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Where are you located? I think even NYCs groceries are not that expensive.

darth_avocado 2mo ago
SF Bay Area. I will say that these are not Costco prices or a store where I’d be couponing, but it’s not Whole Foods either. I would love to go to Costco but unfortunately I do not have the space to accommodate the bulk quantities that I’d have to buy and consume.
- adelie 2mo ago
  hi! i live in SF. at trader joe's, these items would be priced at - $5 (bread loaf) + $5 (eggs) + $3 (yogurt) + $2 (onions) + $2 (tomatoes) + $1 (jalapeno) + $3 (parsley) = $21. i'm rounding up on eggs and bread since you might be buying a more expensive variety, and guesstimating parsley because i haven't bought it from trader joe's before. everything else is pulled from my last few shopping trips. if you're spending $50 on this, i would highly recommend finding a new grocery store.
  - dieselgate 2mo ago
    It seems inflated roughly 40% to prove a point but regardless stuff is still too expensive and I don’t eat meat. Don’t know though yesterday was reading some comments here about people literally saying “$50k income a month in SF and you still can’t buy a house,” stuff like that is ridiculously out of touch.
  - darth_avocado 2mo ago
    I don’t have a Trader Joe’s around me. Sure I drive 20 mins away to one and then spend another hour going to a different place to shop for all the things Trader Joe’s doesn’t have, then yeah I could get things for cheaper. But that’s the point. You didn't need to do this a few years ago and now you do.
    - disgruntledphd2 2mo ago
      Yeah, I'm in my 40s and I never understood why people hated inflation so much until 2021/22. I get it now, it's massively disruptive and annoying.
  - beAbU 2mo ago
    $5 a loaf of bread is truly diabolical.
    - locopati 2mo ago
      juat wait until you hear the costs of gluten-free bread
- thegrim33 2mo ago
  >> Chooses to live in one of the highest cost of living, most expensive areas in the entire country >> Complains that groceries are expensive
  - darth_avocado 2mo ago
    Bay Area was the highest cost of living areas in 2022 as well. You seemed to have missed the point.

SF Bay Area. I will say that these are not Costco prices or a store where I’d be couponing, but it’s not Whole Foods either. I would love to go to Costco but unfortunately I do not have the space to accommodate the bulk quantities that I’d have to buy and consume.

adelie 2mo ago
hi! i live in SF. at trader joe's, these items would be priced at - $5 (bread loaf) + $5 (eggs) + $3 (yogurt) + $2 (onions) + $2 (tomatoes) + $1 (jalapeno) + $3 (parsley) = $21. i'm rounding up on eggs and bread since you might be buying a more expensive variety, and guesstimating parsley because i haven't bought it from trader joe's before. everything else is pulled from my last few shopping trips. if you're spending $50 on this, i would highly recommend finding a new grocery store.
- dieselgate 2mo ago
  It seems inflated roughly 40% to prove a point but regardless stuff is still too expensive and I don’t eat meat. Don’t know though yesterday was reading some comments here about people literally saying “$50k income a month in SF and you still can’t buy a house,” stuff like that is ridiculously out of touch.
- darth_avocado 2mo ago
  I don’t have a Trader Joe’s around me. Sure I drive 20 mins away to one and then spend another hour going to a different place to shop for all the things Trader Joe’s doesn’t have, then yeah I could get things for cheaper. But that’s the point. You didn't need to do this a few years ago and now you do.
  - disgruntledphd2 2mo ago
    Yeah, I'm in my 40s and I never understood why people hated inflation so much until 2021/22. I get it now, it's massively disruptive and annoying.
- beAbU 2mo ago
  $5 a loaf of bread is truly diabolical.
  - locopati 2mo ago
    juat wait until you hear the costs of gluten-free bread
thegrim33 2mo ago
>> Chooses to live in one of the highest cost of living, most expensive areas in the entire country >> Complains that groceries are expensive
- darth_avocado 2mo ago
  Bay Area was the highest cost of living areas in 2022 as well. You seemed to have missed the point.