especially with the drought. Even so, grapes were $.99 to $1.79 a pound at the grocery store when I was shopping on Sunday. Apples were about the same. Some guy said chicken breasts were $4.99 but I bought 3 packets at $1.99/lb, that didn't expire for 4 days, on Sunday too.

The thing is, these grocery stores sell stuff on special at or below cost, but then have to make it up some other way, and there counting on people coming in for the specials but then wanting the convenience of one stop shopping. If you jump around a little, you can get a grip of good food for cheap.

[Thorpesaurous]

[QUOTE=DukeDelonte13]I usually get 5 pound bags of wings and it usually works out to around 20

[DukeDelonte13]

Bake them. If you get the oven hot enough (425 or so) and turn them a few times during cooking you can get them as crispy as the fried ones in about 45 min. Or do them on the grill.


blasphemy!

I always dredge and fry wings. I like to make them just like how you get them at a bar. I might try this recipe though.

EDIT: i'm used to disappointing baked wings. Like you go to a potluck and they are always there, and always soggy and disappointing. Never as good as the real thing.

[DukeDelonte13]

The oil winds up being more expensive than the wings.


I think it's like 10-13 for around a gallon of oil, but if you use it solely for wings and/or chicken you can reuse it a few times.

[DeuceWallaces]

Frying wings is retarded.

[DukeDelonte13]

Frying wings is retarded.


:wtf:

That's like saying grilling steaks is retarded or baking bread is retarded. That's how wings are made.

[FatComputerNerd]

I grill wings all the time.

I just marinate them in some hot-sauce and sprinkle on some of that McCormicks garlic-buffalo seasoning while grilling.

They taste just as good to me as the fried ones you get at the bar and are far healthier. (and cheaper)

[rufuspaul]

:wtf:

That's like saying grilling steaks is retarded or baking bread is retarded. That's how wings are made.


:oldlol: The fried ones are good but I've had pretty good luck with grilling and baking. As long as you get them crisp it works.

[DeuceWallaces]

:wtf:

That's like saying grilling steaks is retarded or baking bread is retarded. That's how wings are made.

Just wasted oil and flavor. Wings are already so fatty without even accounting for any sauce that 400-450 on a rack will fry them to a crisp.

[DukeDelonte13]

Just wasted oil and flavor. Wings are already so fatty without even accounting for any sauce that 400-450 on a rack will fry them to a crisp.


wings are traditionally fried. Frying adds flavor, IMO. I've never seen them baked at any restaurant or bar. People like to talk big game about their baked wings, but i've never had baked wings that were as good as fried. It's way easier and as i've said far less of a pain in the ass than frying but call me old-fashioned when it comes to my wings. My guests ALWAYS rave about my wings because they've never had homemade ones soooo good, cause so few people take the time to deep fry their own.

I don't care about healthiness because wings are an indulgence, so if i'm going to do them i'm going to go all the way, not half assed.

EDIT: I'm going to try these baking methods. I will put it to the test.

[rufuspaul]

I think where a lot of people go wrong with the baked ones is 1. oven not hot enough 2. they don't turn them so they crisp on all sides 3. They put sauce on them too soon. The sauce should be at the end so they don't get soggy.

[DeuceWallaces]

wings are traditionally fried. Frying adds flavor, IMO. I've never seen them baked at any restaurant or bar. People like to talk big game about their baked wings, but i've never had baked wings that were as good as fried. It's way easier and as i've said far less of a pain in the ass than frying but call me old-fashioned when it comes to my wings. My guests ALWAYS rave about my wings because they've never had homemade ones soooo good, cause so few people take the time to deep fry their own.

I don't care about healthiness because wings are an indulgence, so if i'm going to do them i'm going to go all the way, not half assed.

EDIT: I'm going to try these baking methods. I will put it to the test.

If your oven is hot enough it's no different than frying them because there's already so much fat in them and you're not mudding up the flavor of the wing with peanut oil or whatever you're using.

And of course, toss in sauce at the end.

[Godzuki]

lol there is a reason why every serious wing place fries their wings. its the batter plus the crispyness then applying the buffalo sauce that makes buffallo wings buffalo wings. clearly some of you don't know bar food well.

baked wings are usually bad, can be decent at best but nowhere near fried. grilled can be good but still don't touch fried wings if we're talking buffalo wings.

baked is a milliion times easier than frying. if u could make baked wings that good then every bar/restaurant would bake them, but they all fry them. grilled wings can sometimes come close, especially if they're smoked and stuff but on average legit buffalo wings SHOULD be fried.

health-conscious people have bad tastes anyways :sleeping

[Tarik One]

I think it's like 10-13 for around a gallon of oil, but if you use it solely for wings and/or chicken you can reuse it a few times.
I reuse chicken grease one time, maybe two if I am all out of fresh grease. Just make sure you strain that shat to keep the crud out.

Y'all are making me hungry.