Chicken Kabobs (5.99 per pound), Seasoned Steaks (22.99 and up) and even Tiki Masaala Sauce at 6.29 a container.
I realize that overpiced goods at "gourmet" shops is the norm, but are people really this lazy? Friggin kabobs? I made 15 for about 7 bucks. Do people actually buy these things?
This may be a tired rant, but the question is simply... What overpriced prepared foods have you noticed at local shops?
― burna (burna), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:39 (seventeen years ago) link
That kind of freaks me out too though, I'm curious as to who buys pre-seasoned meats, for example, especially at such a premium. Is it that hard to spice these things yourself?
― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:40 (seventeen years ago) link
I guess pre-sliced veggies and fruits also fall in this category.
― burna (burna), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― Doktor Faustus (noodle vague), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:47 (seventeen years ago) link
The nutritional value and general tastiness is declining the longer they sit out there.
Good call with the watermelon/pineapple exception.
― burna (burna), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― burna (burna), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:49 (seventeen years ago) link
I admit to having purchased a couple of premade small soups at Fairway before to have for when I got home very late while I was in school.
xpost oh god the chaos in the aisles of Fairway, that used to drive me mad but I kind of miss it now as there was a method to the madness and also quite a huge amount of delicious things. Their cheese section was actually great.
― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― Bob Dylan’s harmonica can make it hard for office workers to concentrate. (Jody , Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― Doktor Faustus (noodle vague), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― timmy tannin (pompous), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― Doktor Faustus (noodle vague), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:57 (seventeen years ago) link
Um except whole fish which I'm scared of.
― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― Bob Dylan’s harmonica can make it hard for office workers to concentrate. (Jody , Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― burna (burna), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:59 (seventeen years ago) link
I bought pre-chopped onions once. They lasted about two days in the fridge before they went bad.
― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 20:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 20:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 20:02 (seventeen years ago) link
Not so confident with my own baking skills
― burna (burna), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 20:02 (seventeen years ago) link
NOT the old people.
― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 20:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 20:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― burna (burna), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 20:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 20:03 (seventeen years ago) link
ew, those are funky.
normally they're very easy to peel yourself but if you're making chicken w/ 40 cloves or something it does take a while.
― Bob Dylan’s harmonica can make it hard for office workers to concentrate. (Jody , Wednesday, 10 May 2006 20:03 (seventeen years ago) link
Oh yeah I can understand that. I had a similar space issue at my old apartment (compounded by having, like, two small overhead cabinets for the entire kitchen). And there are occasions when you realize you forgot to get something and you run to the store and they ONLY have it in the pre-niced, bagged form, which kind of sucks.
I don't understand why canning or jarring a food generally makes it less expensive when putting it in a bag or a tupperware-esque container makes it more expensive.
― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 20:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― burna (burna), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 20:07 (seventeen years ago) link
Huh!? Didn't we get the tilapia?
I never buy meat at Whole Foods here. It's too expensive and I know other, better places which don't cost as much. I don't buy produce there, either, as it's astronomically expensive too. I buy cheese there and stuff like imported butter and whatnot, just 'cause that's one surefire place to find it.
I think we got some snacks at the WH at Columbus Circle. It was insanely busy the day I was there.
― M. White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 20:08 (seventeen years ago) link
I buy the bags of pre-mixed lettuce and salad, I admit.
― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 20:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 20:09 (seventeen years ago) link
Are you ppl serious about the garlic thing? WAHT?
― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 20:10 (seventeen years ago) link
― Doktor Faustus (noodle vague), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 20:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 20:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 20:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 20:14 (seventeen years ago) link
That's a walk in the park compared to chilli juice cock, Ally.
― Doktor Faustus (noodle vague), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 20:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 20:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 20:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 20:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 20:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 20:18 (seventeen years ago) link
i used to know someone like this too... he didn't know anything about food and didn't really care but always made a point of going to these see-and-be-seen restaurant openings and then telling everyone HE WAS THERE.
― Bob Dylan’s harmonica can make it hard for office workers to concentrate. (Jody , Wednesday, 10 May 2006 20:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― Je4nn3 Æ’urÂ¥ (Je4nne Fury), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 20:19 (seventeen years ago) link
Central market >>>>>>>>>>> whole foods
― Free Me's Electric Trumpet (Moodles), Monday, 17 November 2014 02:01 (nine years ago) link
xxp sure, if good value = buying things in quantities that will not fit in the amount of storage available in your urban apartment
― the HegeMony Mony Chant thread in the Most Read Threads List (sarahell), Monday, 17 November 2014 04:07 (nine years ago) link
Haha yes. My bf recently bought like 48 rolls of toilet paper he doesn't like so gave most of it to me, which is great, but I'm storing it balanced on top of the hanging bar in my coat closet.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Monday, 17 November 2014 04:18 (nine years ago) link
do you have to solve physics equations in order to choose yr next roll so the whole thing doesn't fall down?
