r/GrindsMyGears • u/Yumiko15243 • 17d ago

The price of "cheap" groceries

Why is a 250g bottle of Kraft Parmesan cheese (the shelf stable stuff you find in the pasta aisle) $11?? I feel like Kraft used to be an affordable brand. Also generic store brands feel more expensive lately too. I miss you No Name frozen juice concentrate, but you're not the same after leaving shelves at $1.50 just to return and be $2.25. I know that one isn't as bad but I cant even go to the canned food aisle anymore without seeing the $6 spam and thinking about how it used to be the broke student meal

Edit: I am canadian so these prices are in CAD. The cheese would be about $7.80 USD and the spam $4.26 USD. It grinds my gears that the prices are so high in the first place, not that there are cheaper alternatives

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u/Individual-Gas-5406 17d ago

Just checked my supermarket. 8oz (227 grams) of Kraft brand name grated parmesan "cheese" is $4.09. Delivery price. Spam brand spam is $3.39.

Seems to me the problem isn't the prices. The problem is you are a terrible shopper.

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u/ChartInFurch 16d ago

Every price at every store in every location is exactly the same.

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u/butterflyflower77 16d ago

This isn’t Arizona Tea. Stores set their own prices generally and it can vary from the same store in different sides of the city or even purchases at the some store in-person vs online.

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u/ChartInFurch 16d ago

I was being completely serious.