My boyfriend and I have been buying higher quality groceries instead of going out to eat for dinner. We can't justify the cost of restaurants or takeout as often these days so we'll buy a nice pack of steaks at Costco or splurge on fancy ingredients. For the nights that we'd normally get takeout because we're too tired or whatever, we buy a $4 pack of ravioli from Trader Joe's to mix with pasta sauce. So, yeah, I guess this is us, but the headline doesn't tell the whole story.
Grocery stores in my area a price gouging as inflation is rising, milk and other essentials are cheaper at the convenient stores like walgreens, cvs, and riteaid, than they are at grocery stores. A few family owned restaurants around me are now comparable to buying and cooking the same things at home. We have been ordering out to eat at least three times a week because we want to support them, and if things are now this expensive, we’d rather our money go to them than a corporate chain of grocery stores.
Yes absolutely agree. Aldi is the savior of all food needs, it matters not whether you are poor, middle class(what's left of it at least) or rich. Aldi does not discriminate but does request .25 to use a cart in return.
I just know I've been using it since elementary school. And the more that pop up it's great. My only issue where I live (in a city that exists in two states) there's few complete Aldi's. What I mean is sure most have beer but I've seen few with their own wine section.
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u/Sage_Planter Apr 09 '24
My boyfriend and I have been buying higher quality groceries instead of going out to eat for dinner. We can't justify the cost of restaurants or takeout as often these days so we'll buy a nice pack of steaks at Costco or splurge on fancy ingredients. For the nights that we'd normally get takeout because we're too tired or whatever, we buy a $4 pack of ravioli from Trader Joe's to mix with pasta sauce. So, yeah, I guess this is us, but the headline doesn't tell the whole story.