― the HegeMony Mony Chant thread in the Most Read Threads List (sarahell), Monday, 17 November 2014 04:23 (nine years ago) link
There's a lot of stuff at Costco that comes in reasonable sizes. Maybe it doesn't make sense for a single person in an NYC studio or w/e, but as a family of 3 in a 2BR we do most of our shopping there
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Monday, 17 November 2014 04:26 (nine years ago) link
even if you don't get paper goods at a wholesale club due to space they're amazing for health and beauty products, i never go to cvs anymore and my life is so much better for it.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 17 November 2014 04:27 (nine years ago) link
the amount i spend on health and beauty products a year is probably less than the cost of a Costco membership tbh
― the HegeMony Mony Chant thread in the Most Read Threads List (sarahell), Monday, 17 November 2014 04:33 (nine years ago) link
I could see soap as being the base level health/beauty item and spending less than $55/year, but
― jenny holzer, ilxor (mh), Monday, 17 November 2014 04:56 (nine years ago) link
does Costco sell American Spirit brand cigarettes?
― the HegeMony Mony Chant thread in the Most Read Threads List (sarahell), Monday, 17 November 2014 04:59 (nine years ago) link
sam's club does.
― holla back for a dope nakh (how's life), Monday, 17 November 2014 10:32 (nine years ago) link
i calculated that i save about $24/year on toilet paper alone
― flatizza (harbl), Monday, 17 November 2014 12:15 (nine years ago) link
My Costco has like a two pound tub of whitefish salad for $11.49 which is worth the price of admission imo
― 龜, Monday, 17 November 2014 12:17 (nine years ago) link
Soap razors floss toothbrushes toothpaste shampoo conditioner drugs. If that doesn't get you to 55, buy your Christmas gifts and office chocolates and the like there.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Monday, 17 November 2014 12:31 (nine years ago) link
My Costco has phones too - they even have the new iPhone like 20 bucks cheaper than the carriers.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Monday, 17 November 2014 12:32 (nine years ago) link
I think the REAL BARGAIN SAVERS have determined that toilet paper and paper towels aren't cheaper at costco, but I think they are just trying to ruin my enjoyment.
― jenny holzer, ilxor (mh), Monday, 17 November 2014 14:56 (nine years ago) link
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WHAT
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Monday, 17 November 2014 15:00 (nine years ago) link
this. the worst part abt moving to nyc is that getting to costco seems like a huge drag.
― adam, Monday, 17 November 2014 15:01 (nine years ago) link
xp: They have them in stock at my Sam's Club at least. I don't even smoke, but I noticed that on my trip there last week.
― holla back for a dope nakh (how's life), Monday, 17 November 2014 15:04 (nine years ago) link
Those "savings experiments" make me IA because they're comparing brand-name paper products at Costco to buying them on sale at a store. Costco makes its own toilet paper and paper towels which are both cheaper and far superior.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Monday, 17 November 2014 15:20 (nine years ago) link
WF is a all about knowing what to buy. You can be a real sucker there or get good deals.
otm. stay away from most packaged foods, snacks, drinks, frozen foods, and prepared foods. stick to bulk and produce and 365 brand shit and you will be fine.
― marcos, Monday, 17 November 2014 15:24 (nine years ago) link
but really though most conventional grocery stores are annoying because the produce is shitty and they don't have bulk foods. that is like 75% of what we buy.
― marcos, Monday, 17 November 2014 15:25 (nine years ago) link
Costco doesn't make anything, they might rebrand, though
― jenny holzer, ilxor (mh), Monday, 17 November 2014 15:40 (nine years ago) link
It's called Kirkland noob
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Monday, 17 November 2014 15:41 (nine years ago) link
I stand corrected. They don't own any manufacturing, though, it's just oem products
― jenny holzer, ilxor (mh), Monday, 17 November 2014 15:44 (nine years ago) link
A lot of it is made to costcos specs though.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Monday, 17 November 2014 15:49 (nine years ago) link
stay away from most packaged foods, snacks, drinks, frozen foods, and prepared foods.
This list comprises like way more than half of cosco's inventory. The real one weird trick is don't buy that shit anywhere, period
― brimstead, Monday, 17 November 2014 20:39 (nine years ago) link
buy snacks, I assure you it is worth it
― jenny holzer, ilxor (mh), Monday, 17 November 2014 22:09 (nine years ago) link
no that was the list not to buy at whole foods, not costco
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Monday, 17 November 2014 22:11 (nine years ago) link
Whole Foods chain faces NYC probe after investigators found ‘worst case of overcharges’
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 24 June 2015 21:53 (eight years ago) link
lol
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Thursday, 25 June 2015 13:34 (eight years ago) link
Well, guess my sis works for Amazon now.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 16 June 2017 13:44 (six years ago) link
Don't bank on it just yet...
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 16 June 2017 14:20 (six years ago) link
How does this not constitute a breach of antitrust statutes?
― rb (soda), Friday, 16 June 2017 14:43 (six years ago) link
why would it? The murmurings I heard were based on potential class action lawsuit due to stock pricing or something.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 16 June 2017 15:02 (six years ago) link
holy wtf
― mh, Friday, 16 June 2017 15:47 (six years ago) link
"You're the octopus that I'm having for breakfast," Bezos said. "When I look at the menu, you're the thing I don't understand, the thing I've never had. I must have the breakfast octopus."
http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-jeff-bezos-eating-octopus-business-acquisition-strategy-2017-6
― scott seward, Friday, 16 June 2017 16:40 (six years ago) link
our new oligarchic overlords etc
― Οὖτις, Friday, 16 June 2017 16:49 (six years ago) link
loving how all the WaPo stories about this end
“Whole Foods Market has been satisfying, delighting and nourishing customers for nearly four decades — they’re doing an amazing job and we want that to continue,” said Jeffrey P. Bezos, founder and chief executive of Amazon.com. (Bezos owns The Washington Post.)
― mh, Friday, 16 June 2017 17:37 (six years ago) link
365 foods coming to Amazon Prime
Amazon Prime becomes Whole Foods' rewards program
Lower prices on organic produce/fish coming Monday...
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/amazon-and-whole-foods-will-lower-prices-on-organic-items-like-avocados-and-baby-kale-on-monday-2017-08-24?siteid=bullytweet
― Eazy, Thursday, 24 August 2017 18:57 (six years ago) link
They had square melons for $100 each at Wholefoods last time I was there.
― everything, Thursday, 24 August 2017 19:06 (six years ago) link
And to clarify, it was just a normal watermelon that had been grown in a clear box so it went square.
― everything, Thursday, 24 August 2017 19:07 (six years ago) link
the first response in this is classic shakey
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 24 August 2017 19:25 (six years ago) link
Love overpriced prepares food/foodstuffs
― brimstead, Thursday, 24 August 2017 19:44 (six years ago) link
I got a loaf of pretzel bread for $2 at WF, would recommend
― mh, Thursday, 24 August 2017 19:53 (six years ago) link
really excited to get more benefits from my annual $109.41 besides two-day shipping and free streaming of a handful of middlebrow tv series for educated white ppl like me!
― sansa riff (sarahell), Thursday, 24 August 2017 22:34 (six years ago) link
Apparently They have Duchess du Bourgogne at the local WF, so I might have to stop by
― calstars, Thursday, 24 August 2017 22:52 (six years ago) link
Useful example of a compare/contrast after the price reduction
http://www.businessinsider.com/whole-foods-prices-cheaper-amazon-2017-8
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 28 August 2017 14:02 (six years ago) link
whoever did the shopping has really boring taste
― sansa riff (sarahell), Tuesday, 29 August 2017 00:03 (six years ago) link
I went shopping at Whole Foods today and my takeaway was that my bill was maybe $15 cheaper than I expected. That's purely conjecture, though.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 29 August 2017 00:13 (six years ago) link
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2018/01/whole_foods_food_shortages_empty_shelves.html
fwiw there are claims that this is due to use of an ordering system that was implemented before Amazon took over, but it seems a little too coincidental that problems with it only came after Amazon took over.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Sunday, January 21, 2018 11:18 AM (one week ago)
I noticed this the first week after Amazon bought WF but it's gotten a bit better
Still a problem, there is like next to no fresh bread left in the evening -- this used to not be the case
― sarahell, Tuesday, 30 January 2018 19:52 (six years ago) link